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tonight, a conversation with senator bernie sanders. the bombingrmath of of th in boston and the budget. and then a talk with chris columbus. with centeron bernie sanders and chris columbus coming up right now. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. yourd by contributions to pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. rd: with so much breaking news to date including the breaking news i and boston and the crisis in north korea and the budget, pleased to speak to senator bernie sanders from washington. good to have you on this program. >> bid to be with you. >> let's start with boston. i do not know if you know any more than the rest of us. let's start with your thoughts on what happened in boston. >> bost
tonight, a conversation with senator bernie sanders. the bombingrmath of of th in boston and the budget. and then a talk with chris columbus. with centeron bernie sanders and chris columbus coming up right now. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart...
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seeing today is that obama is coming to the realization that people like elizabeth warren and bernie sanders are not good people to have on his team going into the midterm elections and so he's cutting them loose i know for a fact elizabeth warren doesn't do anything unless it's in lockstep with the obama administration so if she's coming out and attacking the president then i don't want someone to go see i don't think she's that were dated her attacks on the banks with the obama. in a strange way i don't think that's what you're talking about just because piers talking about the ramifications for twenty fourteen what about the ramifications of two thousand and twelve i mean weren't these issues addressed during the two years of campaigning we had leading a twenty two election that the american people do not want to see entitlements cut but they do want to see tax loopholes on corporate jet owners royle subsidies to the most profitable corporations in the history of the world cut off and yet none of those things are happening but if republicans get onboard with this completely right now then
seeing today is that obama is coming to the realization that people like elizabeth warren and bernie sanders are not good people to have on his team going into the midterm elections and so he's cutting them loose i know for a fact elizabeth warren doesn't do anything unless it's in lockstep with the obama administration so if she's coming out and attacking the president then i don't want someone to go see i don't think she's that were dated her attacks on the banks with the obama. in a strange...
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joining me, bernie sanders, independent from vermont, may bouvier, from the grassroots climate change, and dan, a cnbc contributor, and we're joined by glen hooks of the sierra club of arkansas. no one from exxonmobil or the american petroleum institute was available to join us. glen, i'll begin with you. how big of story is it there and what are residents being told? >> we're here in mayflower, arkansas. thanks for coffering the story. when you get off the freeway, you can really smell the oil spill. i spent some time today walking through the evacuated neighborhoods. there aren't a lot of neighbors around to tell their story, but the story is told by their oil soaked backyard, the smell in the street, and the fact that the tar sands oil has taken a chunk out of mayflower, arkansas. >> my producers and i were going through news accounts of the spill. it was so startling. almost no one seemed to know they were atop this oil pipeline. >> no, they don't know that. and actually, what exxon has been telling folks, the story seems to be that this is just regular old west texas crude. when
joining me, bernie sanders, independent from vermont, may bouvier, from the grassroots climate change, and dan, a cnbc contributor, and we're joined by glen hooks of the sierra club of arkansas. no one from exxonmobil or the american petroleum institute was available to join us. glen, i'll begin with you. how big of story is it there and what are residents being told? >> we're here in mayflower, arkansas. thanks for coffering the story. when you get off the freeway, you can really smell...
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by the way, i tweeted out a photo of bernie sanders, senator sanders addressing the group.irst question was what do you think about this crowd out front? here is jay carney defending the budget. >> the president's budget represents a good faith attempt to achieve a deal with congress that would achieve economic growth and job creation. >> we need a balanced approach and this is a good faith attempted today get there. but they have to know that agitate get it this year. >> you probably see some republicans realize the chained cpi, when you apply it to social security, it also applies to tax brackets. it also applies to how the government calculates when people moved in to the next tax bracket. it amounts to tax increases on the middle class if you implement changed cpi on social security, it means tax brackets rise less quickly so you can earn more and you get -- you don't get into that -- the next is further away from you. there could be some republican opposition on that front that it's a sales tax increase on the middle class. that makes it problematic. on the left, it's
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. >> caller: bernie sanders is the one who said it, not me.ill not get a vote from you and i'm a democrat -- well, i would do -- >> stephanie: did you watch bill maher bernie sanders was on bill maher. >> caller: i missed that one. unusual for politics. i don't miss too much. >> stephanie: of course, you sent me this piece. part of why congress has a 13% approval rating. we talk about how out-of-step congress is in general whether it is gun control or immigration, whatever. but it think is from salon. how conservatives still run america despite losing elections. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] this is what we've said from day one with the healthcare debate. what was the polling on public option? i can't remember. huge. >> it was huge. >> stephanie: right. conserve dems. the nation is still being ruled by a majority conservative party and they refer to -- you know, republicans and the conserve a dems that vote with them. the meager gun control measures recently introduced in the senate would have a majority needed to pass. democratic majority lead
. >> caller: bernie sanders is the one who said it, not me.ill not get a vote from you and i'm a democrat -- well, i would do -- >> stephanie: did you watch bill maher bernie sanders was on bill maher. >> caller: i missed that one. unusual for politics. i don't miss too much. >> stephanie: of course, you sent me this piece. part of why congress has a 13% approval rating. we talk about how out-of-step congress is in general whether it is gun control or immigration,...
