we are going to hear from jon ram -- john graham of the planning department. thank you. >> thank you, good morning, supervisors. i want to thank supervisor cohen for calling this hearing. this is an issue that has come up for several years now and now more acutely felt this is happening all over the city and this is an issue we need to address and an issue that the planning department cares very deeply about. i'm one of several speakers today, we have various people here today to talk about this. we have a presentation that we'll try to get through quickly but there is a lot of information we would like to share with you. i will start by saying the story is perhaps a little bit better than the perception. certainly there is a lack of funding primarily because of the lack of development activity. with the development activity that is coming we feel fairly confident that some components of the proposed plan, the amenities that are proposed in the plan particularly on the open space and public facility side can be addressed. the other aspect of the improvements p

diplomat john graham he told us what he thinks is making both saudi arabia and israel so angry about that u.s. foreign policy both countries israel and saudi arabia are very annoyed or frightened right now because of american policy toward iran now what's happened to annoy you frighten both of them is that first of all bob i actually call and talk on the telephone to his counterpart suffering an american president and for decades and second meeting in geneva actually produced an agreement which looks like iran will make significant changes in its nuclear policy in exchange for a lessening of sanctions keep to the agreement then we will definitely be less i think sanctions and this is driving israel and saudi arabian nights'. now the united kingdom has managed to squeeze out a little more growth than expected britain is increasing the foreign aid budget the treasury chief is about to approve a one billion pound increase with most people yet to feel the benefits of any economic recovery many think the aid is going exactly the wrong way as ati's laura smith reports. britain's economy is

diplomat john graham he thinks frustration with america's foreign policy is a fruitful common ground for both israel and saudi arabia both countries israel and saudi arabia are very annoyed or frightened right now because of american policy. what's happened to i know you frighten both of them is that first of all obama actually called and talk on the telephone to his counterpart stopping an american president hadn't done for a decade and second that meeting in geneva actually produced an agreement which looks like iran will make significant changes in its nuclear policy in exchange for a lessening of sanctions face keep to the agreement then we will definitely be less i think sanctions and this is driving israel and saudi arabia nutz. well let's get some other global headlines for you in brief time for the. egypt between riot police and students of engulfed a second university in cairo security forces fired tear gas to disperse crowds many of whom were rallying in support of the ex president mohamed morsi since sunday the country has seen widespread scuffles between students and poli

diplomat john graham says a israel and saudi arabia are especially if you are a washington. with. both countries israel and saudi arabia are very annoyed or frightened right now because of american policy toward iran what's happened to annoy you frighten both of them is that first of all obama actually called and talk on the telephone to his counterpart suffering an american president hadn't done for a decade and second that meeting in geneva actually produced an agreement which looks like iran will make significant changes in its nuclear policy in exchange for a lessening of sanctions space keep to the agreement then we will definitely be lessening sanctions and this is driving israel and saudi arabia nutz. this is also the international and still ahead in the program extending helping hand to would be the case had to increase its foreign aid budget as well with those still struggling to make ends meet at such a bright. this is the magic of the automobile to connote. freedom particularly in american pop culture the automobile has always been the icon of freedom i see that ford mo

diplomat john graham thinks frustration with america's foreign policy is a first for common ground for israel and saudi arabia both countries israel and saudi arabia are very annoyed right right now because of american policy toward iraq what's happened to annoy you right both of them is that first of all bob i actually called to talk on the telephone it was counterpart suffering an american president had done for decades and second meeting in geneva actually produced an agreement which groups like iran would make significant changes in its nuclear policy in exchange for a lessening of sanctions trade keep to the agreement then we would definitely be let's rethink sanctions and this is driving israel and saudi arabian nights. on screen and online as well and here's a look at what's waiting for you at home today lost in translation the centuries old to find that entire percent from nelson mandela's memorial service here in tell it turns out was making out with plain language as he went along had to offer. dot com to find out how the trickster was unmasked. a case dismissed a six year ol

