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Bash the democrats. the ryan plan cuts the affordable care act and medicare. they can say democrats want to cut medicare because it's cut in the affordable care act. so do the republicans. the ryan plan cuts that as much as obama does. there will be a plan and i'm sure they are putting it together. shannon: when do you think we will see it. >> i have no idea. believe it or not i don't have that hotline to the white house, they don't fax me on a regular basis. i don't even have the inside fax number. this is all political jocking. shannon: is it a smart move by the democrats to not put out a pl...

Child was either missing or dead. back to you. shannon: phil keating with the latest in orlando. thanks, phil. new reaction to a private moment caught between two washington power brokers talking about medicare reform. yesterday on "america live" we played for you this unguarded exchange between former president bill clinton and republican house budget committee chairman paul ryan. the former president acknowledged the democrats should be getting behind efforts to reform medicare. >> i'm glad we won this race in new york but i hope the democrats don't use it as an excuse to do nothing. >> it's...

The bill now heads to the california senate. the governor hasn't said whether he's going to sign this into law. this is a really big issue out in the state of california. shannon. shannon: always controversial out there. thank you very much. new questions today about the president's budget. he was unable to get a single vote of support in the senate. in three minutes alan colmes responds to critics on the democrat's spending plans and if they have one. a new reaction to an unguarded moment between two washington heavy weights. the harsh reality of the future of medicare. we have the numbers an...

Want to use this for political advantage to do nothing, that is wrong and i think that's what president clinton was trying to get at. at the same time the prescription, paul ryan's prescription is dead on arrival and we have to talk and come up with a bi-partisan solution. shannon: is that possible right now, it's very heated and partisan this conversation in washington. is paul ryan to be blamed for putting out something that a lot of people think can't get capitol hill or the white house, but what have the democrats offered? >> that is the big thing, what have the democrats offered? they wan...

Let's talk about how to solve it. democratic strategist dan gerstein and jason lewis is of the jason lewis show. welcome to you both. i want to start with you, dan. alan colmes was just on he says the ryan plan will decimate medicare. everybody acknowledges something has to be done. why is the ryan plan unworkable for you. >> it's unworkable because it would fundamentally change and really obliterate medicare as we know it. that is unacceptable to democrats. i think it's a bad policy, but even worse it was done in a very partisan way. in a way that we knew was going to get no democratic suppor...