a. bizarro type of. unsaturated fatty acid where the double bond is present but the hydrogen atoms that are attached to the carbon chain are on the opposite side of the carbon chain. just about all of the polyunsaturated fats in nature have the carbon atoms on the same side it's sis but with industrial processing of vegetable oils the bonds get rearranged so the hydrogen atoms are on opposite sides of the chain you might say well who cares where the hydrogen atoms are after all. but it turns out that we have evolved to deal with fatty acids that have the hydrogen to the same side so this we have not evolved to deal with these new kinds of fatty acids that are produced through industrial processing of vegetable oils and this is actually wreaking havoc with our health. let's take a look at how these trans fats are made. the process of hydrogenation starts with a plant that is harvested and then transported to a processing facility here chemical solvents are used to extract oil from the plant . the oil is t

and say, "we won't agree to raising the debt limit until we pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution." it's unfair. it's bizarro. >> reporter: boehner can afford to lose only a couple dozen republicans if he wants to pass his bill and send it to the senate where democratic leader harry reid has his own bill waiting in the wings. if speaker boehner is able to get his bill passed in the house, is there a way that you could alter it in the senate to make it more palatable to both parties? >> don't worry. it will be altered if it gets over here. >> reporter: what angers democrats the most about boehner's bill is its short-term extension of the debt ceiling, just six or seven months, which would set up a repeat of this whole debate in december. >> let's throw into doubt whether or not the united states is going to go into default around christmas-- brilliant. >> reporter: the white house has threatened to veto the boehner bill but if it passes in the house tomorrow, it comes to the senate and the two sides can figure out some way to change that six-month extension a bit it just might be the pathway out of this huge

a win? because the feeling is that you've forced enormous concessions. what will be enough? >> let me first start out, tom, and go after senator john mccain in your lead. it's bizarro and insulting for a guy like john mccain, who's been here for so long, it's politicians like him that have gotten us to this point where we have a government we can't afford. i mean, shame on him for saying that, for going after those of us who were elected six months ago to change the way guys like him have operated in this town forever. look, my leadership, john boehner and eric cantor, are doing a fantastic job. and the new numbers that they put out now in the boehner plan do look much better. all i'm saying is i think we've got a moment in time here where we can do better. the crisis is so severe, so severe. and we've got a president and a democratic party and i think too many folks over in the senate who just don't understand how severe this crisis is. >> define for me, if you would, what better is at this point because you talked about the numbers a minute ago. you've also talked a lot about the idea of a balanced budget amendment. i'm telling you, mr. representative, having loo

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's bizarro. >> and insulting for a guy like john mccain who has been here for so long, politicians like him that have gotten us to this point where we have a government we can't afford. shame on him for saying that for going after those of us who were elected six months ago to change the way guys like him have operated in this town forever. >> we are going to dig deeper into all of this next hour when we talk to the republican congressman of georgia. he is not onboard with house speaker boehner's plan. >>> new video of the aftermath of friday's bomb attack in norway. just obtained by cnn. it was shot by johan christian. he says he thought the tunnel was going to collapse on the roof of his car. he says he got out of his vehicle, as you see here, quickly began recording dazed survivors of victims covered in blood hoping the video may provide evidence to police. he was struck by how many people lost their hearing in the blast. he was also able to get rare footage inside of the badly damaged main g

a balanced budget amendment tied to the debt ceiling is foolish. he said it's worse than foolish, it's deceiving many of our constituents. he called it bizarro. ur response to senator mccain? >> well, john mccain has been around a long time. i appreciate his service. but folks like myself who are newly elected, we heard from the american people. they want change in washington. they don't want more of the same. what we have here going on, the blame game, not providing solutions, americans don't want a deal. they want a solution. i'm very thankful that millions of new americans are involved because they're worried about the future of their nation. they don't care about the next election. they care about the next generation. that's what's so great about new involvement of the american people. that's making a real difference in washington. >> can you see a scenario where this would go down and john boehner's speakership would be at issue? would you then be supporting let's just say eric cantor or someone else for speaker if you're voting against the express wishes and desires of the speaker of the house? >> to me, it's not the express wishes and d

