was i too tough on carney?think it's probably what he should have expected if he watches your show at all. i think you may be roughed him up a little more than you needed to. but overall, it was fine. he certainly should have known he was going to get the jeffrey immelt question from you and seemed a little surprised by that. >> bill: i don't know if he even knew immelt was in the box. but isn't it a little weird? you're a liberal democrat and there is the president, we all agree that we'd like to have as many jobs in america and then there is jeffrey immelt, his big pal, job creation czar, whatever title he has, he's sitting there next to michelle obama and he's -- he can't send jobs to china fast enough, and i didn't bring this up, but he's sitting $5 trillion on overseas money he's not paying taxes on. and there is the president pounding all of this and look who is up there, the poster boy for everything he's saying shouldn't be done. >> i think you actually found one area where you and i might agree on some

here is jay carney today. >> our intent was for the president to address a joint session of congress as soon as they recessed. this is not a political back and forth. the president is wanting to speak to congress and to the people about the need to do things to create jobs to get the economy going. >> kristen welker is live from the white house this today, and we heard from dan pheifer saying that the president's speech will not interfere with the packers and giants' kickoff. >> well, it is not their intention to get into the middle or any way push back that speech, so they are being mindful of that, but the details are being worked out. but as you say, it was a dust-up, and the white house ready to pivot away from the dust-up saying they want to focus on the major speech that the president is going to give next week. we of course don't know specifically what is in the speech. we are getting little details and bits and pieces, and we understand that under consideration is investing in infrastructure and investing in schools and green energy projects as well as providing tax breaks fo

white house press secretary jay carney was asked about u.s.-pakistan relationship at yesterday's briefing. >> the relationship that we have with pakistan is complicated but very important. they have been important allies, the pakistanis have been, in our fight against al qaeda. one of the problems we've had, which is where this issue arises from, is with the safe havens the network has in pakistan. that's an issue we raised with our pakistani counterparts and continue to have those discussions on a regular basis. >> carney did go on to criticize some of pakistan's resistance to the network link. admiral mullen is expected, officially, to hand over his duties as joint chiefs chairman to army lieutenant general william caldwell today. the white house is taking its jobs push to florida, a swing state critical to president obama's re-election hopes. the president won the sunshine state by just two percentage points in 2008. with recent polls showing a tight race between the president and mitt romney, the president said florida with expect to see a

. >> jay carney insists the speech will wrap up before the big nfl kickoff. to sort it out.ike viqueira at the white house, glen thrush who covers the white house for politico, co-sponsor along with nbc of that debate and our great mega panel. karen finney, susan del percio and jimmy williams. welcome ant lialysts all. political event. five great brains to dissect it simultaneously. vic, start with you. jay carney went through a painful press briefing asked repeatedly who really dropped the ball at the white house to be in a situation where this kind of date wasn't vetted properly in advance and the president looks once again kind of weak, and it's kind of the gang that couldn't shoot straight. what are you hearing? >> the suspicion in the press room, it was vetted in advance, and they tripped up on their own selves in having a conflict and having john boehnane describe boehner to describe asking for a new date. the american public does note give a lick whether this speech son wednesday or thursday. having said that, carney said the reason they went for wednesday is because

press secretary jay carney joins me next. and later, congressman barney frank ranking member of the house financial services committee will be here with a look at the opposition to the president. the president will definitely face in the republican house. >>> two federal officials tell nbc news that there's a potential threat with 9/11. another white house official says on a ten-point scale this threat is a five or a six adding that this threat is very specific but parts of it don't add up. reporter from wnbc in new york reports that the threat is leveled at new york city and washington d.c. one threat mentioned a car bomb. a separate threat mentioned bridges and tunnels. the department of homeland security issued a statement tonight saying the threat is "credible and specific but unconfirmed." the government will continue to track down the threat and ask all americans to remain vigilant. coming up, i will be joined by white house press secretary jay carney followed by congressman barney frank. . our neighbors putting their l

