nor can joe walsh's deadbeat dad lawyer explain how the impoverished joe walsh was able to take vacationsiend in 2004 to mexico and italy while refusing to pay child support. in a court filing in december of last year, laura walsh's attorneys wrote, "the apparent availability of large sums of money from either his employment, his family, or his campaign, has allowed him to live quite a comfortable lifestyle, while at the same time, due to his failure to pay child support or any of his share of the educational costs or medical expenses, laura and his children were denied any of these advantages." it is time to deny deadbeat dad, joe walsh, some advantages. in order to teach deadbeat dad, joe walsh, a lesson about family values, yes, the very same family values that so many republicans try to exploit politically while failing to come close to living up to them in their own lives, deadbeat dad, joe walsh, is, hereby banned from this program. he can go tell his lies about his family values and his sense of fiscal responsibility else where. i can only hope that a ban on deadbeat dad politician

according to court documents filed in december, joe walsh owes more than $100,000 in back child supportex-wife and three children. his lawyer disputes it is anywhere near that amount. walsh says he was attacked to distract from his leading role in the debt debate. walsh calls himself -- and i can't believe i'm about to say this -- the tip of the spear. here is someone who had a commitment to his own children, no matter what the broken-down state with the relationship with his wife. representing yourself as joe foreclosure as one thing. but when you're joe deadbeat dad is entirely something else. this debt ceiling battle is about the fact if we don't raise the debt ceiling, america will be unable to meet her financial obligations. joe walsh doesn't believe it will happen. at least not anywhere or on or near tuesday. >> we are so obsessed with august 2nd. i think what's important is that we get this right. the administration has been trying to scare folks into this notion of default. >> you're okay with a potential default on august 2nd? you would let that date pass? >> default is not an

i will be joined by tea party freshman republican congressman joe walsh. president obama tonight will likely reiterate his position that he has taken in these negotiations. including thiz politically sensitive offer revealed last week to make changes to medicare and social security in, change for a republican compromise on an increase in government revenue. here now the president of the united states. >> good evening. tonight i want to talk about the debate we have been having in washington over the national debt. a debate that directly affects of lives of all americans. we spent more than we take in. in 2000, the government had a budget surplus. but instead of using it to pay off our debt, the money was spent on trillions of dollars in new tax cuts while two wars an an expensive prescription drug program were added to our nation's credit card. as a result, the deficit was on track to top $1 trillion the year i took office. to make matters worse, the recession meant less money was coming in and required us to spend even more on tax cuts for middle class fa

and today here joe walsh, freshman, is calling the president a liar. i think it's terribly unfortunate. if we want to command respect within the world, if we want our presidents to be able to lead, one day soon or maybe sooner rather than later, there may be a republican back in the white house. do you really want, mr. walsh, for that republican to be trashed in a personal way? i think both sides have an interest in trying to find now some healing and find a truls. >> and you are waving the flag of truce outside the white house. we want to get to that in just a moment. stay right there. we're going to have more on what's starting to feel like a food fight in washington and how to get these grownups all talking quietly at the table again. david has some very interesting ideas on an actual possible solution when we come back. [ male announcer ] this is larry... whose long day starts with arthritis pain... and a choice. take tylenol arthritis and maybe up to six in a day... or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. happy chopping. we like to g

help him, but he's got to work with us to change the way this town does business. >> congressman joe walsh, thank you for joining us. we will be watching closely. >> wonderful to be with you. >> you're watching "bbc world news america." and still to come on tonight's program, love and marriage takes centerstage in new york where gay couples are legal to wed. but it's the economy which could also turn out to be a big winner. >> the family of british senior amy winehouse have thanked her fans for the support they've received since her death on saturday. >> tributes, quiet reflection. eileen had met amy winehouse many times out and about in camden. >> 27 years old. so sad. >> a multi-million selling artist, winner of five grammy awards, she had had lunch with her mum, janice, on thursday. today, janice and amy's dad, mitch, paid a visit to what has become a shrine to their daughter. >> i can't tell you what this means to us. it really is making this a lot easier for us. amy was about one thing and that was love. >> among the group, her manager, her boyfriend, those who lived with the ups and

