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Say it would be passed along to you. was a dividing point and even democrats said it was a waste of time and now it's out of there. i don't know what this means for financial reform but it's no longer in there. now this ... deadly rioting in a greece today, protesters burning a bank building, killing three, including a woman four months pregnant. here's what people are dying over and killing for. the government wants to do the following: cut union bonuses as high as two months pay. stop people from retiring as early at 53 with full benefits and reduce lifetime pensions equal to the highest sal...

Wade. can you walk us through the specifics here? >> two provisions are very important. the first it bans all abortions after 20 weeks. previously the point of viability has been the significant dividing point between 22 and 24 weeks. this is the earliest abortions have been banned by a state. the secretary provision requires women to get mental health screening before they have an abortion on the theory that they could suffer some sort of psychological damage down the line. that's a very controversial idea. if they have an abortion. so it's the screening process and the 20-week limit. >> ther...

Year is play brinksmanship and paralysis. but they've been very clever about it. and you know, people have sort of said a plague on both your houses. what began with the debt ceiling and now continues with this issue, the american people have pretty good sniffers and they're beginning to smell that this tea party is extreme and not really interested in what's good for americans, not simply that they might have a different viewpoint, they want to cut government more than others but rather that they're basically trying to paralyze government and get nothing done. and it is true people are upset ...

>>neil: deal or for deal harry is in a hurry to cut a deal on the bush tax cuts saying he is open to extending temperature for everyone including the so-called fat cats. my guest says we cannot affords that. a democrat from the state of new york, congressman, there seems to be, then, a dividing point between reid and nancy pelosi. what do you make of that? >>guest: i think that reid is reacting to circumstances. i think he is looking at a lessened majority down the road. i think he is looking to take some positions to try to shore up his people. >>neil: you would think nancy pelosi, because sh...