then body language with white house jay carney g.o.p. debate earlier this week.se reports after these >> bill: factor follow up segment tonight, growing scandal at the solyndra company, the energy department, with the encouragement of president obama and vice president biden provided $527 million in loans directly to the solyndra company in california. nevertheless, the company has declared bankruptcy. now, newly uncovered email show the white house was deeply involved in the loan deal. joining us from the abc news studios here in new york city investigative reporter brian ross. how do you -- how bad do you think this is, brian? >> well, bill, it's a half billion dollars bad and plus. it goes right to the door of the white house. new emails that came out today at a congressional hearing revealed the pressure put on people inside the white house to move up timing with bush back by budget analyst, getting rush here. even so they went ahead with the loan. i was stunned to learn today that earlier in the year the white house became aware the company was about to go b

white house press secretary jay carney joins me. payroll tax holiday, infrastructure pending, unemployment extension, it's all familiar. is there a danger that this comes across as just more of the same, it's basically stimulus spending in other words? >> well, two things, anderson. first of all, what the president said tonight and what he will deliver to congress early next week is the american jobs act. as you said, that is a series of proposals that we absolutely believe will create jobs, spark the economy, get the private sector hiring again, and don't just take our word for it because we're confident that outside economic analysts will make that judgment, too. there is simply -- the way the economists look at this, when you cut the payroll tax in half, and you also extend it to employers, you have a very positive and direct impact on the economy. it causes the economy to expand and it causes the private sector to begin hiring more. that's certainly true when you get to infrastructure spending. you have a very positive effect. w

press secretary jay carney joins me next. and later, congressman barney frank ranking member of the house financial services committee will be here with a look at the opposition to the president. the president will definitely face in the republican house. i want healthy skin for life. [ female announcer ] improve the health of your skin with aveeno daily moisturizing lotion. the natural oatmeal formula improves skin's health in one day, with significant improvement in 2 weeks. i found a moisturizer for life. [ female announcer ] only from aveeno. yeah. well we're the two active ingredients in zegerid otc. i'm omeprazole. and i'm sodium bicarbonate. just one pill a day ... gives you 24-hour relief. & one mission. two ingredients heartburn solved. >>> two federal officials tell nbc news that there's a potential threat with 9/11. another white house official says on a ten-point scale this threat is a five or a six adding that this threat is very specific but parts of it don't add up. reporter from wnbc in new york reports that t

questioned today about spinner's role, white house spokesman jay carney denied any impropriety.ou just mentioned, that he had no connection to overseeing the loan guarantee program."the white house later added that "spinner had no role in the decision making process." the former ceo of allison spinners law firm, john v. roos, now the ambassador to japan, also raised money for the obama campaign. while congress and the fbi continue to investigate solyndra, some question why doe officials are allowed to grant any such loans. margonelli says: "when you have venture capitalists making bets or making loans to companies - they have skin in the game. they stand to make a lot of money and they stand to lose a lot of money. when you have government bureaucrats - even if they come from the venture capital community -making these decisions - they don't have skin in the game" with the deadline for the 18 billion dollar loan guarantee program looming tomorrow, doe has been rushing to grant more loan guarantees this week, prompting more congressional concern. this letter from investigating co

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you heard jay carney say it.to jay carney is the government shouldn't be in the business of the private sector. that's not what government is for. i think that's a real political headache. if not, as things continue to come out, possibly criminal wrongdoing. >> paul, what about that? i mean, especially right now where they are looking to -- what republicans would call, you know, institute a second stimulus, could this become part of that conversation? it seems like it already is becoming part of that conversation. >> well, it is, but it seems kind of partisan. congressman murphy said this law passed in 2005. if memory serves, we had republican house, senate and president in 2005. now, if memory serves, we had a republican house, republican president and republican senate in 2005. so it's hard to say the program itself is somehow some liberal idea. if it was passed and signed into law, if congressman murphy's chronology is right, under a republican administration. i think the challenge here -- look at what happene

you heard jay carney say it.i think the response to jay carney is the government shouldn't be in the business of the private sector. that's not what government is for. i think that's a real political headache. if not, as things continue to come out, possibly criminal wrongdoing. >> paul, what about that? i mean, especially right now where they are looking to -- what republicans would call, you know, institute a second stimulus, could this become part of that conversation? it seems like it already is becoming part of that conversation. >> well, it is, but it seems like a bit partisan. congressman murphy said this law passed in 2005. if memory serves, we had republican house, senate and president in 2005. so it's hard to say the program itself is somehow some liberal idea. if it was passed and signed into law, if congressman murphy's chronology is right, under a republican administration. look what happened today. president obama is out pushing his jobs bill, talking about jobs. the only issue in america today is j

