that are already in the books and i should point out that congressman paul ryan the author of the g.o.p. budget plan has criticized the white house for using that kind of budgeting gimmick i want to pick your brain here now josh about you know how do you see this debate playing out i mean we just saw in that special election in new york when you talk about touching programs like medicare well you're politically doomed so who do you think is going to give in here and how much. well i think that the republican strategy is becoming pretty clear senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said that the other day that they would not raise the but the debt limit without changes to medicare and what that tells me is that he's not saying unspecified spending cuts for example he's very specifically targeting changes to medicare and the republicans have gone and they a lot more than they can chew they thought that they would come in with their sweeping mandate to dismantle the social safety net if turned out to be very unpopular with the electorate we had a poll out this week that showed even a majority of re

that's ten million americans are americans who could potentially go hungry starving thanks to these g.o.p. budget cuts and here's the kicker the eight hundred million dollars that republicans are trying to take away from the poor and hungry cost just as much as one week's worth of the bush tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires this one week when it comes to a war against women that i guess don't really matter for these guys went away for tonight's daily tape here's what tom had to say about this and the conservative war against women first started and its effect on our nation today. since republicans took control of the house of representatives and state legislatures around the nation it launched an all out war on women from defunding women's health care services to defunding planned parenthood to redefining rape to blocking legislation that provides equal pay for equal work for women you wonder if the next step for the republican party will be to repeal the one thousand amendment and take away women's rights to vote republicans are also cutting critical but all programs that assist low inco

also, the president and congressional democrats pick apart the g.o.p. budget without coming up with one of their own. we'll ask our sunday group whether playing the waiting game is paying off. all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. we have a political odd couple this week. we'll talk with comedian jon stewart a little later. first, we're honored to sit down with defense secretary robert gates, days before he leaves office, having served presidents bush and obama in his demanding job. mr. secretary, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> thank you. >> chris: today marks the 90th day of u.s. involvement in libya, congressional critics say that means that the administration is now officially in violation of the war powers act. if congress cuts off funding, pulls us out of libya, what do you think are the consequences for u.s. national security and our standing in the world? >> well, we have been through this on a number of occasions. even since i've been secretary, where congress has threatened to cut off funding in iraq a

obama budget skills is strengthening the g.o.p. demand for more spending cuts in exchange. house members are working in the congressional districts. speaker boehner addressed them. >> i told the president we will not increase the debt limit without serious changes to the way we spend the miles per hour people's money. >> the speaker is under pressure to exact biggest cuts. >> 100 g.o.p. lawmakers have signed a letter demanding among other things balanceed budget amendment. spending caps. and half a trillion dollars in discretionary and mandatory spending cuts next year alone. majority leader cantor circulated similar memos. boehner's sharpening his demands for a deal. >> the spending cults contained in the agreement should exceed the amount that we increase. i said exceed, i meant exceed. so you can underline "exceed." >> joe biden and bipartisan lawmakers hold a meeting thursday to discuss the debt ceiling. senate democratic majority leader harry reid showed signs of mounting frustration, accusing them of obstructing policies ifer partisan position. >> they always come up

democrat at the state capitol say they have a new budget deal and we will get it passed without g.o.p. support. good evening. i'm dan. carolyn is off tonight. so here we go again. california state budget round 2. only this time the package democrat approve is very different from the one the governor rejected two weeks ag ago. lillian is here with the story tonight. lillian. >> dan this budget counts on billions of dollar in fresh revenue if it fails to materialize could lead to mainly cuts. governor jerry brown emerge with democratic leaders of the senate and assembly. together they announce they have come up with a budget. one that this time brown says he's willing to sign. >> debated has to be voted but as far as the leadership is concerned, we have come to some very important conclusions after series of tough talks. >>reporter: the daily comes two weeks after the governor veto a budget submitted by the democratic legislature. brown claims the version contained accounting gimmick. as for the latest budget citizen of the state bring in an extra 4 billion dollars in the upcoming fisca

