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. >> and this is emanuel cleaver, chairman of the black caucus, and what time are you meeting tomorrow? >> well, we will have an emergency meeting to give those who live on the east coast a chance to get here however many of us stayed here. >> another late night there on capitol hill. congressman,thank you for being with us. >> thank you very much. >>> and we will also get a reaction from a republican member of the house. keep it right here. i can't wait to take 'em out, throw 'em away and never see them again. [ male announcer ] know the feeling? get the contacts you've got to see to believe. acuvue® oasys brand contact lenses with hydraclear® plus technology, keeping your eyes exceptionally comfortable all day long. it feels like it disappeared on my eye. [ male announcer ] discover why it's the brand eye doctors trust most for comfort. if you have astigmatism, there's an acuvue® oasys lens for that too, realigning naturally with every blink. ask your doctor for acuvue® oasys brand. >>> in this stage, everything will be on the table to hold us all accountable for making these reforms

his name is emanuel cleaver. pew researcher surveyed americans about the debt ceil and they asked them to sum up the whole thing in one word. the bigger they are, the more they were used. you see ridiculous, disgusting, disappointing, stupid. one of the big ones was assine was in there, not a whole lot of kudos in there. 72% used negative words to describe the talks and disgust was one that crossed party lines, a whopping 2% uttered something positive. i'd be curious what the 2% are thinking. >>> take a look at this kid. british authorities say 18-year-old jake davis is the notorious hacker e known as taupeaire. he's accused of several crimes including a conspiracy to take a british agency offline. look at this little guy. that's him? they say dave's laptop had a folder with passwords of 750,000 people on it f how did that happen, jake? he's free on bail, not allowed near the internet arngd he gets to keep the cool shades. >>> ford says it's aware of three fires and one injury from the problem. we're talking abou

. >> and this is emanuel cleaver, chairman of the black caucus, and what time are you meeting tomorrow? >> well, we will have an emergency meeting to give those who live on the east coast a chance to get here however many of us stayed here. >> another late night there on capitol hill. congressman,thank you for being with us. >> thank you very much. >>> and we will also get a reaction from a republican member of the house. keep it right here. >>> in this stage, everything will be on the table to hold us all accountable for making these reforms, tough cuts that both parties would find objectionable would automatically go into effect if we don't act. over the next few months, i will continue to make a detailed case to these lawmakers about why i believe that a balanced approach is necessary to finish the job. >> and that was the president talking about this super congress that are going to have unenviable job of figuring out the details of all of this, and they are going to have a deadline of november. that of course, assumes that what we heard from the president and the leaders of both p

our guest is congressman emanuel cleaver. thank you for being with us. in our studio here in washington, two journalists, jonathan alan and cut -- peter ralston. congressman, thank you for being with us. i want to ask you for about the last few months when congressional black caucus members have been openly critical of obama, and especially focused on the lack of jobs in black communities. do you think you will have accomplished anything yet in terms of getting specific action from the it ministration? >> the main reason for the five- city stop and our jobs there is that we have been able to get jobs for some individuals who so desperately wanted those jobs. some of them stood in line from 4:30 a.m. until the late afternoon. in atlanta, we had over 5000 people turned out and 12 had to be taken to the hospital because there were overcome by heat. we do think that the administration saw what we saw, but more significantly, the entire nation saw the pair are people who are in excruciating -- entire nation saw that there are people who are in excruciating pa

host: this is coming in from emanuel cleaver. guest: i respectfully disagree.and that in the heat of the moment, the disappointment that we cannot get everything that we wanted. but the reality, the political reality is that we lost the majority last november, substantially. we have to deal with the hand that we got. i think we played it as well as can be expected. there are actually some protections from the democratic point of view that did not exist in previous proposals. the bipartisan commission is split in does not preclude consideration of revenues. that is on the table, meaning that discretionary domestic spending will not take the whole hit. the protection of pell grants, the protection of social security and medicare in terms of benefit cuts, those are good things gregos world democratic values enshrined in this agreement. we did not get 100% everything that we wanted. that is true. and there is going to be some pain in the out years, especially if these cuts kick in acted the way at the moment they are envisioned. there's no question about that. we h

