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This thing. what you're talking about is whether somebody has got a mandate to fix things. none of those things are actually compromised. david, a poll, the same poll i just talked about also showed the public is divided on who is doing a better job on the budget. this is a problem. president obama and the democrats on one side, at 39%. the republicans in congress on other with 42%. 19% unsure. so i'm wondering whether this budget compromise is likely to be about compromise, or it's likely to be about reducing the deficit so that we can reduce the debt. or it's about political gain. >> at this...

Is whether somebody's got a mandate to fix things. what we're not talking about, none of those things are actually compromise. david, the same poll i just tacked about also showed the public divided on who is doing a better job on the budget. this is a problem. president obama and the democrats on one side at 39%. the republicans in congress on the other with 42%. 16% unsure. so i'm wondering whether this budget compromise is likely to be about compromise or it's likely to be about reducing the deficit so we can reduce the debt, or it's about political gain. >> at this point it's mostly about ...

>> the republican solution to everything, nothing. john boehner wants a moratorium on federal regulations of anything. >> i think having a moratorium on new federal regulations is a great idea. sends a wonderful signal to the private sector, they're going to have some breathing room. >> if that is, they can still breathe after all the unregulated dispersants. john of orange cotifies the party of no. jean gene robinson tries to save us. not phony war, but common sense. the documentary film "count down to zero." >> you're not going to kill four million people by hijacking airplanes and crashing ...

Alison summing up their motivation. >> the objective of al qaeda is to kill four million americans, including two million children. this is in his calculation. required to balance the scales of justice. he takes instances like the war in iraq and counts down the body count and says that's how many people. 4 billion. you don't kill four million people by hijacking airplanes. >> joining me is valerie plame-wilson. she appears in the documentary "countdown to zero" which premiers in august. it's a pleasure to have you in person. >> thank you very having me. >> without the fear mongering or anothe...

Robust, capture, kill, what you and i would call assassination program without a whole lot of public debate. they are internally inside the white house very proud of this program. not just in the arabian peninsu peninsula, but also in afghanistan and pakistan. but again this has happened without much debate. >> a version for you of a question i asked jack rice. where are the safeguards about only opening pandora's box under these specific circumstances? in other words, if you say, all right, we're going to let this one go, because obviously we can assume all these other fatal word that's have ...