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secondly, i think bernie sanders is playing his part in the political theater of all of this. i think some on the left are playing their part in the political theater of this, protesting his draconian cuts. >> neil: why do the markets seem to keep advancing in. >> they're not -- they have decided that this man is basically irrelevant to what does matter, that is earnings are continuing to improve. we're going to see a better earnings period than forecast. we have an economy that haltingly, feebly, continues to grow. that is what is moving these markets, i assure you. his strong positive leadership and powerful message of hope and change is not. >> neil: so he won't be a guest on your show tonight. >> he's william at any time. >> neil: 7:00 p.m. eastern time you can catch lou dobbs. he doesn't blur the lines too much. you don't wonder where he's coming from. >>> in a couple of hours, that man breaks bread with the president. john tombs on what could be the dust up before the ahmadinejad. the humble back seat. we believe it can be the most valuable real estate on earth. ♪ that's
secondly, i think bernie sanders is playing his part in the political theater of all of this. i think some on the left are playing their part in the political theater of this, protesting his draconian cuts. >> neil: why do the markets seem to keep advancing in. >> they're not -- they have decided that this man is basically irrelevant to what does matter, that is earnings are continuing to improve. we're going to see a better earnings period than forecast. we have an economy that...
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yesterday democrats protested in opposition, with senator bernie sanders leading the charge. >> some of you may remember that when barack obama was running for president in 2008, he said that he would not cut social security. we want the president to remember what he said and not go back on his word. >> it issen clear whether the deal-making in general will actually go anywhere. tonight the president will break bread with sonar republicans, but with still bitter tastes lingering, perhaps they should start with dessert. with us, "the washington post's" ezra klein. what a day to have you, ezra. what a day. >> i'm so happy to be here. >> you talk like there could be a number of budgets that would be enough or even too much. >> there's no such thing as enough budgets. you always have great analysis on this, but you had a great post today, where you suggest -- we talk about whether there's going to be any deal-pealing. you make the point that republicans don't think they have to come to the table, because sequester was no big deal, but actually we're going to start feeling pain semi-soon.
yesterday democrats protested in opposition, with senator bernie sanders leading the charge. >> some of you may remember that when barack obama was running for president in 2008, he said that he would not cut social security. we want the president to remember what he said and not go back on his word. >> it issen clear whether the deal-making in general will actually go anywhere. tonight the president will break bread with sonar republicans, but with still bitter tastes lingering,...
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bernie sanders has exposed the fed giving out trillions of dollars in addition to the tarp bailout. >> barney frank has taken a hike. >> that is worth talking about. you see in this congress michele bachmann and michele bachmann one of these -- wannabe's. there are fights about redistricting. >> use of the one strength the president obama, his rhetorical skill, is not sufficient. >> it has not been used at the scale necessary in this time of crisis. america is in a crossroads. this is a moment comparable to coming out of the great depression. this was a moment coming out of the financial crisis when tectonic shifts are under way in this country. hope is not a policy. policy is a wonky word. hope needs a story, a narrative. here is what is going on in this country. president obama now is speaking more forcefully about what he wants to do it and against smoking out those who are obstructing. this is really wonky. anyway, i think one of the most exciting things are the movements of our times. i closed this book out before occupy. i wrote about wisconsin. our correspondent was there for 5
bernie sanders has exposed the fed giving out trillions of dollars in addition to the tarp bailout. >> barney frank has taken a hike. >> that is worth talking about. you see in this congress michele bachmann and michele bachmann one of these -- wannabe's. there are fights about redistricting. >> use of the one strength the president obama, his rhetorical skill, is not sufficient. >> it has not been used at the scale necessary in this time of crisis. america is in a...