a crossroads. >> it's unfair, it's bizarro. >> republican senator lindsey graham on the search for consensus within his own party. also, from norway to ft. hood. extremism is back in the headlines. new york city police commissioner ray kelly on the very real threat posed by radicals. and we'll take you to mogadishu, somalia, where abc's david muir is the first correspondent on the ground, reporting on the country's epic famine. >> announcer: live from the newseum in washington, "this week with christiane amanpour" starts right now. >>> welcome to the program. lots to get to today, but first, some news since your morning papers. we have new developments to report on the story dominate all others and that's the flurry of last-minute talks to raise the debtbteiling before the country runs out of money to pay its bills. and this morning, we're hearing there is a framework of a deal being worked on, but it's fragile. and you can see the clock ticking down to the tuesday deadline. already, we're seeing signs of mounting concern on wall street. the stock market plunged more than 500 points in the last wee

that we will not agree to raising the debt limit until we pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution -- it is unfair. it is bizarro, and maybe some people who have only been in this body for six or seven months or so really believe that. others know better. >> folks like senator john mccain have been in this town for too long, and they are the ones who have gotten us into this mess year after year after year. i'm glad i have only been here six to seven months because i reflect where a lot of the american people are. >> that is congressman walsh of eleanor responding to the criticism of senator john mccain. a politico columnist, roger simon, wrote the congress has become a fantasy baseball camp in which amateurs role in the hall pretending they are major leaguers. >> i am sympathetic with the objectives of the conservatives who are rejecting this deal, but they are shooting themselves in the foot. two examples -- friday morning, the president steps out and says we are going to go for a deal coming out of the senate. by not giving boehner the victory thursday, the center of gravity and leverage shifted from the hous

and say we won't agree to raising the debt limit until we pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. it's unfair. it's bizarro. and maybe some people who have only been in this body for six or seven months or so really believe that. others know better. >> i'm a freshman. maybe i'm naive but i don't think unless we force -- unless we force republicans and democrats to balance their books every year, they won't. the only way we can do that is to force them. the only way we want force them it "s" to put a balanced budget amendment in the constitution. we have to do that. we can't yield. >> that was congressman walsh. he was one of those who is not going to be supporting speaker boehner's decision. >>> one more story about congress. representative david wu of oregon says he's resigning after the debt ceiling issue is resolved. he's a seven-term democrat accused of making unwanted sexual advances toward the daughter of a campaign donor. accord together national taxpayers union, wu could be eligible for more than a million dollars in benefits over the rest of his life. that's not too shabby for a little more than 1

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and say we won't agree to raising the debt limit until we pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution, it's unfair, it is bizarro i'm not saying i agree with senator mccain's votes, but there he's trying to act like a grown-up. >> what's extraordinary there was one animating idea in the tea party when it came to power, it was a reverence to the constitution. one of the great things about the american constitution is we have not taken the idea of amending it lightly. we have been careful about when it was amended. we've amended it when it really needed to be amendment -- amended, issues related to slavery and women's rights to vote. we have not -- every time we have a nifty policy idea, it should be amended, you know, and by the way, besides that, the truth of the matter is, balancing -- having a requirement that the government balance its budget is a very bad idea. we are -- governments are not like households. in the depths of the recession, when we were losing a million and a half jobs a month, if the government had not stepped in and rescued schoolteachers and firefighters and policemen from having to lose th

out and said we won't agree to raising the debt limit until we pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution is unfair, it's bizarroawmakers playing with fire? >> they are putting themselves in peril. the tea party can destroy itself. if it's seen as taking us into default. >> it may already be paying that price. in polling since january of last year public disapproval for the tea party has been growing from 26% to 47% now. analyst darrell west said that may not hurt tea party congressman themselves in their next elections. >> but the republican presidential nominee may end up suffering the consequences because obama certainly is going to tie that gop nominee to the more extreme elements within the republican party and congress. >> but many tea party lawmakers seem to relish that fight saying voters sent them to washington on a mission and they are more cutting spending than winning a popularity contest. wolf? >> thank you very much. >>> gloria borger is getting ready to speak to mitch mcconnell coming up. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement available only with liberty mutual auto

and say we won't agree to raising the debt limit until we pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution, it's unfair, it's bizarro. >> the boehner plan will be dead on arrival. >> reporter: democrats are also against boehner's plan. more than 50 sent their own letter of opposition to the speaker. >> it will not pass. every democratic senator will vote against it. >> it looks like the markets are on a wait and see mission right now. >> reporter: wall street is keeping a wary eye on the impasse. the treasury department is prioritizing which bills to pay. the white house is trying to keep the focus on the approaching deadline. >> midnight, august 2nd, you are running on fumes. >> this morning, all sides are keeping the pressure on their side of the fight. here are the democratic and republican senate leaders. >> the market is saying we need a deal here. default is starting to seep into the marketplace. >> democrats are playing with fire here and it's hard to conclude that they are doing it for any other reason than politics. >> we're at the white house now. luke russert is on capitol hill. what's the latest from the