coming on to 2005 when we had of death of the john graham, so he was in there for the first time andhad to exert himself in power and through that process, the structure is falling behind. the same thing come to 2008, when the convention of the splm happened. that was the first time actually the splm net met and they didn't meet until last year. so the structures were never there. the structures of the spl were never really developed. resources fueled the whole issue and the democratic space within the splm also didn't happen. and the army was triballized as during the last six years, it was integration of militias after militias, so all of these made the situation more tense and the lack of democratic space also kind of made this inevitable. >> and flamed a lot of tension this is without question. i also want to talk about your time as a lost boy, peter. do you see a lot of the similarities now from what you saw back then? do you feel like the h ethnic violence is very similar? >> well, we are hoping that it will not reach that level yet, because the level that we experience in the

inexplicable in terms of why they're signing on with senators like robert menendez and lindsey graham and john mccain and others i think many of these people won't war they do not see diplomacy as a way to keep iran absolutely from having a nuclear weapon and they believe war is a way course i've got news for them war is going to make a run get a nuclear weapon not keep them from getting one plus drag the united states into another trillion dollar enterprise in southwest asia but they don't seem to believe that they think that dropping a few bombs and then mow in the grass afterwards as they say is sufficient to keep iran from getting a nuclear weapon and diplomacy isn't well you mentioned prime minister benjamin netanyahu let's take a listen to what he has said in the past about the historic deal you wrote it is a take you only cosmetic steps which it could reverse. and in return sanctions the two years to put in pleas are going to be eased so you're on got the deal of the century. and the international community got a bad deal the supreme and has made the world a much more dangerous place th

inexplicably in terms of why they're signing on with centers like robert menendez and lindsey graham and john mccain another. um i think many of these people want more. they do not see diplomacy is a way to keep iran. absolutely from having a nuclear weapon and they believe war is away. of course i've got news for them war is gonna make over on get a nuclear weapon not keep them from getting one last drag the united states and the another trillion dollar enterprise in southwest asia they don't seem to believe that they may think that the cropping a few bombs and then blowing the grants that words as they say is sufficient to keep iran from getting a nuclear weapon and diplomacy is. what you think that prime minister benjamin netanyahu let's take a listen to what he has set in the past about the historic deal. it is taking the cosmetic steps. which it could reverse easily within a few weeks. and in return thanks to the two years to put employers are going to be going wrong. about the dual this entry. and the international community's top of that deal. this agreement is made the world a much mo

call for us to go into another country then what will what will it take for people like john mccain and lindsey graham c error in their way pushing them aside. there's no way of people who would base their courtiers. i know this type of health policy this goal are going to renounce the scientists were rarely are they are announced saturday that an arrow for decades. he pushed the site we spent a vast amount of money we had spent her place tomorrow night. forty percent of total military spendg of thelane comes frothis ountry. and yes extremism has revealed that has risen around the world we have not achieved its cheaper pnets i would say the foreign policy that would pursue it has failed. they're not going to admit that even if it were sweeping the sun but didn't get one place to record it for us. j d drew to a managing editor at reason and twenty four seven. this area where there are growing concerns over rampant lawlessness and violence to the hands of extremists working within the opposition our chair beck responded ah boon to live bubble hire more tears still feels the hearts of those who witness t

call for us to go into another country then what will what will it take for people like john mccain and lindsey graham to see error in their ways pushing them aside there's no way that people who have who have based their careers this type of guy out policy this kind of goal are going to renounce it decided that it's we're are rarely are they going to renounce the saturday been in error for decades they're going to be pushed aside we spent a vast amount of money we spent currently somewhere around the forty percent of total military spending on the planet comes from this country and yes extremism has written or has risen around the world we have not achieved a safer planet i would say the foreign policy that we've been pursuing has failed they're not going to admit that you know we need to push sweep them aside but different people in place to implement a different foreign policy should be managing editor at reason twenty four seven thank you thank you. well moving on to syria where there are growing concerns over rampant lawlessness and violence at the hands of extremists working within the oppositio

