>> when that is the farthest from the truth. i had gone to washington as a short pit stop on my way to graduate school. >> reporter: reports going back a couple of years say lewinsky has been shopping around a tell-all book about her relationship with bill clinton. if she does write another book it is sure to be a must-read. you have to wonder if she would really be interested to be back in the spot light in that way. >> thanks very much. and we are just getting this in. the veteran nbc news anchor tom brokaw announced he is diagnosed with cancer. he is 74 years old. he says he has multiple myeloma. we wish him a complete, complete recovery. that's it for me. thanks for watching.

"cross fire" starts right now. tonight on cross fire republicans cave on the debt ceiling and blame the president. >> he is the one driving up the debt. >> obamacare pushed back yet again. the president is put on defense. >> we understood from the start that there were going to be challenges. the politics of 2014. on the left van jones. on the right s.e. cupp. in the cross fire sharon brown, democrat of ohio and dean heller. tonight on cross fire.

president obama promised he was going to put an end to all brinksmanship and foolishness last fall when the same extremist tried the same stunt. as of today the tea party fever is officially broken. thank you president obama. >> i don't know why you are so happy. with the debt ceiling off the table we can go right back to talking about obamacare. >> what's that?

i love it. i tell you what, this president has defamed the tea party. >> in the crossfire two senators democrat sharon brown of ohio and republican dean heller of nevada. i'll give the first one to you since you are in such a good mood today. >> we're excited because we actually have the threat to america's full faith in credit removed except your colleague, ted cruz has announced he is going to filibuster. are you going to join with ted cruz in filibustering the proposal. >> i wasn't aware he was going to filibuster. i wouldn't be surprised. you know, they passed in the house. they couldn't get the 218 votes. said she would get their caucuses support --

>> is ted cruz wrong then? >> first of all, i think it is a republican -- the president's party responsible for passing the debt ceiling increases. it was true under bush and true under clinton. it is the democrat's responsibility.