yesterday i interviewed joe walsh from illinois.ce it to say that representative walsh tried to use my name, which is fine with me, more than a few times as he attempted to defend the, cap and balance bill, as well as his own rationale for signing nor quists's petition. and his claim, that the president is a liar. let's take a look back. >>> hey, chris, let me ask you a question, do you support that, chris? >> the president's plan. >> what is the president's plan? we have to stop that, chris. come on, chris. hey, cresse. hey, chris. chris, chris, chris. i love it, chris. >> well, that wasn't half of it. how many times did the congressman from illinois say my name in that short interview? i couldn't believe this when i heard it. 61 times, that's how much home runs roger polaris hit when he made the roared. anyway, i appreciate him coming on the show. >>> up next legislators across the country are changing voting rules to make it harder for democrats to vote. guess why? when we return, we'll find out what's being done to stop this eff

cut, cap and balance met the credit agency's criteria to avoid a downgrade. >> congressman joe walsh, sticking around for us tonight. >>> a lot to talk about still. we're going to be live in the 11:00 hour to continue with this breaking news. no vote tonight, a very tense night on capitol hill. and at the white house. [ jelani ] neither of my parents went to college. something that was drilled in me early on, you know, college is the place for you. it's my number one goal. ♪ students like me, who take these ap math and science classes and have these opportunities, this is where the american dream lies. when i write that book, you know, i plan to dedicate it to my school. ♪ those hopes and dreams that you have, you know, they're within reach. and i'm living proof. it all happened so fast. it was clearly too late for me to do anything as my mercedes collision system automatically kicked in. the next thing i know, the mercedes stopped itself. ♪ watching what mercedes has done in bringing together these sensors in a car with software that has the ability to save your life. that's magical

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congressman joe walsh is one of the freshmen and i'm absolutely delighted that he has come on yet again with us this afternoon. good afternoon, sir. >> good to be here, martin. >> well, congratulations are due first, because you are one of very few individuals on the planet who said they don't care if these negotiations go beyond the august 2nd deadline given the current gridlock, it looks like that will happen and the country will default and well done on the achievement, but do you think that speaker boehner's two-step plan will pass the house? >> well, a clarification, martin. i care about default, and everybody up here cares about default. we are not obsessed with august 2nd and based on what we are hearing this morning, the administration may not be as well. you know, sources say that reports say that they have been contacting privately bankers letting them know don't worry about default, you will be fine, you will be fine. i wish they would have that same message publicly to the american people, because it might help us to get to a solution a lot faster. >> okay. we well, let's fo

loan his campaign thirty five thousand dollars which is attorney is defending his client saying joe walsh hasn't been a big time wage earner politician until recently he's no more problems with child support than any other air verged guy. that's his defense yeah i'm not paying child support but i'm not as bad as your average deadbeat. we stop listening to the tea party's fiscal advice from their own members jim and over seas that's very very. after the break something is sucking away american manufacturing but you know what it is and why it's the real crisis congress should be addressing. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through it through between may who can you trust no one who is you view who with a global mission would see where we had a state controlled capitalism is called sasha's when nobody dares to ask we do our t. question more. your take my take is your chance to send in your questions comments rants and observations about anything we talk about here on the big picture or during my radio show and it's my chance to give yo

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congressman joe walsh of illinois will be here. half an hour later, mike ross, our guest on this friday morning as the debt debate continues here in washington. >> this week on book tv, booktv on c-spant, robert rose onsouth carolina's success he is from the union. saturday, and on american history tv on c-span3, charleston during the american revolution, the story from the city's annual carolina days festival, saturday at 7:00 and 11:00 p.m. and throughout the weekend, discover more about the unique history and literary life with shorts on the civil war sub, plantation life, and a catastrophic 1886 earthquake. charleston, south carolina, this weekend on c-span2 and c-span3. this weekend on book tv on c-span2, from the libertarian freedom fest, don luskin matches today's business leaders to their counterparts, the merits of the rat race, on how irrational beliefs are formed, and we examine obamacare. also this weekend, the jordanian double agent who detonated a 30-pound bomb killing seven c.i.a. agents, on the triple agents, also h

