john boehner sign onto this. again, he keeps the government open. and that was a short-term priority. but medium and long-term the president gets his health care and immigration priorities moving forward. that's not what rank and file conservatives want. there are republican leaders tonight saying, look, what we did was set the stage for big battles ahead next year. we'll see. we've heard that before. we're going to repeal obamacare. we're going to do this and then republican leaders don't follow through. we'll see whether their base is upset tonight or not, sean. >> ed, the speaker would have had more leverage with the majority of congress coming in in january here. as you pointed out health care is funded, obamacare's funded through october now of next year. immigration will come up, what, some time in february. >> february. >> there's no telling what they're going to do there either. the question is if every republican ran on the idea of repealing health care and replacing it, that's off the table now pretty m

it would have been one thing for the john boehner and the republicans to find enough votes to pass it, but it is another thing for the house democrats to put it over the top, and that is why i worked so hard to defeat it. >> the democratic votes on it is the issue. the republicans knew they would lose some of the member, and they did not make that much of an effort to hold on to their own members when they panicked a little bit today, and what do you think was enough to turn more than 50 democrats around to vote for this thing today? the pressure from the white house or what were you hearing from the colleagues when you were asking them for a no-vote? >> well, it is a combination of thing, and one is the pressure of the white house, and when the white house issued a statement of policy saying that they would support the bill, that hurt our chances. secondly, many of my colleagues thought that the individual pieces of the budget were good enough to kind of hold our nose on those two onerous provisions. and for those who say that we don't have a message, we have messages, and the republ

but he was run of those that john boehner voted on today. they just scooched this thing by in the first pro sees you'ral vote. they only won the procedural vote by two votes. they had zero democrats to help them do it. this day was supposed to be easy but almost died right there. after that unexpectedly close vote. the house went into recess at 2: 07 p.m. eastern time. they stayed in recess all afternoon long. all through evening. all through dinner time until after 9:00. and the government shut down was set to happen at midnight tonight. if they didn't come up with some sort of funding bill that they could pass. and everybody thought this was no problem. that it was going to be simple but turned to be out chaos to the point where the white house today got cabinet secretaries and vice president himself on the phone lobbying house democrats trying to persuade them to actually vote yes to go along with john boehner and his plan on this. they dpt think they would have to do that. they thought it would be fine. house democrats in the white house

they ran a campaign to mail balls to hois speaker john boehner to symbolize their objections to the john boehner plan. and then just last week. the beltway narrative was that john boehner had a plan. that he if i cfigured out that everything was going to be fine. but speaking of crazy right wingers, there was that very chilly press conference last week with all the rest of them saying not only did they not fear a shut down, not obanly di they not want to do it they said anyone who sloeted what they wanted shouldn't be allowed to take the oath of office. all along, the beltway has been saying it's feenl. joan boehner says it's going to be fine, so it's going to be fine. but there were these signs on the right. there were also signs at john boehner's office. we all know the time line now. there have been seize e these signs that maybe this plan that was going to make it all so easy was starting to become slightly a less easy thing. first we were told that the bill was definitely going to be filed first sumpbd porning. glif e gives them plenty of time. first we told them it would be monday

i think when you look at scalise and john boehner, this was an opportunity for john boehner to be decisive and demote at the least scalise. they wanted to hit the ground running come january the 6th. it makes it difficult. hitting the ground is out of question. >> let's switch to michael grim. talking about the stature of john boehner do you think he added to the stature by helping to show grim the door? >> yes. grim showed a determination to stay in office. he is a convicted felon now. it's an embarrassment for his district. there'll be a special election. possible that another republican will see him. there wasn't a huge risk. in new york city the race issue is heating up very very big because of the tensions between the police and the mayor. that is likely to play a role in the coming campaign. >> on the senate side do you think the majority leader mitch mcconnell can cabinet his own conference under control? >> well, you know it's a little too early to say that. his conference is a little bit - because of its size and the fact that some of the people that are wildcards in his conferenc