and emanuel cleaver calls did a quote sugar coated satan sandwich.enior members of congress are pushing lawmakers to vote yes. >> i think the important thing for us is to go ahead and get this thing done. >> reporter: vice president biden made the rounds on capitol hill this morning, encouraging democrats to get on board. if the nation's debt limit is not raised by tomorrow, the government will not be able to pay all its bills for the first time in history. and many economists believe that could trigger a worldwide financial crisis. in a race to beat the deadline, the white house and congressional leaders reached an agreement sunday night. it would raise the debt ceiling by about $2.4 trillion. to get the government through the end of 2012. it would trim up to $3 trillion from the deficit, $1 trillion in cuts would happen now, and a bipartisan committee would determine the rest. the plan does not include new revenue from taxes that president obama wanted. >> the deal negotiated with leaders of congress is a victory for the american people. >> reporte

also the man who called the debt deal a sandwich, congress man emanuel cleaver and wes moore.h the forecast. >> what is emily going to do? tropical storm will affect the dominican republic and haiti later on today then it has its eyes on the southeast coastline. it's south of puerto rico approaching the dominican republic. the forecast takes it over dominican republic tonight then through the bahamas off the florida coast and off the southeast coast possibly as a hurricane. it could hook here or brush the entire coastline. weekend along the southeast coast is in jeopardy. we're watching showers from ohio through pennsylvania. that will keep you much cooler in areas like philadelphia and d.c. as far as the middle of the country no, relief for you. 110 in dallas. today we're right there again with a forecast hive 109. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. even if you think your mattress is just fine... ask me what it's like to get your best night's sleep every night. why not talk to someone who's sleeping on the most highly recommended bed in america... it's not a s

. >> apparently, it was congressman cleaver, emanuel cleaver, who apparently first said the satan sandwich it was nancy pelosi who repeated it so it is the same. and now let's come to the winners and the losers here, arianna, because the real winners are the tea party members who inflamed this into a huge scandal when you say as the debt ceiling issue comes up all of the time without any problem normally, and they have had control over the speaker john boehner, haven't they, because they have pushed him back on the original vote, so that the tea party, really, they have been calling the shots with both sides? >> well, the tea party was allowed to call the shots. there was a vacuum of leadership, and into that vacuum stands the tea party who without any economic theory to back up the solutions they were offering. but if it had been real leadership on the other side, this would not have happened. i really liked what bill clinton suggested president obama should have done which is basically appeal to the 14th amendment, the constitutional option, and raise the debt ceiling and refuse to be he

not happy with the president's handling of this debt ceiling negotiation, and one congressman emanuel cleavern called the deal a sugar-coated satan sandwich. joining me now is democratic congressman earl bloomenhauer who believes it could do more good than bad. what do you make of that satan sandwich? >> well, representative cleaver has colorful language. we are moving to a time when all of the experts have told us that this is likely to make the recovery delayed and maybe set it back. >> well, that is what i want to ask you, congressman, because there are a lot of economists conservative and liberal who agree with you on this, so why this whole narrative lately about cutting spending, good, raising taxes, bad. >> well, i mean, i listen to part of the interview with my friend mr. walsh earlier, and you know, it is absolutely not true what he said. the majority of the public poll after poll said they wanted a balanced solution, that included some modest tax increases, and particularly on the most well off, and reform the tax system, and have a balanced approach, and have people share in this e

a home, rand paul who plans to oppose it but first, my conversation earlier with congressman emanuel cleaver from missouri and he said quite a bit more than "no" in opposition to the bill. congressman cleaver you voted "no" and called it, a, quote, sugar-coated satan sandwich." >>> you'll see that there's nothing in the bill that would garner the support of any of the great religions of the world and by that, i mean everything that we're supposed to do to take care of the elderly and take care of those that are unable to take care of themselves and also dealing with our children, those things were not protected and although there are some so-called fire walls in there, this new supercongress of 12 will have some enormous powers. and keep in mind, social security, medicare and medicaid, are not off the table. it's been delayed in terms of when that subject will surface. but it's a bad bill. i voted "no" after 250 something votes had already been registered so i knew that the bill was going to pass and, in fact, i said earlier if the bill needed my vote i would vote yes because i wasn't willin

front two huge supporters of the president have flipped today and it gives you an indication emanuel cleaver is the head of the congressional black caucus and up until last week he was saying it's not fair to criticize the president and liberals are asking for too much they've got to tone down their expectations today he called this deal a satan sandwich now i don't know what that is but it sounds really bad he seeks displease john conyers was the first person in congress to endorse senator obama then for president and he is saying thousands should go to the white house to protest over this terrible deal for the american people so you get a sense of the really diehard supporters of the president saying come on now enough is enough this is beyond outrageous second of all you have to understand where president obama's real intent is look he put social security on the table when the republicans weren't even asking for now luckily as disastrous as this deal is it does not get involved social security but wait till the super congress kicks in around thanksgiving and today president obama measured