light of paul ryan's medicare bill the government shutdown and the battle of will on state budgets so with the g.o.p. voters still cast the same ballots today. germany is dropping nuclear power chancellor angela merkel announced plans yesterday to close down every single nuclear power plant in that country by two thousand and twenty two seventeen reactors in all germany is the fourth largest economy in the world and the largest economy in europe and generates about a quarter of its electricity from nuclear power just like we do in the united states but already germany has shut down seven reactors in the wake of the focused human disaster and is now committed to doubling its renewable energy output by two thousand and twenty. who also currently germany employs nearly four hundred thousand people in the renewable energy field germany will join italy is the first two nations in the g eight that have officially gets nuclear power so it's and also announced plans to completely car about nuclear from its energy portfolio with their last reactor slated to close in two thousand and thirty four so here in th

budget deficit. senators passed a few minor bills today but did not address the tax question. democrats want to extend temporary increases to the sales and vehicle taxes for one year. g.o.p. leaders say renewing the tax hikes will hurt the economy. and they're calling for deeper cuts, pension reforms, and regulatory relief. >>> well, something else threatened by the state's budget's broken budget. county fairs. anne makovec shows us how they're fighting for that's existence and what some say they need to do on their own to keep running. >> reporter: there are plenty of reasons to go to a county fair. >> the rides are fun. the food is great. >> i really like to see animals. >> especially this guy right here. >> curly fries. >> reporter: it is the opening weekend of the san mateo county fair and people are enjoying all of the spoils. but there may be fewer fun fairs in the future. as california's budget mess continues to spin out of control, state leaders are now talking about cutting $32 million in subsidies for county fairs. >> that's not right. i mean the fair is part of the state of california. >> it is a huge hit to the fair industry. >> reporter: organizers here in s

groups that are pushing things like the balanced budget amendment are weighing in pretty heavily with a lot of members. are they complicating the g.o.p. leadership's ability to sort of forge a deal here? are they boxing you in at all in terms of saying what should and shouldn't be on the table? >> they're exercising their constitutional rights. it says petitioning the government is what you have a chance to do, and we listen to them and then should make our own decisions. john kyle, our number-two ranking republican is our represent in these discussions. we have a lot of confidence in john kyle. what we've decided to do is to not send him a list of instructions about what to do or what not to do. we're going to hold our fire and wait for him to come back and recommend to us what we should do, and then we can make a decision. >> if, as the summer goes on, and you get towards august 2 and there's no grand deal in the works and -- i mean, are republicans willing to sort of do this in a more piecemeal manner, have a series of debt-limit votes before the next election? >> well, i suppose anything could happen. rather than trying to answer

shame" inside the capitol rotunda and they want lawmakers to bail out education budget with a rainy day fund, something g.o.pers are against, the senate needs to slash nearly $4 billion from the budget. >> talk about a lucky charm. a convenience store owner saved by two gold medallions on his necklace that stopped a bullet from actually killing him. he says a robber was about to shoot his wife so he stepped in front of her and took the bullet to the chest. incredib incredibly, the medallions deflected the bullet. the medallions were just dented but the robber did get away. >> meanwhile, scotty mccreery's second single has apparently been leaked on line. take a listen to it. >> ♪ summertime get away she's the one that keeps me awake at night and i've never ♪ >> just last week, the "american idol" winner's song "i love you on big" became billboard's highest charting deb debut for a new artist. >> we know he had to come back after winning and take his math final. he admits to shady behavior on line but new york congressman anthony weiner won't be stepping down. >> last friday night, i tweeted a photograph of my

the house republican budget is breathtaking in its degree of cruelty, but don't take my word for it. in a letter to congressional leaders after the house g.o.p. plan was introduced, nearly 200 economists and health care experts wrote, and i quote -- "turning medicare into a voucher program would undermine essential protections for millions of vulnerable people. it would extinguish the most promising approaches to curb costs and to improve the american medical care system." end of quotes. as a columnist at "the washington post" wrote last april, that and i quote "the budget ryan released is not courageous or serious or significant. it's a joke and a bad one. for one thing, ryan's savings all come from cuts, and at least thirds of them come from programs serving the poor. the wealthy meanwhile would see their taxes lowered and the defense department would escape unscathed. it is not courageous to attack the weak while supporting your party's most inane and damaging fiscal orthodoxies, but the problem isn't just that ryan's budget is morally questionable, it also wouldn't work. mr. president, the deficit that we are struggling with right now ha