also the mitch mcconnells, john cornyns, lindsey grahams all scared to death at this moment that the mark levins and glenn becks of the right-wing media circus will finger them for destruction the way kim yung-un fingered his own unsuspecting guardian uncle over in pyongyang. which not north korea, but boy is it getting tough over there on the american right. david corn, washington bureau chief for "mother jones" and jonathan capehart, columnist for the "washington post." both are proud, i hope, msnbc political analysts. john boehner faces all-out revolts from the tea party, a bit of an anger coming from the conservative media htitans like mark levin and glenn beck. listen carefully. what beck said is the reason they love wackobirds like cruz and lee, they're taking orders from him. >> i find him feckless. >> i think john boehner is one of the prime examples of worthless, worthless republicans. these guys are big government progressives. they're not liberals. they're not rinos. they're progressives. we have to take a stand. mike lee and ted cruz, they did what we told them to do. mea

we're hearing people like john cornyn, lindsey graham. >> i don't think it's surprising in that thisa new reflex to be for a budget. i think it's a little difficult for them all of a a sudden. vote for them as an entity and of course, a lot of these guys do have a potential right wing primaries. this is still going to be an issue in a lot of those races. but overall, i think we were surprised to see that big margin in the house. paul ryan carries a lot of weight in that part of the house. in the end, this thing goes going to pass because republicans -- >> and they also can't, if nothing else, the sort of free vote for them to take is to vote against it once it clears fill bu bu buster. >> you only need a handful of republicans. this thing's going to pass. they know they can't own the shutdown of the government in january. just play out the exact same way. i don't know how we'll get there, but we'll get there. >> i think you've been one of the more kind of finely cal l e calibrated and also talking about where we are in the world. i want to ask you a ske about the insane story, americ

. >> you don't see any other republican in the senate, you don't see john mccain or lindsey graham talking about impeachment do you? >> you hear coburn and imhoff. >> they're playing to the patch back home. >> they can rile up the base. they know the end result they want, which is impeachment, but they have a dozen different reasons, is it "fast & furious," benghazi. >> irs. >> there was a word named decency. the impeachment cry is about attacking the president's right to be president. earlier, they threatened to impeach if the president raised the debt limit. this president is looking to find a way to get it done without us. my position is that that's an impeachable act from my perspective. then the far right threatened impeachment if the president did not act to raise the debt. here's a u.s. congressman down in october. >> would you allow us to default on our debt? >> no, that would be an impeachable offense by the president. >> that would be an impeachment if he didn't act. either way, so either way, raise the debt limit or not, these guys can teach it round or teach it flat. >> the pre

i wrote down john mccain's name and lindsey graham's name.publicans. theodore roosevelt started it. they believe in big government. i'm sorry to say and you know this to be true, we send people in there and it's like sending them to the lion's den waiting to be eaten by the machine that's washington now. there are people more interested the in keeping their jobs and their lifestyle and perks and benefits than actually doing what's right for the country and following the constitution. >> this battle goes back a long time. you can take it back to goldwater, nixon. everyone in the republican party gives lip service to reagan. reagan challenge ed a sitting republican president in 1976. >> mm-hmm. >> that's tea partyish to me. >> they said the same thing about reagan in 1976 that he was going to destroy the republican party. they said he was a loose cannon. they called him every name in the sun. they wouldn't welcome in reagan. for all the people in the republican party that quote ronald reagan and all the people now strangely like the president l

lindsey graham, john mccain, they have been big supporters of a robust state department udget.in the house, some of our colleagues on the republican side, especially -- broadly efined as the tea party folks, it has been difficult trying to convince them of the important national security arguments in favor of that form of assistance. this is a constant ack-and-forth. if you look at the house republican budget over the ten-year period, it would cut the category of the budget for those kind of state department operations. we going to have to work together to try and prevent it. if you want to do the kinds of things that mike rogers wants to do and i agree with most of what he says on afghanistan, it was a big mistake for the united states to disengage at the end of the -- when the soviets withdrew from afghanistan. we created a vacuum that led to al qaeda being able to exploit that vacuum. it is important that we maintain a presence there. if we're going to maintain a presence there, we need to provide the resources necessary for our folks. >> did you have a question? >> thank yo