i was talking with emanuel cleaver earlier this week, and we were saying, look, there's bound to be disappointment, but at the end of the day, people don't understand what these green jobs are. if that's the only plan he has, i think the white house is in serious trouble. >> what stops them, jon, from proposing -- why don't they have a well-advertised program to put 2 or 3 million people to work on public works projects. put out a list of bridges below code nationwide, all the subway systems, put out the lest, on numbs, on tv, show it, use the advertising ability, and say we want these jobs done. it's the republicans who are stopping it. let's talk about it in the next election. at least they put out in public what they would like to do. i don't know what the president would like to do. >> i think that's a great idea, you know, they rejected direct hiring, wpa-type programs at the beginning, for very good reasons, but they should lay down a marker that they're going to do what it takes to propose big, bold ideas. the american associate of civil engineers issued a report that said if we don't fix o

with no legislation in sight, aristide chair, emanuel cleaver , and the -- our esteemed chair, emanuel, and he is deemed to chair that you will hear from later, made a decision to get out to atlanta and other parts of the country to reach out with jobs and come to some of the places that are the hardest hit. i want to say a little bit about health care before i leave. we wish we could go into every community, but we hope this will be an example and other people will take it up and it will catch on. and we need everybody in our country to be working. health care is the eighth largest employer. if we combine health care overall, i'm sure it is close to #one. we are particularly pleased to be here at atlanta technical college, where they are training people for that expanded workforce. this is one area where there has continued to be hiring throughout the recession. but we can only continue to create jobs if we protect medicaid and medicare. that is in your hand, my friends. as you can see come elections matter -- as you can see, elections matter. medicare and medicaid are job creators an

then at 10:00 a.m., emanuel cleaver. after that, former secretary of state madeleine albright and others had a tribute to martin luther king, jr.. . .

emanuel cleaver head of the congressional black caucus dauls a sugar-coated satan sandwich.u think president obama went so far to the right in making this deal he sort of alienated the base of his party? >> i think the reports of this deal are much worse than the deal itself. let me use as an example that we are hearing that there are no taxes in the deal. that is not true. the special committee that is set up has to decide how to accomplish $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction. tax reform and tax increases are one of the ideas on the table. you might say, well, the republicans will never agree to that. let me tell you what happens if they don't agree to that. there would be a cut in defense spending, which is sacred to them and their defense contractors, of $50 billion or $60 billion a year i think what you are going to have here in november when there is a proposal on the table for the wealthy to finally pay a bit of their fair share, you are going to have these defense contractors roaming the halls of congress urging republicans to vote yes. i think a lot of people don't un

and the liberal part of the country believes they have compromise and you heard emanuel cleaver, the head of the black caucus saying they have compromised on the medicare, and that is not how most americans look at it. most people believe we have to look at the debt that is impe impeding our ability to compete globally. and the president says, i will deal when the other side deals and the other side says, we won, and we won't deal. andrea, the points are all there, but it needs an engine to make it happen, and the president is not the engineer anymore and he is not running the train. we are basically stalled as a country politically right now, and that is the challenge and the problem. >> chris and andrea, thank you for sticking around. let me bring in the president of river twice research, zachary cowbell. so, zachary, what stands out the most? the renewed -- you are shrugging your shoulders? >> well, nothing br, but the demeanor and nothing that sounds overly urgent. from the market perspective and maybe there is a desire among the investors for certain conclusive we will do this d

that's what congressman emanuel cleaver calls this debt deal.ding by live to tell us why he's so upset. we want to welcome the viewers in the united states and around the world. breaking news, political headlines and jeanne moos all straight ahead. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." skrarks they still haven't staggered to the finish line after weeks and weeks of bitter political wrangling, congressional leaders have reached a compromise deal with the white house on lifting the nation's debt creole, but they have been rounding up support so they can put it to a vote. we're awaiting action in the house of representatives. the senate may take action perhaps later tonight, maybe tomorrow morning. meantime, the clock is ticking. just hours to go until the deadline to avoid default on america's debt. first, let's go to cnn's congressional correspondent kate balduan who is live up on capitol hill with the latest on this house floor debate. what is the latest, kate? >> hey there, wolf. i'm just steps away from the house floor where the de