you so much, congressman nolan, and now it is my pleasure to introduce the speaker of the house, john boehner. speaker boehner has served the people of the eighth district in congress since 1990, and in january 2011, he became the 53rd speaker of the house. tonight, he carries on the tradition of lighting the u.s. capitol christmas tree. ladies and gentlemen, the honorable john boehner. [applause] >> well, thank you, stephen, and let me thank all of you who are here tonight, and a big thank you to everyone who was involved in making this evening happened. from the architect team to the forest service to the people of minnesota and to the thousands of students who made the decorations, all of this, this tree truly embodies the christmas spirit. as in our dome is in a series of restoration, we are here to begin one of our own. humbler the first christmas, on a quiet night, but it is to these simple men that the angels appear, and announcing that unto you is born this day the city of david a savior, which is grace, the lord. though justs rejoice at the gift, and they go to catch a glimpse of it

now it is my great privilege to introduce the speaker of the house, john boehner. speaker boehner has served the people of the eighth district of ohio since 1990. in january, 2011, he became the 53rd speaker of the house. he carries on the tradition of lighting the u.s. capitol christmas tree. ladies and gentlemen, the honorable john boehner. [applause] >> thank you. let me thank all of you are here tonight. thank you to everyone involved in making this evening happen. from the team, to the forest service, to the people of minnesota, and to the thousands of students who maybe decorations. this tree truly embodies the christmas spirit. tonight, just as our dome is in a season of restoration, we are here to begin one of our own. the theme was much humbler the first christmas, but it is to these simple men that the angel suddenly appears announcing that on to you is born this day in the city of david the savior, christ the lord. shepherds don't just rejoice at this gift. they catch a glimpse of it for themselves. let us now go to bethlehem they say, and see what has co

you'll see democrats play the card and john boehner might want to avoid that. >> absolutely. e leadership of speaker boehner. some people criticizing him for not being a strong leader. the leader of the speaker of the house. with that said if he can't john decretely get grimm to resign, what does that say about speaker boehner? >> that's one of the calculation that john boehner has to make. if she's going to push him he has to make sure that grimm follows the order or it could backfire on john boehner. when it comes to issues like these john boehner's track record more than than not if he needs to shove somebody out of the way he gets his way. >> thank you very much. i don't think we'll see you until the new year. i love your mom more than i love you. >> thank you. happy holidays. >> she's adorable. thank you, mark. good to see you. >>> it's being called unprecedented. a fiery christmas message from pope francis to officials who run the vatican. accusing the cardinals and bishops of forming cliques he called cancerous and told them they need to repent for leading hypocritical

mitch mcconnell and john boehner knew that. after the 2010 election when the republicans had john boehner as the speaker, conservative members like steve king of iowa and michele bachmann of minnesota who said that what the republicans needed cr do was to put language that was coming up, it was funding the government through the beginning of the year. they were saying put language cr that prohibits implementation of obamacare. there were great many republicans in congress were fort and john boehner was not. republican leadership cut a deal of president obama, the first of many spending deals that started the implementation of obamacare but continued running up massive debt for the u.s. government. if you look at the spending bills, anybody can pull up a pdf of these massive cr's, you will see language like none of the money appropriated in this act or any other act or no funds appropriated -- there are dozens of sentences in there that use the power of the purse to prohibit the administration from doing certain things. one of t

it my great privilege to introduce the speaker of the house, john boehner. speaker boehner has served the district ofe 8th congress since 1990 and in january 2011 he became the 53rd speaker of the house. theght he carries on tradition of lighting the u.s. capitol christmas tree, ladies honorablemen, the john boehner. [applause] andell, thank you steven let me thank all of how are here tonight, and a big thank you to inryone who is involved making this evening happen. from the architects team to the forest service, to the people of minnesota and to the thousands thetudents who made decorations, all this, this tree the christmas spirit. season our dome is in a of restoration, we are here to own. one of our this scene was much hum bloomberg that first christmas, group much she hers keeping watch on a quiet night. but it is to these simple men a the angel suddenly appears, unto you is born this day the city of david a savior, which is christ the lord. the shepherds don't just rejoice at this gift, they go and catch a glimpse of it for themselves. now go to bethle

