guide to obamacare starting with the individual mandate. that is it for the willis report. neil: let it be known that this is the week that cruz controls. but who will have the last laugh? spoiler alert, cruz is not one of the main guys. and is the gvernment trying to shake down jpmorgan case? either way, a former whitewater prosecutor says that it is extortion and it is very scary. and it's scary when kids come up with his excuse for not doing their homework. congress doesn't bother, why should die. tonight, meet the man

grandmother who says it's wreaking havoc on our kids. neil cavuto starts right now. ♪ ♪ neil: welcome, i am neil cavuto, and if you did not know who ted cruz is last week, that you know who he is right now. >> dr. seuss' green eggs and ham. i do not like green eggs and ham come i do not like them, sam i am. >> you go with the book about a stubborn book guy who tries green eggs and ham. after tasting it, he realizes that he likes it. neil: one devoted crusader, or

should i say one devoted ted-cruz-ator. talked for 21 hours and 19 minutes and did what many thought was impossible. make the senate even less productive. [laughter] >> in the land of washington dc in the senate of nooze, his name is ted cruz. >> i will not support this health care law obama. obama, obama. weird name, right? >> breaking bad had its first episode on sunday. but as you know, it's a story of a chemistry teacher that teaches chemistry in highschool and he starts making matthew provide for his family.

or as others call it, a legitimate alternative for obamacare. lou: neil: before the presidential candidate, brent bozell talks about shll obama and what is being made about this. >> on one hand things are funny and we should laugh at them. that some of them, it is an attempt to undermine ted cruz. and then let me tell you what is really happening. in the republican party, there has been nothing but deadwood for about 15 years.

and suddenly if you look at what the party is, there is a new leadership. the names are ted cruz and marco rubio and rand paul. and what is happening is the old, tired people who will not fight for anything, they are outraged by it. but the democrats are threatened by it and the media can't stand it and also i tell you who is taking over the republican party is ted cruz. neil: what you see here is the worry and an undercurrent saying that the sky amounts to something, much of an original attack that michele bachmann came apart. so just trying to generalize her and trivializing the sky. >> sure. >> the fact that they are all focused on him shows the effect

that he has had and it's not going to stop. ted cruz will continue talking this way. isn't this interesting? there is no good news on obamacare. it is nothing but bad news on obamacare. do you think these conservatives are going to stop in their effors to try to stop this train wreck? they are not going to stop. neil: one thing as well -- >> that leaves you with nothing but attacks on them. that is all the others can do. neil: legitimately at times good laughs, but i will say this. there are a lot of people and friends i knew that don't pay enough attention to this stuff. and it's like, what is he railing on about, oh, yeah, there are some problems with that and i'm getting anxious because my boss is thinking about dumping me onto these exchanges and he doesn't know anything about them. so in a way whether you get your way or not, it is sometimes just not mattering, you make a statement as much as ronald reagan did.

missing the nomination storming back years later. >> right. the people who object to this are of special interest in washington dc. it's like, we can't cover you, we have this,. neil: that's right, it's no laughing matter and so it's not going to connect when they attacked ted cruz. no one is going to feel like the attackers in their camp, they like what ted cruz is saying. neil: it is good to have you again. michele bachmann, she just kept going on and on and kept the fight going. congresswoman from i'm seeing it happen all over again. with whether you agree or disagree, there is nothing

between the jokes in the personal attacks or to a little heavy-handed. where do you think is going on with this? >> i agree with ted cruz. i was actually with him in senator lee last night and we were talking about strategy and the way forward. the silver lining in what was taken for votes on the senate today, more than double that we thought we might get came in. they thought maybe originally they would get nine senators to go with them and they have 19 senators with them. and that's simply because a lot of reviewers picked up the phone and make a call and check also to republican senators and the dead. nineteen, that's an incredible number that day. so we are going to take this up in the house. to make this bill over to us, if you will come in the house already fully fund the government, now the senate has decided want to fully fund obamacare for the fight will return to the house and we will have a very strong contention of republicans -- for nothing less

than fully funded, defending obamacare they don't want to take the blame for this bill they voted for. >> to that notion, and you fear this, any advice do you give senator cruz the first inkling would be different elsewhere. they're going to be those moderates that say, go slow, don't go crazy, don't ignite the crazies. we can do that, we can win this issue. just moderate the tone. what do you think? >> i say tha sometimes the worst attacks can come from her

or him him him him him him him him him him. >> because he will stay the course. but republicans need to recognize is stop listening to these pundits.