press secretary jay carney joins me next. and later, congressman barney frank ranking member of the house financial services committee will be here with a look at the opposition to the president. the president will definitely face in the republican house. op) ( singing along ) ( singing high note ) that should do it. enjoy your new shower. ( door opens, closes ) the crib is already there. great. thank you so much. [ male announcer ] we provide great service, so you can stay you. holiday inn express. stay you. [ tv announcer ] today's trivia question -- what's the hardest play in baseball? the unassisted triple play. the unassisted triple play. [ male announcer ] stay smart and book smart. book early and save up to 20% at any holiday inn express. stay you. >>> two federal officials tell nbc news that there's a potential threat cowith 9/11. another white house official says on a ten-point scale this threat is a five or a six adding that this threat is very specific but parts of it don't add up. reporter from wnbc in new york re

has said moquette -- the white house said ok, thursday did jay carney says it is just a sideshow, but you have to worry about the message it sends, mark. >> at a time when congress is between 8% and 12% in confidence. -- at fault% and incumbents, the president's approval could to need to drop, this the last thing washington needed to get in touch with the country. it diminished everybody involved -- the white house, the idea that they did not know there was a debate on the seventh and did not care, and john boehner looked petty himself, which is not his style. let's get over it and get to the main event. but it was a lousy interlude. >> charles? >> wildlife channel? if this had happened in the bush -- thetration, the presiden headlines contribute "president's spokesman calls democrats animals." look, i think it was silly all around. i think john boehner should have let it happen on that night of the debate. it would have heard the president, because had republicans simply changed the time of the debate an hour later, you would have had eight guys and gal on the stage is slamming and r

you heard jay carney say it and i think the response to jay carney is -- the government shouldn't ben the business of the private sector. that's not what government is for. i think that's a real political headache. if not, as things continue to come out, possibly criminal wrongdoing. >> paul, what about that? especially right now where they are looking to -- what republicans would call, institute a second stimulus, could this become part of that conversation? it seems like it already is becoming part of that conversation. >> it is but that seems a little bit. congressman murphy said this law passed in 2005. we had republican house, senate and president in 2005. so it's hard to say the program itself is somehow some liberal idea. if it was passed and signed into law if congressman murphy's right under a republican administration. look what happened. president obama is out pushing his jobs' bill 37 talking about jobs. the only issue in america today is jobs. i think today's hearing, perfectly legitimate oversight. but if, over time, it looks like it's political then you'll have this co

then body language with white house jay carney g.o.p. debate earlier this week.eports after these messages after these message. , i know pleasing fans is a top priority, 'cause without the fans, there'd be no nascar. just like if it weren't for customers, there'd be no nationwide. that's why they serve their customers' needs, not shareholder profits. because as a mutual, nationwide doesn't report to wall street, they report to their customers. and that's just one more reason why the earnhardt family has trusted nationwide for more than 30 years. nationwide is on your side. >> bill: factor follow up segment tonight, growing scandal at the solyndra company, the energy department, with the encouragement of president obama and vice president biden provided $527 million in loans directly to the solyndra company in california. nevertheless, the company has declared bankruptcy. now, newly uncovered email show the white house was deeply involved in the loan deal. joining us from the abc news studios here in new york city investigative reporter brian ross. how do you -- h

i'm going to talk to jay i carney, the white house press secretary. don't forget to tune in tonight for live coverage of the live speech. it begins at 6:00 followed by the speech at 7:00. >>> now, it's your turn to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the question this morning, how should the president handle the country's divisiveness in his big speech tonight? talk about pressure much the president will not only face a bitterly divided krg but a bitterly divided nation. the political forecast, cold, ice cold. republican congressman joe walsh is skipping the president's speech because "i don't see the point in being a prop for another of the president's speeches asking for more failed stimulus spending." louisiana republican senator david viter won't be there either. he's hosting an nfl football party. after that, the vicious partisan attacks from both parties. my lips are numb. you have heard it loud and clear. >> he's the most effective food stamp president in american history. >> that's what we've witnessed since friday. obama ged on. o