. >> this is a time that i think most of us that have watched politics have never seen before. >> it's unfair. it's bizarro. gwen: but compromise remains out of reach. >> folks, we've got to hold the line, we've got to stand strong. gwen: will the nation be able to pay its bills by this time next week? and what are the consequences if it can't? covering the week, jeanne cummings of bloomberg news, major garrett of "national journal," karen tumulty of "the washington post," and david wessel of the "wall street journal." >> award-winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capitol, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill, produced in association with national journal. corporate funding for washington week is provided by -- >> we know why we're here, to give our war fighters every advantage. to deliver technologies that anticipate the future today. >> and help protect america everywhere, from the battleground to cyberspace. >> around the globe, the people of boeing are working together to give our best for america's best. >> that's why we're here. >> this is the ne

and say we won't agree to raising the debt limit until we pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. it's unfair. it's bizarrofire? >> they're going to pay a huge price. >> it may already be paying that price. in cnn polling since january of last year, public disapproval for the tea party has been steadily growing from 26% to 47% now. analysts darryl west say that may not hurt tea party congressman themselves in the next election because many come from safe districts but -- >> the republican presidential nominee may end up suffering the consequences because obama certainly is going to tie that gop nominee to the more extreme elements within the republican party in congress. >> many tea party lawmakers seem to relish the fight saying voters sent them to washington on a mission and they're more worried about cutting spending than winning a popularity contest. >> despite this decrease in popularity in the national polls, some analysts suggest they could even do better and win some more seats next november. >> they could. i have spoken to a political analyst that tracks these races closely. he says there are thre

and say we won't agree to raise the debt limit until we pass it a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. it is unfair. it is bizarro been in this body six or seven months really believe that. >> bizarro. that's what senator mccain, of your party thereof too much fun for tea party fresh r freshmen. >> the lord of the rhinos we don't care what he has to say and that for his insin yigs, the miss cal conservatives should sit back and trust the people in washington for 40 years and run up $13.3 trillion deficit then we should let them drive us down the road until we are over the cliff is insanity. so we don't pay much attention to senator mccain. >> the lord of the rhinos. >> you can quote me on that. >> you didn't like bush either. who do you guys like? are you going to run candidates and primaries, some of the republican smes. >> absolutely. this is a funny thing that i think the democrats are missing harry reid and nancy pelosi. the last election we sent home 63 big spending democrats but we are not loyal to the republican party. we are loyal to leaders who exercise fiscal responsibility. so in the next election in n

repeated his assertion with the idea that we're going to do a balanced budget amendment to cap federal spending as 18% of the economy as bizarroeryone on the senate side is expecting this to move into the middle. >> lori montgomery it's been an italian themed menu this week on capitol hill. pizza last night, spa getty for lunch. all good thins. maybe the only good thing out of the hill. >>> and this week nbc's brian williams takes us behind the scenes with unprecedented action to all the players in the debt showdown. as president obama said today he wants a compromise. what does majority leader reid really think about mitch mcconnell? >> how do you get along with mitch mcconnell? >> mitch and i are friends. we talk every day. i consider him a fine man. he's a good saturday. he and i have a different political philosophy. we both believe the country needs some help and we're trying to do that. it's not easy. we have two distinct caucuses. but the problem is not mitch mcconnell. >> it's skonk as you have never seen it. trust me. don't miss the "dateline" special. taking the hill inside congress this sunday 7:00 eastern. you're w