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him him him him him him him him with. >> he had seen her out to sea and that is good. and the tea party and radio talkshow host. and they said why not pull the whole thing off? it cemented our prospects, you say yes? >> i say that i think that republicans stand strong on

that. they are simply responding to the wants and needs of the american people. >> no one had even the time to read it before it was passed. it has been imposed on us and it's a radical way in businesses and people are saying know that we have a strong majority i think one of the most fat components here is that less than 3% of federal bureaucrats even want anything to do with obamacare. neil: when the chef is not eating the food, you don't go there. >> that's right. i have those opinions. neil: a lot of the republican mainstream, when i was down in washington this week, we are on the same page. i thought this is much as i could, we lost, and there are

other ways we can do later pick it apart,the funding can't do anything, it's not doable. what you say? >> it the backbone for once. >> we are rereading the rules of the senate. >> this is where republicans need to stay strong and fight to the death. why wifi once? might have won the battle and not go ahead? >> they argued, fight to the death means that we all die if you push this. >> i say fine, bt the message needs to be delivered that we -- this is not aut republicans causing a shutdown, this is about the elite in washington dc and imposing its radical build. neil: you are right,.

>> the mainstream media has said it's a great thing and a wonderful thing. we are all going to have little chocolate m&ms and a little bunnies. but that's not what has happened. republicans have said this is incumbent upon the party that wants to sell it to the american people. neil: those are the people that have this strong sentiment. do not return something that has not included the spirit we have a shutdown, we are up against a debt limit and it will all close and you guys see that.

>> that's right, they will call us names no matter what. when had they not called us names? we have had this pushed upon us, and the right thing is to choose the say let's take a step back and help, help the american people understand how to do it and then they the people, you know, we the government are going to listen to this. i don't think that is unreasonable. neil: when everyone else does the idea of this was killing the thing and in its debt and pushing for is unreasonable, the a side of the record. versus the b side of the record.

>> the fact that it's not working out is not the republicans fall. besides this, i think they think that everything is the fault of fox news the. neil: reality has something to do with it as well. [laughter] >> and the framers because they forgot the right health care in the constitution. i do think that there is an easy and simple method and that is republicans need to save the democrats got it. neil: when we come back, a brand-new segment. in just a few minutes, we will show the world what you're thinking about. i know some of you can't control yourselves. but a couple of warnings.

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neil: this simple question. once we heard the attorney general eric holder were flying out to detroit, they could picking up a tad more than just their plane tickets. just a few hundred million bucks, and a carry-on as well. that has a weird sounding situation. >> i think it shows two things, that our accounting department doesn't know where our dollars are, or that -- neil: where did we come up with this? >> pretty much. and the government basically wanted to look like they re the knight in shining armor and rescue the cities. and what we are doing is

rescuing them. neil: they are not rescuing them with that kind of terminology, they are is no rescue being planned, but normally when you come to $300 million, you left a lot of folks thinking that's. >> the distinction and the thing is that detroit cannot pay their loans. it was federal money committed for a variety of reasons, redirected to the same thing that the federal government is doing and i would say what the federal government is doing in this instance when it comes to a, b, c, showing compassion for a city that needs some right now and doing something. doing something -- i stress that word because this isn't that much money considering how bad this is.

>> now you're telling government officials -- neil: not that you're not telling them not, but i'm wondering what it leads to what other cities. chicago is in a world of hurt, and they did 300 million for th. >> nobody wants to sit here and cut the teachers pay or make the hard cuts with salaries. especially if you are at the elected office looking at election time. let's not make the hard cuts because the government is going to back us up. i think we have taken a safety step. neil: 300 million doesn't even

come close. i agree with that. and now the city is fighting themselves in this debt. but it could be a signal if you renegotiate it. the bailouts and rescues, you can go ahead and do risky things because the government has your back. is this what they think? >> a couple of thoughts. we do have a political system that runs our country, but if we are going to go that route, we have people whose timing we can question and whose motives we can question. i prefer that to some sort of dictatorship. i think most everyone else if

you are running us, itcould be one thing or another. neil: this is ingrained in our culture. and on and on. there have been expectations -- and they may not make me pull some, but they will help me out. >> i think this is directly tied to why washington hits the debt ceiling to be raised. and nobody ever goes and says i'm not going to do that. this is why the administration is pushing the debt limit so they can cover all these other bailouts. >> i don't share that, i don't think it will lead to a bunch of bailouts. i do think it will lead to more money to get them over the hump.

