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House republicans may be willing to go along with the short-term increase in the debt ceiling to buy time to negotiate a package of reforms to address the debt and deficit. they were reacting to the president saying he would be open to that. to be clear, this is still a chicken or egg situation, which will come first? the president and congressional democrats are insisting they will not negotiate on anything until the debt ceiling is raised and the government is reopened. republicans are still saying they won't pass either, unless they are guaranteed the debt deficit is addressed. the mechanic...

Agreement. i called it a backup backbone. but i agree with you on this, the cuts are not cuts, they're shaving off the growth of varies programs in the future so nothing is outright cut. in a $3.5 trillion budget, $82 billion is a joke. having said that, it's better than nothing. it's better than just letting this pass by. >> right. you know why it's better? the american people have said that the debt in our debt deficit is their biggest worry. pew research did a study and guess where the deficit and debt was with american people. number one. american people know what's good for the country bu...

Loan to get a car to get to that job. a similar rule might apply sometimes short-term increases in debt are necessary for long-term investment in the country. for wisconsin congressman paul rye arrange the gop supposed money man with a plan, debt is always a very bad thing. >> we also have to stop spending money we don't have. cut spending, get the deficit under control so we leave our children and grandchildren a debt-free nation. >> paul ryan talking about one of his favr subjects, the national debt. if you don't love talking about it, i sure hope you love hearing about it. adding ryan to th...

100-round ammunition clip to kill and wound as many people as he possibly can, our government believes that we should do nothing. >> are the media inflaming the issue? plus, with the london olympics underway, nbc news pulls out the stops to promote the network's coverage of the games. >> back here in london with tower bridge lit up so beautifully behind us, with less than 24 hours to go now until the opening ceremony -- >> is this promotion in the guise of news? we'll talk about that and more with veteran sports writer frank deford. i'm howard kurtz, and this is "reliable sources."...

Appreciate the gifts and blessing is we have on a regular basis. you found and have gone over so many ads a lot have been really good by the rnc in particular. obama in his own words i like the best. this is by american cross roads and you say it is the highest tested campaign ad so far to date. >> and this is americans for prosperity. >> i thought it was cross roads. >> it is americans for prosperity. what makes it so powerful is that it deals with wasteful, washington, spending and deals with the debt deficit and the budget stuff going on and deals with the fact that some of our own hard ear...