congressman jim clyburn will be my guest.re that leaves us in the continuing use of american fire power. glenn greenwald joins me. [ male announcer ] at nissan, we test the altima's durability on a track that simulates the world's toughest roads. ♪ ♪ if it can survive this drive... ♪ it can survive yours. the nissan altima. innovation that lasts. innovation for all. ♪ we made a miracle. and we got onesies! sometimes miracles get messy. so we use tide free. no perfumes or dyes for her delicate skin. brad. not it. not it. just kidding. that's our tide. what's yours? >>> we need to come together over the next two weeks to reach a deal that reduces the deficit and upholds the full faith and credit of the united states government and the credit of the american people. this should not come down to the last second. >> i want you to take a look at these fine government buildings. first, the john m. roll, united states courthouse in yewma, arizona, named for the judge shot and killed in january in tucson where congresswoman gaby giffo

congressman jim clyburn will be my guest. where that leaves us in the continuing use of american fire power. >>> we need to come together over the next two weeks to reach a deal that reduces the deficit and upholds the full faith and credit of the united states government and the credit of the american people. this should not come down to the last second. >> i want you to take a look at these fine government buildings. first, the john m. roll, united states courthouse in yewma, arizona, named for the judge shot and killed in january in tucson where congresswoman gabby giffords was almost fatally wounded. this is the broad water building in martinsburg, west virginia, and this one, the specialist jake robert veloza post office in california. what do all three of those buildings have in common? all three were named as a result of bills passed by the 112th congress. a heavy feat considering 20 bills have come in law this year. a majority were extensions of expiring laws, officials to the board of the smithsonian institution. tho

. >> gene, i'm about to interview jim clyburn from the house democratic leadership.e and others have suggested that the president just say if this does boil down to the deadline expiring, that he's invoking the 14th amendment and do it on his own. i know you all have said that that's not -- that's a nonstarter. we've heard that directly from other white house officials. but at this hour is that still a nonstarter or is it the exit strategy at the end of the day? >> you know, andrea, everybody's looking for an off ramp. everybody wants to decide there's extra cash or you know, you can use the constitution. what everybody at home is saying is just do your job. just compromise like everyone else does. andrea, you know that there have been great bipartisan agreements to bring down our deficit to save social security in 1983, 1990 and 1997, none of them involved anyone using the threat of a default to get them done. people did their job. they compromised that's what we need now. time is running out, but we still have time. that's where the focus needs to be. >> gene sperl

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. >> what do you make of jim clyburn coming out today, you mentioned bill clinton. >> and john larson and then you have mr. clyburn coming out today. it seems rare that a member of the democratic leadership team, and he normally does -- jim clyburn is a well thought out guy, he doesn't shoot from the hip. >> you have john larson, you have the respected edwards. it's growing, there's a sense as edwards said, that a president who has been conflict diverse, great leaders change, confronted by adverse circumstances. >> i think boehner's best play ç right now is to go back to president obama and say, can you get that 4.7 trillion back on the table again? can you really do that? if the president does invoke the 14th amendment, it is a lost opportunity for the tea partiers, it's a lost opportunity for the republicans to get what they want, a chip away at the big three, and also a chip away at big spending numbers. why would they miss this opportunity? >> you know, i'm not opposed to ideology, i believe it's about principles. this party is astonishingly reckless and astonishingly in the grip

also, we will bring in congressman jim clyburn. >> and we will be talking about the norway tragedy. first, here is bill karins with a check on the forecast. >> good morning, everybody. for the first time in a while it will feel like you are not walking on the sun. a little break in the atlantic from the heat today, but it will return by the end of the week. the heat wave has shrunk and returned to the middle of the country. the temperatures are warm at all locations. and then today we're going up to 105 in dallas. and 103 in oklahoma city. and d.c. at 92. bring the umbrella if you are on the east coast because showers and thunderstorms are a possibility late today. you are watching "morning joe" sunshine, brewed by starbucks. [ male announcer ] get ready for the left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models, including the cc. and every volkswagen includes scheduled carefree maintenance. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease the volkswagen cc sport for just $289 a month. ♪ visit vwdealer.com today. it'

majority whip steny hoyer, assistant house budget ranking member chris van hollen, democratic leader jim clyburnon all members of the leadership calling for the 14th amendment to at least be considered. they are referring to section four of the 14th amendment which says the validity of the public debt of the united states authorized by law, including debts incured for payments of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion shall not be questioned. joining me now, jonathan zasloff. professor. i have kind of gone back and forth on this. i read the 14th amendment when this question first came up, by the way, having no idea this provision was in the 14th amendment, back when i was in the senate writing debt ceiling increases, nobody ever mentioned it, and then lawrence tribe, harvard law professor came out with a piece that pushed all of us back. we thought okay, now i see what the white house is considering here. professor tribe said that using the 14th amendment that way would mean that any budget deficit, tax cut, or spending increase could be a tact on constitutio