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independent vermont senator bernie sanders, in fact, tweeted, two-thirds of senior citizens rely on hashocial security for more than half their income. former labor secretary said democrats invented social security and have been protecting it for almost 80 years. they shouldn't be leading the charge against it. joining me now, the ranking member of the house committee. thank you for joining us. let me get your reaction to both bernie sanders and robert reich. >> both the house and senate democrats passed their own budgets several weeks ago. the senate passed theirs. we didn't get the votes but we put forth a budget which did not include the so-called chain cpi. and i do have serious concerns about its impact on seniors. what the president is clearly trying to do is send a signal that he wants to meet republicans halfway. my concern is at least given the initial reactions we've heard for speaker boehner and others, they're not prepared to meet him halfway. so their tactical questions and their substantive concerns. >> let me play what the president said on "meet the press" regarding the c
independent vermont senator bernie sanders, in fact, tweeted, two-thirds of senior citizens rely on hashocial security for more than half their income. former labor secretary said democrats invented social security and have been protecting it for almost 80 years. they shouldn't be leading the charge against it. joining me now, the ranking member of the house committee. thank you for joining us. let me get your reaction to both bernie sanders and robert reich. >> both the house and senate...
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the president, is he ham strung at all by the bernie sanders of this world, people on the left? >> i don't think he is. they're hopping mad. they've been triangulated. >> explain. >> well, the president took a position in between the congressional democrats and the congressional republicans. bernie sanders, a couple of congressman and all the usual suspects, alphabet soup of the left were all out in lafayette park across from the white house having a protest as if george w. bush was still in there. they're going nuts about it. you know what? this is exactly what president obama needs to have happen because he can say to john boehner, you know what? you've got nuts on your side. well, guess what? >> you know what this looks like? old-timers night for the '60s. when they bring back the players from 50 years ago. bernie, every time i see him in action, i say that reminds me about 1968, '69. is that's him. >> he's the finest vermont senator ever to be born in brooklyn. >> he's just one of us in a way. let me ask you about the left. i don't want to put them down because i agree with
the president, is he ham strung at all by the bernie sanders of this world, people on the left? >> i don't think he is. they're hopping mad. they've been triangulated. >> explain. >> well, the president took a position in between the congressional democrats and the congressional republicans. bernie sanders, a couple of congressman and all the usual suspects, alphabet soup of the left were all out in lafayette park across from the white house having a protest as if george w....
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joining me now is conservative senator from vermont, bernie sanders.ar the president saying this is not optimal but recognizes it's part of a compromise where both sides come in and nobody leaves too happy because everybody leaves something on the table. you said tuesday that obama will own the cuts to social security. now, senator elizabeth warren is also not happy with the proposed cuts. but does the president need to take these drastic mesh sures to keep entitlements, the earned benefits, colonel vent? >> no. the truth is social security has a $2.7 trillion surplus, can pay out every benefit owed to every eligible american for the next 20 years. and thomas, if we do one simple thing, by the way, which is what the president proposed when he first ran for president, lift the cap on taxable income starting actually at $250,000 a year. so millionaires are paying more into the social security trust fund than people who make $113,000. you do that one simple thing, social security is sol vent for the next 50 years. what i worry about right now is in the mi
joining me now is conservative senator from vermont, bernie sanders.ar the president saying this is not optimal but recognizes it's part of a compromise where both sides come in and nobody leaves too happy because everybody leaves something on the table. you said tuesday that obama will own the cuts to social security. now, senator elizabeth warren is also not happy with the proposed cuts. but does the president need to take these drastic mesh sures to keep entitlements, the earned benefits,...
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. >> yet there are a lot of complaints, as you know, and you just heard bernie sanders, peter, talking about this. one of the concerns is that there are a lot of these seniors who are living on this who are living on the margins and 30 bucks might not be anything for you or i but for them it could make the difference between whether they eat or not. what do you make of this proposal? >> i think it's a terrible proposal although i acknowledge it's been proposed by republicans as well as the president. older people have a rate of inflation that's greater than either the chain link cpi or the cpi we use because their basket of goods is biased toward health care and other services which experience greater inflation. we have a basic problem that as people live into their 80s, the social security check becomes -- and any pension assets they have become very inadequate. i agree with ron though that any solution to the social security problem means raising the age to 70, but what you've got is people out there who refuse to acknowledge the basic demographics of the situation, that these change
. >> yet there are a lot of complaints, as you know, and you just heard bernie sanders, peter, talking about this. one of the concerns is that there are a lot of these seniors who are living on this who are living on the margins and 30 bucks might not be anything for you or i but for them it could make the difference between whether they eat or not. what do you make of this proposal? >> i think it's a terrible proposal although i acknowledge it's been proposed by republicans as well...