why republican congressman joe walsh is urging republicans not to give in.he might be the biggest row at star on the planet, but does kim kardashian own the rights to her own look? bill: here we go, "fox news alert" now awaiting -- awaiting updates from a lot of different corners, the leading republican and the democrat from the house, speaker john boehner will talk live and that happens a few hours after meeting with the president at the white house. and the speaker had no comments after the two-hour meeting and rushed off to a pizza party with republican house freshmen. and, nancy pelosi will also speak, this hour. and we'll wait and see what she says that's debate begins in the senate from the house to the senate on a cut, cap and balance plan, screen left, but forward by tea party backed republicans, and that proposal might die in the senate today, despite 234 votes in the houses. latest fox news polling shows american still think it is worse to default on our debt than to raise the limit, borrow more money and, the members are getting close, live in was

we had joe walsh on and he responded just as fierce.h, they're really going at it. who would have thought that we'd hear about hobbits from lord of the rings. but john mccain reference that had yesterday. let's step back. he was on the senate floor yesterday basically blasting democrats and bom saying the president was leading from behind, his words, not mine. he also blasted some of his republicans saying that it's foolish to think that a balanced budget will be passed in the next few days before the debt ceiling deadline. and then the senator took on the tea party. he read from a "wall street journal," quoted from a "wall street journal" op-ed. take a listen at this. >> republican house failed to raise the debt ceiling would somehow escape all the blame. and then democrats would have no choice but to pass a balanced budget amendment and reform entitlements and the tea party hobbits could return to middle earth having defeated morador. this is the kind of crack political thinking that turns sharon engel and christine o'donnell into not

democratic congressman peter welch from vermont and republican congressman joe walsh from illinois join me now. good morning to both of you. congressman walsh, let me start with you. what if congress doesn't act by august 2nd? >> chris, i'm not obsessed with august 2nd. we're obsessed with getting this right. we met with standard & poor's yesterday and they walked us through various scenarios. they made a couple of things very clear. they may downgrade our credit rating even if we raise the debt ceiling. what they told us -- >> well, the chances would certainly increase, wouldn't it, congressman, if this doesn't get done? >> what they told us for certain was if we raise the debt ceiling without real fundamental structural spending reform, serious reform, we still risk having our credit rating downgraded. so we have to make sure we do this right, whether it's august 2 pd, 3rd, we all want to get this done as soon as we can. but clearly what we heard yesterday was we have to do this right. >> congressman welch, what would doing it right be? these reports we heard about there would be some

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they have got to get serious. >> all right, congressman joe walsh, as always, thanks for joining us. look forward to having you back. >> thank you. >>> coming up, seems like no one has a good word to say about the president, but one word in particular got a tv political analyst in a ton of hot water. can someone say civility? of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network... and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. you want that? you want a warm, super-delicious strawberry toaster strudel yeah but now i have nothing to eat sure you do. hey! you can have the pop tart! pillsbury toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat >>> now it's time for "under fire." earlier we pointed out the dismayingly rancid known washington. well, it's getting just as bad in journalism, perhaps no surpris

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joe walsh who is the media darling for everyone out there. nbc, cbs, abc -- on his web claimed he was a small business honor. he was asked what his small business was. he skated around that. he never answered. host: do you know what his business is? caller: i never knew he had a business but he is a liar anyway. host: let's go to where democrats line next. from new york city. we'll put you on hold. please on your television. next is the republican line in southeast kansas. caller: good morning. thank you, cspan. we are very faithful cspan supporters. this is a comment for everyone to sit back and for the first time in our history we are able to actually watch our house and congress and our government work at processing something that will benefit all americans. we come from a small town in kansas where it is community- oriented and everyone works together to be successful. my wife and i on a personal company and we have plenty of jobs poor folks that are willing to change their mind and accept a new challenge. i see that happening today. i am

