Page 26 - Shake Down News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Associated with. if we find out who they're associated with, we also shake down who they're associated with. >> that means even though the knife was found on his brother, ronnie tye will have his cell inspected for contraband as well. >> tye, shake down. >> what is this all about every [ bleep ] time? that's bull [ bleep ]. what did they get my brother with? >> he had a seven-inch shank. >> seven inch? >> seven inch shank. >> i don't know what the [ bleep ] he's thinking. he's a grown man. just like me. we come in alone. i love him. he's my brother. i'd die with him if somebody was trying to h...

And it is popular with the public, but controversial in some circles. lisa is looking into this. what is going on? >> well, the $20 million fund is seen as a major victory for the white house, but joe barton called it a shake down, and he got into a lot of hot water for those words, but one thing that barton did say that political analysts are agreeing on is that the fund is unprecedented. >> it is a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what i would characterize as a shakedown. in this case, a $20 billion shakedown. i apologize. >> reporter: outrageous...

An opposite effect, i want to apologize for that misconstruction. >> among the misconstruers, house lady john boehner calling barton into a meeting this afternoon. he promptly caved to boehner's shake down. he said either cave immediately or lose your position immediately. barton is quoted as saying, i apologize for using the term shakedown with regard to yesterday's actions at the white house yesterday morning and i retract my apology to bp. we're joined by congressman mike doyle of pennsylvania. congressman, thanks for your time tonight. >> my pleasure, keith. >> who is the democratic master...

One? >> republicans are never going to let him say this again. the message i was given if he brings this up in the congress, they'll review whether he should be ranking member. tea partiers think he was right. they think this is another example of president obama bullying an industry under his will. michele bachmann was saying two days ago, tom pryce was saying it one day ago, that it was a shakedown. they were ahead of the curve. that is what the base believes. they need to make sure more republicans don't actually admit they believe that. >> david weigel of the washington post. thanks. >> th...

Sorry the birds and the turtles and the louisianians inhaled so much of it? almost. congressman joe barton apologized to bp's ceo, tony hayward, for what happened at bp's meeting with the president yesterday, at which bp agreed to create a $20 billion escrow fund for compensating gulf coast residents impacted by the disaster. >> and i'm ashamed of what happened in the white house yesterday. i think it is a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what i would characterize as a shakedown. in this case, a $20 billion shakedown. so i'm only speaking for mysel...