john boehner does not want this election to be about health care. he wanted to be about the economy, and that is where he wants to be on the defensive. if anything, the president has the advantage of being on the an advantage of healthcare. >> does and does work for mitt romney? >> if mitt romney had his way, and this bill was repealed, 3.1 million young adults would be shoved off their parents plans. if he gets his way, 5 million medicare beneficiaries who save more than $5.2 billion in prescription drugs could lose that. you could go down the list. this is what the administration has to talk about. >> from the president postboy perspective, mitt romney got his way in massachusetts. >> in some ways, he is the worst person to make making this argument. he is a man that insisted on the mandate in his state, has a program in massachusetts that is wildly popular now, now that it has gone into effect. was not so popular initially. the cost of it went up, and then it flattened. it has been incredibly successful, more than 70% approval rating, and this pr

john boehner not taking it up, as dick durbin said.f you want tax certainty, you can pass that bill tomorrow and we will have it. >> again, lawrence, the interesting thing here is that democrats are now beginning to understand that framing this issue so the public understand it is 90% of winning the game. and the issue is not, do you extend the tax cuts for everybody or for some people. that's the way the republicans like to frame it. the real issue is do you extend the bush tax cuts for everyone up until the first $250,000 of their incomes? or do you extend the tax cuts for earnings above $250,000. in other words, what the democrats are proposing and the president is proposing is everybody, rich, middle class, everybody gets a tax cut, an extension of the bush tax cut, up until $250,000. >> up to $250,001, it will be the clinton tax rates. it's not that big a deal. why aren't republicans putting up a fuss? >> robert reich, we're one day closer to going off the cliff. thank you very much for joining me tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. wit

john boehner was asked by reporters, do you go along with this stuff that michelle bachmann like joe ndemned her as well. >> from everything i do know of her, she has a sterling character. and i think accusations like this being thrown around are pretty dang dangerous. >> of course he was talking about huma abadine being a sterl character and michelle bachmann being very dangerous. you know, not often do we get to say anything complimentary about john boehner or john mccain. i did not want to miss the opportunity one time in maybe 10 years. >> mark your calendars. >> they did rise to the occasion yesterday. shame on michelle bachmann. minnesota, america deserves better. >> this is the bill press show. live on your radio and current tv. that's about 150,000 a month, over 2 million people so far. with finish quantum you get incredibly clean sparkling dishes without having to rinse them first. now see for yourself why millions have switched to finish. join the finish revolution. and now you can try finish quantum for free. visit us on facebook. fruit just got cooler. fruit on one side, c

a surprising take on campaign 2012, from house speaker john boehner who says people probably aren't going to fall in love with mitt romney. with -- california dreaming, is a high speed rail project the wave of the future or a train to nowhere? john blackstone is tracking the debate. and sword play in japan. lucy craft shows us the modern day women who would make the samurai of old en days proud. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." good evening, i'm anthony mason. millions of americans endured yet another day of blistering heat, temperatures in the 90s and even the 100s covered much of the country today. at least 30 people have died from the heat, which the c.d.c. says routinely kills more people than all other weather events combined. elaine quijano is braving the heat for us here in new york. >> reporter: good evening, anthony. one doctor told us today normally in heat waves it's the elderly and the very young who are especially vulnerable. but she said a combination of factors now means everyone is at risk. louisville, kentucky was among the hottest spots in the

we have the [speaking spanish] , john boehner and he will tell -- we have the speaker of the house, johnrl scproaf much more. we have two pictures -- we have a picture of two members of the "on the record" staff that have you to see. >> sean: i want to see that. do you care who my choice is? >> who's your choice. >> sean: you have to ask me. >> who is jure choice, mr. hannity. >> sean: honestly, i would prefer marco rubio. >> and? >> sean: that's my choice. >> that's your choice? >> sean: three choices? there is only one pick. >> i don't think he's going to be the choice. >> i think it's going to be portman or pawlenty. that's my choice. if anyone's watching for the romney campaign -- >> here's my guess from the great state of wisconsin, congressman ryan. >> sean: that would be my second choice. >> but that's just a guess. i don't know. i have no inside track. >> sean: neither one of us do. we will be watching in 18 minutes. liberal intolerance towards those who live the world differently leading bans in a restaurant chain because the company's president supports traditional marriage. in

please help me in welcoming congressman john boehner. [applause]

just listen here first to house speaker john boehner kind of saying just that, just earlier this morning. >> the american people do not want to go down the path of obama-care. that's why we voted over 30 times to repeal it, to fund it, replace it. and we are resolved to have this law go away. and we're going to do everything we can do stop it. >> this question -- >> they also very well know, suzanne, that this bill is going