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that was not bernie sanders, that was not robert reich. that's who had been criticizing the president on change cpi, starting last friday. here's the other rub, republicans, including house speaker john boehner and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell support this change in the so-called chain cpi. apologies for keep using that washington speak. the private and public pressure for walden to retract those comments began immediately. the conservative club for growth said in a statement, "greg walden doesn't seriously oppose even the most modest of reforms for social security, right? greg walden ought to think about clarifying his remarks on chained cpi and think about clarifying soon. i'm sure his constituents would like to know his opinion." a bit of a veiled threat there. well, walden is standing behind what he said, in a statement provided to us this morning, "chairman walden supports the budget passed by house republicans that preserves and protects medicare and social security while also balancing the budget in ten years. he disagrees
that was not bernie sanders, that was not robert reich. that's who had been criticizing the president on change cpi, starting last friday. here's the other rub, republicans, including house speaker john boehner and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell support this change in the so-called chain cpi. apologies for keep using that washington speak. the private and public pressure for walden to retract those comments began immediately. the conservative club for growth said in a statement,...
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tonight, a conversation with senator bernie sanders. the bombingrmath of of th in boston and the budget. and then a talk with chris columbus. a conversation
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. >> and it's not such a bad idea to have bernie sanders mad at you. >> there's a thought in mind that that's going to provide a certain level of, i guess, concept of sen terrorism. if you get everybody mad at you you're somehow weaving between your flags. the thing i found interesting as john was pointing out, the president's effort this week to try to find different incentives. the incentive game and try to play all of those at the same time. in guns, his incentives are weaker in the budget he spent a lot of time as john was suggesting, trying to find the sweet spot where he can entice republicans to work with them to get that off his water. on immigration he knows republicans want to get that off their blotter. he's trying to play to their incentive. i should point out it was interesting to me the president's dinner efforts -- 13 of the 16 republicans who crossed over to break the filibuster have had dinner with the president recently. i'm not saying they're connected. but his identification of what he calls the common sense caucus, he might be doing the right thing in trying to bri
. >> and it's not such a bad idea to have bernie sanders mad at you. >> there's a thought in mind that that's going to provide a certain level of, i guess, concept of sen terrorism. if you get everybody mad at you you're somehow weaving between your flags. the thing i found interesting as john was pointing out, the president's effort this week to try to find different incentives. the incentive game and try to play all of those at the same time. in guns, his incentives are weaker in...
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senator bernie sanders a good discussion. serious discussion.ause these are critically important issues for millions and millions of americans. thanks to both of you for coming in. >> thank you. >>> one of president obama's senior advisers is standing by. dan pfeiffer is over at the white house. i'll ask him about this opposition to the president's proposed cuts to social security. the opposition coming in from democrats and republicans. stand by. # was gone for so long... ...but he'd wait for her forever and always be there with the biggest welcome home. for a love this strong, dawn only feeds him iams. compared to other leading brands, it has 50% more animal protein. ...to help keep his body as strong as a love that never fades. iams. keep love strong. now you can keep love fun with new shakeables meaty treats. . >>> we're following the dramatic breaking news from washington up on capitol hill today. the united states congressman said point blank that north korea in his words may have nuclear weapons that could be delivered by ballistic missil
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. >>> a recent oil spill in arkansas is causing bernie sanders to renew his opposition to the keystone xl pipeline. the two-term independent from vermont was on chris hayes brand new show and said the u.s. should be looking forward when it comes to energy supplies and not backward toward crude oil. >> we now can do it. if there was a political will in the white house and in the congress, we can transform the energy system. we can create millions of jobs. we could leave the world and be an exporter around the world of that type of technology. that's the future. not oil. that's why the keystone pipeline should be defeated. >> you can watch his great new show, all in, with chris hayes every night at 8:00 eastern on msnbc. the place for politics. >>> today the republican run-off in south carolina between mark sanford and curtis boss particular, pollsters give sanford the edge. the two men are vying for the republican nomination in a congressional special election. meanwhile, the democrat in that race is getting help from her little brother, comedian stephen colbert will hold two fundrai fu
. >>> a recent oil spill in arkansas is causing bernie sanders to renew his opposition to the keystone xl pipeline. the two-term independent from vermont was on chris hayes brand new show and said the u.s. should be looking forward when it comes to energy supplies and not backward toward crude oil. >> we now can do it. if there was a political will in the white house and in the congress, we can transform the energy system. we can create millions of jobs. we could leave the world...