-- this is largely going to be a sideshow and if it passes with a coalition of steny hoyer and john boehner, that's going to be good for those who wish the two parties to come together. >> it is hard to think -- i said it looked like an old-fashioned tea party rally. it's hard to imagine they are going to be stronger in these last few years. all of the signs point to it being weakened significantly by everything that is happening. take out your manhattan's and drink, because for the first time since the midterms president obama had a meeting with the incoming senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell from the bluegrass state of kentucky. not a lot of reporting on what happened in the meeting but both sides say was cordial and productive. we hope to learn more but at this time, is it fair to say the best friend president obama has in washington is mitch mcconnell? >> that is a little bit of a rhetorical effect. i don't think which mcconnell will ever be barack obama's best friend, but it is a constructive sign they are meeting and talking. we talk about how little contact the president has had

john boehner will have to contend with that.ancy pelosi and harry reid have their unified rank because they are so small. i can guarantee you they would love to have mitch mcconnell or john boehner problems. what we will see is john boehner put forth options like this that will tie closely to the principle that got the republicans into power without confronting president obama as strongly as they can on something like the immigration deal where it is clear it is a bipartisan even president obama himself has said in the past doing this is a constitutional overreach to john boehner feels like conservatives have a pretty good ground to stand on to combat that. jon: talking but bipartisan approaches, apparently harry reid on the democratic side in the senate has expressed some openness this idea of funding all the agencies of government long term except homeland security. if harry reid is on board, or republicans naturally going to become suspicious? >> i think that is exactly right, and harry reid does not do anything by accident.

and you see in john boehner's statement, he called it an error in judgment. if you didn't know who you wered a depressing, that's bad advance work and that's not bad judgment. i think the fact that the story has shifted the way it has today means that republicans are going to have to continue to answer questions about this, even if there's a pretty clear media double standard here i mean you know president obama was listening to reverend wright for years, he spoke at an event and was involved with some pretty seedy characters. >> lots to chew on there, let me get to scalese's comments that you referred to. i am very disappointed that anyone would try to infer otherwise for political gain, as a catholic these groups hold views that are investmentally opposed to any own faith and i reject that kind of bigotry. nancy ploes -- anti-semitic and the southern poverty law center is a hate group is deeply troubling. can he survive? >> so far he seems to have the support of republican leadership, i actually think it's interesting that pell pelosi and other democratic l

>> look, we have had some of these moments in the pass with john boehner c john boehner walking off thead down. i was there for the tarp belt could have crashed the go global economy and it didn't make a lot of difference. i think in general, it's not a huge overwhelming feeling that you don't want to pants your speaker on the verge off this. >> you don't want to pants your speaker any time. and yet there's rumor that the conservative faction may attach rider that's are non-starters with democrats and republicans are relying on democrats to get this over the finish line. >> i'm not entirely convinced that john boehner is out of control here. i think he knows these shoguns put on the same script, you put on a plan, you pass the plan, i think they basically resigned themselves to that being the case, maybe will be different when he has a larger majority and don't need to rely on 30 or 40 conservatives to get in goli. maybe tomorrow they will unveil this cromnibus and eventually will be passed by the senate. >> that's everybody's expectation. there's also the idea maybe conservatives will

john boehner wants to avoid it.nd pelosi want to .void it there's still room for disaster in between the politics. this is not a done deal. , with the odds of a government shutdown. something i hope we do not get. >> me too. will be back." stay with us. >> coming up, who are these guys? the two men in every sonic driving commercial. the sonic ceo will explain why the ads work. . . . . >> live from bloomberg headquarters in new york, this " with erikmakers schatzker and stephanie ruhle. >> welcome back to "market makers." hope you are hungry. the fast food industry is facing headwinds like rising labor costs, higher commodity prices, and an increased focus in the u.s. on healthy eating. u.s. quick service restaurant index is trailing the s&p 500, but sonic drive-in, for one, is outperforming its biggest peers. its ceo is here now to help us look at the recipe for fast food growth. chris, how are you growing right now at a time when i feel like we talk more about juicing, going gluten-free, low-fat, all natural -- you

