you a hard time. no codswallop. again, thank you for joining us, i'm bill o'reilly, the spin stops here because we are definitely looking out for you. and this is a fox news alert, he began speaking at 2:41 p.m. eastern time this afternoon not stopped. texas senator ted cruz is a man true to his word. and today he proved that and is proving it right now. let's watch. >> i intend to speak in support of defunding obama care until i am no longer able to stand. to do everything that i can to help americans stand together and recognize this grand experiment, three and a half years ago is quite simply not working. >> now, senator cruz has been

speaking for almost six and a half hours and it doesn't appear he is ready to stop any time soon. let's listen in live to the senate floor. >> after a summer spending with friends, working for a temporary job at a nonprofit, he found a grant that allowed him to enroll this fall, but he still doesn't know what he is going to do at the end of the semester. quote, i kind of did everything i was supposed to be doing, unquote. the cost of the lost generation, i'm still reading from "the wall street journal" go beyond the impact on young people themselves, the corporation for national and community service, a federal agency. >> now, we're going to be keeping a close watch on the senator's floor speech. we'll dip in and out. and you can also see it throughout the hour at the bottom of the screen. and joining us for reaction, somebody in cruz's corner, she also endorsed him, fox news

contributor, former governor sarah palin, good to see you. >> thank you so much, you know if ted cruz runs out of material there to speak in this filibuster there he can always just read the obama care bill himself. because i bet you no one else on the senate floor has actually >> no one could survive reading it that long, governor, i think it would be too long for -- god help him. he would be there the rest of his life. >> if he would read it, perhaps nancy pelosi would be watching the station and saying oh, that is what is in it. 20,000 pages including these regulations. and it is only going to grow. this large bible, full of font and commentary, this large bible is full of a thousand pages, can you imagine this bureaucracy that nobody has read?

>> no, it gets a little harder, you know what is sad this hour, i have been appealing to people all day. this, to me, governor is a tipping point. will this be a revitalized republican party with bold differences, didn't they all run and vow they would repeal and replace, why, as of this hour, ted cruz, mike lee, marco rubio, rand paul, senator inhofe are the only ones supporting and standing with cruz. what is your reaction to that? where are the other 39 republicans? >> well, and the democrats. remember many democrats had recently come out against obama care saying specifically they understood about the death panels and other things. and obama care, as the court said, is actually a tax that they had not been aware of previously. and the democrats who had opposed it, where the heck are they? >> sean, what you are suggesting is this is something much greater than just this boot on

the neck, jam down your neck, socialized health care coverage program of obama. it is going to be run by the irs? it is greater than that. ted cruz loves his countrymen and he does not want to see us destroyed by bad selfish policy so he fights for what is right. and yet the naysayers tell us this is a lost cause. fighting for what is right. fighting against a program that is so bad that congress itself exempted itself out of. >> by the way, senator dick durbin has kind of jumped on the floor to kind of interrupt ted cruz, let's listen. >> i am getting the answer to your question but it is a detailed answer. so if you will forgive me, i'll take a few moments to lay it out. the first step in my view -- >> governor, the question that dick durbin just asked, does ted cruz wanted to shut down the government and does he have

enough votes? now, governor, the answer is no. mitch mcconnell took a shot at cruz saying his strategy is to de-fund obama care, that ted cruz, accused of wanting to fund obama care and shut down the government. there is a parliamentary move here, if the republicans vote for cloture, it allows a simple majority to pass it. what ted cruz is saying, the only vote, the real vote that matters, if the republicans vote against cloture it will prevent reid's amendment to strip the de-funding. it gets complicated. but i understand what kcruz is doing, where are the other republicans and what are the tactical differences? >> well, they are expecting that americans are not going to keep up with the arcane senatorial

rules, you know, they are hard to follow. you get kind of glassy eyed. cruz is right when he discuss tuesday cloture, and the debate, and allowing senator reid to take out the de-funding mechanism that is part of the cr now. a vote for that will be a vote for obama care. let me go back to those, though, who are calling this a lost cause. and i don't know if you saw "mr. smith goes to washington" mark levin reminded his viewers of that. when he said a lost cause during a filibuster, he said a lost cause is actually the only one worth fighting for because a lost cause, the only reason you would fight for such a thing is for one reason, one plain, simple reason, and that is love thy neighbor. and in a world today that is full of hatred, that politician