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live in the lap of luxury this is one of the biggest problems we face in america today and in a bernie sanders says we've become an oligarchy if anything that's an understatement misbehaving corporations and people in power are allowed to get away with just about anything thanks to court rulings like citizens united and the corrosive and corruptive influence of money in politics and of course that courts doctrine that money is speech our corporations and corporate executives have become functionally untouchable figures in society leaves untouchable by the law and that needs to change over longer can we nation let wall street bankers get away with crashing our economy and civil and simultaneously get away with workers' rights abuses and safety violations that kill american citizens it's an incredible irony when that shining city on the hill has become bankable desh but in this case is true if bangladesh can hold their corporate fat cats accountable for causing mayhem death and destruction and so can we call your local or national election officials and ask them to stop letting our fertilizer co
live in the lap of luxury this is one of the biggest problems we face in america today and in a bernie sanders says we've become an oligarchy if anything that's an understatement misbehaving corporations and people in power are allowed to get away with just about anything thanks to court rulings like citizens united and the corrosive and corruptive influence of money in politics and of course that courts doctrine that money is speech our corporations and corporate executives have become...
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position and wealth and put and power that they no longer want to tell the truth there's some bernie sanders and others on the inside who want to tell the truth about corporate power we need organizations movements on the outside bring in pressure to bear in the end we do need a fundamental transformation there's no there's no doubt about that but we've got a long way to go in that regard the first moment is one of the social. motions and then you've got social momentum going to generate social movements then we've got something absolutely i can't see lobbyist stopping driving on the hill any time soon and i definitely agree that we do need a fundamental transition an overhaul of the current system that we have dr cornel west activist author professor amazing to have you on thank you so much less strong my business to continue to be a force for good do i thank you so much. i agree with dr west to be working through all avenues that are available to us right now inside and outside of the system so there's an impetus for a revolution of values and only when that happens can we seize the opport
position and wealth and put and power that they no longer want to tell the truth there's some bernie sanders and others on the inside who want to tell the truth about corporate power we need organizations movements on the outside bring in pressure to bear in the end we do need a fundamental transformation there's no there's no doubt about that but we've got a long way to go in that regard the first moment is one of the social. motions and then you've got social momentum going to generate social...
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senator bernie sanders points out, the chain chained cpi would mean a 65-year-old retiree would losean $650 about i his 70th birthday. $1,000 a year by 85. veterans would have their veterans administration benefits cut. of course, president obama says he would only accept those cuts if he gets new revenue. seniors should not have to pay to get millionaires to pay their fair share. have a great day folks. we'll see you back here again tomorrow.
senator bernie sanders points out, the chain chained cpi would mean a 65-year-old retiree would losean $650 about i his 70th birthday. $1,000 a year by 85. veterans would have their veterans administration benefits cut. of course, president obama says he would only accept those cuts if he gets new revenue. seniors should not have to pay to get millionaires to pay their fair share. have a great day folks. we'll see you back here again tomorrow.
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just so that one other thought here a couple days ago mark and bernie sanders and mark to kano and rick nolan were out in front of the white house delivering two point three million petitions they gather them so quickly they could barely keep track of how many so there's clear public opposition to this even with the confusion and here's the interesting thing what do poke can to kano and no one have in common all three just elected all three just through democratic primaries and general elections in some cases not so much mark but the other two they really had to compete with a sitting congressman in a top district and what our media fails to do is to talk to these members who are people who are freshly from the field they're not you know thirty year washington insiders they're people that just won with the voters and what did they win on protect social security protect medicare protect medicaid fight austerity these that's the message they want to and yet our media tends to go back again and again to the career insiders the people who've been there forever and let him talk their false l
just so that one other thought here a couple days ago mark and bernie sanders and mark to kano and rick nolan were out in front of the white house delivering two point three million petitions they gather them so quickly they could barely keep track of how many so there's clear public opposition to this even with the confusion and here's the interesting thing what do poke can to kano and no one have in common all three just elected all three just through democratic primaries and general...
