i'm joined by congressman michael grimm from new york from the gop side. good morning to you. again. >> thank you. >> let's talk about this deal and why it's not going through yet. what's the biggest stumbling blocks? >> in all sincerity, i don't think the president has been operating with good faith from the beginning. some of the things that he says at the press conferences are just not what he's saying behind closed doors with speaker boehner. when it comes to entitlement reform, whether it comes to taxes, he says wonderful things to the press, and it's not founded in reality. at the end of the day we have to do something here. the republicans in the house have passed paul ryan's budget. they didn't like that. okay. we passed cut, cap and balance. they don't like that. at this point if they can't put something on the table, i don't see how we can continue to negotiate in good faith. >> okay. we heard from your colleague, congresswoman carolyn mahoney. we're going to play this now. here we go. >> you have a record of the republican leadership walking away from the biden prop

i'm curious, we heard from michael grimm last hour, democrat from new york, who said -- >> no, he's aardon me, republican from new york. yes. but what he said there was that john boehner and harry reid had negotiated together, behind the scenes. these two men had worked on the boehner bill, gotten it through all the sausage making between the two of them, that reid had essentially passed off on it until he got the call from the white house that the president said, no way. is that true, first of all, and is that indicative of the way things are happening right now behind the scenes. because we get this message of intractable perceptions, and everyone's standing firm on their ground, and we all wonder, where is the compromise going to happen? >> that is simply not true. there has never been a time when the president or democrats have been willing to allow for ending medicare as we know it, to be a part of in hany plan, increasin costs anywhere, piling all the pain on the backs of the middle class and working families. we recognize that we have to address our deficit and we know we can't

nearly three-quarters of americans want congress to compromise. >> i want to bring in congressman michael grimmrepublican with tea party support and congressman bobby scott, a democrat from virginia. good morning to both of you. and congressman grimm, let me start with you, because we saw freshmen colleagues of yours at a news conference saying they will support the plan. are you convinced you have enough votes? >> yes, we're pretty certain we have the votes and i think that, you know, it's amazing that the senator's talking about compromise. let me tell you, this bill in my opinion, in most of my conference's opinion, is not perfect. it's not even close to perfect. there's a lot more we should have done. but being only one half of one-third of this government, we have no choice but to compromise, and this is certainly much more of a compromise than a lot of us wanted so compromise is a good word. >> are you comfortable? were you pressured into giving your support for it? >> i wasn't pressured at all, i took my time, no, i'm not happy, again, it's not even close to what i wanted. but you have t

. >> i spoke with a republican congressman from new york, michael grimm, who offered the gop take on negotiations. listen to this. >> in all sincerity, i don't think that the president has been operating with good faith from the beginning. some of the things that he says at the press conferences are not what he's seeing behind closed doors with speaker boehner when it comes to entitlement reform and taxes, he says wonderful things to the press, but it's not founded in reality. >> do you think there is a disconnect between what is being put out there for the public consumption and what's actually being said behind the scenes? each side goes out and spinning it? >> right. i think there's absolutely a disconnect. we never know what goes on in these meetings. this is basically a pr war between the president and the speaker's office so far. they get to come out and put out their stories, and that's why it was so important yesterday as all these accounts come out to what happened. president obama, i think, has the advantage because why? it's an obvious answer. he's the president. when he w

. >>> i'm joined by freshman republican michael grimm of new york.essman, always good to see you. >> good to see you. >> i know it's been a very busy day for you. i've been watching you sit behind every speaker that has basically come to the microphone. what's your take on leader mcconnell's statement today? >> i think it's a message that the republicans are unified. we're not going to jeopardize our principles to make a deal. what we're looking for, we made commitments. you know, i'm someone that made commitments to the people in staten island and brooklyn. and we're going to live up to those commitments. and i think that the fact that harry reid originally agreed to our plan means that we're not that far apart. and that they need to probably tweak a few things and then come back to the table and the answer here is the president. you know, that's the unknown. i don't think it's the senate, i don't think it's the house. i think at this point it is completely in the president's hands whether he wants to come to the table or not. >> okay. let's talk pr