joe walsh, thanks to you as well.are obviously enormous. thank you very much. >> we'll consequences if a debt deal is not reached. for some, their livelihood is on the line. >>> agreeing concern about the real world consequences of the federal government defaulting unless congress and the white house reaches a deal on raising the debt limit. higher interest rating are certain and that means a devastating blow to businesses including car dealers. sandra has more. >> if it's a battle being played out, but businesses like this car dealership in california that are caught in a crossfire. >> we have certainly seen a lot of ups and downs in the automotive industry. nothing near what we are seeing today. >> a sagging economy and gas prices and a tighter supply of parts and paints from japan. now a stalemate in washington over raising the debt ceiling. that could lead to higher interest rates and fewer car loans. >> the pace is off and we need to catch up. >> los angeles auto sales mean he is closely following the political f

right now a guy named joe walsh is circulating a letter that would reject any variation of the mitch mcconnell plan, the job of allowing the president to raise the debt ceiling, but the republicans allowing him to do that. right now that letter has 80 votes. that's 80 republicans on the record saying they oppose any type of deal right now. that's interesting, because if that is still the case, the thought here in washington, d.c. is you could see some market react that would be quite adverse. we know the gang of six is, the president has support, some republican support over in the united states senate. what can get through the house of representatives and on that path to 218 votes is going to be some hybrid model between this mcconnell idea and gang of six, but there's no clear path right now, dylan. >> and as long as they don't have to deal with anything that goes to the structure of creating the job gap, they're both happy. >> dylan, a bit of history. this is the first hit ever from the house nbc booth on the capitol hill on your program. >> let the people know. brian williams, ea

. >> republican congressman joe walsh posted a video accusing the president of lying about the possibilitylayed and the country goes into default. >> that's not being truthful. >> is it fair to say the president is lying and call him a liar. >> in that case he lied. >> you are calling him a liar. >> president ronald reagan warned the same thing could happen in his own debt ceiling standoff. >> this threatens the holders of government bones and those who rely on social security. >> sheila jackson lee suggested republicans are sticking into the president because of his race. >> why is he different? in my community that is the question that we raise. >> why this president? >> do you think it could be racial? >> let me say this. i would like to get past the personal and i pose the question and think those individuals need to answer the question. >> is it a fair question. >> i think it's a fair question. >> instead the reason may be pure politics. when george w. bush was period, the congress voted to raise the debt ceiling seven times on on nearly every occasion, dozens of republicans and gop l

congressman joe walsh of illinois is with us. sir, good morning. >> good to be with us. >> nice to have you here. we heard you use strong terms yesterday speaker boehner saying it is time to get in line. so will you get in line with speaker boehner and will you vote for his plan today? >> i give my speaker, erica, a lot of credit because they have been working this hard. in reality, they sort of been the only ones in town working on this problem for weeks. look. we came here in washington to change the way this town does business. i think these troublesome fresh minneso freshmen have had a great impact on changing the debate but we're so obsessed with august 2nd. i think what is important that we get this right and neither plan right now does that, though, i understand the speaker's plan is a step in the right direction. >> so then just to talk about two points. you say it's important to get this right. you're okay with a potential default on august 2nd? you would let that date pass? >> default is not an option. look. the adminis

, even when he agrees with some things he agrees with, they take it off the table. >> what about joe walsh circulating a petition to get 100 signatures, they're not going to get anything passed in the house. >> think about what the president has put on the table, we're to trust what the letters are saying, and i do trust -- he's putting on things the republican party have long sought after, reforms to medicaid, medicare, social security. even though social security is not a contributor to the deficit or the debt. he's offering all this for tax increases for slight tax increases that would come in stead of the bush tax cuts expiring. he's giving them all this, and he's not getting any tide back from the republican party. i think it personifies what we're both getting at here, this president cannot win in this debate, which is partially why they're going to the fall back option. >> why would the president consider nailing the big three in a discussion like this, at this time. because we all know the numbers show it, that minorities would be hit especially hard if this plan were to go through

