. >> john boehner, eric kantor in charge when it's convenient. >> back here in the states, queue the blame game. >> no americans hold congress in high esteem. >> we as the new majority in the house. >> failing on the big things is something they choose to do. >> we implore them. murdoch is also note blame. >> insisting that he is not to blame. >> london calling. >> tried to pass the buck. >> he doesn't stack up. >> the 80-year-old appeared confused. >> here said yes, i'm in charge. >> someone tried to get i believe to rupert murdoch. >> a man with a shaving cream pie leaps past her husband and attempted to smash rupert murdoch in the face. >> that are looks like a spice. >> can you say it was glitter. >> as the deadline for raising the debt ceiling grows closer, house republicans chose to spend this day in debate and on a floor vote on a bill that the president has promised to veto if it somehow miraculously passed the senate, which it won't. republicans are not calling it the cut cap and balance bill because it drastically cuts spending and caps future spending and would guarantee f

>> the president and some of his top aides are meeting with john boehner and eric kantor. in there with the chief of staff and other top aides. it is about the nitty-gritty of the way forward as we get down to the wire. much to the frustration of some lawmakers, the president i'm told is pushing for a big deal and something more than raising the debt ceiling. leaders are pushing and moving forward oat back up plan, the mcconnell reid plan to raise the debt ceiling with the cuts. that doesn't have uniform support. it doesn't have support in the house of representatives. the question is, what can be done. what options are there to get the crucial votes in the house. there many people increasingly speaking out on capitol hill, saying at least to me on the phone that too many have come and gone to be asking what else can be added to the package at this late hour. they might say it's time to talk about it. >> to push for the grand deal. >> time in a word. just time from may 15th, to june 23rd, vice president biden held the biden talks. a medium deal for deficit reduction and in

. >> what do you say to eric kantor that told you and those who opposed the speaker of the house, stop boehner are doing a wonderful job. i understand frustration. they are dealing with a president who doesn't get it. we have a debt crisis. this country is falling off a financial cliff. we heard from the credit agencies they are likely to downgrade us even if we raise the debt ceiling. what we know for sure is if we raise this ceiling and don't get spending reform, they are likely to downgrade us. we have to make sure we do this right. >> let's leave it on that note. i want to ask you, we got into a big fight you called her the most violent professional in the house of representatives. stop being a howard and say it to my face or shut the heck up. you remember that last week. she was on my show last week. i asked her about that. i will play the clip of how she responded to you. if you can't handle that on an issue as important as medicare, you probably need to reconsider his really ill-advised position on medicare. this is not an isolated incident. he has been attacking me and last yea

house republicans including eric kantor. they say this is the right path towards deficit reduction.isten here. >> today the house has the opportunity to show the people that sent us here that we are serious about turning the page on the failed fiscal policies that this town has been about over the last several decades and begin to get the fiscal house in order. >> at the same time, they have really been slamming this proposal, this bill as more theater than serious policy. listen here to the congressman >> i'm not going to vote for the balanced budget and i urged them to reject the bill that has no chance of passage. we need to stop fiddling and do our work and make sure america can pay their debts f. they can't, every constituent will lose and our country will lose. >> here's the reality. this bill is likely to pass the house. it's not expected to clear the senate. even if it did, president obama has already said he would veto it. this will likely be largely a symbolic vote for house republicans, allowing them to show their constituents and support for cuts and spending controls th

a month ago, eric kantor frs saying it would be irresponsible and you need to deal with the tough things? >> you could make the case that both the plan advanced by john boehner and the advance are not nakedly partisan. there republicans who really don't like boehner's plan in his own flock. there liberal democrats who are i guarantee you going to go pretty craze when they see what is in harry reid's budget cuts. in a way, these two plans are actually geared to try and get a result. i don't think there is blatantly political as the house vote. >> we will see tomorrow the first step if the latest boehner proposal has 217 votes in the house. that will be close. thanks very much for joining us. the north american viewers are hosting in the arena. 8:00 eastern. we will be watching. even if a debt deal does emerge, america is likely to face major belt tightening and that couldn't come at a worse time with households hit hard by the recession. here's research about the wealth gap. this is mary snow. >> the dwight between whites and minorities with wealth is the widest it's been in at least 25 y