. >> congressman jim clyburn, always good to see you. thank you for coming on. >> th:,nayou. >>> house speaker john boehner is expected to hold a news conference along with other gop leaders at 1:30 eastern time and msnbc will bring you his comments live. >>> the risks of not getting a deal to raise the debt ceiling, what default would mean for business? we're going to hear from b.e.t. founder and billionaire robert johnson in just about ten minutes. >>> game show host alex trebek found himself in serious jeopardy when police say an intruder broke into his san francisco hotel room tuesday evening. adidi roy joins us from los angeles with the story. the bad puns aside, what exactly happened here? >> reporter: it is a terrifying thought for anyone to wake up and find someone &3 rummaging belong case the victim was alex trebek and he did manage to outsmart, though not outrun, his opponent. bolivia? >> we think it's chile. >> i'm sorry, it's peru. >> reporter: alex trebek had all the answers wednesday as he hosted the national geographic be

very close, dear friend from south carolina, the assistant leader of the house of representatives, jim clyburnnk you very much, steny. and thanks to my colleagues for being here today. i just rushed in here from the airport. i just came in from south carolina, where last week we saw unemployment pick up to 10.5%. three of the congressional districts i represent have unemployment over 20%. one of them at 25%. those are depression numbers. people are very, very unnerved as we speak. >> they are looking to us for leadership. they want some certainty in their lives, and they are reading headlines, one of which two days ago indicated if we failed to lift the debt ceiling, not only would it be a catastrophic for us here as a nation, but the state of south carolina will be one of five states, another one being oregon, will see a down grading in their credit rating. in fact, we have an infrastructure back in south carolina. it means that the bonds that are required to fund that infrastructure back and create jobs at the levels of our community levels, we will see the cost of those bonds going up. so i

we need to have the president look at all of his options and with that, i'm call on our leader, jim clyburnlain what he said to our caucus. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, mr. vice chair. i think all of us are quite aware that the american people are now tuned in big-time, as we say, to this issue. and, they are very, very concerned about whether or not their retirement checks are going to continue to flow and hold their value and are concerned as to whether or not their children are going to be in positions to continue the pursuit of their education, and they are concerned about the mortgages they hold on their homes and whether or not what we are doing here threatens the validity of those transactions. bill: mortgages, interest rates, 401(k), all of that happening now in the democratic press conference and the republicans will speak any moment and they, too, got together earlier today, 9:00 eastern time, and, the meeting is still underway, and they'll be at the microphones in moments, stay tuned for all of that. 18 past, alisyn. alisyn: and, more on politics now. he's often consider

sign, and i know the president said he won't do this in our caucus today sled by our great leader jim clyburndent ought to have that as an option. i hope if nothing has been done for the sake of the american people that he signs it. hopefully something will get done, jon. but right now the republican caucus looks like it is in disarray. nothing is on the floor. we're twrid link our thumb -- twiddling our thumbs so to speak when i think we should vote on jobs bills and putting americans back to work. jon: congressman john larson, democrat from connecticut and chairman of the democratic caucus in the house. we hope something get done next six days. >> we wish america well. always good to be on the program. jenna: new information that big brother may be watching your cell phone. security experts say there are certain circumstances where the government can track you down by your cell phone signal. that is big help when it comes to catching criminals but critics fear it could be used on other people who haven't done anything wrong. we haven't done anything wrong, right, jon? we could be one of tho

if not, and in face of these perilous events that could unfold, then i share and i know that jim clyburnerhaps the president reluctantly may have to do this. certainly something that he said he would not. term solutionrt- that other not proposing, but what about a seven-day, just to get through, is that something you're starting to think about? >> how many more opportunities should be provided for people to get up and walk away from the table? we sat through and saw the theater. chris witnessed eric cantor walk away from the discussions with the vice president has and is in the balance was brought into the discussion. we witnessed mitch mcconnell coming up with this proposal along with harry reid. we watched him walk away from that proposal. we witnessed the present and continuing to reach out and then witnessed a bipartisan group of six, as they like to be called, three republicans and three democrats, if come up with a proposal. they walked away from that. they walked away from their own speaker's proposal and from the president's proposal. carolyn maloney said that if obama came up wi