. >> lindsey graham often is willing to make a vote like this a bipartisan vote, his friend john mccain voting in favor, even lindsey graham of south carolina will vote against it presumably, voted against overcoming the procedural hurdle. let's talk about the 113th congress. is it on pace to be one of the least productive in history in terms of the number of laws that have been enacted? >> absolutely hands down it is on pace to do so. look at the numbers. you can see them starkly. right now, are 57 bills have been enacted into law, and that just pales in comparison to what we've seen in congresses past. we're only one near into the congress, congresses are two years long. there's 57 again next year, it won't come close to what has been done in the past. what are some of the major things left undone? first and foremost, the basic responsibility of congress which is to fund the government pass 12 spending bills. none has passed. we expect them to pass one big one when congress comes back, a farm bill which they have a couple of years, but it is absolutely will critical for so many farmer

so for example, senator lindsey graham and john mccain have been very big supporters of a robust state department and by day as well. and in our house, certainly some of our colleagues on the republican side, especially broadly defined as the tea party folks. it has been really difficult trying to convince some of the important part of national security and the arguments in favor of that form of assistance. but again, this is a constant methane and if you look at the house republican budget, over the ten-year that 10 year period of time, it would dramatically cut the category of the budget for this kind of state department operations and so we will have to work together to try to prevent it. and if you want to try to do the kind of things that might wants to do, mike rogers. i agree with most of what he said in afghanistan and i think that -- it was from this race back debt and a big mistake with the united states to disengage. disengaging at the end. i think that we did create a vacuum that dead lead to al qaeda being part of the exploit and that vacuum is important that we -- it's im

many of the people in the courtroom, john, were moved that. includes jordan graham. it does appear at least she did wipe a tear away. so that's about the most emotion we've seen from her. >> kyung lah, what a day and still more to come. thank you so much from montana. >>> let's dig deeper now. joining me now live cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney mark geragos. cnn anyst anfoer prosecutor sunny hostin and -- and forensic scientist lauren codlinsky. mark, i want to start with you here. videos showing graham lying police. bogus e-mails. her brother sobbing on the stand. this seems to be tough for the defense. >> well look, it's not easy when you're charged with murder in any case. so there is always a reason why they charge you with murder in this case it's because they didn't have much physical evidence that proved it but they did have all of these changing stories. so the defense, i think,id a pretty good job about fronting all that with the jury. she's got a plausible explanatn for why she was saying this. and ultimately i think -- i'm going to make a w

lindsey graham, john mccain, they have been big supporters of a robust state department budget.in the house, some of our colleagues on the republican side, especially -- broadly defined as the tea party folks, it has been difficult trying to convince them of the important national security arguments in favor of that form of assistance. this is a constant back-and- forth. if you look at the house republican budget over the ten- year period, it would cut the category of the budget for those kind of state department operations. we going to have to work together to try and prevent it. if you want to do the kinds of things that mike rogers wants to do and i agree with most of what he says on afghanistan, it was a big mistake for the united states to disengage at the end of the -- when the soviets withdrew from afghanistan. we created a vacuum that led to al qaeda being able to exploit that vacuum. it is important that we maintain a presence there. if we're going to maintain a presence there, we need to provide the resources necessary for our folks. >> did you have a question? >> than

. >> when we talk about john mccain, we talk about senator lindsey graham. they are a dynamic duo.tor graham. >> there is no difference between rohani and the ayatollah. there are no moderates in the government when it comes to iran. >> that's the view we shouldn't be doing this negotiation at all. when you talk to obama security officials, it doesn't matter whether there are moderates or not in iran, it matters if we can force them to do what we want. >> it is what senator graham did, these people will create the biggest strategic blunder for u.s. foreign policy since the invasion of iraq. to quote one white house official, this is not another crank at the wheel at sanctions. this is a fragile moment where we are going to be either on a war track with iran or have an opportunity to move iran in a very wholistic way. >> do you think the democrats on the way are posturing or are they open to blowing up in deal the president reached? >> there are some democrats that are quite sincere in their belief that only more and more and more sanctions is only the right policy. we now see some