to hold out and say we won't agree to raising the debt limit until we pass a bald budgn bala amendment, it's unfair, it's bizarroave only been in this body for six or seven months or so really believe that, others know better. >> skroe walsh is one of the tea party republicans who is pushing for much deeper cuts. and i spoke with him just a short tame ago to ask him what he not thought of mccain's comm. >> the problem is that folks like senator john mccain have been in this town for too long and they're the ones who have gotten us into this mess year after year after year. i'm glad that i've only been here six to seven months because i reflect where a lot of the american people are. guys like john mccain have been here too long. and it's almost insulting for him to say that. look, enough with the insults. i wish this town would simply step back and take a breath. your profession has us all a twitter, the administration's has us all a twitter, let's make sure we solve this crisis and solve it right. >> at the same time, americans would look to you and say you're holding us hostage. we're talking about the debt ce

refused to vote for any debt ceiling increase unless congress first passes a balance budget amendment. >> it's unfair. it's bizarro and maybe some people who have only been in this body for six or seven months or so really believe that. others know better. >> reporter: even if boehner can pass his bill in the house today, and republicans are increasingly confident, george, that he will, democrats say it is dead on arrival in the senate. in fact, all 53 democrats wrote a letter saying they oppose the bill. and so do a handful, five or so, republicans. >> the president says he would veto it anyway. >>> let's bring in jake tapper, now, to join us. jake, from the white house perspective, they are acknowledging boehner is likely to get the votes. but it is more imperative that a compromise comes after that vote. >> reporter: that's right. they say this bill today has no path to the president's desk. it can't pass the senate. the senate -- the president has said he would veto it. so, right now, vice president biden and the republican leader of the senate mitch mcconnell are talking about what to do if the boehner bill f

and say we won't agree to raising the debt limit until we pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. it's unfair, and it's bizarro. >> consider this, though. tea party support yushz say there would be no debt limit negotiation going on if not for the tea party, and didn't voters yearn for lawmakers to stand up. so the "talk back" question of the day, is the tea party helping or hurting the country? i will read some of your comments later this hour. >>> here is a rundown for some of the stories we're covering in the next hour. does the hotel maid's decision to speak out help or hurt her allegations of rape? >>> and then a teen that came face-to-face with a bear tells his story from the hospital bed. >> i can remember the moment when it bit down on my head, and i was thinking, i'm going to die. i kept saying, i'm going to die. i'm going to die. >>> then a survivor of last week's deadly bombing in oslo releases eerie video of the moments after the bomb hit. >>> also, the owner of a solar panel company tells me why he is angry that congress can't come to a compromise on the debt deal. >>> why this former hacker has b

we can pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution in this body with its present representation and that is fully worse than foolish that is deceiving that is not here it's bizarro it's bizarro really you mean living within its own means is the sorrow for the federal government really ok maybe this has to do with the republicans problem going into the challenge of getting obama out of office simply thousand and twelve is who was that guy what was what was his name again suing the president over libya oh yeah congressman ron paul never mind that the president is enjoying this great distraction from what's going on in libya let's hear from the congressman. politically it's always easier to debase the currency and have the debt liquidated in real terms then it is to say allow the bankruptcies to come i mean we didn't permit the bankruptcies four years ago and the problems got worse and what about this august second date august second i think is a fictitious date i think the august second date is more related to the individuals who have trips planned in august straight from the congressman's mouth it's more about the vacations coming out from members of congress and

bizarro. that came from senator john mccain. it took aot of heat from tea party members across the country. sharon angle is one of them. she'll react to that. house republican members meet in private to talk about the debt ceiling bill. the house this recess for the moment. south carolina republican congressman tim scott will be in that meeting. he will be with us before he goes into that meeting. up to now he has been a no. will he change his mind? you will find out right after this. ma where do you go to find a busess backed by the superguarantee®? only& suonline.s®. on your phone. or in the book. go to superpages®. and let the good guys save the day. >> the republican plan is not a solution. as experts say, all too soon we will be back in the midst of partisan raging with our economy being held prisoner by extremists in the republican party led by the tea party. martha: there you have it, calling the tea party extremists. we are awaiting 10:00 a.m. meaning the capitol hill. you can see the live shot on capitol hill. very 10 this mornin