who understands that "love thy neighbor," is going to do the right thing until the death, is love his neighbor. so that virtue, love thy neighbor, the country, so we won't be insolvent under obama care, they passed it not knowing what really it entailed. >> you know when reagan challen challenged the sitting president, gerald ford in 1976, and a lot of republicans were angry. he came very close, very close in that battle against gerald ford. this, to me, seems to be a real showdown between the republican party and the conservatives and the more establishment types. my feeling is that every republican stood with cruz, if they would stand with him here, they could effectively stop,

fund the government like the rest of the house did and they could stop obama care. and then it is going to be the president's choice and senate democrats choice if they wanted to shut down the rest of the government after it is funded. why won't they do that? >> you're right, and the states could do what happened back in the bicentennial year, i remember, i was going into junior high. the world was watching what happened then. what reagan did was stand tall and strong and open the door for success for a real conservative agenda that the nation needed at that time four years later. that is exactly what we're going to need in a few years here. once president obama is gone, our country will be so close to being fundamentally changed as he promised, we'll have a lot of work to get back on solid footing, back for that

exceptional, growing nation. we'll have a lot of work, if the statesmen would actually stand up and do their job which is fulfilling their campaign promises and implementing the will of the people, we'll see another reagan uprising in a couple of years and that is exactly what we need. >> you know, the republicans praised reagan, but at the time they didn't like his boldness. and it seems to me, tell me if i'm wrong, i keep getting -- sources on the ground, if you will, the contentious lunch that took place among the senate, and including senator john mccain, who you ran with. it seems to me there is a little bit of jealousy and anger that this freshman is daring to take on the establishment. but i think he is almost calling them to task because they ran on this promise. do you see any other way they can accomplish repealing obama care but this way? because i don't. >> no, of course not. you have to take whatever tool

you have in your tool box in order to get rid of obama care. the only tool that we have at this point is unfunding it. that is the role of the legislative branch, is holding the purse strings. as for ted cruz, personally, he is a tough texan, he can handle this. remember, people throw rocks at things that shine, and ted cruz is shining. and it is not him personally, i person represents. it is his believes. his ideals. his love of country, and of again, not wanting to see us destroyed under something like obama care that the irs was going to continue to cram down our throats. >> all right, governor, great to hear from you tonight. good to see you, we've missed you. it has been a while since you have been on. good to have you here. >> thank you, keep up the good work. all right, there is a poll out today, a gallup poll, dick

durbin has now challenged ted cruz on the senate floor. let's take a watch, a quick look at what is happening and we'll tell you what is coming up. >> the best way for judy or anyone else to have health insurance is an economy that is strong and people can get back to work. let me respond, before the senator from illinois came to the senate, i read a number of letters that have come from people all over the country. and let me just read the next one on my stack because it happens to actually be a counterpart to a story about judi. this was a constituent from texas who wrote earlier this year, quote. >> all right, we'll dip in throughout the hour on "hannity," also this breaking news edition of the show. and coming up next, utah senator, mike lee, joins me to weigh in on ted cruz' valiant effort to defund obama care. and option number one, president

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amendment that provided it to every one of the staff and every political appointee in the obama administration. and frankly, i would like to see everybody in the senate put on the exchanges. that if we make the american people have the changes, they be subject to them so that when we go on television we can say the exchanges are really, really good? we're not talking about somebody else's health care, we're talking about our own. >> i would like to respond and ask a question. >> i am happy to yield without yielding the floor. >> and the point i would like to make is the senator is just plain wrong. what he just stated is just plain wrong. here is the state of the situation, the health insurance that you enjoy and the senator from alabama and i enjoy, as well as the senator from virginia is the federal employees health benefit program. it covers 8 million federal employees and their families, including members of congress and our staff.

