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for the first time in the history of our country unless there is a compromise or they accept my bill, we're headed for economic disaster. it's time for republicans to step forward. there's been some movement today. as i indicated on the floor, i was having a meeting in my office this afternoon with some splun and that fell through. as they were walking into a conference, three republican senators said they were interested in my bill, interested in compromise. they need to step forward. muns are blocking -- republicans are blocking their ability to kproomize, refusing to negotiate w...

legislation. the proposal i put forward is a compromise. we changed it even more today. we would have changed it even more, but as i indicated on the floor, we had no one to negotiate with. the republican leader said he wouldn't negotiate with me. i don't know whose that is. not mine. >> your pizza's ready. >> it really is a worst possible time to be conducting a filibuster. they are forcing to us wait until tomorrow morning at -- let's see. today is still friday. until sunday morning at 1:00 a.m. to have this vote. our economy hangs on the balance. and for the first time in the his...

after piece of red meat to the right-wing lion that seems to dominate his caucus. >> we're not going to divulge. we're going to solve this problem, one way or another. >> countdown to crisis. your financial future hanging in the balance. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening, an extraordinary day on capitol hill today. the house passes the boehner bill and the senate properly slaps it down. senate majority leader harry reid held a news conference speaking on tonight's vote. >> senator murray asked to be excused 'cause of a family situation. all good. her husband's here. tonigh...

During this speech. he was raising the cafe standards where everybody would stand an and applaud. but we never met the old cafe standards. the automobile industry pays hundreds of millions of dollars in fees and penalties because while they could produce a car that would meet them, we wouldn't buy them. megyn: i have got to go -- >> we have to hold the oil companies. megyn: the president said the global economy is largely to blame. we see the oil prois and gas prices go up and we have problems in the middle east. you can't pin that on boik. he doesn't control the global economy. >> reporter: h...

Cassandras. the risk of a catastrophe sun acceptable when there are alternatives. we need to get beyond nuclear. we have energy efficiency and renewables. now is the time to go that route. >> you certainly won't get a fight from us that we need to raise cafe standards in the united states, we need to go to alternative energy sources. right now, fueling the economy, you look at our options. if it's oil you have bp. you have wars that we fight over oil. if it's coal, obviously environmentalists loathe kol and there are mining disasters all the time. if you want to talk about natural gas, environ...