senator john mccain and lindsey graham are on opposite sides of the fence on this very issue. mccain a veteran himself supported the bill in order to get some kind of a budget deal passed while lindsey graham opposed bipartisan agreement because of this very issue, because of cuts and increases in veterans retirement benefits. that battle bound to continue when congress returns next year. leland. leland: lots of battles ahead. steve centanni keeping an eye for us in washington of the thanks, steve. >> reporter: you bet. harris: there are new concerns about airport security after a fan was caught running on the tarmac of the phoenix airport on christmas day. we saw this happening. we know he wasn't the only one. similar incidents happened across the country in different areas. we'll tell you about them. >>> driving through the dmv. remember leland said there was nothing he wanted to steal from the dmv. apparently others don't agree. what fast-moving thieves were after. stay close. [ male announcer ] at progresso, we lieve the second chapter of your life should be just as bold a

in seven hundred ninety eight the day that john adams signed into law the sedition acts he threw into jail ben benjamin franklin bought ben franklin's graham . son. published the war as i recall it was called whatever the newspaper was who had written because the because bloch had written and a toilet which he called president john adams. toothless and balding i mean that literally that got him thrown in jail and got his newspaper taken away eighteen news papers were shut down by john adams during that time and from then on and yeah we talk about very straight from then until the new york times where there are major any milestones or was this really a presidential case well no i mean this is you know if it had never it had never happened before in a federal court there are some state courts maybe five or six over the period of time that you describe the did try to censor the press through prior restraints but in each case the newspapers disobey them so you know it really was the first time in history now you talk about putting all those papers in jail you know lawyers like to say things are different there's probably a difference between s

senator john mccain, senator lindsey graham, those folks have been pretty staunch critics of the administration's foreign-policy agenda and what they have been doing overseas. basically, john mccain said the actions being taken by the obama administration have let these global powers run roughshod towards their agendas. host: what is a response of the white house to this criticism? guest: the response has been that these moves are ends that the means. these actions may have been looked at in a critical light from folks on capitol hill and elsewhere, but the ultimate result, which is one, reestablishing diplomatic ties with iran for the first time since 1979, according a another major military action in the middle east should i think these are solid wins in terms of foreign-policy and however criticism shakes out here in to d.c.. with carloe talking munoz. inen countries to watch 2014. the number one country that they cite is afghanistan. through the take us latest on the bilateral security agreement. what that is and where or if that might get signed. thet: the agreement is groundwork for the eve

john mccain says it gives him heartburn. lindsey grahams the politicians will get the hell kicked out of them for this. >> the senators are talking about how the bipartisanship proposal will affect them. those who retire after 20 years of service would give up part of their pension benefits. that's supposed to save the government more than $6 billion. supporters is claim many of those affected are just in their 40s and can get civilian jobs. >> senator patty murray who coauthored the bill you'll remember with congressman paul ryan says it will help prevent billions in cuts to the defense industry, but critics say military personnel have sacrificed enough. the senate expected to approve the deal today. >> interesting sidebar here. some of the tech executive who's met yesterday with president obama say they wanted the focus to be their concerns, right? but the nsa surveillance program. but they're wondering why they spent so much time talking about healthcare.gov website instead. jake tapper has new information about the back story that went

john mccain, senator john mccain of arizona and lindsey graham are on opposite sides of the fence on. mccain a veteran himself of course, supported the bill in order to get some kind of a budget deal passed while lindsey graham opposed the bipartisan agreement because of this very measure, the cut to increases in veterans retirement benefits. the battle bound to continue when congress comes back next year, jamie. jamie: steve, we know you will keep us posted on that. thank you so much. >> reporter: you bet. jamie: gregg? gregg: mounting tensions in egypt now as supporters of the muslim brotherhood call for widespread demonstrations today. protesting military-led governments designating them as a terrorist group. one person already reportedly killed today. lisa daktari joins us, middle east journalist and fox news contributor. good to see you. according to the new law, the muslim brotherhood is outlawed. anybody that does anything to support them can be arrested immediately and face as long prison term. all the protesters who dare go out there today could end up bind bars. >> they cou

say in the senate we have more, much more bipartisan support so for example senator lindsey graham and senator johnmccain have been very big supporters of a robust state department budget as well. but in the house certainly some of our colleagues on the public inside a specially broadly defined as the tea party folks, i mean they have got, it's been really difficult trying to convince them of the important national security arguments in favor of that assistance. but again this is a constant back-and-forth and if you look at the house republican budget over the ten-year period it dramatically dramatically, it would dramatically cut the category of the budget for the state department operations. so we will have to work together to try to prevent it. if you want to do the kinds of things that might rodgers wants to do and i agree with most of what he said on afghanistan, i think it was a corset big mistake at least from my perspective for the united states to disengage at the end when the soviets withdrew from afghanistan. i think we did create a vacuum that did lead to al qaeda being able to exploit