let's go back to john boehner's weekly presser.ow. >> is that what you meant by being the most transparent and open congress in 2010 when you came in. >> the congress is very concerned about taxpayer funding of political activities and if you'll recall correctly, when we did the children's research act, we eliminated taxpayer funding of conventions. this provision was worked out in a bipartisan way to allow those organizing conventions the opportunity to raise the money from private sources as opposed to using taxpayer funds. >> mr. speaker, that's one provision but that's not the only one that deals with d.c. marijuana law, campaign finance is one, new lightbulbs, this is the kind of christmas tree bill throwing everything on that you campaigned on and you promised not to do this. >> understand, all these provisions in this bill have been worked out in a bipartisan bicameral fashion where they wouldn't be in the bill. >> reporter: [ inaudible ] just because it was worked out in a bicameral bipartisan fashion, that doesn't take awa

i don't understand why john boehner even wants this job. a year ago when ted cruz courageously talked about the funding of the government because of what he saw coming with obama care, john boehner acted like all these tea party republicans were a pain in his butt, and the fact that just moments ago he came out in support of his majority with representative scalise after it's been revealed that he sfoek at a white supremacist group. john boehner seems to be a nice guy. >> he is just making all the wrong moves. i think representative -- the speaker is back again. >> the final word on this, where where. >> it's not a problem, but with boehner, i think, one of the things that we're seeing is a lot of the fissures between the republican majority and the boehner has done about as good as job as anyone. >> thanks for the debate. >> thanks, heather. >> he was captured when his plane crashed in sear yashg but some analysts say that the story simply add up. >>> isis now relesion an apparent interview with a jordanian fighter pilot captured last week

. >> making headlines john boehner has two things to with. he was talking with michael grimm who just resigned. what do you think he said? >> go! why didn't you go already? the last thing that john boehner wants is a congressman who is actually been convicted, plead guilty to a serious felony charge. he was fighting it. it's a little complicated to make him quit. you can threaten ethics investigations and force them out. but yeah it makes it easier. grimm is out of there and boehner is released in that case. >> we've had some politicians hold on before they finally leave office. >> hey let the people decide! >> send it back to congress but no he's out. >> okay. now moving on. john boehner is being called by new york representative e vef clark to investigate louisiana congressman steve ska lease because he was addressing a white spremist group in 2002. what is the story here? >> this is a big one. he's the number three guy in the house leadership. he's an important figure in a way that grimm, frankly, is not. he goes and speaks at the meeting

the expectation was that john boehner might lose 20 votes, possibly even 30 votes. he lost 6 e7 votes. democrats provided all the drama. and sthen, once they got passed the procedural thing, nobody had any idea if the democrats would show up to save john boehner's bacon. super-dramatic. but the people who revolted inside the democratic party were not, hey, beltway, were not the democratic equivalent of michelle bachh e man and steve king and louis gomer. it's not a mire ror image. they weren't the fringe of the party. like they were, like, nancy prksz elosi, the democratic leader and congressman steve israel who we had on the air. all of them and 130 other democrats. this wasn't the fringe of the democratic party. this was the leadership and most of the democratic party who all said no. and who said no against the wishes of their own white house. and no, the democrats who revolted, they didn't wib e win. they got enough that it passed. but it did fight. they did fight even against the wishes of their own white house because they disagreed with the white house on thi