for the premiums that we pay for the health insurance we choose, the federal government, as our employer, pays 72% of the premiums. this is not an unusual situation. 150 million americans have -- >> all right, dick durbin, now challenging senator ted cruz, who is now going on almost seven hours on the floor. and the man who got all of this started, senator mike lee from utah. it is interesting that durbin shows up in prime time to challenge senator ted cruz, and he doesn't have to answer him and can keep going on his own. >> he can keep going on his own. but one of the great things about senator cruz is he is willing to answer questions and doesn't shy away, as you know, sean, from either controversial questions or difficult questions. >> and that was a giveback to federal employees because they didn't want the exchange, is that not correct? >> well, senator durbin is

describing just what is the status quo under the federal health employees system. but i was waiting to hear where he was going to go next, i'm not sure what point he was trying to make. it will be interesting to see what he was going to say. >> yeah, but there is also exemptions for big business, right? >> yes, this really pits one group of americans against another in so many different ways. we have had this big carve out, individuals have to comply with their mandate, but big businesses don't. that is unfair, there are lots of unfairnesses about this law. we don't want the americans pitted against one another. it is one of the many pit falls of big government, and why we're fighting against it. why we're standing with the american people with the house leadership to fund government and de-fund obama care. >> let me allow you to have the opportunity to explain the process. cloture being obviously the need

for 60 votes. there are 46 republicans in the united states senate. and you're saying and what ted cruz has been saying all day is that you should vote against cloture to prevent harry reid, because once that is reached, he would just need a simple majority for stripping out the defunding resolution and a simple majority of the house. explain where it is first and where your fellow republicans stand on it. >> well, first of all, cloture on the bill, which is what we'll vote for next friday or saturday. it is something that will be accomplished so as to end debate on this bill. now, in this circumstance, we intend to oppose cloture on the bill for the simple reason that harry reid doesn't want to give us an up and down vote on this bill. meaning he doesn't want to allow the option as it was voted on in the house, nor does he want us

to be able to have a full open amendment process in which both republicans and democrats could bring forward amendments and have them considered and voted upon, as each senator deems fit. he is not willing to have that either. he wants this middle ground. he wants to have his cake and eat it too. he wants to say we're going to have one amendment and one amendment only. and that amendment will strip out, gut the house passed resolution of the de-funding language. and we're saying we're not willing to go along with it. harry reid will have 50 democrats to vote with him, to strip out, to de-gut the funding language. and i don't want to help him and ted cruz doesn't want to help him and a number of our colleag colleagues are not willing to do that. >> it seems that your colleagues are going to vote for cloture, seems to be missing a point here. that vote for cloture allows the simple majority to strip out the language that the house put in

there to de-fund obama care. you're saying if they vote against cloture, they won't have that a opportunity, do i understand that correctly? >> they won't have that opportunity and will be able to strip it out with a simple majority vote. and so that is one of the many reasons why we oppose cloture and one of the many reasons why we're inviting your listeners, viewers out there, anyone who agrees with us out there. make your views known, call your senator and make your position on the cloture, if he is will be to give us an up or down vote on cloture as is, great, he doesn't need us as republicans joining him. >> why is it -- we keep hearing that the only differences between the seven of you, and i count seven, as of now, committed. and that is you know, cruz, you, rubio, paul, vitter, robinson and inhofe. i don't know if any have joined

since i last checked. i know others have signed, but have not come out publicly yet. what is there -- they say it is a tactical difference. >> well, you know, sean, some are saying that this is a done deal. that we know somehow, i'm not sure how we know, but that we know that harry reid is going to be able to get 60 votes for cloture. my response to that is we don't know until that happens. you know, a couple of weeks ago people were saying that it was physically impossible to push through a bill like this through the house of representatives. that leadership would never go for it. you could never get 218 votes necessary to pass this in the house, and lo and behold, it happened. it happened because the house of representatives, the republican leadership over there boldly and bravely acted, pursuant to what the american people were asking them to do. it is time for the senate now to do the same thing.

