brad blakeman and david goodfriend forp former deputy secretary to bill clinton. i will have you both back, i assure you gentlemen. we will have live coverage of the house foreign affairs committee in washington. our coverage begins noon eastern. meteorologist dave warren. >> cool morning temperatures, dropping into the 40s in some areas. there is still some stormy weather out west. radar is tracking showers and storms yesterday and a lot of rain around idaho, montana, oregon and washington. the problem is this rain comes with lightning. still fairly dry. red flag warning meaning we will have lightning strikes and a little bit of rain. flash flooding possible in northern nevada so the rainfall is heavy, still fairly heavy there under the area, under red flag warning because it comes with lightning, through montana, idaho and wyoming. the radar across the entire country, cool and comfortable weather is dominating much of the country east of the mississippi. minneapolis is at 64, new york at 66. but it will be getting even cooler. here's the 40s, low temperatures, p

. >>> now to the top story tonight, reaction joining us from washington, brad blakeman, former senior adviser to president bush the younger and from atlanta amy cramer chairman of the tea party express organization. where am i going wrong here, ms. cramer? >> i mean, i think you're right on congressman cohen. and we see it time and time again that the liberals can't debate the issues so what do they do? they resort to personal attacks. thankfully the constitution allows him to speak his mind but also allows us freedom of religion, freedom of speech and the second amendment, the right to own guns. so i think you're dead on there. on the congress issue and defunding obamacare, bill, i have to disagree with you. because this is a law, it's a bad law that continues to get worse every day. as we're seeing with more and more people taking away benefits from their employees, cutting their hours back, that sort of thing. the president himself has already delayed portions of this law for big business, for congress, special interests. why not do the same for the middle class average american? w

on to brad blakeman. he says he fears that this will undo all the good that they have done.uld he think of this? >> i think the administration cried wolf. whether terry reed or napolitano or the other secretaries and the head of the executive agencies. we're talking about $85 billion annually in increased cuts of spending. the american people are cutting back much further than this government has done with a 4 trillion-dollar annual budget. the president should be telling every agency took about 10%. neil: i kind of think that there is a method to this crazy madness. or heaven forbid that something goes awry, they can go back and in that case and say that things would be a heckuva lot better if not for those cuts. nevermind it is a multi-trillion dollar economy we are talking about a rounding error, but it's like the gift that keeps giving. zemeckis has become the red line on spending and budget. like the red line, sequestration was the president's idea. he was the one who said th the republicans would never go along with this, and they did. and if we attack syria, don't you

. >> former deputy assistant of george bush, brad blakeman, amon west. brad, let me begin with you. your reaction to that speech? >> it's a speech that should never have been given by the president in prime time. the president had nothing to say to the american people that was the import to go around the world and give a message that basically says we're standing down. we're not asking the congress to act -- >> but you're a republican. you're surely cheering the fact he made tt speech. >> no, i don't cheer the fact the president made a total embarrassment of the office of the president of the united states. this is a speech that went around the world. billions of dollars pea s of ds watched that speech. whether this putin idea will be relevant. >> well, alan, can i get just from you at least crocodile tears about all of this, any -- any hope that the republicans are going to seize upon this performance and say we told you so? >> well, i don't think you need to take that type of immature reaction and say we told you so. i believe the president is doing a very good job walking into a

joined now by brad blakeman, former deputy assistant to president george w. baer, a democratic strategist. gentlemen, welcome. good to have you both here. tom, let's start with you. so how can jay carney say that, you know, when we do have evidence, a recent report showed 300 companies have actually cut back because of obamacare? >> look, martha, obamacare's the law of the land. it was passed by the congress, it was signed by the president, it was approved by the supreme court. and it's not really going anywhere. the real beef that labor has with obamacare relates to their insurance plans which are negotiated with employers. those insurance plans do not get the subsidies that will be available to americans who sign up under the affordable health care act. so as a result of that, they are an entricep. ed organization -- entrenched organization, they were originally opposed. but what you've got to recognize is they are not supporting this outlandish proposal to defund obamacare. martha: no. it sounds like what they want the is to get some of the money members o

lou: joining us now the a-team, brad blakeman, michael goodwin, marianne marsh. you, i know through -- i went through numbers that suggestion republicans need not despair, i, history on their side. i know you have to have been persuade by those numbers, what say you? >> can the republicans get their act together? you need only to watch te ted cz to know that is a bigger feat than imagined. there are many parallels between clinton presidency, and obama presidency. i predict republicans keep senate. don't underestimate opportunity to do that. lou: would you like to return americans to the moon in next 3 years. >> there are only 17 seats,ic. >>al? >> michael? >> one thing about ted cruz, problem here for republicans is that between obama saying i will not negotiate with republicans, i only negotiate with iranians, not republicans, and cruz himself being adamant you have to defund obamacare, most republicans have nowhere to go in that fight. they know they can't win just by holding the house, that is not changing obamacare, they are stuck between cruz and obama. lou:

lori: brad blakeman, many thanks. adam: moving on five years since bernie madoff's ponzi scheme unraveled, today there was an arrest from inside madoff'ser circle. lori: the marijuana commercial that would be a first. adam: but first, looking for a 6.5% return on your money in the next four months? why your best bet just may be the forever stamp. the united states postal service looking to raise prices again. ♪ measure. ♪ had been. ♪ [ male announcer ] imagine this cute blob is metamucil. and this park is the inside of your body. see, the special psyllium fir in metamucil actually gels to trap some carbs to help maintain healthy blood gar levels. metamucil. 3 amazing benefits in 1 super fiber. lori: and as we do every 15 minutes, let's check the markets. nicole petallides is on the floor of the new york stock exchange. hi, nicole. you're watching facebook top $50 a share. >> reporter: such a big deal, right? when you saw facebook last year for the ipo, that $38 ipo and it went up to 45, then it went down to $18, and e