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but then on the president's own side of the aisle you have senator bernie sanders who typically votest he will do everything in his power to block president obama's proposal to cut benefits for social security specifically through that chain consumer price index. what the president's strategy in meeting just with the senate republicans and small group of them? >> i think it's transparent. i understand why bernie sanders is questioning because the president did the exact same thing with the first stimulus, he offered $220 billion in tax cuts thinking it was going to win republicans over and got the back of their hand. he wants americans wanted him to do. when republicans were asked, do you want the budget to be tackled, yes. do you want the economy to be boosted and jobs. even more so, by four to one. so on one hand he is trying to make sure the economy has the requisite stimulus. on the other hand he sees what is happening in europe. austerity is not working. i think by reaching out to the republicans i think this dinner is at the white house but reaching out trying to say, look try t
but then on the president's own side of the aisle you have senator bernie sanders who typically votest he will do everything in his power to block president obama's proposal to cut benefits for social security specifically through that chain consumer price index. what the president's strategy in meeting just with the senate republicans and small group of them? >> i think it's transparent. i understand why bernie sanders is questioning because the president did the exact same thing with...
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. >> except independent senator bernie sanders, a socialist from vermont sharply disagrees, declaring millions of working people, seniors, disabled veterans, those who have lost a loved one in combat and women will be extremely disappointed in president obama caves into the long standing republican effort to cut social security and benefits for disabled veterans and their survivors through a so-called changed cpi and even the president himself agreed with that criticism during the 2008 campaign when he slammed republican john mccain. >> that mccain and -- the mccain campaign has gone further suggesting the best answer for the growing pressures on social security might be to cut cost-of-living adjustments or raise the retirement age. let me be clear, i will not do either. >> well the president is not proposing a hike to the eligibility age, he does want to cut the cost of living adjustment. it will also affect how tax bracke are adjusted, so some middle-class people will see there taxes go up and he could cut disability benefits for veterans up to $3,000 per year, even as the administr
. >> except independent senator bernie sanders, a socialist from vermont sharply disagrees, declaring millions of working people, seniors, disabled veterans, those who have lost a loved one in combat and women will be extremely disappointed in president obama caves into the long standing republican effort to cut social security and benefits for disabled veterans and their survivors through a so-called changed cpi and even the president himself agreed with that criticism during the 2008...
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side have come out -- there is at least one independent that has come out and said, you know, bernie sanderscifically said that president obama back in 2008 promised that he would not cut social security. >> he is going to have a real problem on his left if he does that and if he pushes this. i will give him credit, at least its an acknowledgement after years of denials by democrats that that really is a problem. the spending problem in washington washington has to deal with entitlement spending and if they don't deal with it, they won't fix the problem. so it's also very small tinkering he is talking about that and that is reducing pretty serious fire. >> heather: john boehner from the other side, raise taxes he wants. talking about loopholes for high earners before. >> both sides talk about loopholes when they talk about the other party's sacred funds. this is a vintage sort of washington problem where for decades politicians have been robbing, literally robbing the retirement savings to pay for government programs across the board. they've been doing that for decades. the notion, now that
side have come out -- there is at least one independent that has come out and said, you know, bernie sanderscifically said that president obama back in 2008 promised that he would not cut social security. >> he is going to have a real problem on his left if he does that and if he pushes this. i will give him credit, at least its an acknowledgement after years of denials by democrats that that really is a problem. the spending problem in washington washington has to deal with entitlement...
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. >> very month independent senator bernie sanders didn't like it. >> they're walking down a perilousal path. >> john: tell us what is on your mind. social security and medicare are the two most successful anti-poverty programs in american history. meanwhile, tea party cosy senator ted cruz of texas may be sort of kind of likes parts of the president's plan. he told politico. >> i'm encouraged by any steps president obama is taking to save and preserve social security and medicare by cutting it. even speaker john boehner found something maybe kind of sort of nice to say coupled with a warning. >> while the president has backtracked on some of his entitlement reforms that were in conversations that we had a year and a half ago he does deserve some credit for some incremental entitlement reforms that he has outlined in his budget. but i would hope that he would not hold hostage these modest reforms for his demand for bigger tax hikes. >> john: well, sorry mr. spoker the president said he will do just that. >> if anyone thinks i'll finish the job of deficit reduction on the backs of midd
. >> very month independent senator bernie sanders didn't like it. >> they're walking down a perilousal path. >> john: tell us what is on your mind. social security and medicare are the two most successful anti-poverty programs in american history. meanwhile, tea party cosy senator ted cruz of texas may be sort of kind of likes parts of the president's plan. he told politico. >> i'm encouraged by any steps president obama is taking to save and preserve social security...