of any debt deals and any negotiations to raise the debt ceiling the number two house republican eric kantorening to talking about the certain tax loopholes if and it's an important if, if he closed the loophole in place, he cut the tax in another place. another significant potentially shift in message on the part of republicans. it should say it is unclear how many republicans share this view. they were asked about this. mitch connell did express skepticism while he was supportive of broader tax reform and said cherry picking items in terms of the context would be challenging at this point. a significant shift in message at a key time. canned he? >> they are all in the same part. not always on the same page. it sounds significant. there is movement there. thanks so much. appreciate it. >> a little girl murdered 54 years ago. now a break in the cold case thanks to a train ticket. we will explain, next. ♪ ♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond a new food for your cat or dog. we inspect your air filter, cabin filter. there's bugs, leaves, lint, crud. you'll be breathing that. i do believe it's part

mitch mcconnell, eric kantor, understand and we all have a place here in america. do the right thing. do what we're paying you for. host: linda, a republican in missouri. caller: first-time caller. i do not like the increase. if we give the government more in tax money, we will just spend more. i would like to see an alternative minimum tax on corporations so a company like g.e. that paid absolutely nothing with at least to get hit with 15%. that puts them at a non- competitive edge against everyone else, so i would like to see an alternative tax corporations. host: what about that issue? guest: it has been talked about in the past. companies have years where they pay a lot in taxes and years were they have a lot of deductions. that is the case with general electric. the united states, honestly, these discussions most of this year, and last, have been about how the u.s. has the highest corporate tax rate of any country in the oecd. if you take a look at what are the underlying issues about deductions and things and if you're able to put them on the table and lower

corporate, i think is something that probably the republican leadership was talking about that when eric kantor spoke out and made that statement. host: senator roger wicker became a senator after serving several years in the house. he was appointed in 2008. -- 2007 i should say. he was elected in his own right in 2008 to his first term after serving for about 12 years in the house of representatives. guest: i started in the house in 1995. host: we continue our discussion on debt talks that are occurring today. john on the democrats' line. your first up with senator wicker. host: you know the rule. it's a turn down the volume on your tv. we will come back to you. mark is a republican. caller: good morning. senator, i have three quick points to make. the first point is i heard a statistic the other day about revenue and expenditures. in the past eight years revenue to the government has increase by 20%, but expenditures have gone up 70%. that is the problem right there. is it -- it is not a revenue issue. it is suspending issue. the second point, just up prior to you was the representative who m

eric scanter. is he reading something that kantor wrote for him or what? he's about as excited about that as a p.o.w. is. your thoughts. did you see it? >> yeah, yes. >> it looked like he had a knife in his back. >> i think he wants to get something done that's going to actually help solve the debt problem. i would give your arguments today, chris, a whole lot more credence and credibility if, for the past six months you've been pounding on the president saying, where is your plan? where is the leadership out of this white house to guide the country you've had debt mess that we are in? the fact is the president outsourced this entire thing to the vice president. the president barely -- >> who had a plan. >> there was no plan. >> todd, how did they get to $4 trillion. >> supposely behind closed doors, they said, yeah, we'll put this things on the table. >> they added it up, 4 trillion. >> okay. bottom line -- >> all the president does is give feechs. >> nobody wants to cut spending, todd, and you know it. i'm looking at the plan they're voting tonight. they

leadership and a team effort they are telling me and in fact, that eric cantor and kevin mccarthy are out there twisting arms, and kantor the gop meeting said that i know that the debt ceiling vote sucks, but stop whining and grumbling and support the speaker and the proposal and they are doing a full court press on it, but however, speaking to members of the speaker's lobby before i came over here and nobody likes the 100%, i'm leaning yes or no, and i don't know, and i have to look at it more, and it is not a proposal if you will that is garnering 110% support. that being said, when the speaker announced he was going to actually bring this to the floor and deeply embarrassing and he would lose a lot of leverage if he never got it out of the house which is why they have to get it passed at 217. but harry reid can sit back and see what happens in the house, and if for whatever reason this can't get out of it, boehner will come to the realization that he needs the democratic support to push forward any debt limit extension and that could be a huge story here in the coming few days. >> what a difference a day makes. krist