juan williams and brad blakeman here to go at it.ning to you, brad, good morning to you as well. what happens, brad? >> well, i think what happens is what we've seen happen time and time and time again. we talk about continuing resolutions, it goes until the midnight hour, and what happens? the c.r. is passed. republicans are making symbolic votes in keeping with the american people as far as what they believe, their thoughts on obamacare are. but this isn't the mechanism by which you will amend or kill obamacare. that'll come at another time, another place, another debate. i happen to think the senate will vote down, of course, the house as far as defunding obamacare. the president, assuming the senate did vote for it, do you think the president would sign that bill? i don't think so. so what will happen is this will go to the midnight hour, and the c.r. passes. bill: all right, okay, to the midnight hour hen. is it the right thing for the speaker to do to allow the republicans in the house to have a say on this? >> at this time, su

brad blakeman joins us. adam: putting off paper and following the jobs report.taper. lori: carl icahn admits defeat after a month-long battle. why he is giving up on a deal to sell now. adam: when you see celebrities, you don't necessarily think bulk celebrity makeup. our guest on her efforts to go glam at costco. no onion bagels involved. lori: you just outed what i had for breakfast this morning. it is your problem more than anyone else's. on a serious note, let's go to market and nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock

brad blakeman is here. adam: debt spiral averted? sales are looking good through the rest of the year. lori: move over alcoa, there's a new earnings benchmark in town. s&p dow jones indices senior index analyst howard silverblatt on the name to watch earnings season. >>> and once again good afternoon. let's start things off with a market check, let's head back to the floor of the new york stock exchange, check in with nicole. economic data, right,my coal? helping to boost the s&p and what could be a sixth day of losses. >> reporter: that's absolutely right, lori. so we're watching the markets that are actually moving to the upside. we've had five straight days of selling which has not happened this year for the s&p 500, and now we're starting to snap that streak right now with the dow up about 49 points. you do you have the vixx to the upside and commodities are mixed. there's a lot of names we're watching closely, obviously the focus we keep on washington this time with the possibility of a government shutdown. let's look here at jc

brad blakeman joins us. adam: putting off paper and following the jobs report. chief economist on why he says forget a september taper. lori: carl icahn admits defeat after a month-long battle. why he is giving up on a deal to sell now. adam: when you see celebrities, you don't necessarily think bulk celebrity makeup. our guest on her efforts to go glam at costco. no onion bagels involved. lori: you just outed what i had for breakfast this morning. it is your problem more than anyone else's. on a serious note, let's go to market and nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange where the dow is down below 15,000. nicole: it is an exciting day on wall street. dow jones industrial up 117 points. the fear index to the downside. talking about how people are jumping into this market, somewhat of a painful feel as the s&p 500 crossing above the 50 day moving average. questions whether or not it would be able to do so. the s&p we have seen stocks higher for the fifth consecutive close in the green seven out of eight trading days. here are a couple of ot

bob beckel, former democratic campaign manager and co-host of "the five" on fox news channel and brad blakemanssistant to president george w. bush. welcome to both of you. brad, let's take a look at the republican side of this first. the story this morning that senator ted cruz is very upset to learn that john cornyn and mitch mcconnell are whipping these votes against what he is stands for in the senate and that they want to push this vote through knowing that harry reid will strip out the defund provision. >> martha, we've been down this road many, many times before. when we get to the midnight hour? what happens? there isn't a government shutdown. there shouldn't be a government shutdown on obamacare. we're winning war on obamacare. the problem this isn't the battle by which to win the war. what we need to do and i agree with the senator who is believe that this is not the right vehicle to do it, that we live to fight another day. and that day is in 2014. republicans have to have a plan. we have to have candidates and we have to win. we only control one branch of government. half of a branc

joined by brad blakeman, former deputy assistant to former president george w.and bob beckel, co-host of "the five." good to see you both. what do you think about what john mccain had to say there and this whole thing? >> incoherent strategy you've been hearing this from republicans. mccain has been in favor of doing something in syria but he has been there for a long time, not just this crisis. i agree it's a long way from a done deal the russian proposal, if, if it were to happen it is no question because obama ordered military power off the coast of syria and if it doesn't happen he will still go ahead with or without congress. >> i expect tonight the will say i need congress's backing on military strikes because we don't know what will happen now. we'll give them time to breathe and come forward and if they make good on the proposal to get rid of chemical weapons strikes but we still need this hanging over their head. brad, does that make sense? >> no, it does not and here's why. the american people are not convinced it has a national purpose and the preside

brad blakeman former deputy assistant to president george w. bush. welcome.rious stuff here. because the president has said that he will strike, that the country will strike syria. he has also said he will go back to congress for authorization of that. is there any chance, do you think, bob, that he will not get that authorization? >> i would find it, remarkable and, to borrow mccain's word, catastrophic. it is inconceivable to me, that members of congress, i don't care how partisan they are, could sit back, what 1406 people are fasted to death by a -- gassed to death, by a regime and sit back when the united states has capability to do something about it and not do it would be the height of polarization, politicalization, and the worst possible outcome i could think of. martha: brad, you know, it is an awkward situation that members of congress are in because the president has said that as i said, that we will strike. that a strike will happen. and that he wants their authorization. a lot of people question why he would do done it in that order. here is john