and so i'm not willing to just sit back and say look, i know that this is going to happen anyway. i'm going to do everything i can to stop this law and i'm going to use every procedural tool at my disposal to defund obama care, to see what the house of representatives passed, that has the best possible chance of succeeding. >> all right, walk us through the rest of the week, what will happen, obviously, this will end at some point, tonight or tomorrow morning. i see senator sessions is supporting senator cruz, which brings it up to eight. what happens from here? >> okay, sometime tomorrow, probably around noon, we will by a previously arranged time agreement move on to a vote. a vote on cloture on the motion to proceed. that is simply a vote formally to get us onto the bill so that we're formally debating the bill. once that happens, another 30 hours will elapse. and at the end of that 30 hours we'll have another vote that will deal with cloture on the

bill. >> that is the one that matters, right? >> that is the one that matters, that is the one that matters, so that could occur sometime possibly thursday or friday. there are a lot of variables here that can control when that 30 hours runs, when it stops, whether or not it is cut short. >> and i had a friend of mine that is very familiar with the process. he says the goal is maybe if we get it into conference. i don't have any confidence in conference, do you? >> in this circumstance, i think we're going to be much better with a piece of legislation that is a great concern to the american people. to have it debated out in the open, out on the floor of the senate and the house of representatives. and so it may take more than one volley between the house and senate but we can do it that way. one of the major complaints against the conference committee is that they tend to act in secret behind closed doors. whereas if you consider something on the floor it is an

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. and this is a fox news alert, senator cruz is still making his case on the senate floor about the need to defund obama care. good to see you both, leslie, let's start with you, as we watch it on the corner of the screen. and it has been going on for quite a while. i have no doubt it will go on for a while. and gallop poll, harry reid, the

most unpopular ever. charlie cook has something that ought to concern democrats, is that the 2013 mid-terms look better for republicans than they did in 2010, as republicans are tilting democrats by 18 points. now this is all going on the same week as obama care. now, you're a democrat, how do you feel about that? >> well, i love how you cite the polls, but i won't go through them list by list, the american people although they say they're not in favor of obama care, they're not in favor of holding it up. the american people did not send democrats or republicans to washington to do this and to go back to undue legislation. tomorrow, the american people may vote ted cruz to be one of the most unpopular. >> i don't think so, he may be

one of the most popular. >> i have polls on my phone, to, i have the real politicings of i don't know how many polls we could list. it shows that the unpopularity of obama care is considered to be at an all-time high. the only time it dropped low was when it was out of the spotlight. it has always been unpopular, crammed down everybody's throat. i see why harry reid is unpopular, he is a negative guy. lie, lie, lie, look, sean, you can't front what is in somebody's paycheck or bank account. they know how much money they have to spend, they're getting notices from their employers. they see how obama care will affect them. the vip who owns my radio station is coming in to tell us about the negative impacts that obama care is going to have on my health insurance. you can't fake people out on

that. and they're reacting to it. >> let me go through some of it. dropping coverage, 160,000 employees, sea world, you can't work more than 28 hours, all impacted by obama care. cleveland clinic, citing obama care, cutting their work force. and independence daily, 300 employees they surveyed to cut hours for jobs, including 80 school districts, 36 universities, and 249 public sectors of the economy. all the companies are saying this, this is hurting them, stopping them from hiring full-time people, this is taking away health coverage, why not stop and put the pause button on and at least look at the negative impact? >> well, first of all, this is legislation that was passed years ago. there was no other alternative presented by the republicans. because sean you do not just stop and say -- when the majority of those in the voter population voted for this

president, not once, but twice, and although you may say the majority -- >> like who. >> the 41st vote against health care. >> that is one of the reasons they voted for the president, is because that was his platform, was to have universal heree aal care o-- >> why is it so unpopular? >> they wanted a single payer plan. they wanted the public option. >> no, they don't. then why doesn't it poll better? >> those on the left, it does. >> it does if you break it down -- >> something that leslie had said earlier about a poll, from the national journal, everybody is spinning it six ways to sunday and spinning it wrong. when you talk about the majority of americans who don't want to shut down government over obama -- they want to see. if(ykv you look at this nationa journal poll and if you accurately break it out, the employee reading comprehension, what you will see is that people want it wçwude-coupled.

they want to talk about a budget. first and foremost we wouldn't even have this conversation if the democrats had done their job in the senate so we didn't have to have continuing resolution and continuing resolution, but that is another discussion they don't want to bring up tonight, considering the pollins. people polled want to deal with obama care and then the government shutdown, then they want to deal with obama care separately. that is what the poll was about. that is what is being miscited. because it implicates democrats. >> we'll be right back, dana and leslie, we'll continue to monitor and dip in right now as a matter of fact, we'll take a look at what is going on at the senate floor with ted cruz. take a look. >> if we're standing and fighting and walking the walk, our believes should be self-evident. d.c. responds, the d.c. establishment responds, anyone who tries to tell the truth -- look, i promise you.