joe walsh is a republican from illinois. i want you to go through a couple of details for the bill you're voting on. i read through the text. here's what i learned. the plan doesn't say exactly what exactly has to be cut, but it has a special exemption for war on terrorism spending. the cap reduces spending to 19.9% by the year 2021, ten years from now, and both the house and senate would need a two thirds vote on a constitutional amendment to balance the budget. and if the house and senate both did not get the two thirds vote, the debt ceiling could not be raised let me ask you the most fundamental question. your side, let be grover nor quist has criticized the president for not calling for specific budget cuts. why is the bill you're voting on today not mention any specific cut? >> i'm not an artist and grover nor quist, a great guy, isn't leading my side? >> he isn't? >> he may think so, but he's not. you know better than that. >> did you sign his petition? did you sign his petition? >> yes. >> why? >> i've signed a numbe

how about joe walsh, sponsor of the balanced budget amendment and who has said -- >> this is a spending problem, and we have an unbelievable opportunity here to use this debt ceiling issue as a real opportunity to get once in a generation spending reform. >> well, according to the huffington post, stan stein, congressman walsh wrote the department of agriculture asking for $798,000 for contributions for the american foundation in niguragua. sounds like a good use of money, but that's the point. a lot of so-called wasteful spending doesn't look wasteful when spent on your priorities. republican lawmakers have pressed for tens of millions of dollars to help their districts. they don't want government in the abstract and are happy to rail against it when the cameras are on, but more than happy to get theirs when the camera is off. joining me now, washington bureau chief, ryan grim, how are you doing? >> pretty good, how are you doing? >> i wonder how much this hurts when this hypocrisy stands forward. does it leave a mark on capitol hill? >> it certainly hurts the tea party broadly, but it

tea party representative joe walsh sued for $100,000 in child support. can see it's a rather bold front page. representative joe walsh owes more than $100,000 in child support to his ex-wife and three children according to documents his ex-wife filed for divorce his ex-wife filed for divorce case in december. next call from sharon in blaresville, georgia. good morning, sharon. caller: well, good morning. how are you? host: i'm fine. how are you? caller: right now -- [inaudible] president obama is doing the best he can with what he's got to work with, which is nothing. people better wake up and smell the coffee. i have been married 41 years. my husband is a vietnam vet. i have a handicapped daughter. and i'm working. i'm wondering what will happen to her in the future because she has nothing else but social security and disability. the rest of us, while we're eating beans and potatoes, everybody else gets to fly around on jets, go all over europe and everywhere else, eat at fine restaurants, and have their wonderful salaries. i could live on their expense

joe walsh is a tea party republican, an activist in the house of representatives. tea party activist, they disagree on boehner's plan. we're going to have a debate between these two republicans in the situation room. all that coming up in an hour. >> wolf, thank you very much. now watch this. >>> just six more days now until washington could run out of money to pay its bills. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. who is really in charge here? today, the tea party rallies in washington, while warning republicans, do not cave. but will house speaker john boehner listen? >> most of the elected members of congress understand there is no option here. we pay the bills that we' already run up. a missing mother oof two murdered and dismembered. now the children's father and his wife are charged. >> you plea guilty to that offense? maximum punishment will be life without parole or the death penalty. >> t >>> the hotel housekeeper takes her case to the manhattan prosecutors, but will they believe her? >> almost all of the physical evidence supports her case. >> and yes, it's

it was the republican congressman joe walsh of illinois, making it clear to elliott spitzer that he's no fan of the way the president is handling the nation's business. here he is. >> i've been blunt in what i think of this president, i think he's in over his head. i think he's in denial and yesterday, he acted like a 10-year-old. he hasn't been serious about any of the serious fiscal issues our country is facing. i don't take him very seriously. >> this is starting to sound like a schoolyard spat. the president slung a similar insult earlier this week. >> malia and sasha generally finish their homework a day ahead of time. they don't wait until the night before. they're not pulling all-nighters. they're 13 and 10. >> remember republican presidential hopeful, michele bachmann's mix up, confusing a hollywood star with a serial killer? the late-night pundits didn't. >> earlier, michele bachmann confused john wayne with serial killer john wayne gacy. she sincerely regrets the error and vows. >> how do you know she got her john waynes confused? maybe she was like, yo, i'm from waterloo, s