speaking just after the announcement of this deal, house democrat, emanuel cleaver did not sugar-coateelings. >> on the surface, it looks like a satan sandwich. if i were a republican, i would be dancing in the streets. i don't have any idea what the republicans wanted that they didn't get. >> we have a democratic strategist and republican strategist this morning. >> we hear the congressman calling this a satan sandwich. it is not satin, a satan sandwich. did democrats get the short end of the stick or did they compromise? >> i would argue they compromised, a bit too much. i wouldn't go as far as to say it was a satan sandwich. there are clearly some winners and losers out there. they have come out with a big winner. peen while, working for middle class people and small business owners. we are the ones doing the bulk of the sacrificing. >> senator bob corker said this. >> this is not sch that made much of a dent. they had to put all on the debt issue. this is in essence is a punt. all of those that care so deeply about deficit spending, the lasting impression we are giving the world,

. >>> democratic congressman emanuel cleaver calmed the debt ceiling bill a sugar-coated satan sandwich spokesman for denny's replied, hey, don't drag our new sandwich into this. it's a good sand cl. sandwich. hmm. >> ah, the jokes abound when it comes to the american debt folly, but a serious question to consider -- is the u.s. when it comes to our own values of problem-sochling in a high stakes game, no less, the laughingstock of the global economy? in spite of debt deal concerns at ratings agencies downgrading our credit. probably knew that. because they say the deal didn't go far enough between the bailouts and our leaders' unwillingness to deal with the structural problems. aagree regardless of our letter grade, the damage certainly is present. as we saw in 2008, a aaa rating is hardly a guarantee of quality. it may be a license to print money. let's bring in our specialist today speaking of money printing, neal barofsky. former specialer inspector general, better known at t.a.r.p., now at bloomberg television as a contributing editor. welcome back. congrats on the bloomberg gig. >

tomorrow on the show, congressional black caucus chairman emanuel cleaver will talk about the cbc jobes. and my colleague tamron hall has the "newsnation" next. >> thank you, chuck. we are following events out of vermont where the national guard helicopters are delivering food and water to towns cut off by flooding. let the battle begin. we have the latest comments from president obama on as much anticipated jobs plan. where will he draw the line in the sand with the republicans, and this as the republican members of the super committee meet behind closed doors for the first time and why some of the president's supporters say that the only solution is for the president to make a bold move that will likely be rejected by the tea party and other republicans when it comes to his jobs plan, and plus surprising new comments from the father who gave steve jobs up for adoption. "newsnation" is next. we purchase as much as we can on the american express open gold card. so we can accumulate as many points as possible. i pass on these points to my employees to go on trips with their families. w

. >> well, what we're trying to do with this, and i want to thank the chair of the caucus, emanuel cleavering this idea. he and miss fudge of ohio, have been talking about this a long time. getting us out of washington and around the country, trying to bring people and jobs together. i think that if you look at the statistics, you know that so many of the people who are no longer being counted, people who have given up, dropped out of the process, so they're not being factored anymore. we want to bring those people back online, get those people back into the process because we want the numbers to be realistic and we also want to get people once again focused on an attitude of really looking for work and getting them together with people who can provide the work. so, i think this thing has a two-fold reason highlighting the unemployment, and also getting people back in our psyche, so to speak. we don't want them on the sidelines, out in the shadow, not actively looking for work. we want them back in the process. i think this is a good way to do it. now, i do believe that we've got to focus

who have strong constituencies who support the president are going to be hard-pressed even if emanuel cleaversgivings to go back to the constituencies to say that they didn't give the president he needed in the hours before default. >> well, you call them misgivings, krystal ball, but he called them a sugar-coated satan sandwich, but do you see movement in the black caucus and the progressive black caucus? >> well, the democrats have moved so far on the right on this, there is a sense that all they can do is to help the country avoid default and the president has called on them, and i suspect you will see movement there. but the sad thing tonight is that we have to realize that this is the beginning of hostage politic, and the republicans led by the tea party took the country hostage to push through an ideological agenda they could not get through any other way, and it worked. >> i hope that is not the case. >> so the tea party members would be crazy not to vote for that, because they won. >> and i hope it is a victory for the country, because we all win if there is not a default and we will

