thank you. >>> let me bring back democratic strategist bob shrum. bob, there vote is going down. we are just about three votes away from them passing this. what does this mean and how do we go from here? how do we proceed from here? >> well, one, they're proving something the republican strategist said to me today. this is no longer the republican party, it's the crazy party. you're right, boehner is not a leader, he is a follower. he is kind of the dummy to their ventriloquist. number two, i think this gol to senate. harry reid will make a motion. it'll be tabled. they will then come up with another bill they will try to work with the republicans on. and we have to hope that if the senate can pass that and it goes back to the house, boehner is willing to put that bill up there so that sensible republicanets and there are some, and democrats can vote for it. you know what we need here al -- >> you are right to point out dem kralts. because notice the vote you have 214 republicans, two votes way fwr this. not one democrat vote for this. not one. >> nancy pelosi held on to her cauc

bob shrum has a question. >> i like your toughness on this.igues me, after bp, you would think the oil companies would learn not to falsely minimize these accidents. do you think the company was intentionally misleading, on you do you think they themselves didn't understand what was happening, which is probably almost as worrisome. >> i don't know. i'm a soil scientist. it might be easy to blow smoke up the south end of a north-facing lawyer or governor if he's an accountant, but it's a scientist, not a lawyer. >> david fromme? >> i'll pass. i have no questions for the governor. >> pass or play, it's like the old password. mark, a question for the governor? >> governor, i hate to even think about the possible of smoke being blown up in that way. i understand you have plans to come to washington and clean up washington. i hope that's true. lord knows this town needs to be cleaned up. but i was looking at your campaign contributions in 2004 and 2008 earlier today, and i noticed that your second biggest group of contributors was lawyers and lobby

. >> joining me now, democratic strategist bob shrum. lso from the washington post, dana mi dana millbank. bob, what do you think he will say tonight? >> we have come close to the same thing of thing with bill clinton and newt gingrich in 1995. i think he will say he has been reasonable and tried to meet thç republicans more than half way. he agreed to a grand bargain with john boehner. he agreed it other forms of doing this. all of which give the republicans something. but i think he will also draw a line. he will say he is willing to see some entitlement reforms. for example in medicare. but he is not willing to replace it with a program that will provide seniors with vouchers and cost them $6500 a year. he is not willing to see us move toward privatization of social security. and i think he's going to say the whole american economy son the line here. because as republicans themselves said, if you do this on a short term basis, you will rattle the markets. which by the way, is what boehner did after the markets sustained the day pretty

. >> bob shrum. >> i have nothing great to say about him.is race, obama versus bachman. >> we agree on something. >> you two are favorites. fox and friends, steve doocy accuse a accuses president obama of faking on the economy. and then he accuses dick morris for going on vacation? but i did. they said i couldn't fight above my weight class. but i did. they said i couldn't get elected to congress. but i did. ♪ sometimes when we touch ha ha! millions of hits! [ male announcer ] flick, stack, and move between active apps seamlessly. only on the new hp touchpad with webos. >>> wisconsin's union busting governor scott walker says he's working to save money. his decisions just keep costing taxpayers more. he rejected an $810 million federal grant to extend the railroad line over to madison, wisconsin. walker said the operating costs would be too high. they would have to have been $30 million over 20 years, but it turns out. walker's decision is going to end up costing the people of wisconsin way more than $30 million. yesterday the state legislat

>> bob shrum, thank you for joining us. we'll keep watching the fight. a very monumental week in washington, d.c. the vote finally coming through today. republicans passing it. the senate right away, and democrats pushing it back the other way. more to come. step as long the way as we watch the clock counting down. thank you for watching. i'm tom foreman, good night from new york. piers morgan starts right now. >>> tonight, down to the wire. >> members of congress, make a phone call, send an e-mail, tweet. keep the pressure on washington and we can get passed this. >> right and the left, the face-off. >> i stuck my neck out a mile to try to get an agreement with the president of the united states. >> do the right thing. put the interest of the country ahead of the tea party extremists. >> speaker boehner should just give it up. he throws piece after piece after piece of red meat to the right-wing lion that seems to dominate his caucus. >> we're not going to divulge. we're going to solve this problem, one way or another. >> countdown to crisis. your finan

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bob shrum, michael steele.nd former clinton budget director joining us next on what happens in the u.s. were to default. but first, the prerace prayer that stole the show at this weekend's nascar nationwide series race in nashville. >> heavenly father, we thank you tonight for all your blessings. you said in all things give thanks. so we want to thank you tonight for these mighty machines that you brought before us. thank you for the dodges and the toyotas. thank you for the fords and most of all we thank you for rowsch and yates partnering to give us the power that we see before us tonight. thank you for gm performance technology in our engines. thank you for sin ohç coe raci fuel and goodyear tires and bring performance and power to the track. lord, i want to thank you for my smoking hot wife tonight, lisa. my two children, elie and ema, or as we like to call them the little es. lord i pray to bless the drivers may they put on a performance worthy at this great track in jesus' name, boogdy, boogdy, boogdy, a

. >> bob shrum, thank you for joining us. we'll keep watching the fight. a very monumental week in washington, d.c. the vote finally coming through today. republicans passing it. the senate right away, and democrats pushing it back the other way. more to come. step as long the way as we watch the clock counting down. thank you for watching. i'm tom foreman, good night from new york. piers morgan starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening, an extraordinary day on capitol hill. the house passed the john boehner bill, and the senate prompt the voted it down. we're waiting for senate majority leader harry reid to explain why that decision was taken. i'm here with wolf blitzer, my colleague. wolf, what is about to happen here? what is the explanation? is it as simple as, sorry, you are republicans, we didn't like the bill. we're democrats, we're not having it? >> it's not that simple. they have to come up with some compromise, some sort of plan that can pass the senate and go back to the house of representatives and pass there some

from the republican party fallout, michael steele and bob slum shrum.s. >>> federal investigators are looking into accusations that minnesota's largest school district discriminates against gay students following seven suicides in fewer than two years. four students were gay, believed to be gay or questioning their sexuality. at least two of them reportedly had been bullied because of their orientation. the justice department and the civil rights office of the board of education are scrutinizing the school district. here's why. school policy mandates that staffers remain neutral on matters regarding sexual orientation and such matters are best addressed within individual family homes, churches or community organizations. justin killed himself last july. he was just 15 years old. his mother joins me now. tammy, good to see you. >> hi. >> first of all, you have my sympathy about the death of justin. and i know you're concerned about the way the school officials do or do not happenedle complaints. in what way do you think the policy discriminates against g