republican joe walsh and steny hoyer talked to anderson cooper last night. >> even in their own partyized. angry at their leadership and a party that has divide itself has difficulty working with the president or working with us, and that's unfortunate, and the country is the poorer for it and the image of america is poorer for it. . don't buy this notion of default. to me that's a false choice. default means you can't service your debt. you can't pay off your debt, anderson. and there's plenty of government revenues to do that. one of the things that's been harmless in this debate is there's been this obsession with august 2nd, august 2nd. we need to get this right. we need a balanced budget amendment. if it takes us a few days more to make sure we get it right, let's do it. >>ing so congressman walsh doesn't sound too worried about this. maybe he hasn't read the latest report about what could happen. this is from credit suisse. it says if the u.s. eventually defaults on its payments stock could fall 30% and the economy could shrink 5%. shrink 5%. every month there's a stalemate 1rks

that is not making the cut with illinois republican congressman joe walsh who is circulating a letter today urging house leaders to reject bringing the mcconnell propose you will for a vote. congressman, so, no way, no how, mcconnell is your position, sir? >>guest: absolutely. this is not a plan, it says, okay, mr. president, go ahead and raise your debt ceiling and we disapprove of it. i understand how frustrated he is. we all are. because we are dealing with the president who doesn't get it but it is incumbent upon us to lead and that is what we did, stuart, last night, when we passed the only plan right now that will allow the debt ceiling to be raised and structurally reform the way this town spends money. >>stuart: if you kill the mcconnell idea stone dead, don't allow it for a vote you will be called an extremist, that you are totally unwilling to compromise, you are out there on the fringe. that is what they will say and you will respond, how? >>guest: right now in a day we have gotten 80 to 90 republicans who signed this letter to our leadership saying, don't bring it up. look

joining me now, is republican congressman joe walsh from illinois. freshman lawmaker elected just last year with tea party support. so congressman, are republicans using a gun against the american people in these budget talks like the president says? >> hey, reverend sharpton, good to be with you. hey, i got to, just to start, i'm amazed he uses that type of analogy. if a republican talked that way, the media would jump all over him. the man's got no shame. look, this debt ceiling issue, this crisis, has got to be dealt with. we're not holding a gun to anybody's head. but i am not going to place another dollar of debt on the backs of my kids and my grand kids unless this city structurally changed the way they spend money. >> wait a minute. no shame, so therefore you are saying that it is not shameful for republicans to say that seniors with medicare and people that are poor with medicaid should sacrifice but people with private jets with all kind of corporate loop holes they shouldn't sacrifice? we're talking about shame here? >> again, reverend shar

congressman joe walsh of illinois, a champion of fiscal responsibility, is reportedly being sued for t the congressman and father of three says the report is politically motivated. >>> new jersey governor chris christie says he will be back at work today after his health scare and a hospital visit. christie suffers from asthma and had trouble breathing yesterday. doctors performed a battery of tests which all came out normal. some republicans have tried to convince the blunt-talking christieieo run for president but he says that's not happening. >>> by now you've likely heard the story of the pilot who crash landed in lake huron and treaded water for 18 hours before being rescued. michael trapp told his story to reporters in michigan yesterday. he admitted he made some mistakes. he says he wished he'd grabbed his plane's emergency locater beacon as he escaped the plane. trapp admitted by the time he was dragged onto a passing boat he was just about done. >> want some water? i'm like, water, really? milk, beerersoda? no, i was kidding. i drank the water. >> mike's muscles are very dama