carney. >> that's right. >> excellent job talking baseball.ht. >> i try. >> thank you very much. >>> we want to dip back into that involuntary manslaughter trail underway in los angeles. >> after that, you put that in a different bag. >> yes, sir. >> and you said that was a blue bag. >> that is correct. and then you called 911. >> yes, sir, then dr. murray instructed me to call 911, sir. >> do you think you might have gotten some of this mis -- mistaken? >> no, sir. >> no. no chance of that? no chance. all right. let's talk about this 911 call you made. okay? during the 911 call, you said that you placed michael jackson in the floor, correct? >> correct. >> is that your testimony today? >> yes. >> okay. you sure it wasn't after your 911 call? >> no, sir, if i can remember correctly, it was when the operator was instructing me to put him on the floor. >> all right. well, your testimony today was that when you before you put him on the floor, you, you grabbed michael jackson's ankles. >> yes, sir, that's correct. >> and he was limp. >> yes, sir.

you saw the look on carney's face yesterday. basically, they are having the debate?cks, i guess we'll have to moist. he got too cutesy with it. he has gotten backed down by john boehner. it's an unnecessary complication the white house could have avoid by being straightforward. megyn: did they have another option? they wanted to give the speech next week. congress not back in session until wednesday. thursday the nfl game, friday night, no one watches. what was so bad about picking wednesday? >> reporter: it's only bad if you have decide you have to gift in congress. the president can talk a lot of different places. the people are so desperate about what to put americans back to work. he could do it in a garage and people would hear about it. the word would get out. that's one of the advantages of being the president. he wanted to do it in congress because he wanted the backdrop, the big flag, the cheering congressmen. something only the president gets to do. he wanted that moment, and he forced the issue an got too cutesy with it. he tried for something that was a b

jay carney refused to respond to it. >> mr. hoffa speaks for himself. he speaks for the labor movement, afl-cio. the president speaks for himself. i speak for the president. you know, what the president was glad to do yesterday was have the opportunity to present his views on the importance of working americans and on the importance of taking measures to help working americans to create jobs and grow the economy. >> and he indicated that the president didn't really hear his remarks and unless he's -- >> but unless he's in the newlywed game where you have to sit down in a different room with the headsets on and you couldn't hear what he said. >> i love that show! >> yeah, it was fantastic. why was it canceled? >> not funny anymore. >> i wonder how the president could not have heard that. >> there is a double starnld. charles krauthammer said that last night. listen. >> here's the head of the union, an ally of his speaking in these terms, taking out the opposition and remember, this is the head of a union with its own history, a man that called hoffa his

i remember talking to david carney who is the top adviser a couple months ago when carney was trying to slow down the train of getting rick perry in the race because they knew he had to practice a lot. they had to get him up to speed. the fact that he couldn't execute the most basic maneuver of what his attack line of the next month or two would be. romney, the flip-flopper thing was very revealing. rick perry doesn't understand it from the inside out and can't repeat it from the inside out. >>> that will have to be our last word. from this segment, political analyst howard fineman and the "huffington post," sam stein. thank you for joining me. coming up next, the republican strategist will join us. we'll look at more of the debate performances. coffee doesn't have vitamins... unless you want it to. new splenda® essentials™ no calorie sweetener with b vitamins, the first and only one to help support a healthy metabolism. three smart new ways to sweeten. same great taste. new splenda® essentials™. [ male announcer ] when a moment suddenly turns romantic, men with erectile dysfunction

i remember talking to david carney who is the top adviser a couple months ago when carney was trying to slow down the train of getting rick perry in the race because they knew he had to practice a lot. they had to get him up to speed. the fact that he couldn't execute the most basic maneuver of what his attack line of the next month or two would be. romney, the flip-flopper thing was very revealing. rick perry doesn't understand it from the inside out and can't repeat it from the inside out. >>> that will have to be our last word. from this segment, political analyst howard fineman and the "huffington post," sam stein. thank you for joining me. coming up next, the republican strategist will join us. we'll look at more of the debate performances. ♪ when your chain of supply ♪ goes from here to shanghai, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ chips from here, boards from there ♪ ♪ track it all through the air, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ clearing customs like that ♪ hurry up no time flat that's logistics. ♪ ♪ all new technology ups brings to me, ♪ ♪ that's logistics. ♪ >>> we're back with a special edition o