say we will not agreed to raising the debt limit until we pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. it is unfair. it is bizarro. maybe some people who have been in this body six or seven months or so believe that. others know better. it is time we listened to the markets. it's time we listened to our constituents. most of all, it's time we listened to the american people and sit down and seriously negotiate something." senator mccain had it exactly right. sending us a deeply flawed balanced budget amendment to the constitution of the united states at the 11th hour is not designed to achieve a result. it is achieved, it is designed to achieve a headline. a bumper sticker slogan that will not help us solve the problem. mr. president, here's what a top economic adviser to former president reagan said about the house balanced budget amendment. he said and i quote, "-- this is bruce bartlett a former reagan administration top economic adviseor. and i quote him. "i have previously explained the idiocy of right-wing advocates of a balanced budget amendment. however, the new republican balanced budget proposal is espe

and say we won't agree to raising the debt limit until we pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. it's unfair, it's bizarro. and maybe some people have only been in this body for six or seven months or so really believe that. others know better. others know better. i am confident, one, someday we will pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. i am confident that the overwhelming majority of the american people support it. three, i am convinced that that is the only way that at the end of the day we will get spending under control, because i have seen in the past congress enacting very strong restrictions on spending, such as the gramm-rudman legislation, which required spending cuts with increases in spending, and all of them failed because congresses cannot bind future congresses. and that's why i remain committed to a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. but to somehow think or tell our citizens that if we have enough debate and amendment here in the senate in the short term in the next six days that we will pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution is unfair to our const

and say we won't agree to raising the debt limit until we pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. it's unfair. it's bizarrod maybe some people who have only been in this body for six or seven months or so really believe that. host: marsha blackburn? guest: senator mccain was giving his opinion. i think that in a deliberative body the wonderful thing is that we all come as individuals to this and bring our own opinion. his opinion is that we shouldn't hold out until a balanced budget amendment is passed. there are some of us that would have liked to have seen that amendment on the front end. because as we've discussed with callers, this is a great way to kind of put a camp out there and say, no, you're not going to spend. you're not going to go print money. you're not going to run this into the debt auctions. we are going to make certain that this nation, this nation -- political freedom and economic freedom are always freedom are always indescribingbly linked -- inextricably linked. it's always been said the threat is the debt. we have to use this time to tackle it. you're going to have 100 different opini

bizarro. it is time we listened to the markets and listen to the american people and sit down and seriously negotiate. senator fred thompson, a republican, asked his own party to come to their senses. "i respectfully suggest you rate chips ur sh and come to the table." my door is open. i will listen to any ideas to get this done in a way that prevents the fault and a dangerous downgrade to our country's credit rating. time is short and that is an understatement. too much is at stake to wait even one more minute. the last train is leaving the station. this is our last chance to avert default. a vote on this compromise will determine whether we enter the world of the fault. a vote for the senate compromise will be a vote for the financial obligations of this great country, to pay the bill. i would ask republican friends to break away from this thing going on in the house of representatives. they will -- they voted at 4: 30 yesterday, 6:30, 730 -- rumors are flying around. they said they put too much money in for pell grants and in a balanced budget amendment. the speaker was seen in my office -- all these rumors. that made no s

and say we won't agree to raising the debt limit until we pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. it's unfair, it's bizarro. and maybe some people have only been in this body for six or seven months or so really believe that. others know better. others know better. i am confident, one, someday we will pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. i am confident that the overwhelming majority of the american people support it. three, i am convinced that that is the only way that at the end of the day we will get spending under control, because i have seen in the past congress enacting very strong restrictions on spending, such as the gramm-rudman legislation, which required spending cuts with increases in spending, and all of them failed because congresses cannot bind future congresses. and that's why i remain committed to a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. but to somehow think or tell our citizens that if we have enough debate and amendment here in the senate in the short term in the next six days that we will pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution is unfair to our const

say we will not agreed to raising the debt limit until we pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. it is unfair. it is bizarro. maybe some people who have been in this body six or seven months or so believe that. others know better. it is time we listened to the markets. it's time we listened to our constituents. most of all, it's time we listened to the american people and sit down and seriously negotiate something." senator mccain had it exactly right. sending us a deeply flawed balanced budget amendment to the constitution of the united states at the 11th hour is not designed to achieve a result. it is achieved, it is designed to achieve a headline. a bumper sticker slogan that will not help us solve the problem. mr. president, here's what a top economic adviser to former president reagan said about the house balanced budget amendment. he said and i quote, "-- this is bruce bartlett a former reagan administration top economic adviseor. and i quote him. "i have previously explained the idiocy of right-wing advocates of a balanced budget amendment. however, the new republican balanced budget proposal is espe