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and libertarians like rand paul believe that and progressives like bernie sanders agrees with that.n alex takes it to an insane level. the government encroaches on our privacy, and they got together and obviously did a situation in boston, and blamed it on the chechnyaen kids. and then they were going to blame this on the tea party. but when it turns out they did because they were chechnyaens. >> right, they were wrong. no i loved the internet. the internet is my favorite thing that we've done in this world so long. this is the kind of story that makes mess di despair of the internet. this is the down side. all of these people who have these great ideas, they can crowd source and fact checking and we saw great fact checking during the election, and then you see the worse of it here where people want an answer, a story, a narrative. they're coming up with stories they are stories. they're narratives that take us from point a to point b to point c and do it with such little information that it doesn't make sense. i think there is that place and it takes up a lot of the internet where
and libertarians like rand paul believe that and progressives like bernie sanders agrees with that.n alex takes it to an insane level. the government encroaches on our privacy, and they got together and obviously did a situation in boston, and blamed it on the chechnyaen kids. and then they were going to blame this on the tea party. but when it turns out they did because they were chechnyaens. >> right, they were wrong. no i loved the internet. the internet is my favorite thing that we've...
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progressives led by bernie sanders are voicing their disappointment for the proposal of social securityjustment would call for cost of living adjustments by reducing how inflation is measured payments would not increase as much every year. today they presented petitions signed by 2 million members who rejected that part of the president's plan to balance the budget. >> we're not going to balance the budget on the backs of elderly, disabled vets, the sick or the children. >> michael: i love that vermont accent. not only will this adjust how much people can see on their checks but also goes back to to 2008 when barack obama vowed not to cut social security. the afl-cio called the move un unconscientiousible. we welcome karl frisch. how are you. >> good, how are you. >> michael: i'm upset about this. once again the middle and working class are bearing the budget ofbrunt of the budget. account president make it happen. >> it's not just the left who is upset about this. you look at polling most people do not want cuts to social security. that's what chained cpi does. someone who is 75 years
progressives led by bernie sanders are voicing their disappointment for the proposal of social securityjustment would call for cost of living adjustments by reducing how inflation is measured payments would not increase as much every year. today they presented petitions signed by 2 million members who rejected that part of the president's plan to balance the budget. >> we're not going to balance the budget on the backs of elderly, disabled vets, the sick or the children. >> michael:...
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. >> so, the bernie sanders of vermont at today's rally. i think we are a center left country broadly speaking, if you look at the way we vote and what americans like in terms of policy, but we are more accustomed to seeing the right take on republicans on economic issues than we are used to seeing the organized left take on democrats, so what happens next? in order to figure out, it maybe makes more sense to talk to a republican than a democrat since republicans have had to right the book and democrats for a long time now have not had to worry about that. steve schmidt joins us now. steve, does it make you happy to see fist yelling at democrats? >> make t me a little bit happy. makes me happy that the president's put a budget forward where we're going to have some reality when we talk about what we're going to do with these entitlement programs so they're around in the next generation and when you see the congressman from wisconsin speaking tr, i think he's engaging in almost sheer demagoguery. let's see what the president's proposal is an
. >> so, the bernie sanders of vermont at today's rally. i think we are a center left country broadly speaking, if you look at the way we vote and what americans like in terms of policy, but we are more accustomed to seeing the right take on republicans on economic issues than we are used to seeing the organized left take on democrats, so what happens next? in order to figure out, it maybe makes more sense to talk to a republican than a democrat since republicans have had to right the...
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bernie sanders who caucuses with the democrats, is urging the president not to cut future social security increases, and many people will be disappointed if the president, caves on the item. >> kelly: and he says it's not his ideal plan. we'll follow the developments. thank you. >> jamie: what's the next step in this budget battle? let's bring in our political panel, fair and balanced, a former media spokesperson for former president george w. bush and christy, a former spokesperson for governor howard dean, president of new heights communications. ladies, welcome. an all-chick chat. see how it goes. let me ask you christy what we can expect with the president's plan? >> well, i think what he's put forth is something na any first-year law student who has taken a negotiations class will tell you it's not a good idea. he's basically put forward what his last best offer is, he's put it first-- he's put it forth first. so basically what he's asking for is cuts to social security and medicare which is going to make a lot of democrats howl and a lot of republicans pretty happy and asking for mo
bernie sanders who caucuses with the democrats, is urging the president not to cut future social security increases, and many people will be disappointed if the president, caves on the item. >> kelly: and he says it's not his ideal plan. we'll follow the developments. thank you. >> jamie: what's the next step in this budget battle? let's bring in our political panel, fair and balanced, a former media spokesperson for former president george w. bush and christy, a former spokesperson...