joe walsh, a republican from illinois. sir, i wonder, go through a couple details of the bill you're voting on this evening. i read through the text today. here's what i learned. the plan doesn't say what exactly has to be cut. but it has a special exemption for more on terrorism spending. cap reduces spending of the fraught government to $19.9% by the year 2021, fen years from now and the house said it would need a two-thirds vote on a constitutional amendment to balance the budget and then go to the states deratify. if the house and senate both did not get that two-thirds vote, the debt ceiling could not be raised. let me ask you the most fundamental question, most people i think will ask after hearing what i just said. your side led by grover norquist crist sizeded president for not calling for specific budget cuts. why is the bill you're voting on today not mention any specific cut? >> hey, chris, let me just correct you. i'm not an artist. this isn't performance art, and grover norquist, great guy, isn't leading my si

and finally, joe walsh, ah, sued by his ex-wife for over $100,000 in unpaid child support. what a great corner she. the lawsuit said he failed to make child support payments despite loaning a total of $35,000 to his campaign. we know where his priorities are. the six-figure amount is far too high and his claim is had no more problems with child support than any other average guy. don't you love that lawyer? he's no more of a deadbeat than any other guy who isn't paying child support. anyway, up next, despite over the debt ceiling is it helping president obama? losing support in key states. can he regain his political footing after this kerfuffle this weekend? you're watching "hardball." only on msnbc. >>> in texas, 21-year-old army ú >>> in texas, 21-year-old army private admitted to plotting another domestic terror attack on fort hood. authorities found weapons and bomb making equipment stashed in his hotel room near the base. >>> and a former pitcher found dead today in los angeles, the victim of an apparent suicide. >>> i'm veronica della cruz, let's get balk to "hardbal

to some people who consider themselves members of the tea party and they cringe at allen west and joe walsh and chris matthews go at it earlier this week. it bothers them this is the face because it is going to marginalize them so they wouldn't be taken seriously. >> sure. the tea party has been constantly dealing with the image of being crazy as opposed to substantive. if i was a substantive tea party member, whoever those people are, i would also be concerned that this continues to be the face of the crazy tea party member that only lashes out on an emotional level, doesn't deal with substantive policy issues especially at a time and place when the country needs reason as opposed to insanity. >> we're seeing a little bit of sort of a side show atmosphere regarding michele bachmann and this issue of her health. yesterday she made the decision to release a statement from the house physician saying that she's got this under control. what was interesting to see how some of they are opponents on the republican side responded. here's tim pawlenty last night. >> i don't know enough about her par

you have all these republican politicians like michele bachmann, steve israel, joe walsh, who argue then its loan so what's the real impact here? >> you know, s & p and moody's are saying not so fast, we won't let you escape on a technicality. they are basically saying you may pay your debt, you may pay bond holders but if you get out there and don't make payments like social security or anything else that we may not pay instead of paying bond holders, they will downgrade the debt anyway. it basically means it would be harder for the u.s. to borrow money in the future and also those who lent money to the u.s. would have to hold more capital on their books in order to make up for the fact the u.s. might default. it's bad. bottom line is not good news. >> okay. if we just default for say a couple days and then there's a deal to be done to raise the debt ceiling, does it still have the same impact? >> you know, basically, s & p and moody's are saying yes. yes. they're saying none of these short-term tricks that would get you over the finish line in the long term are going to help with your

proponent of fiscal responsibility is being sued for $117,000 for child support, and representative joe walsh's asked to suspend the illinois republican driver's license until he pays up. walsh's attorney says that this is unfounded. >>> who would read a book entitled "the complete idiot's guide to understanding islam." well, try the fbi, because it is one of the books that the bureau recommended to the recruits as recently as 2009. the book is no longer on the recommended reading list. >>> here is a lesson for all of you who tweet. you never know who is watching. david wigs who describes himself as a golfer tweeted that the white house briefing was not that interesting and then the white house tweeted back with a tweet they called more fun. ♪ never going to let you down ♪ never going to run around ♪ and desert you ♪ never going to make you cry >>> all right. tricking someone into watching this rick astley video is called "rick roll" and we thought those are some of the things that you should know. ♪ never going to make you cry ♪ never going to say good-bye it flows with clean water. it makes i

representative joe walsh joins us live. >>> and order, der, in a flip.t murdoch and his son now say they will answer questions on the hacking scandal that is circling their media empire, and will congress force them to testify here?