my observations right now that there are some republicans who would like a symbolic vote and then would like to lose so they don't have a risk of it actually being defunded, i promise you those comments are not getting me invited to any cocktail parties in washington any time soon. >> all right, we'll s"!]contin. mr. cruz goes to washington. don't forget, we want to hear from you, the companion site, fox news, hannity.com, you follow the live show. you get to pick about obama care. the heritage foundation. >> they will be forced to leave their positions, to go, we're not sure into what plan. [ male announcer ] house rule number 33.

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senate on the floor of the senate. and two members of the united states house. if you ask the american people how many senators should be here in the debate over de-funding obama care, the biggest job killer in this country because the american people's top priorities is jobs and the economy, the american people would say all 100 senators. what possibly do you have that is more important to do -- i suspect some of our colleagues are at a fundraising dinner. some of our colleagues are at home with their families. you want to know why congress is held in such low esteem? it is not because we don't pass enough laws. it is because the priorities in this body are not the priorities of the men and women in america. we're not listening to america. >> a pretty powerful moment, live, on the senate floor as ted cruz knew continues actually officially into his seventh hour on the floor of the u.s. senate.

we continue with dana lash and leslie marshal. you know, cbo came out with numbers last night and said basically were on a path to bankruptcy, 641 billion there$i taxes over a ten-year period of time, and forbes magazine came out and said they're going to spend $7,450 a year more than they're spending now. does any of this have any impact on you, or are you just a rigid idealogue -- >> you know that i own a medical center, you know my husband is a physician. let me tell you why we need this. >> i don't need -- >> i want to speak to jobs first -- the department of labor report shows that there are more jobs being created in the private sector, and this is not a job+ >> all right, you can give me

all the talking points you want, but i asked you a specific question. $750,000 more, the president said we saved $25,000 a year. that is a $10,000 swing. help me out, leslie, why doesn't that have an impression on you? >> well, certainly it has an impression on me, but doesn't mean you throw out the baby with the bath water, it doesn't mean you copy wendy davis and stand -- the reality is -- you had years ago, years ago to present an alternative plan. this reminds me of toddlers -- lying on the floor kicking and screaming because they can't get their way. and crying over spilled milk. this is not about the american people, this is about the tea party and not being a republican. the republican party is not even with ted cruz on this one. >> dana? >> and i think it is really funny she mentioned baby and bath water, here she was talking about wendy davis, killing them

instead of throwing them out with the bath water. i don't know why it doesn't have an impact on these individuals. sean, i have been storing the average american tweets from all across the country who have been talking about how obama care is having such a negative impact on them. they're talking about premium and losing coverage. i have heard from women who talk about whether or not they want to have more children or any children because they're worried about the cost associated with labor and delivery. in fact, i'm one of those women who decide if that is in my card s. because i have no idea what the affordability of health care is going to be. >> you know, $10,000, i remember my years in construction and restaurant business. i remember my struggling years as a radio host making 19 grand a year. you know what? that would be half of my salary if i had a family of four. even "new york times," even they say we'll have very limited doctor choices. you have the mayo clinic ceo talking about the negatives of obama care.

all of this data, and the fact that there are exclusive exemptions for the right people like big business and members of congress. none of it impacts the thought process of the left, and i don't understand that, leslie, because you are in reality a very reasonable person. $10,000 is a lot of money. >> well, yes, it is. there is no question about that. this is one of the reasons i am not in favor of the way the affordable care act was passed. i said that before on your program. one of the reasons to stop it -- well, no, it shouldn't be stopped. we need to go further -- one of the huge problems and my husband can tell you, people come to him -- people come to him when their bones are sticking out of their legs as opposed to they had a pain and it could have been prevented. i'm not talking about money in his pocket. >> it doesn't make sense. >> the emergency room, that was part of the problem, we're not

preventive with our health care. >> they already admitted the waivers -- >> of treating our body. >> they already admitted that it failed. they already admitted it failed. >> okay now, let's get -- >> the way they do it is make the waivers permanent for everybody, not just for congress and not just the businesses that support this administration. be honest, you were there for just a segment. bring that tug boat toshore! >> bring the tug boats to shore! >> take a look at ted cruz, please. >> i respect that degree of candor, and frankly, i'd be more happy if this body had ten more bernie sanders and ten more mike lees. because i think it would be far more truth in advertising and then we would have more debates about what the role of government should be in our lives. >> it keeps going strong, we'll