>> the end result is all honesty. are you going to sit there and do detroit not birmingham? >> we have a long-standing tradition in this country of the federal government helping out all kinds of crisis. i don't think we should change that. that is what is going on right now. neil: 18 cities are in crisis. >> in the media, we are doing the right thing in picking taking it apart, criticizing, saying it is this where the money should be spent, should we avert the crisis. we do the best that we can. >> media is not covering it.

this has been predictable. >> a crisis is when a city doesn't have firefighters put out fires. >> but we knew that was coming from an original responsibility of planning. >> will the dog ate my homework be the excuse they use? neil: it is so yesterday to say the dog has eaten my homework. congress never get stuff done, why should i? that's a new one. when kids learn the darndest th thank you orville and wilbur... ...amelia... neil and buzz: for teaching us that you can't create the future... by clinging to the past. and with that:

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>> is it possible that the democrats can negotiate with house republicans? >> i will not negotiate over the full faith and credit of the united states. >> the president says that i'm not going to negotiate. well, i'm sorry, but it just doesn't work that way. >> there is no need for conversations. >> for too long, president obama and his democratic colleagues in the senate have chosen to ignore a booming debt crisis. >> they focus on politics and trying to mess with me.

neil: a big old washington dc class. at issue? the congress and the president on every issue up against yet another deadline to provide a good example that will also be part of it. that is when we decided not to talk about politicians ripping each other. neil: it is a sad excuse when they say that they are late, i'm going to be late. >> it certainly affects example that we are setting for our

children. no, mom, let me do that come it's not about this. we have to be doing this and we have to be taken care of what gets done. the covers is not taking things seriously and things are not getting done in a timely manner. neil: all they hear is arguing back and forth, some could say. mad at each other, asking each other stuff, but if they see an adult do it, not only adults, and almost influential adults, they say what the heck. >> i also think that we are not setting a good example for children all the time because we are not setting a good example. enough is enough, let's come to a compromise and agree on something. we are going back and forth with the nonsense, we have to set a good example for our children and not everything is going to be perfect. this will lead up to the last

minute. neil: the same stories like tip o'neill, a few cocktails along the way. but each sort of realize is that if i give the other guy something, you know, we are both kind of winners here. but still, things got done. >> compromise. we have to ensure that we can compromise and we will come to a solution, but in a timely matter and not leaving things up to the last minute. neil: do think the kids look at this and say, it is a weird country and that depends on the age. that we are so dysfunctional.

>> the more they are going to think is that let's go with and make a decision. >> let's come to some type of agreement here. neil: you are going in your room and not coming out and not going to the restaurant were in the restaurant at all. >> i agree

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favorite things. things are taking heat. robert ray saves in 10 said that he been watching this whole jpmorgan jamie dimon ring. he has concluded that maybe this isn't about a government, but a government and its chairman. i recently know jamie dimon, and you can explain from having one of these vast tracts, is there a connection? >> it's really hard to tell. you don't know what is on the other side. he is negotiating on behalf of the bank he met with the attorney general for an hour. but the numbers are astronomically high. >> they could be over 10 million. neil: the multibillion on the whale trade, that really didn't

hurt anyone. and they have reserves of over $600 million for legal fees.. we are talking about a settlement of over $10 million. neil: this has to do with bringing people up to speed -- you know, they add more, but isn't that a little bit much? >> there may be a willing victim on the other side because of jpmorgan and the other big banks. bank of america and other banks are wrapped up with multiple different potential in losses and liabilities. and they have a way to negotiate to buy some type of global peace and. neil: do think whatever deal with jpmorgan will set the stage? because they are arguably the most successful in the best

shape. >> and you will get similar eye-popping deals. >> i think you will see the similar eye-popping deals we start talking about billions. you are using the levels to extract settlements and that raises, i think, legitimate questions about whether or not that is appropriate. it's one thing to hold individuals accountable, we all understand the proper function of law enforcement or come it's another thing to start talking about using the threat of law enforcement action soon i have to talk about this, with the meltdown, a lot of these guys are still pushing over the edge from a pilot these types of

signs. >> i got to determine not the one absolutely. but i'm wondering whether it one or another, you see it in other areas of the government. two money is one thing. if you're really talking about law enforcement, you should be talking about holding individuals to account is not always easy to prove in any ase. at. neil: but this is very effective. is that psychologically true? that someone will pay anything? as long as they can avoid this?