. >> let me play a little bit of the speaker, john boehner, speaking just a few minutes ago about this on the floor. >> there's a better way and that's why we're here today. americans want a step by step approach that protects the access to care that they need

john boehner on face the nation yesterday, nora o'donnell filling in for bob schieffer, john boehnerid. we don't care if the court upheld it. we are still going to try to repeal it. john boehner: >> we are going to do it one more time. >> what's the point? >> we want to show people we are resolved to get rid of this. >> yeah. it doesn't mean anything. they can't do anything about it. but they are going to have one more meaningless symbolic vote just to show that we are serious. god. what a lose her. pat reece calling from oakland california. hi, pattries. >> hey, bill. >> you know,. >> justice roberts, i had a feeling it wasn'ted going to be overturned. i felt like him or maybe some other republican on the bench would have made the right decision because there were too many provisions in there had a actually helps people. however, i am a little skeptic about at a time moechz behind roberts doing it. but he did ift. i am glad he did do it. what i come to realize that this is basically a haitilex. >> that's what this is. >> uh-huh. >> it's a haitilex using money to glorify their hatred

let's talk about my interview with the speaker of the house john boehner.ad this little exchange. we just saw it. let me play this little clip. and then we'll discuss. >> it will be a win for mitt romney -- >> -- the job that they've done. i think this election's going to be similar to what we've seen in the past. >> hilary, is he right that this is an election an incumbent president for all practical purposes doesn't really make any difference who the challenger is, this is a referendum on the president. >> well, is easy to say that, but of course it's not because ultimately it will be a choice, not a referendum. it will be a choice between two men. and people have to decide which one speaks for them, which one can they trust, which one is doing the most for middle class voters who make up the majority of the elector rat. >> i think he also pointed out americans are going to go to the polls based on their wallets. if they don't have a job, they're going to be frustrated with who's in the white house right now. and this will be a referendum on president oba

i agree with john boehner. i hate that the uniforms are made in china, which puts me for maybe the first time ever in the same idealogical camp as fox and friends. today, i am one of those friends. >> take a look at a new ralph lauren ad out this morning which shows some of our olympic athletes in the olympic uniforms held in the uk. it has nothing to do with france. these americans dressed in these outfits with berets on. >> is this a new american trend now, berets? and you have to pronounce it that way, too. by the way, those jackets are very pricey, too. so i'm not sure people are going to be snapping those up. >> for women, the blazer is $600. for men, it $800. and all of those clothes with made in china. >> i'm like, yeah, right, made in china. i'm with you guys. those three words following the phrase american uniforms created a soft pile of blankets which i want to snuggle up with fox and friends. thanks for being with us. >>> bain battle. mitt romney goes on the defense about his discrepancy while at bai

even john boehner.y brother from wisconsin, a deeply conservative guy who usually would love this kind of stuff, he even turns on bachmann, watch. >> the comments that were made about her in that letter whether or not they were taken out of context, were the wrong thing to do. she could not have gotten a job either as then senator hilary clinton's top advisor or the job in the state department without passing a rather rigorous security clearance. >> that's standing up to a constituent and saying no there's nothing wrong with huma abedin these are lies. when you have lost this guy, you really jumped a republican shark. so when you get to that bottom of the barrel who are you going to find? she only has a couple of supports live. rush limbaugh, glenn beck and newt gingrich. >> look at the skirmish that is underway. what is the impact of the muslim brotherhood in the u.s. government. >> do you share that concern? >> absolutely. there weren't allegations there was a question -- >> i was just asking question

john boehner talked about that last night with greta.take a listen. >> but i think it is our job, even though we may have some very strong opinions and opposite opinions, our job is still to find common ground and to do our best for the american people. but you can't, you can't do the taping go by yourself. you've got to have a willing partner. i have not had a willing partner. jon: julie, it is the case, the president likes to point a finger at congress and democrats control the senate and he had both houses in his camp first two years of the term. >> when you have the senate filibustering everything single thing, republicans in the senate filibustering every single thing the president wanted to do. mitch mcconnell saying point-blank my mission in life to make barack obama a one-term president. the way to do that is tank the economy. republicans know this. this is smart political strategy. horrible for the american people but smart political strategy for the republicans. >> democrats don't need the republicans to be tanking the economy.

