that really is something that harry reed's generation is a world that they're still living in.that. i think there's reason to see a substantive debate about obama care and it doesn't have to be about the color of his skin. >> i need to cut it off. this is great stuff. cnn viewers are lucky because "cross fire" is going to be returning to cnn september 16th. >> we could go all night. >> you could literally go, as joe biden himself would say, you could literally go all night. >> coming up, cross country in the time it takes to resolve a crisis on a sitcom. >> plus, we're waiting to hear from the father of hannah anderson about the latest details about his daughter's abduction and rescue. stay with us for that. [ male announcer ] the parking lot helps by letting us know who's coming. the carts keep everyone on the right track. the power tools introduce themselves. all the bits and bulbs keep themselves stocked. and the doors even handle the checkout so we can work on that thing that's stuck in the thing. [ female announcer ] today, cisco is connecting the internet of everything. s

>> do you think harry reed is going to pass that?> it doesn't matter. >> we need to show the american people we stand for conservatives. >> two things worth noting here. pittenger's constituents note they don't care about getting an appropriate response. he's authored a dozen bills that talk about the repeal of the affordable care act. one still needs to take a more definitive stand against the nation's health care law. >> well, there's confusion at the root of it. and john boehner contributes to the confusion when he was asked about the lack of productivity of congress. he said, well, you shouldn't judge us by how many bills we've passed, how many bills we've repealed. in order to repeal a law you have to pass a repeal law signed into law. >> by the president. >> just voting on it in the house doesn't do it. he is the most successful speaker in the history of the united states if just passing obama repeal is -- >> is credibly productive, right. >> is what counts, right. the congressman is exactly right. harry reed's not going to rep

the delay for one year wins and since mitch mcconnell is so much smaller than harry reed, i think youd up getting the last word. >> all i'm going to say is the delay approach is smarter than the defund approach. so i would advocate your approach and it makes more sense even from just an opticses perspective because people don't want to be seen as vindictive especially considering what happened in the last election. >> people vote with their feet and they also vote with their dollars when it comes to choosing a place to live. we'll show you a hot new study about tax migration. the three biggest winners are states, by the way, with republican governors. that's next up on "kudlow." >> for anyone who believes higher taxes help grow the economy, take a look at this. a new study from the tax foundation shows almost $100 billion in personal income migrated from new york, california, and illinois over the past ten years. not surprisingly, these are also the states with some of the highest tax rates in america. where will that money go? easy, it went to florida, arizona, and texas and those ar

dan, why did harry reed say this. >> i am not shocked at all.e has a history of saying dumb things and we can debate ad-na seum that president obama based on his otherness. it is just dumb and divisive at this .5 years in the presidency and allows the republicans to play the victim card and i take away it shoes once again the congress is dumb and dysfunctional is because of leadership. harry redid and nancy pelosi and john boehner and mitch mcconnell if they were the four best to lead congress not one of them would pick these guys. >> it is disturbing. the point that tim scott makes, it is insulting to those who are unhappy to the president's policies. and is ittine necessary to go there and point this out and make the president, the color of the president's skin an issue at all in any of this. do you think that that is what is happening in the gop side of the congress? >> absolutely not. our trouble with the president lies in his policy like the senator said nothing to do with the color of the skin. he's half white and half black. to allege tha

what would happen next -- we know because we've seen this play before -- president obama and harry reedeam and yell. these mean, nasty republican would have to step up and say, no, we have voted to fund the government,y want to keep the government running, we don't want a partial at t-- he's gran wavers to giant corporations from obama care. why is president obama threatening to shut done the american government to deny the american people from the train wreck of a bill that is hurting the economy, jobs and our welfare. >> you're talking about roughly $200 and the changes, the is that what you're talking about? >> defunding it all. i filed legislation that prohibits one penny of federal money, discretionary or mandatory. if that came, it would be halted and put on the national tracks. >> let go to the house side now. where the act has more than 120 co-sponsors. yet speaker john boehner still nonacquittal. >> no decision has been made with how we're going to proceed. >> joining us now, marcia blackburn from tennessee. miss blackburn, you're a delay -- you're a delay supporter in your sub