missouri congressman emanuel cleaver is the chairman of the congressional black caucus.m detroit. and from san francisco, roberto lav tachlt lavato. congressman, i want to start with you, sir. you're having this five-city tour about it congressional black caucus. the president today is in small town iowa. i will say predominantly small town white iowa. is i planning on attending your events? >> no, the president is not attending any of our events. we'll leave here and go to atlanta on thursday. but the president isn't committed to it. he has endorsed our tour. but we have gotten to a point where we decided we had to do something positive. and we were tired of just complaining. and so we launched this jobs tour. the president is doing his thing. we got to do our thing. this is a depression level unemployment for african-americans and for latinos for that matter. >> let me bring knew the conversation. your protest specifically is about this program where the administration and deportations escalated dramatically and is asking police, if you pull somebody over, fingerprint

with no legislation in sight, aristide chair, emanuel cleaver , and the -- our esteemed chair, emanuel cleaver, and he is deemed to chair that you will hear from later, made a decision to get out to atlanta and other parts of the country to reach out with jobs and come to some of the places that are the hardest hit. i want to say a little bit about health care before i leave. we wish we could go into every community, but we hope this will be an example and other people will take it up and it will catch on. and we need everybody in our country to be working. health care is the eighth largest employer. if we combine health care overall, i'm sure it is close to #one. we are particularly pleased to be here at atlanta technical college, where they are training people for that expanded workforce. this is one area where there has continued to be hiring throughout the recession. but we can only continue to create jobs if we protect medicaid and medicare. that is in your hand, my friends. as you can see come elections matter -- as you can see, elections matter. medicare and medicaid are job cre

sunday night and we heard why tea party republicans won't compromise, but we got this quote from emanuel cleaver, he is the chairman of the congressman black caucus, he says that early reports of the new deal appear to be, quote, a sugar-coated satan sandwich. what better time to take the hot seat, with a satan sandwich. here to challenge me are jemuh green and former fox contributor and larry gatlin, here with his brothers last night. and great to have you guys here. i've got to tell you, jehmu, i love the sugar-coated satan sandwich. is that how you're seeing this. there are folks on the left that are not happy with this compromise and i think that that that we're moving in the right direction, listening to the two tea party congressmen, i had to be reminded of larry gatlin's song. she used to be somebody's baby. they used to be somebody's baby, they're going to get the blame for this. they've gotten so much as grass roots organizers and gotten what they want and two-thirds of the way and we're find with the fault we're not going to compromise, that's not acceptable. >> one of the arts of gove

thanks to representative emanuel cleaver and also to you, bill rodgers.on with so much work to be done. okay. need your starbucks fix but don't -- short on cash? no problem. just use jonathan starks starbucks car. here it is. stark who is an app developer posted the information about his card on-line so that anyone can download it to their smartphone and enjoy a free cup of coffee. only problem this morning, the card has no money left. starks twitter page keeps a running tally. he writes bummer it's empty. he asks you to throw a couple bucks back on to it for the next guy or gal. starks says for the most part the social experiment has been uplifting. >> interesting. >> i feel better about the world right now. >> the card is empty. >> oh well. people used it and didn't put money back on it. >> still to come, they were named in a cheating scandal. public school educators in atlanta reportedly were still paid some hefty bonuses. >> at 8:00, the first three senators chosen to serve on the 12 member super committee. a live report from washington where bickerin

with no legislation in sight, aristide chair, emanuel cleaver , and the -- our esteemed chair, emanuel cleaver, and he is deemed to chair that you will hear from later, made a decision to get out to atlanta and other parts of the country to reach out with jobs and come to some of the places that are the hardest hit. i want to say a little bit about health care before i leave. we wish we could go into every community, but we hope this will be an example and other people will take it up and it will catch on. and we need everybody in our country to be working. health care is the eighth largest employer. if we combine health care overall, i'm sure it is close to #one. we are particularly pleased to be here at atlanta technical college, where they are training people for that expanded workforce. this is one area where there has continued to be hiring throughout the recession. but we can only continue to create jobs if we protect medicaid and medicare. that is in your hand, my friends. as you can see come elections matter -- as you can see, elections matter. medicare and medicaid are job cre

ank you congressman emanuel cleaver, a democrat from missouri. he is chairman of the congressional black caucus. we appreciate your time. >> good to be with you. >> same to our studio guests, thank you to both of you for your questions this rning. thank you for watching. enjoy your day >> president obama spoke in the white house rose garden. here's a look. >> good morning, everybody. i want to say a few words about hurricane irene, urge americans to take it seriously, and provide an overview of our ongoing federal preparations for america will be with you in your hour of need. while the storm has weakened, it remains a dangerous storm. one of our chief concerns was the possibility of significant flooding and widespread power outages. we have been getting reports from that. many americans are at risk of power outages and flooding which could get worse in the flooding days. i want people to understand this is not over. response and recovery efforts will be an ongoing operation. i urge americans to continue to listen for the guidance and direction o

