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Explanation for why republicans cannot pass things that they come up with. their own ideas, their own deals. there's a simpler explanation for why republicans can't get anything done. it is, as yet, only a hypothesis, but there's a growing body of support for it. it could just be that john boehner is bad at this job. joining us now with the latest is congressman barney frank. democrat of massachusetts. joins us from the hill. congressman frank, thank you for being here. >> thank you, rachel. >> from the outside it looks like the republicans after a very long meeting tonight are still going to ...

Would that be warranted? >>guest: probably is. in fact, even if we meet our $1.2 trillion dole, that is not cutting spending. that is just instead of borrowing $10 trillion over 10 years we might just borrow $8 trillion or $9 trillion. we are not talking serious cuts or reduction in debt and we are still planning on deficits so we are not close to where we need to be and the democrats are not going do cut spending as we saw in what happens in ohio year where you have government workers controlling the political agenda, we have that same problem here with the democrats in control of the white h...

offduty police officer in 1989. working to stop the execution. also have breaking news on the other big story. the release of two american hikers in iran. josh fattal and shane bauer were escorted to their family. we'll begin with the extraordinary troy davis take. i want to go straight to david mattingly outside the prison in jackson, georgia. there seems to be increased activity in the last hour. apparently family members arriving, a lot of state police arriving. what is your feeling about what may be going on? >> well, there's a tremendous show of force here. it continues to grow ...

If i thought they would cave to pressure, i would tell them not to. the reality is, they don't care. maybe the strategy is to unite lose the constituencies that big musicians have to help us change the politics in the ground. >> >> practically speaking, senator kyl and senate republicans cannot hold meetings without the approval of democratic chair senator leahy. is this the next step of immigration talking points of the gop dangling repealing the 14th amendment? >> i find it so ironic. arizona is the petri dish. they're going to try everything here. and people don't understand that after 1070...

Care. it was all on live tv and they let it all hang out for hours clashing on many issues and agreeing on some others b through does not seem to be enough common ground and the majority democrats may try to push through health care reform using controversial senate reconciliation rules normally limited to budget-related rules, but it will bypass the rule that 60 votes are needed to end debate and that means that the republicans cannot block legislation with a filibuster. democrats could rely on a simple up or down 51-vote majority. both sides are well aware of the implications. listen to. thi...