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and bernie sanders, who caucus caucuses with democrats, says the budget a break's the president's promiseity, he says, quote, millions of working people, veteran, will be very disappointed if the president caves into the effort to cut social security. this does not cut benefits but cuts the amount of increase. >> joining us, chris wallace. on the issue of even more tax revenue by virtue of tax increases, both sides seem at loggerheads here. do you see either side giving in? >> well, it depends. i wouldn't just read the fact -- certainly john boehner cat go include rejected the president's plan today but i wouldn't read that as meaning it has no chance. there are a number of republicans in the senate -- not the house -- but the senate who said if the president got serious about entitlement reform they could see some increases on the wealthity. don't think they're satisfied what if the president is says. talked about raising medicare eligibility age. he doesn't do that in the budget. so there's going to be a negotiating process here, but there are some republicans and the -- in the senate o
and bernie sanders, who caucus caucuses with democrats, says the budget a break's the president's promiseity, he says, quote, millions of working people, veteran, will be very disappointed if the president caves into the effort to cut social security. this does not cut benefits but cuts the amount of increase. >> joining us, chris wallace. on the issue of even more tax revenue by virtue of tax increases, both sides seem at loggerheads here. do you see either side giving in? >> well,...
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first, though, let's start with bernie sanders there saying the president is essentially going against a promise he made to protect social security. what is your reaction. >> i'm starting with bernie's comments. the fact is the president is someone who i support and campaigned hard for. but it is not about the president. it is really about somebody, low income seniors, struggling to get by on $12,000 a year. about a person, a veteran, it is about americans who depend upon a fair cost of living allowance and this particular proposal doesn't meet the test. so i oppose it and i'm organizing members of congress to oppose it. >> we know this proposal will regard the chain cpi has been on the table for months tp p was a part of the deal the president pro monthsed back in 2012 when he was negotiating with republicans while the republicanes have said they're not budging an inch on new revenue and this have essentially shot down this budget from the president calling it status quo. many wonder if the republicans don't compromise, if progressive democrats don't compromising with. anything get do
first, though, let's start with bernie sanders there saying the president is essentially going against a promise he made to protect social security. what is your reaction. >> i'm starting with bernie's comments. the fact is the president is someone who i support and campaigned hard for. but it is not about the president. it is really about somebody, low income seniors, struggling to get by on $12,000 a year. about a person, a veteran, it is about americans who depend upon a fair cost of...
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vermont independent senator bernie sanders who caucuses with the democrats, is usurging the president to say millions of people will be extremely disappointed if the president, quote, caves on this issue. harris? >> well, molly in washington. thank you. >>> right now, life-threatening storms are headed for the nation's midsection and it could be, as we understand, the worst weather outbreak since last may. meteorologist janice dean tracking it all from the weather center. she'll join us. >>> taken down by a sex scandal. what's called one of the most transformative leaders, the american military has ever seen. the latest on general david petraeus. he's now reportedly talking with the feds. >>> a big chunk of our nation out of work, still. we'll take a deeper look at who needs a job in america. and why those unemployment lines could be long, for a long time. suddenly, she does something unexpected and you see the woman you fell in love with. she's everything to you. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready
vermont independent senator bernie sanders who caucuses with the democrats, is usurging the president to say millions of people will be extremely disappointed if the president, quote, caves on this issue. harris? >> well, molly in washington. thank you. >>> right now, life-threatening storms are headed for the nation's midsection and it could be, as we understand, the worst weather outbreak since last may. meteorologist janice dean tracking it all from the weather center. she'll...
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senator bernie sanders of vermont is calling the president's budget a bitter disappointment.eral groups are threatening to primary any democrat in congress who supports this budget. elizabeth warren said today she was shocked by the budget. she said it dismantles social security inch by inch, noting that two-thirds of seniors rely on social security for most of their income, elizabeth warren said today, quote, they are hanging on by their fingernails to their place in the middle class. she said, we cannot chip away at america's middle class and break the promise to our seniors. should the obama white house see this as a george w. bush second term moment, a president taking for granted the supporters he cannot afford to lose and the ones he cannot afford have disenchanted with him, or are the parties not the same and do democrats always see their base differently? do democrats really like these punch the hippie moments where they think complaints on the left make them look strong and centrist? it's one or the other. somebody i am darn sure knows which way the white house sees
senator bernie sanders of vermont is calling the president's budget a bitter disappointment.eral groups are threatening to primary any democrat in congress who supports this budget. elizabeth warren said today she was shocked by the budget. she said it dismantles social security inch by inch, noting that two-thirds of seniors rely on social security for most of their income, elizabeth warren said today, quote, they are hanging on by their fingernails to their place in the middle class. she...
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