>> what conclusion do you think that this draws? i'm concerned about the fact that looks like justice for sale. that has two aspects to it. they are not particularly positive in the public image two. neil: when did it become looking at the are utterly disgusting. a billion here, billion there, it adds up to real money and you have to say to yourself, okay, they are buying peace, at what price? low-price for justice. neil: thank you so much for being here. all right, we have been telling you all this week that we hear you. we are sick of experts bs. so you wanted them to know the

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>> our new segment tonight, melissa francis is here >> our new segment tonight, melissa francis is here to react to what we are >> our new segment tonight, melissa francis is here to react to what we are seeing on twitter. anyway, first out, you guys are

just that fed up. with this entire health care law. my commentary about the president laming funds, fox getting companies to drop their workers, the company said. when all else fails, blame fox news. another blame game is the president's only game. and it kicked off viewers to obama. we are all of the problem and we should just shut up and give the king what he wants. >> i say when watching the president, what an endorsement. really, isn't like the president to take a shot directly at fox news? at. neil: picture us to do that. to be that low. melissa: that is kind of our job. the people that are out there

doing that. that is what journalists do. neil: that's a lot more painful. but it does seem like to engage on that level, really don't have a lot to stand on. but it's good product placement. the on-the-fly coming up with something like that. neil: what ever happened to no budget, no pay from the last continuing resolution. they lost it and then still another. explain why congress will get paid if the government shuts down. melissa: i don't know, it's like the debt ceiling. if i max out my visa, the first thing i do is call vsat a demand that they increase my

limit. no, that is outrageous. you're talking about the budget. they can't get together and get organized about a budget to live on. i like the idea of the government going home for a little while. the one technically the president said that he can raise the debt limit. not increasing the debt, but as you point this ut, you're you arsetting the stage. >> you are not tackling real problem. that would be tackling the problem that is leading to that with the debt limit. it is all intertwined in my mind. it's about getting spending under control. so it does seem fair, that's how i would handle that. neil: absolutely. that was then, this is honestly not now, and one of our viewers quotes, reminding us just why

standard & poor's downgraded its in the first place a couple of years ago. we lowered long-term rating because of the long-term controversy of the debt ceiling. but it is essentially still going on. >> it is the same nonsense. you saw that he was punished later for doing the downgraded. neil: do you think the other agencies will risk a downgrade? >> i don't think so. it's just giant government out of control and your viewers actually see that. neil: they are very smart viewers. and our tweet of the day now. how can you not love this. i mean, alyssa, and how can you not love this? >> i definitely have to say when i came in intervi here, that i said when i grow up i want to be neil cavuto.

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neil: it is time for our business blades. here is wh has the business world buzzing. and they could do this to reignite fans. outside the chip. many have drifted away. some wonder what he really knows about the software. they said the same about a cookie guy. john layfield is here to talk to us about what he thinks. >> i definitely think that alan mullally has done a wonderful job at ford. steve has been criticized, but you can hardly criticize him they just bought tokyo for about

$7 million per that they have not been able to grow organically. what they need is a visionary like alan mullally. a visionary. i think it could be the perfect guy. neil: i always think that the best company ceo is like a market that you have the ford that. that raises the question whether lawley is that guy. >> i have to wonder that. if microsoft is part of that. there is a bigger twist. whatever comes in and whoever comes in to microsoft, they will not only get . again.

neil: what you think, keith? >> i would like to agree on that. at. neil: okay, onto mcdonald's side salads. they are doubling down on healthy. >> i think it's a great pr move. i think it is brilliant. they had a bad pr data about a month ago. at minimum wage. this is brilliant. the worst thing that mcdonald's has done lately was to get a 99-cent burger war with burger king. you are losing some margin here on french fries and soda but the pr benefits outweigh all of that stuff.

>> i like eating a mcdonald's myself. especially when i come running, off an airplane or something, always good value there, especially when looking for a healthy alternative. neil: and what is that i hear? it's time. it's time for the nightcap. [laughter] hoping that washington comes out with a way to avert disaster. >> washington is so irresponsible, it is just beyond arrogant. and i wish that they would actually sit down and shut up and do the job and we need government. neil: we need someone like layfield busting heads.

layfield is going to rip you a new one. but short of that, john, what do you think of that? >> i think that he is spot on. look at the language that has come out of both sides. comparing each other to slaveowners and not to germany. this is a disgrace that this is happening to our country. probably better than a 5050 chance that we do have a government shutdown. but i think that there is a decent chance they are. neil: okay, in the next one, how long will it last? >> yes, because we are talking about one third of the budget, $106 billion we are short. the critical problem is active-duty military gets cut, congress on the other hand continues to have multiple health care plans. they continue to get paid. they need to be locked in a library somewhere were sent to bed without dinner like melissa said. it's in a disgrace and embarrassment. neil: do you think it will last longer than a week?

>> it's hard to say. we still have it. they can't agree on pipelines or ladies and gentlemen, "imus in the morning". well, i watched four or five episodes of "breaking bad." of course i knew enough about it to get into it. so i -- she's annoying. she's annoying and hateful. >> really annoying. >> she can't die quick enough. no. so where are we now? because when i left bernie brought me up to speed on the phone this morning. because where i left last night, jesse just got out of rehab,