if harry reed in the senate and president obama refuse to enact that legislation, it's not the republicans president who is saying if you don't give me the money to implement obama care, even though i'm exempting big businesses from the mandate, then we're shutting down the government. >> and they're principled, they're against obama care. they have two problems. they want to defund obama care by shutting down the government and, number two, they don't have a policy of their own. they need a health care policy of their own. >> what they would force is a massive national debate over obama care. if the republicans had excellent national leaders, they would want that fight, want the debate because they knew they would win it against president obama and they'd persuade people to join them rather than drive people away. >> do republicans have an obligation, terry, to pass a bill that would replace it? >> no. what i think the republicans have an obligation to do is return freedom to the people. obama care is taking freedom away from individuals and giving it to the government. >> ryan. >> reince

benefactors, would you spare a nickel to pay for this intern's expenses while see interned for harry reedt on this once in a lifetime chance to take advantage of this crucial career move without loans. ironic because plenty of lawmakers here are constantly fighting to raise the federal minimum wage. but in their own offices they're not even paying some of their hardest workers. >> only congress among anybody in the federal government, only congress is allowed to use unpaid interns because they've explic explicitly written an exemption for themselves into the law. z >> it's not just washington looking for free labor. lots of those hollywood internships don't pay either. he worked on "the black swan" and later sued because he say it was not fair. >> the vast majority of people cannot work for free or have the parents afford to have their children work for free. >> but michael saltzman warns mandating internships be paid could rob everyone of experience. >> it's crucial we maintain a situation where interns don't have to be paid. if do you have a situation like that, you have employers who m

both house speaker john boehner and harry reed would have to call congress back to session early.it's not looking like they will do so. >> uma: molly, thank you. with still no word on president obama's course of action in syria, international support is waning. the biggest ally great britain is sitting this out so it means the u.s. would go it alone or almost alone. a senior fellow at the stanford university and expert on the middle east. he is joining with us the insight. >> uma: many people have concerns about the overall mission here. even though john kerry spelled out the evidence they believe is there to back up the claims that assad used the chemical whens against his own people, do you think he has made a convincing argument for the unilateral against syria? >> this what been secretary kerry's finest hour. he has known to have good feelings for bashar assad. he called him in 2009 and 2010 and he has been forceful. this is a big issue. this is a crime of war. we have to do something. but the commander in chief is reluctant warrior and coalition around him, if there is such a

that's like exxon mobil having to wait for john boehner and harry reed how much money they're going toeed for exploration next year when planning for exploration is a ten-year, 20-year plan, right? >> you're right. i'm distinguishing between the governance over the company. the governance has been the problem for 70 years. it's the governance that have fixed. it's sad that they've been under such constraints but if the president can address the governance, president fox wanted to, president calderon wanted to. but there simply wasn't the political support. >> that's going to be the tough part. >> jose, how big a deal is this? >> this is a big deal. pemex doesn't make policy in mexico. it only operates within a legal framework that is prepared for it. now with these reform, it will open the door for congress to pass laws that to do many things that are going to be very beneficial for mexico. number one, pemex will no longer be the monopoly. that will enable the government to grant contracts directly to private sector companies to carry out exploration and production operations. >> you r

. >> early, at the same time, we had majority leader harry reed getting backlash over recent comments a role in the pushback what congress is trying to get through congress. i want to read a part of it. the relentless racial assault on obama is unwielding from the moment obama declared his presidency candidacy in 2007. it was orchestrated by the gop with the clear political aim of disrupting obama's proposed legislation. is the gop rebranding or at least the talk of their rebranding after the rnc's autopsy in the spring is that really happening at all? are we not witnessing that happening? >> i think what is happening with the republican national committee let's walk it back for a few months. yes, in fact, they said we are going to rebrand. we are going to reach out to hispanics and reach out to gays and african-americans and reach out to women and do all of these great things. they had this huge blueprint for change but remember one thing. even at the point where the republican national committee and the top officials in the rnc were saying this you had a ground swell among the gop r

