that interview with newly inaugurated vice president dick cheney and "hardball" guest host alan simpson we were talking about tip o'neill. >> right. >> finish your remarks. this is a short segment. >> tip was one of those men, he respected everybody in the house, regardless of party. you didn't get judged as being a lesser person in the house because you were a republican, and of course, that's where i first met chris matthews. and as a matter of fact, did battle with chris on a couple of occasions when he was the press secretary and aide to the speaker. but the speaker always had great respect and friendship with jerry ford, for example, from their days together in the house. i must say, i like chris much better as the anchor on "hardball." >> do you watch this show? >> i do watch the show very carefully. all of us who are political junkies and involved in the bids, "hardball's" an important part of our routine. >> march 2001. former senator, finish your remarks, this is a short segment. alan simpson filling in for the great chris matthews on "hardball," a show that dick cheney says he

. >> you know, amanda, alan simpson and erskine bowles have a new tv ad. take a look at this. >> for crying out loud, who isn't fed up with what's going on in washington? >> these politicians are playing games. they're jerking our country around from crisis to crisis. it's going to take some real political courage for folks to start working together and it's going to take a push from all of you out there. >> so some real frank language from both of them. as you saw there, amanda, are people angry? at the end of the day if they are that angry, are they calling their representatives? >> yes. i think many people are much angrier than erskine bowles and alan simpson because they're sitting at home not getting paid while their bills are piling up and they do have to pay them. so, again, i think that right now congress, especially republicans are feeling pressure. polls show that the public is getting really upset. you're having people coming to washington on both sides. you're having the tea party here taking down barricades at the monument and throwing them in

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who are in the center right, whether it was mike oxley when he shared the committee or senator alan simpson. the sad fact of american politics today is that the right has eaten up its center. secondly, obviously, it is hypocrisy, but i do want to be clear, the obama administration should be severely krit criesed for this, and i frankly resent it. i worked hard for this health care bill. i had some initial doubts about the political staging. i think we finally got it right. and i regret very much that they're giving the right wing this kind of ammunition. having said that, i should note that one of the things they did do, which people should give them credit for, was to start this months before it takes effect. the fact is that this will not have any negative effect on anybody until january 1st. so, while it's regrettable that they did a lousy job of getting this, it's good that they gave themselves some time. secondly, having been in the financial services area for a while, the notion that the government is somehow pe kuehl culiarly unable to do this is ridiculous. we've seen the high speed

it's the brainchild to have peter peterson, who uses the comedy duo of alan simpson and erskine bowles, but instead of sitting on a balcony, they try to kill social security. today, fix the debt held a q&a on twitter, and they got trolled epically with questions like, is it true billionaires have money vaults. do uh ever get the urge to drink from a chalice. or this. why don't your bios disclose your corporate ties and conflicts of interest, with a helpful link to a page disclosing all the conflicts of interest. susie kim did a little research and concluded the entire q&a was 100% trolling, making it the most disastrous online interaction since the ill-fated hashtag, ask anthony weiner anything. and a real reason for sports announcers to flip out. this is cam zinc. he's competing in the red bull rampage mountain bike competition. if you're watching this and your nerves are already frayed, wait until you see the record-setting backflip. >> lots of speed for cam zinc. >> a little double drop. >> cam zinc, up sidedown! >> he did it! he landed the flip! cam zinc just landed the biggest ste

and i actually have a tendency to agree with erskine bowles and alan simpson on the philosophy that weth the big long-term threats that face this country. that's where we need to come together. and by the way, there are a lot of sidebar meetings going on in the house of representatives with republicans and democrats that are outside of leadership, trying to find a path forward. there's a lot of discussions that i think are actually constructive and instructive for the american people because they're happening out of sight and out of mind. but in reality, they are starting to shape the debate a bit. >> all right, so let's talk about where that debate is being shaped. as you point out, it's almost putting the cart before the horse the fact that we're now dealing with the debt ceiling in a government shutdown mode. however, you feel that dealing with the debt ceiling at this point is a true pivot point for the nation's economy and it's sending the wrong message internationally. explain. >> well, i think that we have to demonstrate internationally that we can actually function and we can g

he and alan simpson are launching a national ad campaign calling for lawmakers to fix the debt. some of that video right now on this campaign that's launching. you see where we were last week, what's happened over the weekend. hopes are the senate will step in and reach an agreement. do you think that's a likely path? >> i think it's going to be tough, becky. all i can tell you is i walk through every single airport. people yell at me, you know, for god sakes, stop the madness in washington. get these people talking. solve the problem. they want real action. they don't care about the inside up there. they want to see the government opened again, they want to see us pay our bills. they think the talk of default is nuts and it really is. and they want these guys to get in a room and start negotiating. just like we did with gingrich back in 1996, '95, when we got the government back open again. and both of us made compromises. and that's what they want to see. they want to see some logic brought back to washington. >> we've talked about the logical plan with you before. we've talke

there was the president's fiscal commission led by alan simpson and erskine bowles in 120u. congress ignored it. the 2011 grand bargain talks on deficit reduction between the president and speaker boehner failed. and a bipartisan group of people tried to find cuts that same year but could not strike a deal. >> how do you ensure you're more successful than the super committee's goals. >> they were much broader, much larger. our job is to put forward a spending pass and budget pass for this congress in the next year or two or further if we can. >> the president's second suggestion -- >> we should finish the job of fixing our broken immigration system. >> house leaders say they want to take a piecemeal approach, but the pieces appear to be stalled. marko rubio things the shutdown has made it hard. the president named one other big piece of legislation that's in limbo, the farm bill which sets agriculture trat responsibility every five years. the house and senate has passed their own version but the house bill cuts $40 billion worth of food stamp funding, which has created anoth

