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Progress i p p progros sif programming of siriusxm and the director of american greatness. let me start with you and that question that glen raised seems like it s a fiphilosophic one that may come to a head when congress returns in september. you have texas and louisiana that s going to require big federal money and you have the president saying i want tax reform and tax cuts. you have the question of how can you pay for tax cuts especially in light of what s going to be a hefty price tag for the cleanup in texas, does something have to give who are when it comes to republican priorities? this is a debate we ve had going on on the right for 20 years. this is not new. the problem the president and congress have had is they want their cake and eat it too. ....
This and hu he s responding on meet the press or calling in to joe and mika this morning. you can t get anywhere. we can t break the skin. we cannot break the skin. right. it is silly season. it s also august. and when congress returns in september, you know, the legislative schedule is going to be informing the presidential, you know, race as well, asking tough questions. oh, hillary clinton and bernie sapders and all of the gop candidates for president of the united states. we should be having a robust debate but we re being caught by the noise. i think we can handle three more weeks. three more? maybe three more. all right. donald, mark down on the calendar that amy holmes said three more weeks. and that s it. former republican speech writer, amy holmes. thank you. developing news overseas, dramatic new video of an attack overnight on the u.s. consulate in istanbul, turkey. all right. so this was all captured on home ....
Can be an effective partner in that process. our job is not finished until every single american looking for a job can find a job. to put our country back to work. that s our great challenge. it has been my central mission for the last 2 1/2 years, it has to be all of our central missions going forward. and he s a man with a plan. when congress returns in september, president obama will push a jobs plan that proposes tax cuts for companies that hire workers. pushes for new spending for roads and construction. and offers help for long-term unemployed. the only bad news, the republicans misplaced priorities. they re relentless push for cuts has them already lashing out against any thought of stimulus. eric cantor says, we want to put an end to policy uncertainty, constantly driven by this administration. that means, stopping the discussions of stimulus spending. ....
Lahood and the loss could reach $1.2 billion if the situation isn t resolved before congress returns in september. joining me now is robert reich, former labor secretary in the clinton administration, he s now a professor of public policy at the university of california at berkeley and mark zandi, the chief economist for moodie s analytics, he worked for the mccain campaign and the obama administration. thank you both for joining me tonight. professor reich, i want to go to the question of what have we done to the economy with this legislation? well, the good news, obviously, lawrence, is that the economy now doesn t have the sort of dam collies hanging over it, we can pay our debts, we are not defaulting on our national debt, and we won t face an economic calamity. the bad news is the president has essentially tied his hands and the hands of congress with regard to boosting the economy. ....
Lahood and the loss could reach $1.2 billion if the situation isn t resolved before congress returns in september. joining me now is robert reich, former labor secretary in the clinton administration, he s now a professor of public policy at the university of california at berkeley and mark zandi, the chief economist for moody s analytics, he worked for the mccain campaign and the obama administration. thank you both for joining me tonight. professor reich, i want to go to the question of what have we done to the economy with this legislation? well, the good news, obviously, lawrence, is that the economy now doesn t have the sort of dam collies hanging over it, we can pay our debts, we are not defaulting on our national debt, and we won t face an economic calamity. the bad news is the president has essentially tied his hands and the hands of congress with ....