compromise, broker that compromise or are you going to be on the back bench taking your orders from harry reed? that's going to be a defining moment for him. because there's a lot of this push to get him into the senate because he's going to bring something different. okay. bring it. let's see what happens with it. >> although, you know, the interesting thing is, ryan, cory booker probably wanted to be governor of new jersey, right? he is going to be a senator instead. and as governor, that's kind of where you have to -- that's where the rubber meets the road. that's where you have to make the tough decisions in terms of fiscal priorities and the like. in the senate you almost get attacked to not make a difference because so little actually gets done. >> he keeps getting to be a twitter celebrity and national celebrity. i think he needs to be careful on a national level. he's gotten a pass for this awfully shady arrangement where he's set up a company that doesn't do anything, doesn't make any money, and then he got money from his donors that went to his company, which he owned. if you set up

if you read a story on huffington post, we have comments from harry reed, but we also have comments from mitch mcconnell's office. we have republican aides that talk to us all the time. republican members who talk to us who love huffington post. same thing on the democrat inge side. we have people on both sides who hate us. we let the reporting speak for itself, of course. people hear huffington post or hear other outlets and don't trust them. many people i run into for example at tea party rallies who don't trust the new york times. but if you read our reporting, it will be there. >> a headline you can see it called ouchlt you can see the two leadevers there. who writes those? >> we have a team of people who writes them. it's often sort of crowdsource. they say here's ideas we're thinking of. does anyone have any other ideas. people will throw it in. we have a team of people who run the front page and the politics page and they're responsible with coming up with headlines. making sure all of the pictures look great and riding headlines is an art that takes a long time to master. so we h

he's trying to frame the vote saying she's an easy vote for harry reid. -- reed.ant to get republicans in control of the senate, you better vote for me. that's what's at stake here. republicans have a shot at retaking -- >> is that what they're telling voters? >> absolutely. this is about control of the senate. but if you're in the white house, you're saying how is harry reed going to be in upcoming battles? is he going to cut the deal like he did on the fiscal cliff or is he going to run to his right to get those base voters out there? the white house is saying, gee, he didn't vote for compromise on immigration reform in the senate. where is he going to be on the things they might need him for? this a race that has a lot of information implications. >> the election for the senate isn't until november of next year. >> but this is going to be a key race that has a lot of national implications. >> we'll be covering it. >> we will. >> coming up, new york police shoot a 14-year-old boy. they say he had a gun. >> and authorities blame something that escaped from the pe

. >> harry reed came out and said he's a good guy and friend. >> that's a feather in his cap, i guessder about that. within i endorse summers, larry said, please don't. >> to the extent there is some form of financial krienks either abroad or in asia somewhere. do you think yellen can hand him it as well if not better than larry summers is famous for part of the brand to save the world? >> i think handling a crisis doesn't come down to one individual when you really take a careful lock at it. there ar lot of players at the fed, including some of the senior staff. there are players in the treasury. there are players elsewhere in the administration. i think we should, you know the fed chair has become a celebrity, maybe starting with powell soek soek voelker. ed that good news and bad news. there is an overemphasis on the abilities of the individual. certainly, you want a capable individual. you should recognize the fed has an institution, has a lot of tradition. has a very capable staff, both in washington and the reserve banks, has global connections, all those things matter. >> i'd b

reed concluded, i'd love you john carry. he tells everybody how much he loves them. >> harry reid is a politician. he's a ruthless machiavellian but he's effective. not so much of cynicism but again how oddly honest he is. you read an example of what would seem to be dishonest. but i remember sitting with reid the night he became a majority leader. he's with schumer. watching the elections return. he was on the phone with every democrat that won that night who had the 20-second conversations and he would punctuate -- excuse me -- punctuate all of them with some variation. i love you, hillary, claire, won that night. he looked at me at one point and say, they need to hear that. i think he meant the politicians -- i don't think he meant it -- it wasn't so much of a wink, but it was a matter of fact harry reid statement. even john kerrey -- telling john carrie on the day he feelsn't running for president again, he said it. john carrie seems to appreciate it. it was public. you can go on to your business. >> list five people in this town who you -- if you did the opposite, a book no one would read whe

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