lloyd blankfein sent an apologetic e-mail to carney afterwards good cop bad. there's been fun doing the bad cop routine screaming at a financial officer of another country get some completely frazzled and income smooth lawyer bald lawyer smooth come in and talk him down good cop bad cop and this is what we saw some guy there in europe trying to get merkel to accept european tarp who are these american financial terrorists and why are they being allowed to roam the world and call their destruction why castro it but there are jail. jerry did it cost again jamie dimon the c.e.o. of a bank is in a closed door meeting that we don't know about other than the fact that he threw a tirade to our regulators and to a central banker now think about the occupy wall street guys being arrested dozens and dozens of them amazed in the face for walking down the sidewalk here's jamie diamond was he may stand the face no according to the reports no he wasn't these bankers the lloyd blankfein and jamie dimon of the world are able to me in closed door meetings with regulators and s

tara, does jay carney have a point?ink he does have a point, but i would expand on jay cash think's -- carney's point. the president, i think, has shown a huge willingness to compromise, and the republicans, on the other hand, have not. he compromised on the tax cuts, in the debt ceiling debate, both to the dismay of his base. meanwhile, the republicans have been going around saying their number one priority is to make president obama a one-term president. the problem with that is the number one priority needs to be job creation. so the president has to be careful with them. they said they wanted to break him. so when you're sitting across the table negotiating with people who have said these things publicly, you have to be careful. megyn: in fairness to the senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, his office came out later and said he was speaking of his number one political goal which was, of course, to make barack obama a one-term president, something many republicans want to see happen. barbara, let me ask you, does

i spoke to jay carney earlier? >> they are taking it quite seriously. the president was briefed by his chief counterterrorism adviser john brennan this morning and he's not in the west wing now but is available should he need an update. i should also point out that in anticipation of 9/11 he chair at ming of his team here to make sure that the team is doing everything necessary to step up security measures around the country because they anticipated that there could be extra concerns because of the anniversary on sunday. anderson? >> peter, i want to play another piece of sound from the new york press conference. this is the fbi new york field office assistant director in charge. >> as we know from the intelligence gathered following the osama bin laden raid, al qaeda has shown an interest in important dates, in anniversaries such as 9/11. in this instance, the instance we're all here tonight to speak about, it's accurate that there is specific, credible but unconfirmed threat information. as we always do before important dates, like the anniversary of

the white house wants to make is that this plan will pay for it investment we just asked jay carneyy for itself? what specifically will be done to make sure that this plan is paid for? no specifics, again, but he says that it will be paid for. again, tamron, estimating by some reports that it will cost several hundred billion dollars, including things like extending the payroll tax cuts and pumping money into the state and local governments so that they don't have to lay off teachers, fire fighters, police officers and focusing on infrastructure projects so the white house not giving us a whole lot of specifics. we're just about a day away now, but, again, they are making the point there will be new ideas in this plan and it will pay for it investment as you mentioned, there's been a lot of pushback on this plan already. haven't heard about it. senator sessions came out saying he's concerned about some of what he's hearing, especially that $300 billion figure that's been floated around, so a lot of pushback, and we haven't heard the plan yet. >> kristen welker live for us at the whi

jay carney appears in the briefing room. perhaps he made a mistake in the sense of leaving john boehner and the republicans an opening. not only did he call the time coincidental, which a lot of people took as a grain of salt in terms of the conflict with the debate, but he also cited the congressional schedule. if you look at that schedule, getting to your question, the house of representatives after their six-week recess, is coming in, the first vote is 6:30 wednesday night. what a lot of people don't realize is the house has to actually vote to invite the president to have this joint session of congress to shut everything down, to bring him in, bring the senate across, all the rituals involved with a state of the union-style address. then there's the security sweep, as well, that has to happen presumably after that vote. obviously, if you do the logistics it doesn't really work out. now, you can argue it would have been a foregone conclusion that the house would have passed that but not necessarily, given what people like