in the u.s., house speaker john boehner has come up with a strategy to avoid a government shutdown. oing begging for democratic votes for legislation that would keep the government in operation after next week. want all of boehner's republicans will go along. to keep them happy, boehner will hold a vote to reject the president's immigration proposals as early as today. the real fight over immigration has been scheduled for january. meanwhile, on wednesday, 17 states filed a lawsuit against the president. they say his executive order violates the constitution. tom? >> very good. in basketball, in pro basketball, the philadelphia 76ers no longer have a chance to be world's biggest loser. after starting with 17 straight losses, the sixers beat minnesota last night nicely, 85-77. if they lost, the sixers would have tied the league record for the worst start ever, ever, ever. the lovely nets went 0-18 five years ago. those are our top headlines this morning. let the news continue here on the bank of england. >> bank of england, no change, keeps interest rates unchanged at .5%. no change t

nancy pelosi, john boehner and his lieutenants have to get to 218. for every republican they lose you have to get one democrat and nancy pelosi is not a giving mood. she doesn't want to agree to something before she sees it. same with conservative republicans. they don't want to vote for this until they know what is in there. >> there's also the question -- she tipped her hand on leverage -- today is the day the symbolic anti-immigration litigation was happening. nobody is saying i'm going to be with john boehner today of all days but it's clear that nancy , pelosi and steny hoyer will end up going along. i think harry reid gave them away a couple of days ago when he said he was in favor of a her -- boehner's plan will stop >> -- plan. >> it represents the first nine months of republican dominance when they control both chambers. that is why harry reid is psyched about it. if republicans think they are going to have a lot of leverage playing a game of chicken, i have a bridge in los angeles i would like to sell them. >> i would like to buy that bridg

how john boehner handles this.been -- i feel like it's meet the new boss same as the old boss. we've been through this before. he has struggled to unite or come close to uniting the republican conference behind what he strategically wants. and nancy pelosi has been less than willing to let democrats peel off to support something to help john boehner out. in many ways, we're right back where we were with fiscal cliff and a lot of these other brinksmanship moments. same working dynamic, at least as of today. >> and ted cruz, as you can see is speaking as we speak. he's been calling the obama executive order amnesty, which arguably it is not. this is ted cruz right now. let's hear. >> one month ago, on election day, america had a referendum on amnesty. the president rightly said his policies were on the ballot all across the country. and republicans, republican candidates in the house, republican candidates in the senate campaigned across this country, and they said two things to the american people. if you elect us,

within the winner tonight is john boehner. >> ultimately the president came out looking good in this. because he came out looking as the adult in the room. >> john boehner won. >> top two would be president obama, he does look like a unifier like this but i think john boehner was a big win never this as well. >> stephen: no, they can't both look good. one person has to be broken and weeping on the floor in the fetal position while the other stands over him cackling in triumph. you know, compromise. (laughter) >> stephen: folks, by am afraid the winner might actually be barack obama. he is certainly acting like it he took a victory lap at the lincoln memorial. >> i just want to say real quick that because congress was able to settle its differences, that's why this place is open today and everybody is able to enjoy their visit. and that's the kind of future cooperation i hope we have going forward. >> stephen: it's the defining moment of his presidency. he went to the lincoln memorial, which has no doors. and celebrated it being open. (laughter) >> stephen: and remember,-- (applause) a

they say it all different and republicans say, leave john boehner alone. which is why nothing gets done

john boehner got 67 nos from his own caucus to avoid a government shut down. we have been headed towards the votes, and the expectation was that he was going to lose 20, 40 votes, and the story of the country was the democrats provided all the drama of the day needed, by refusing to provide any votes to keep the government funded, and nobody had any idea if the democrats with show up to save john boehner's bacon. super dramatic. but the people who revolted inside the democratic party were not, hey, beltway, we're not the democratic equivalent of michele bachmann, and stevie king, and louie, and they were not the fringe of the party, like the revolters on the right. they were like nancy pelosi, the democratic leader, and congress steve israel, the guy that just ran the house campaign committee. all of them and 130 other democrats. this was not the louie fringe of the party. it was the leadership and most of the democratic party who all said no and said no against the wishes of their own white house, and the democrats that revoted, they didn't win, but they did