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ted cruz still on the senate floor to talk about de-funding obama care. and here, varney and company, what is going on, you have an interesting analysis. >> and point one, no de-funding obama care, no delaying it and the government does not shut down. number two, ted cruz emerges as a real leader, he makes a real impact, he has some leadership here. number three, the republican party is split, no question about it. number four, the democrats are worried because obama care is going to go forward and it is around the democrats' neck all the way to the election of 2014. are they secretly hoping that ted cruz is successful? >> no, they're hoping no such thing. the democrats are actually in a corner, they're being forced -- they're going to be forced to defend this. >> look at these polls, i have them here somewhere.

look at the polls out today about the size and scope of government, gallop, bigger than it has ever been, and people don't like it. >> i think one of the things that could have happened last week was to push for delay. even you saw deborah schultz today saying look, not everybody in obama care is sacred. we should be open-minded about this. and i think that showed a crack in the dam. so the delay was probably better last week, we spent the week talking about de-fund, where do we go from here? you still have the obama care, we don't have the delay piece. one of the big things i think they could do. and i think i had it wrong a couple of months ago, is the congressional exemption from obama care is something i think the republicans should be able to push. david vetter and a few others, they're so worried they don't even allow it to have a vote. and they're starting to use

personal attacks. >> why don't republicans -- this is what i don't understand. the house was sort of shamed into this because they started their little parliamentary trick. and i think you're right, the party is divided. for me, if the republicanjxñ p doesn't stand up here and united on this as a bold, different alternative to democrats, as far as i'm concerned in many ways it is not a dime's worth of difference, this is the biggest boondoggle in our history. >> i gave you an argument last week, a hard-edged argument. i now think that there is something good about what we see tonight. i think there is something good. a guy standing up saying i ain't going to take this. i am here, i was elected to do this and i'm going to do this. and there is a lot of people who like this. all of them were elected -- >> i don't care, that is the point -- >> he is taking his stand, and

getting a lot of publicity. there is a lot of camera attention on this guy. and i spoke to a lot of voters on my program, they like this. they think he is following in rand paul's example, he is standing up, he is saying what he thinks. now, he deplesplit the party, h not going to succeed. obama care is going to go ahead. and i think that is a good thing because the democrats have to answer for that. i think politically. >> you think politically, but then the country is stuck for it, stewart, it is bad for the country. >> i think you can change it, trim it, undermine it as the country goes forward. >> you know what, stewart? i predict what became law in your country, government rationing -- that is the future. >> if you don't make really big changes politically in 14 and 16 and reverse course, then yes, you're right. >> he is trying to use the power

that the constitution provides congress, and that is that they have the power of the purse. >> well, we have been doing this segment every tuesday for almost five years, every tuesday i have come with better arguments than president obama about why his national health care plan is not a good one for america. and all of a sudden, tonight, i am with the democrats? because i don't think this strategy is worth -- that is the implication -- that if you don't stand for this, then you don't stand for nothing? it is not necessarily just you two. that is -- in the party, if that is your goal? >> no, no, no, that is not a goal. i said government. this is what happened here. the republican party is split. ted cruz is emerging as a personality with some leadership within the republican party. the democrats are stuck with obama care. there will be no de-funding and there will be no delay. >> it is going to be interesting how it plays out.

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i don't know, let not your heart be troubled. greta van sustern is standing by. take it away. greta. >> this is a fox news alert, senator ted cruz has been speaking for seven hours and 19 minutes, vowing to speak until he can no longer stand. and you are looking live at the u.s. senate floor where senator cruz and his supporters are talking in favor of de-funding obama care. now they're trying to block a bill. in just hours, the u.s. senate will vote on the bill. senator david vitters joins us, good evening. >> good evening, greta. >> so are you against this? >> yeah, i'm voting on the