political turmoil continues a congressman at the center of a storm joins us republican congressman david schweikert who has his own ideas about how to solve the debt limit problem plus the man who was in the hot seat during the one nine hundred ninety five and ninety six government shutdowns former speaker of the house newt gingrich who has some strong words for washington next politicking with larry king. on the ticket i'm larry king a lot going on in washington we'll go straight to capitol hill to talk to someone at the center of all congressman david schweikert republican of arizona thanks for joining us thanks for being an old time fan of my old radio show as he told us before we went on yeah it anytime and you tell them you know you had some amazing guests during those years and i learned a lot they were great days david what's going on you get is the house going to pass what the senate's going to approve that's my guess now it may require a mixture of republicans and democrats and a lot of people moving away from their previous positions of no negotiations but you know we're up against the de

political turmoil continues a congressman at the center of a storm joins us republican congressman david schweikertwho has his own ideas about how to solve the debt limit problem plus the man who was in the hot seat during the one nine hundred ninety five and ninety six government shutdowns former speaker of the house newt gingrich who has some strong words for washington next politicking with larry king. on the ticket i'm larry king a lot going on in washington we'll go straight to capitol hill to talk to someone at the center of it all congressman david schweikert republican of arizona thanks for joining us thanks for being an old time fan of my old radio show as he told us before we went on yeah it anytime and you tell them you know you had some amazing guests during those years and i learned a lot they were great days david what's going on new is that house going to pass what the senate's going to approve that's my guess now it may require a mixture of republicans and democrats and a lot of people moving away from their previous positions of no negotiations but you know we're up against the dea

turmoil continues a congressman at the center of the storm joins us republicans on his when david schweikert who has his own ideas about how to solve the debt limit problem plus the man who was in the hot seat during the one nine hundred ninety five and ninety six government shutdown former speaker of the house newt gingrich who has some strong words for washington all next on politicking with larry king. live taking on larry king a lot going on in washington we'll go straight to capitol hill and talk to someone at the center of all congressman david schweikert republican of arizona thanks for joining us thanks for being an old time fan of my old radio show as he told us before we went on.

washington we'll go straight to capitol hill and talk to someone at the center of all congressman david schweikert republican of arizona thanks for joining us thanks for being an old time fan of my old radio show as he told us before we went on yeah it anytime and you tell them you know you had some amazing guest during those years and i learned a lot they were great days david what's going on you get the house to. pass what the senate is going to approve that's my guess no it may require a mixture of republicans and democrats and a lot of people moving away from their previous positions of no negotiations but you know we're up against the deadline we've had this sort of dance before. one of my concerns is is this sort of the new normal. are we walking into a world now where you know if we only have two percent g.d.p. growth are we going to be having to have these sorts of fights every few months now here in washington how do we prevent it it would actually take a handful of things because let's face it these are actually fights about resources . and you can actually look at the other extreme alle

genevieve, you are on with congressman david schweikert of arizona. caller: good money. guest: genevieve, you have a great first name. caller: oh, thank you. i need to talk about the bailouts that we have. all these big companies taking money out of the american taxpayers pockets. bailing these big companies out. how many have gone bankrupt? why don't we get our money back from the ones that made it and withhem be paying us back tax included and pay off our deficit? why don't we go after these people? we sit back and cry about money, money, money. republicans are blamed for taking all the money. the government has taken the american people's money and i feel like we are the ones who have been done dirty. 51 years i had a hair salon. 24 of those years i sold a real estate. i raised 2 sons myself. no money from everythin -- from anything. my husband, he died and left nothing. he was in the service. i feel sorry for the servicemen today. my husband was a servicemen. he stayed in the service for 20 years. i want to talk about something else, i want to talk about this irs mes

washington we'll go straight to capitol hill and talk to someone at the center of all congressman david schweikert republican of arizona thanks for joining us thanks for being an old time fan of my old.

host: we're talking with congressman david schweikert, a member of the small business committee.s from the phoenix -scottsdale area in arizona. what what did you do before you came to congress? guest: i was county commission treasurer. i oversaw parts of the tax system. and sort of financed and statistics really have always been sort of my background. host: elected originally in the fifth district, and after the changing of the lines in the last election, now representing the sixth district. guest: yeah, and loorks i'm incredibly blessed. when you get to represent scottsdale and phoenix and some of the outlying communities around there, i truly believe i have one of the most beautiful parts of the country. host: we're taking your calls with the congressman. glen is up next from lancaster, california, on our line for independents. glen, good morning. guest: good morning. glen. caller: good morning. i'd like to bring something up to the congressman and our senators aren't really bringing up. what would happen if timothy geithner and jack lew would have been pumping $85 billion into

washington we'll go straight to capitol hill and talk to someone at the center of all congressman david schweikert republican of arizona thanks for joining us thanks for being an old time fan of my old radio.

move out of here david thanks so much great talking with you are seeing washington congressman david schweikert republican of arizona we thank him for joining us we'll continue to follow closely what's going on on capitol hill joining us now is someone that knows what it's like far too well he was in that hot seat during the ninety five and ninety six shutdown the former speaker of the house newt gingrich joins us from washington at the c.n.n. studios where he co-hosts a new version of crossfire i'm going to get to all the important things but i won't i don't want to begin on negative note but i want to go to this because she's all out talking her book and coulter writes in her new book about you she says that newt gingrich you are ripping off the republican party for your own self aggrandizement she loves you with liz cheney todd akin and mark sanford as enemies of the g.o.p. how do you react. well that's kind of weird. i help leaders to the first republican majority in the house in forty years i helped develop with bill clinton the first four of the only four balanced budgets in her lifetime

eastern right here on cnn, guest is former montana governor brian schweitzer facing off arizona david schweikertght. schweikert says the debt debacle is a false crisis they'll be talking about that and no doubt the inconvenient similarities in their names. we' we'll be right back. [ coughs, sneezes ] i have a big meeting when we land, but i am so stuffed up, i can't rest. [ male announcer ] nyquil cold and flu liquid gels don't unstuff your nose. they don't? alka seltzer plus night fights your worst cold symptoms, plus has a decongestant. [ inhales deeply ] oh. what a relief it is. hearty cheeseburger. creamy thai style chicken with rice. mexican-style chicken tortilla. if you think campbell's 26 new soups sound good, imagine how they taste. m'm! m'm! good! cg/úÑÑmagat any minute...te. ...you could be a victim of fraud. most people don't even know it. fraud could mean lower credit scores, higher loan rates... ...and maybe not getting the car you want. it's a problem waiting to happen. check your credit score, check your credit report, at experian.com america's number one provider of online credi

we'll also talk with arizona republican, david schweikert. the effect it could have on national security. he served as legal adviser to the national security counsel during the george w. bush administration. we'll also take your calls, e-mails, and tweets. "washington journal" each morning on c-spanned at 7:00 eastern. >>> during the coverage of the national book festival, biographer david nasaw spoke about joseph kennedy. >> kennedy couldn't figure out churchill played a mind game with him whether churchill was teasing him or was so drunk that he forgot from the day before that kennedy didn't drink. they disliked one another intensely. but the war was over! there had been intense suffering. church hill said to kennedy; he held out his hand and he said, i'm sorry for your loss. joe junior had died during the war. and churchill was so sincere. he said to churchill, what good was it all? and churchill looked at him, unbelieving world war ii had destroyed -- in churchill's mind hitler, news lee knee and the dictator. it had saved democracy! it h