john boehner reportedly remains still 40 votes short as the house stands in recess. we're following the story throughout the broadcast. we'll have for you the latest developments. the white house, we're told, is preparing for a shutdown of the government. joining us now, pam bondi, who is the attorney general, the great state of florida. and who has joined with 23 attorney generals and in suing the president over the issue of his illegal immigration. de facto amnesty fiat. attorney general, great to have you with us and to see you again. >> thank you, lou. you too. lou: this lawsuit goes beyond simply, does it not, the issue of illegal immigration fiat. it's about a president who is in many respects disregarding the constitution and law. >> you know, lou, it's interesting you say that. i've tried so many cases in front of juries. you know what i tell juries at the end of closing arguments, i say no one of us have the right to violate the rules we share. i'm saying that especially about the president of the united states of america. we're a nation of laws, not politic

boehner andive john the majority to give it another whack at the president's immigration actions. at is still not good enough to conservatives here, including ted cruz, and other republicans that want boehner to pressure the president to have a real confrontation, or even risk shutdown. today, aynor responded to his critics. >> we think this is the most practical way to fight the president's action. frankly, we listen to our we listened to some members who are frankly griping the most. this was their idea. this was their idea of how to proceed. the real drama will be how many house republicans abandoned john boehner next week and is it enough to put the risk of a shutdown back on the table here in washington? >> let's circle back to what you said a few minutes ago. speaker boehner could depend on nancy pelosi to get this done? >> that's right. he could suffer defections in the republican ranks but still find enough votes from democrats to get him over the line. nancy pelosi was asked about that earlier today. this was her response. >> i have reached out to the speaker and said, ext

the president now is whipping the vote for john boehner because john boehner needs some unspecified number of unspecified votes and the president is trying to convince democrats to go against nancy pelosi. they would have maybe been better off the more ambiguous. >> i'm not sure john boehner lost any votes because of this. the votes he lost or unlikely to vote for this thing anyway. on the merits, whatever you think of the president's role, i think nancy pelosi has a strong case. some of the things on this bill, particularly the gutting of dodd-frank, the democrats are right though -- both as a matter of strategy and substance. >> it appears to me both sides went in today thinking boehner was going to find the votes to do it. under normal circumstances, a speaker with a speaker with the bigger majority coming and could have found the votes but the president not have moved any house republicans from yes to knowno, but i think he froze the pool of available house republicans who might have been convinced to have their twisted by the speaker to vote for it. now the whole thing is up in the ai

congress definitely divided on the legislation, house speaker john boehner needed more than 50 democratic votes in order to pass the massive spending bill. the president himself lobbying democratic congressman for those votes, exposing a deep divide among house democrats. minority leader nancy pelosi urging her caucus to vote no, and she blasted president obama while her number two, congressman steny hoyer was actually urging the bill's passage. the democrats, that divide. the president spokesman claiming no hard feelings between the white house and the minority leader. >> we'll just say that the president has always had not just a good working relationship but open line of communication with leader pelosi. that didn't change yesterday and it's not going to change in the future. lou: reid is playing nice, he wants the trillion dollar, 1600 page bill passed tonight. but the democratic ranks in the senate are severely divided. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is on capitol hill and has our report. >> reporter: lou, the drama isn't entirely over on capitol hill. house passed a

and they think the establishment leadership, mitch mcconnell and john boehner are obama lovers.n't have the stones to shut it down like the people demand. so now talk radio and conservative blogs are asking angry conservatives to please mail to john boehner's office, some balls, maybe racquetballs, maybe balls in a can. this is for people to click through to arrange their balls' delivery. the most recent product review says i just spent a pair and a spare. that doesn't seem promising. the next one says, my dog eats the fur off the yellow tennis balls, but these are so much better. so in terms of whether or not angry conservatives sending balls through the mail to john boehner, whether they will succeed at stopping the republicans from defunding the government, we don't know. we have yet to hear back. we will update you as soon as we know whether john boehner has received the balls and how many. but tick-tock. the earliest plan to vote is on wednesday. the funding runs out on thursday. the senate would still need to pass it after the house. we know one senator who won't stop talk