with no legislation in sight, aristide chair, emanuel cleaver , and the -- our esteemed chair, emanuel cleaver, and he is deemed to chair that you will hear from later, made a decision to get out to atlanta and other parts of the country to reach out with jobs and come to some of the places that are the hardest hit. i want to say a little bit about health care before i leave. we wish we could go into every community, but we hope this will be an example and other people will take it up and it will catch on. and we need everybody in our country to be working. health care is the eighth largest employer. if we combine health care overall, i'm sure it is close to #one. we are particularly pleased to be here at atlanta technical college, where they are training people for that expanded workforce. this is one area where there has continued to be hiring throughout the recession. but we can only continue to create jobs if we protect medicaid and medicare. that is in your hand, my friends. as you can see come elections matter -- as you can see, elections matter. medicare and medicaid are job cre

with no legislation in sight, aristide chair, emanuel cleaver , and the -- our esteemed chair, emanuel cleaver, and he is deemed to chair that you will hear from later, made a decision to get out to atlanta and other parts of the country to reach out with jobs and come to some of the places that are the hardest hit. i want to say a little bit about health care before i leave. we wish we could go into every community, but we hope this will be an example and other people will take it up and it will catch on. and we need everybody in our country to be working. health care is the eighth largest employer. if we combine health care overall, i'm sure it is close to #one. we are particularly pleased to be here at atlanta technical college, where they are training people for that expanded workforce. this is one area where there has continued to be hiring throughout the recession. but we can only continue to create jobs if we protect medicaid and medicare. that is in your hand, my friends. as you can see come elections matter -- as you can see, elections matter. medicare and medicaid are job cre

. >> emanuel cleaver call this a sugar coated can be sandwich. the chairman of the congressional black -- black caucus were figuring out their game plan for what they considered to be their game plan without asking for a sacrifice from the wealthy or corporations. there is going to be some repair work that needs to be done by the vice-president. their base is clearly very unhappy. >> the markets were up early this morning and then down as other information came to investors regarding the economy and manufacturing. in terms of the political reaction, is there a chance that the house would reject this proposal? or would enough house republicans and democrats come through tomorrow to see this through? >> there is a very small chance that it could go down in the hat -- in the house, but it is a very small chance. between speaker boehner giving his strong support for this and a number of house democrats i have already heard from supporting this, it is hard to imagine between the two parties that they could not find the votes they are going to need. i

congressman emanuel cleaver. he's going to be joining us.members in the congressional black caucus, in the so-called progressive caucus as well. they're not happy about this. many are going to vote against what the president of the united states wants them to do. we're going to have a good show coming up right at top of the hour. >> thank you so much, wolf blitzer. we'll see you in five. if you're on capitol hill, it's pretty chaotic. a fantastic story to cover, but it's chaotic. lawmakers are scrambling to keep a deal from getting to the president's desk. coming up next, a look at what's happening behind the scenes. joe johns in the thick of things on the hill. we'll get your political pop after this break. tra-wealthy. it's a necessity. i find investments with e-trade's top 5 lists. quickly. easily. i use pre-defined screeners and insightful trading ideas to dig deeper. work smarter. not harder. i depend on myself the one person i do trust to take charge of my financial future. [ bell dinging ] [ tires squeal ] an accident doesn't have to

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you had emanuel cleaver that liberals are not happy with this deal. there are going to be some hardcore republicans, tea party folks, who aren't happy either. michele bachmann who is running for president said she won't vote for it. boehner is saying he's for it, it should get through. >> you talked about the tea party, there's been no secret the conservative elements in the tea party, especially the freshmen, have had an impact on this struggle. so the question i think some people might be asking is, do you think that members of the tea party caucus know how to govern or are they -- do they understand that standing up for a cause is not the same as governing? >> i don't think that you can separate the two. the fact is that they were elected to pursue the goals that they took before their constituents that said, this is what we believe in, this is why we're going to washington. they had changed the tenor of the debate there and the details of it. i don't believe anyone woke up this morning and said, this is a peachy deal. we've dodged a bullet. but we

senator and rand paul, who plans to oppose it but first, maiconation earlier with congressman emanuel cleaver and he said quite a bit more than "no" in opposition to the bill. congressman cleaver you voted "no" and called it, a, quote, sugar-coated satan sandwich." what do you mean by that? >> if you pick up