congressman jim clyburn of south carolina says that many republicans signed this no new taxes pledge and consider eliminating tax breaks the same as hiking taxes. he also suggested this a short term deal at this point may be the only viable option right now. the house is back to work at that once again tomorrow, so we'll be talking that of course like hawks all through the week, hawks no pun intended. the white house trying one more time to bail out thousands of homeowners. the department of housing and urban development about to shell out a billion dollars to help people who are struggling with their mortgage payments. obviously that is good news for some individuals, but the question is, is it overall a good idea? stewart varney is here with me from the fox business network. stewart, good to see you. basically you would get $50,000, certain individuals over the course of two years, and then if after that you're able to start paying your mortgage payments again that debt would be forgiven. it's $50,000 in a nice check, here you go. >> look, whenever you've got a big government give

speaker pelosi -- former speaker pelosi and chris van hollen from our budget committee, jim clyburn,ur people have been clear that they support what the majority of the american public wants, which is a balanced approach that deals with both revenues and spending adjustments. i personally think that fixing the social security issue to have long-term stability is one of the easiest things. i think involving the public with that, but that is not part of what the deficit problem is. it did not create the deficit problem. it is not going to solve the deficit problem. mixing vat in with this confuses the issue. host: it speaker leader -- if the leader reid and speaker boehner can come up with something like no tax increases as well as not cutting social security, medicare, and medicaid, would you vote yes? guest: i want to see it. part of the problem is that we are locked into an ongoing circus here on capitol hill. there was a big issue at the end of the last congress that threatened a meltdown over whether or not we were going to extend the package of tax cuts. then we have the cr, thre

i do not think given what jim clyburn already said what the assault on medicare and social security and the drastic cuts they will be doing with no balance or revenues, very little votes will be there. i know it is cloaked as a balanced amendment. those that have look at -- looked at it say that it does not do that. briefinge day's news from senate democratic leaders that say that john boehner's deficit reduction program will not receive any votes from democrats. we will hear from harry reid. >> i believe it is time for the house republicans to face facts. they are struggling to save a tea party bill that is not a balanced solution. at the end of the day, it does not matter if speaker boehner's bill passes or fails. we need to meet in the middle of the road. people ask me, where is the room for compromise? that is what we have done. we have compromised. the bill is written to take on the problems the democrats had and republican had. it meets our goals on medicare and social security. it is a good bill. it is a compromise. it does not contain revenues. we feel comfortable with the cbo.

. >> democratic congressman jim clyburn, the assistant minority leader, speaking earlier says that hemembers of congress could reach a deal to avoid a government default if they could get past the semantics of tax increases. semantics of tax increases. many republicans consider closing loopholes to be the same as raising taxes. i short-term deal might be the only viable option if in his words we cannot get a longer- term deal. the mall the senate returns to work today, cutting their fourth of july break sharper work will continue one of debt reduction plan that republicans and democrats can do -- can agree on. also on the schedule, the situation on libya. today is expected around 2:00 p.m. eastern. live senate coverage on cease to the land -- live coverage on c-span2 and c-span radio. authority not say that they are after those who were never eligible as though -- as well as workers to keep getting checks after they return to work. states are in hiring investigators to search out fraud as well as collaborating with other states. on wall street, stock futures are rising as investors lo

congressman jim clyburn of south carolina, house democratic caucus among other talking about that.is does essentially says that hey, the -- united states debt cannot be questioned. therefore, the president presumably could, you know, put in an executive order and do an -- run around the united states congress. again the white house saying that's not an option. but who knows what's going to happen if they cannot get a deal. >> all right, thank you. we will cover this to the bitter end. >> thanks, joe. >>> senator john mccain taking on some tea party conservatives in the debt stand-off accusing them of abandoning reason. as you will hear, that's not sitting well with republican congressman joe walsh. >> that is not fair. that is not fair to the american people. to hold out and say we won't agree to raising the debt limit until we pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. it is unfair. it is bizarro. >> and insulting for a guy like john mccain who has been here for so long, it is politicians like him that have gotten us to this point where we have a government we can't aff