or ask alan simpson tebow said tell you to go to hell and make you feel good about going there.ughter] asthere is a conservative they come both said to the man, i wish he was a republican. he represented the very best in public service and our political system. one class act tipping his hat to another. and committee chairman, majority whip, majority whip, majority leader, then speaker. ,t was his sense of fairness his port in a storm that will always stand out for me. held thishe institution together at a very difficult time. come afterhose who us to seek to know what it means when we use the phrase, man of at means toor just whe leave something behind to look up the name thomas s. foley. we gather today in the old hall residents, speakers, ask speakers, so many of our colleagues and more that tom served with two reminisce about his service and a toast to his life. well command thank you all for being here. all.lcome and thank you [applause] >> let us pray. earth, theen and work of your hands is made known in your bountiful creation and in the lives of those who faithfully live

not being swept under congress.o select the kentucky, before we get to your call, former senator alan simpson had this to say on the ongoing impasse over the debt ceiling. it says the american people are fed up with what is going on in washington. monticello kentucky, your thoughts. >> thank you for taking my call. on this obamacare, it is like obama don't care. that is beside the point. let the mayor can people decide on whether or not they want to vote on obamacare. let the people decide if they want it or not. what is the long-term effect going to be once we do raise the debt limit? what about next year? how is that when to be paid for? >> raphael from georgia, republican caller. >> thank you for having me. my first thing is about all of the policies, this is just a sham. it has always been a sham. the reason the two parties are going -- i am 27 years old and i am watching c-span. it's sad i am watching c-span and there needs to be a lot more young people watching it. this is ridiculous. we should not raise debt from the get go. we should be working on the way to cut all of these little en

much the president himself instructed erskine bowles and alan simpson to get together. people across the country thought were strong, good ideas. it just went away. it failed by one vote and we never heard much more about it. where is the, sort of the stronger sense of common sense in congress today? >> well, you're right. the bowles-simpson proposal the president did not embrace it. which tells you the president has to be involved in these discussions. it is not enough to just have the house and just have the senate. now the president today said he is going to invite members of congress or the entire congress to the white house. i have specific questions for the president and they have to do with raising the debt ceiling. you don't get a new credit card without first addressing the problem of spending. the president has to discuss that before he is allowed to raise the debt ceiling. the amount that he is asking for, martha, is over a million dollars every minute, from now until after the 2014 elections. people all across the country know this is the time to actually ta

senator alan simpson said it best. if you are a real conservative, an honest conservative without hypocrisy, he'd want to pay your debt. eight days ago, a minority faction of the congress chose to shut down the federal government. this was touching the fire. to refuse to lift the debt ceiling is to place our entire hand into the fire. a reagan economist called this debate, quote, playing with matches around gasoline. yes, that's the same president ronald reagan who raised the debt ceiling 18 times without the accompanying brinksmanship. and let's remember, during the 2011 debt ceiling debate, the mere threat of a default scared the markets and drove up interest rates. retirees lost $800 billion in assets as markets tumbled. homebuyers lost $100 a month as rates spiked. the harm this time could be much worse. we need to pay our bills so we can start solving the real problems facing this country rather than fixing ones we caused ourselves. and mr. speaker, what is most extraordinary about this fiasco is this -- i thought

alan der sho wits reacts. plus i'll ask about o.j. simpson o.j. simpson's plans for just after prison. tv host?row this soldier under the bus. a

alan der sho wits reacts. plus i'll ask about o.j. simpson o.j. simpson's plans for just after prison. tv host? >>> plus, did the army throw this soldier under the bus. a 28-year-old sentenced to two decades in prison for giving the order to defend his platoon on the battlefield. we'll investigate. >>> from the world headquarters of fox news, it's "the kelly file" with megan kelly. >>> and tonight fresh battle scars from the war over our soaring debt and the failure to do a thing to fix it. i'm megan kelly. welcome, everyone. just hours after congress agrees to raise the debt limit through february and get the government working again through mid-january, president obama stepped up to the microphones and went after his political opponents, accusing them of brinksmanship and of trying to break the government, even encouraging our enemies. here's a sample. >> probably nothing has done more damage to america's in the standing with other countries than the spectacle that we've seen these past several weeks. it's encouraged our enemies, it's emboldened our competitors. >> ed henry is our chief white

simpson, mike tyson, bill clinton to name just a few. joining me now on set famed attorney alanw in his final semester of teaching law at the harvard law school. he has written a new book, taking the stand, my life in the law. it's a great pleasure, mr. dershowitz. i appreciate it. i don't want to go deep on this, but you heard the jpmorgan story. >> yes. >> the government is taking $13 billion and god knows what. would you defend jpmorgan? >> absolutely. the problem is you can't defend large corporations that have thousands and thousands of employees against an indictment. once they've been indicted, they can be put out of business. so the presumption of innocence doesn't operate in these large cases. a the government, basically dictates the terms of the settlement because you're terrified to litigate even cases you can win. >> right. that's just -- that's the arthur andersen syndrome. >> right. >> puts the whole thing out of business. >> they won and look what happened. they were out of business. >> let's go to some interesting things. my thesis, having you as a guest on our s