it will be up to john boehner to lead us forward. obviously you always want things to go more smoothly. again, your life isn't easy. you have to overcome the tough ones. again, i have a lot of faith in john boehner to move us forward. >> congressman peter king thank you so much. again, have a very happy new year. we really appreciate it. >> happy new year kristen. good to talk to you. >> thanks. >>> one place where the weather will be nice at midnight, honolulu honolulu, where president obama and the first family are spending another holiday in the sun. that is where we find nbc senior white house correspondent and my colleague and friend chris jansing, joining me now from the aloha state. happy new year's eve to you, my friend. how is the president planning to spend new year's eve? >> kristen, you know as well as i do nothing on his public schedule. he never has exactly been one to do a big blowout on new year's eve. you also know there's a small group of journalists who travel with the president, they call them the pool when he lea

>> i don't know john boehner. >> don't know who boehner is?like amazing. >> what was that? >> very tan, cries a lot. >> oh, that john boehner. >> sorry, shows his emotions, it's okay. >> i don't think he gets his way. >> i have a couple of boys that cry when they don't get their way too. >> give them a spanking? >> mmm. >> republicans, what do they stand for. >> like you get to keep more of your money. >> first thing you think of? >> country folk, down south. >> one of you turds about to get smacked in the mouth. >> conservative. >> conservative. >> i like them, i think. >> one's for abortion, one's not. >> which one's which? >> republicans for, democrats not. >> got it the other way. >> general impression of the republican party. >> more for the rich, rich and greedy. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i think we need a new party, republicans and democrats, how long has that been going on for? >> yeah. >> it's getting boring. >> bill o'reilly? on a scale of one to ten. >> like a 15, bill o'reilly from newport. >> i said good day! >> you want a straight int

speaker john boehner will oversee the lighting of the the u.s. capitol tree. we're expecting to hear from the speaker after meeting with his caucus later in today's rundown. ♪ we asked people a question how much money do you think you'll need when you retire? then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. i was trying to like, pull it a little further got me to 70 years old i'm going to have to rethink this thing it's hard to imagine how much we'll need for a retirement that could last 30 years or more. so maybe we need to approach things differently if we want to be ready for a longer retirement. ♪ she's still the one for you. and cialis for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment is right. cialis is also the only daily ed tablet approved to treat symptoms of bph like needing to go frequently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain as it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not d

i referred to john boehner last night as john gruber boehner. i think he did let down. i think he would have had new majority, he only would have needed continuing resolution into the new year, i think they would have had more leverage. i think going this way and funding obamacare through the end of the year is foolish. what are your thoughts? >> we got a 2500-page bill, no one will have a chance to read this bill much less have it printed for everyone to read. and it's a crummy way to run your government because the bill's 2500 pages long. there will be no amendment. there will be no reforms. this is how we've been running government for a decade. we lurch from deadline to deadline and we now have an $18 trillion debt. i'm a no-vote on it because i won't get a chance to look at the entire bill before we can vote on it. so it's a crummy way to run government. >> that's another thing. i mean, speaker boehner said 2,000-page bills are not a good thing, this was 1,774 pages. there was no 72-hour window that people could actually read what they were actually voting on. this

republican style as house speaker john boehner has found his voice and his way, senator mitch mcconnell take over as leader of the senate, the air waves are being filled with static and the noises of raw political and addition, some emanating from jeb bush who made his saying shockingly, don't you think, that he is now thinking about running for president, as if we didn't already knows that. >> i don't know if i would be a good candidate or a bad one. i kind of know how republicans can win, whether it's me or somebody else. lou: i hope he shares it. jeb bush knows how to republican win, it would be mighty big of him to have given mitt romney a boost two years ago. there is no doubt the republican establishment has moved to jab in a hurry. 73% of ceos supporting him to be the republican nominee according to a survey of corporate leaders at the wall street journal ceo council meeting but in on major national polls net romney leads all potential candidates for the republican nomination. that should give everybody something to think about. senator rand paul announced he would run for reelec