it's as dangerous as john boehner said. it's a distraction from what the campaign should be all about, which should be about the economy. if you're talking about the rhetoric coming from mitt romney and others, all is fair in love and war when it comes to politics. they're saying the same thing about mitt romney. they're calling him unamerican. stephanie conner is calling him a felony. >> wait a minute. wait a minute. has anybody questioned his citizenship? >> they've questioned where he's putting all his money. [ talking at once ] >> they are questioning everything about him, yes. >> no difference between questioning a guy's tax returns and whether he's american or not. there's no difference. >> there's a difference between the rhetoric of michele bachmann which is horrible and the rhetoric -- >> let's go on here. >> john sinunu apologized for the comments and he should apologize. >> what did john sinunu say? you are saying it is so much different than what michele bachmann said, you are saying it is un-american. where doe

he wasn't even honorable to john boehner. john boehner and the president were about to have the great compromise in order to pay down the debt, and yes, i think our debt is extraordinarily high. we need to pay it down, but what did he do? he went behind john boehner's back and the president, who had the grand agreement and he undercut his own party member. how is that helping america? he's more connected to sheldon adelson and this money from the young guns pac than i believe he lets on. there's smoke there and they need to look into it. >> that's "the ed show." "rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening, rachel. good evening, ed. thank you, and thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. happy birthday to vin diesel. vin diesel turned 45 years old today. and on the occasion of the birthday of the movie star who oddly looks like newark mayor cory booker a lot, vin diesel's wildly successful car related fast paced exploding movie "fast and furious" is back in the news. at least it's back in the news p

on this one, it is a bit of a problem for john boehner because his base is not only energized, they areision. john b boehner does not want this election to be about health re. he wanted to be about the economy. that is where he wants to be. if anything, the president has the chance to be on the advantage of health care. that is a great opportunity. mitt romney does not want this. >> doesn' this work for mitt romney? he could say, ii told youu -- >> if mitt romney was ahead of the race and this bill was appealed 3.1 million adults would be shut off their parents' plan. if he got his way 5 million medicare beneficiaries who were saving $5.2 million in prescription drugs with news that. this is what the administration has got to talk about. >> from the president' perspective, mitt romney got his way in massachusetts. i would think he would point that out. >> in some ws, he is the worst person to be making this argument. he insisted on the mandate in his state, has a pgram in massachusetts that is wildly popular now that it has goone into effect. was not so initially. the cost oit went up a

. >> john boehner did when john boehner is your moral super that's like taxing wesley snipes. businessman is running for her seat in minnesota, this kind of gaffe may make conservative folks over there donate to someone else. she's there-- >> eliot: you love her. >> i want her to be president. i would eye a yacht if she was president. i'm a comedian. she makes others look sane and relevant. >> eliot: and gw, did it bring back good memories. >> as a comedy, yes. the first non-buffoon in a generation. i love george w. bush, you never knew what was going to come out of his mouth when they let the free world leader speak on his own. when he promotes the book he never really didn't write. >> eliot: how do you know that? >> whoa whoa, first off it's called "the decider": then he said parts of it were lifted from other peoples, his aide's books. he plagiarized the book. >> eliot: i read it. >> this book is not him. he wrote the forward. this is george bush's notebook on how to fix the economy. >> eliot: i wondered about that choosing that as the topic. >> he was being humble. now he'

one or the other might be more eric cantor holding the knife to the back of john boehner say no we're not going to play with this that we can see this game of chicken that you so brilliantly described you know that set this thing up extend all the way to in through and past the elections and christmas and right into the new year what are your thoughts on that and how that might play out and what that might jus to our to our our our credit rating as a country i mean the last time this happened it hurt us. well let's start with the politics the republicans really outfox themselves pun intended this time because whether or not at all money bills have to originate in the house i mean if the if the house wanted to pass this bill it could pass this bill for a tax cut for the bottom ninety eight percent and then send it back to the senate so the parliamentary problem is not serious but the political reality is that the republicans control the house and they don't want to increase taxes on anybody so they're going to sit on this and that gives the democrats the opportunity to point out that t

house speaker john boehner, for instance, is outraged just listen to him last april talking about the impending fight over women's health. >> this is a war on women entirely created by my colleagues across the aisle for political gain. >> eliot: you can't blame the man. no one likes to be told that they're waging hostilities against half the population, some might say the better half. if republicans don't want us to think that there is a war why oh why do they keep attacking. in mississippi where the state's only remaining abortion clinic was barely allowed to stay open today. a federal judge extended a temporary order that keeps open the jackson women's health organization. mississippi said that the abortion providers must have certain requirement that they know cannot be done. just listen to mississippi representatives, lester carpenter as he bragged about the law to a g.o.p. meeting in alcorn county. this is the attitude about the damage that it might do to women. >> and of course there you have% the other side. well the poor pitiful woman that can't afford to go out of the state a

i want to play a clip of an impressive attack by ohio's own john boehner. listen. >> i think the president's attack on the private sector in america is exactly what's wrong with this administration. doesn't give a damn about middle class americans who are out there looking for work. what he's trying to do is distract the american people in order to win his own reelection. >> tell us how you really feel there, john. let's talk about the importance of ohio. take a look at the current cnn electoral map. in this scenario, obama seems likely to start with 247 electoral votes. romney expected to get 206. 85 are a toss-up. but suddenly ooeb's been five electoral votes of winning. roland, there's a reason obama has made eight trips to ohio so far this year. romney's made ten. what do you think president obama needs to do to win over the main street middle class voters in the buckeye state? >> actually if you go back to 2009, the two states he was immediately going to were ohio as well as north carolina. and when governor strickland lost, that was a big blow to demo