last thing i asked jay carney, what was the president's reaction to all of this discussion about the speech timing? he said, he spent a lot of time this morning with the president, and the subject never came up. wolf? >> athena, thanks very much. let's dig deeper with candy crowley. she's the anchor of cnn's "state of union." i guess the bottom-line question is did the white house deliberately want to poke their fingers in the eyes of the republicans who for months had that debate scheduled over at the reagan library. >> it is hard to believe not a soul in that white house who knew that the president, for who a month said he was going to have a jobs speech, so they had a month to look at the days and say where -- it's hard to believe that not a single person in that white house knew there was going to be a republican debate that night. >> isn't that why there's staff members on the white house team and in the house hand senate, so they work this kind of stuff out? behind the scenes before letters are exchanged? >> yes, exactly, but having said that, listening to jay carney, i totally

i'm going to bring jay carney with me. >> he's a music fan. >> jay carney.negie. >> jay. >> eminem in the house. how are you, man? >> mika taught me everything i know about austin. it is a great, great town. i spent a lot of time covering the governor bush campaign in 2000 for president. love austin, texas. >> mark mckinnon told me as he was walking out of the white house and axelrod going into the white house, he said you can have it. good luck. jay on a personal note -- >> sure. >> you covered the white house so long. talk about, if you will, because i talked to david about this, too. you have no idea, do you, what the incoming is like inside that, those four walls until you get there. >> that's so true, joe. it is constant. it is relentless. everything that comes in is hard. i think what struck me having covered it versus being on the inside is how small it is, intimate it is. in the end, all these decisions are debated by a small group of men and woman looking for the right answer among difficult choices and the president makes the call. it's a very huma

there's no individual -- can you not measure the success based on one company or the other. >> carney said yesterday there's no evidence that the administration did anything wrong. he pointed out the program through which this loan guarantee came through was set out by the former administration but bottom line sheer that this money came from program stimulus dollars and now there are a lot of questions about how that money was accident according to "the wall street journal," the former administration declined to go ahead with loan guarantees for this company because they just didn't have enough information or didn't have enough confidence about it. it is interesting a bunch of venture capitalists in politico saying sometimes you win some and sometimes you lose some. that's the way capitalism goes. the clearly this has become a political story as much as an economic story. >>> residents are fleeing the gadhafi loyalist strong hold ahead of a showdown with rebel fighters. the rebel leadership gave people 48 hours notice to leave the city before a deadline tonight. u.s. officials are con

megyn: well, white house press secretary jay carney took note of those comments yesterday, delivering his comeback to christie during the briefing. we'll play that for you and debate it bottom of the hour. >>> a group of massachusetts lawmen are furious and threatening to revolt against the governor of the bay state over the issue of illegal immigration. governor deval patrick is refusing to participate in the federal secure communities program that reports illegal immigrants to federal authorities who can check their backgrounds against criminal records to see if they are, you know, wanted for crimes. the sheriffs say that policy is leading to cases like this one, the arrest of ec what dorian native nicholas gman. he stands charged in the drunk driving death of a recent college grad, matthew denise. police say this 23-year-old was riding his motorbike when a plastered guman blew a stop sign before plowing over denise in his truck. they will never forget the blood-curdling screams as he was dragged. denise's devastated parents belief their son's death did not have to happen. >> i'm ju

carney of delaware. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 6 printed in part b of house report 112-200 by the gentleman from california, mr. hunter, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the yeas prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 6, printed in part b of house report number 112-200, offered by mr. hunter of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for

megyn: hence the distance that jay carney wants to put between this scandal and the president. chris stirewalt thank you, sir. i want to tell our viewers -- the house is holding hearings on this right now. one of the things that they are focused on is the taxpayers gave this company $535 million but then private investors came in when the company continued to struggle and it looked like the money was not going to be a great investment. private investors came in with another 70 million or so and the private investors took priority over us. now that the company is bankrupt they are in line before we are to get whatever money solyndra has. the members of the house are pointing to the energy act of 2005. it says outside tpau nan sears are not allowed to jump ahead of the taxpayers to be paid first in the event of the default. the government years ago said let's look out for the taxpayers in these situations. joe barton, a republican from texas says i think the provision was violated if it was even looked at. why weren't we given priority. why was that subordinated to that of the pr