>> my winner is john boehner.mnibus.@)m big victory for him. >> my loser is russia. all time low this week. ruble down 40% over the loser dianne feinstein whatever you think of her report. live tweeting rebuttals when john brennan was speaking was bush league. my winner is john mccain. even though i disagree entirely on his position interrogation. the speech he gave on the senate on this the defense of his position was moving. highly principled. one of his finest hours. >> that is it for the panel. stay tuned for some computer whiz kids visiting with president obama. cold medicines open your nose over time, but add a breathe right strip and pow, it opens your nose up to 38% more. so you can breathe and do the one thing you want to do, sleep. add breathe right to your cold medicine shut your mouth and sleep right. breathe right. and look for the calming scent of new breathe right lavender, in the sleep aisle. why do i cook for the to share with family to carry on traditions to come together, even when we're apart

and john boehner convinced him no, he may get sentenced to prison time. for the sake of the house, he had to get out of here. did he embarrass the republican party? >> we are looking at a thug here who was a huge embarrassment. he was under the house financial services committee, and committed income tax evasion. he needs to go. i think that was part of the deal. it usually is when there's a deal made with a sitting member of the house and senate. where the resignation is part of the plea. my assumption is that with this. >> when the new congress takes session, president obama almost seems relieved that he is not facing another election he's more aggressive. and some domestic policy signalling. how should republicans react to the president at the beginning of the year? >> i wish they'd sit down with him. president obama has not reached out. he has met with i think, mitch mcconnell three times, in his six years, and he needs to do what ronald reagan did, when he reached across the aisle, and they became friend and got a lot done. the president and the hous

mitch mcdonnell and john boehner are going to lay out an agenda.tunity to get something done. if we get caught up in this month to month of whether or not the government is going to stay open, we're not going to get anything done governmentally. based on what happened last year, the republicans are going to be blamed for it. it serves absolutely no purpose. if anyone i would say is secretly hoping for a shutdown, it would be partisan democrats. it would negate a lot of what happened in the last election. >> congressman, you just mentioned government going forward. you know, republican controlled house, republican controlled senate. let's get things going forward. so why not urge speaker boehner in the effort to keep things going forward to introduce the senate passed bill on immigration a year and a half ago into the house now. first of all, do you think it would happen that he would introduce it. if her di ever did, would it pa? >> i believe we have to make a good faith effort to go forward on immigration. that's been made difficult by what the pr

john boehner didn't have the votes from his party that has the majority. but even before the new senate has come in that is republican, the democrats tried to put up a fight but didn't have enough support to do it. i don't think it will be they're going to be the party of no. they have not demonstrated -- >> i think left and right should agree, this is a horrifying process, dropping the bill and voting on it thursday. >> and that is the way they always do. that is why they got to change. anyway, panel, if you will stay with us, we have more to talk about in just moments. >>> and fox news alert, california, look out, a powerful storm battering the west coast. and today the storm moving from southern california to northern california and triggering flash flooding. christina? >> well, greta, what a difference a day makes. you know, earlier this morning it was raining and then the sun came out but the work is far from over. i want you to take a look, city crews are still cleaning up from all the mess, this is one of the areas during the mission district, it al

>> i don't know john boehner. >> you don't know who boehner is? >> no.at? >> cries a lot, very tan. >> oh, that john boehner. >> shows his emotions. it's okay. >> well, i don't think he always gets his way. i think i have a couple little boys that cry when they don't get their way too. >> do you give them a spanking? >> what? >> republicans, what do they stand for? >> like you get to keep more of your money. >> what's the first thing you think of? >> like country folk down south. >> one of you -- about getting smacked in the mouth. >> conservative. >> i like them i think. one's for abortion and one's not. >> which one's which? >> republicans for, democrats not. >> you got it the other way. >> yeah. >> your general impression of the republican party? >> more for the rich, greedy. >> rich and greedy? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i think we need a new party. republicans and democrats, how long has that been going on for? >> quite a long time. >> yeah, it's getting boring. >> bill o'reilly, on a scale of one to ten. >> he's like a 15. bill o'reilly from newport? >>