i agree with john boehner.he uniforms are made in china, which puts me for maybe the first time ever in the same idealogical camp as fox and friends. today, i am one of those friends. >> take a look at a new ralph loren ad out this morning which shows some of our olympic athletes in the olympic uniforms held in the uk. it has nothing to do with france. these americans dressed in these outfits with berets on. >> is this a new american trend now, berets? and you have to pronounce it that way, too. by the way, those jackets are very pricey, too. so i'm not sure people are going to be snapping those up. >> for women, the

we spoke with speaker john boehner earlier today. nice to see you, sir. >> greta, good to be with you. >> greta: senate voted yesterday. what is your plan in the house? >> the house next week will vote to stop the looming tax hike scheduled to take effect on january 1. the president's plan would cost about 700,000 jobs that wouldn't be created or could be lost by taxing small businesses. the house will not do that. the house will extend all of the existing tax rates. we have 8% unemployment and 41 months of it. this is not the time -- the time to be raising taxes on american small businesses. >> greta: will there be any deals down the road, people who make more than $5 million or something? the bigger numbers than a million in order to get a deal? >> who knows -- >> greta: or is this absolutely no tax hike to anybody? >> this is not the time to be raising taxes on small business owners. we are not going to did it? >> greta: that means nobody, no way, never, ever -- >> we are going to pass our bill next week. the senate passed what i

so guess who's shedding tears once again i don't know who your friends are bigger of the house john boehner he got teary eyed again this week there's a picture here look at least. during a ceremony honoring the late it's highly an artist's constantino brumidi according to the having to post the post he was they received a congressional gold medal for his artwork displayed in the capitol and speaker boehner seemed particularly tough by and he has a soft touch that one soft touch and he was crying because he had to sit next and that's the pollution that was crying because it was laid on our children the loss of our credit reno know how we've gotten about this earlier and there are some theories out there i'm not going to say who have these theories but but i want to get your reaction to them and you already finished your drink i mean frank thank you don't think that john boehner even though i will say for the record he does deny going tanning but some think it came to me that i got to know so similar things and think that i might be telling the truth those are right there he might not be tell

john boehner is scheduled to vote next week to repeal yet again the affordable care act.etting a little old? >> i think it is an asinine move. they don't ask me for a lot of advice from boehner's office but if the constitution handed the president a big victory on healthcare with an assist from john roberts the congressional republicans are handing him -- turning it into a big victory on jobs. because the fact is people want the country want our leaders focused on jobs and the economy. the president has had a jobs bill on congress's desk for over a year now and the president's now in a strong position to be able to say can we finally get to my jobs bill and the republican response is no, we want to keep litigating this healthcare fight that people are exhausted with. >> bill: it does seem to be getting tired julie. >> it does. >> bill: even some critics of president obama have said get off this thing! let's move on. >> mitch mcconnell said over the weekend he only needs 51 votess to repeal it in the senate. because repealing it would reduce the deficit, he doesn't need a

my exclusive interview with the house speaker john boehner.portant issues, domestic, international, syria, i think you're going to be interested to hear what he has to say about what the united states should be doing in syria. in the 5:00 p.m. eastern hour of "the situation room," dan rather is coming in. he's got some strong views -- i don't know if you've seen the piece he wrote about media manipulation, if you will, on cnn.com. take a look at that piece. we're going to discuss that and more. and then in the 6:00 p.m. eastern hour of "the situation room" my interview with susan rice, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, she is very, very angry at russia and china for vetoing yet this latest u.n. security council resolution on syria. so the war of words between the u.s. and russia, between her and the russian ambassador to the u.n. heating up big time. i'll leave it like that. good to see you, brooke, thanks so much. >> thanks, wolf. see you in five minutes. appreciate it. >>> arizona sheriff joe arpaio known for being one of the most c

he wasn't even honorable to john boehner. the great compromise in order to pay down the debt, and yes, i think our debt is extraordinarily high. we need to pay it down, but what did he do? he went behind john boehner's back and the president, who had the grand agreement and he undercut his own party member. how is that helping america? he's more connected to sheldon adelson and this money from the young guns pac than i believe he lets on. there's smoke there and they need to look into it. >> that's "the ed show." "rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, ed. thank you, and thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. happy birthday to vin diesel. vin diesel turned 45 years old today. and on the occasion of the birthday of the movie star who oddly looks like newark mayor cory booker a lot, vin diesel's wildly successful car related fast paced exploding movie "fast and furious" is back in the news. at least it's back in the news paper. this is an ad, look at this, this is an a