mcconnell, best-known senator on the republican side, john cornyn, the number two guy from texas, with tons of money are voting no. as is lindsey graham. roberts. david, this is what's stuns. we know politics has a lot to do with television these days and radio and, of course, still the newspapers and getting your name out there. people's names -- everybody knows mitch mcconnell follows american politics. everybody knows probably lindsey graham. these guys spent 20 years building up their reputation -- no, they're afraid of losing to people that nobody's ever heard of. >> mitch mcconnell, in particular, he has won several elections in kentucky, but at really low margins of what you'd expect for a national political -- >> why is he afraid of -- >> because already his disapproval rating, mitch mcconnell's is -- look what he gets to do now over the past few months. when he wants to, he can say, i'm a deal maker, got the deal that ended the government shutdown. he wants to say, i'm against the budget bill, he can say that now. >> my question is, why is a guy a well-known politician by definition, in trouble? on the right, they don't like

next remarks from john mccain, patty murray and lindsey graham before the vote. this is 50 minutes. >> i would say to my friend, the chairperson of the budget committee that has done extremely hard work on the budget agreement. t the simpson-bowles plan which was embraced by many, many members of this body, including on this side, includi ng o other side, including those who are now announced their opposition to the agreement, the ryan-murray budget, that the simpson-bowles plan recommends scrapping colas, cost-of-living adjustment, entirely. not just cuts them, but the simpson-bowles plan, i wonder if the chairperson knows, eliminates colas entirely for working-age military retirees? the simpson-bowles plan which was so embraced and everybody thought was the greatest thing since sliced bread said -- quote -- "defer cost-of-living adjustment cola for retirees in the current system until age 62, including for civilian and military retirees who retire well before a conventional retirement age in place of annual increases, provide a onetime catch-up adjustment at ag

john harbaugh talked about it. can we win some of the battles. contested throws. that time that is a contested catch. what a position by graham and he really take its away from marvin jones. they need breaks and got one here early. jim: what a start. dalton had the longest active streak in the league ending at the first play. the ravens come out with three lifers. rice the running back. flacco gives it to rice. he was only able to squeeze out a yard out to the 20. flacco. the first nfl starting quarterback to make the playoffs his first five seasons, hoping to find a way today to extend it o six. second and 9 for the ravens. play-action and flacco mobile, able to get away from the pressure. throws on the run. and the ball is -- i thought it hit the ground but looks like they will rule it a catch by marlon brown. phil: it looked like they are giving it away saying hurry up. marvin lewis has to throw that flag and take a chance. jim: you saw torrey smith saying get up to line of scrimmage. try to get that in the books as an official play and catch. now the challenge flag is out and scott green will be reviewing it. >> since nat

graham has a sizable money advantage. i would advantage that when guys like john cornyn where they are facing opposition from the right, itof effect of how they handle themselves legislatively, no? >> absolutely. this has been playing out where john cornyn knew he was up for re-election, even before they got their primary challenges in the most recent steve stockman challenge. the chances for them to be willing to cut deals with democrats on this budget agreement, it makes it very dicey for them because of a sudden it seems they are compromising the democrats and primary opponents say, see, john cornyn or mitch mcconnell isn't a true conservative. it forces those who are maybe outside the leadership and aren't up for re-election to be the deal makers. people like john mccain and bob corker, wonts be surprised if they were the ones who have to cut the deals going forward this year. >> our senior political editor mark murray. good to see you. >> officials in los angeles are calling for more oversight following yesterday's indictment of more than a dozen l.a. county sheriff's deputies accused of abusing inmates and jail visi

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. >> reporter: graham faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. she find out her fate on march 27th. johnews this morning from denver where police are looking in to a series of stabbings following last night's broncos' game. fighting broke out in a stadium parking lot. four people were stabbed. one is in critical condition. arrests have been made and the police are saying they are not looking for anymore suspects . the broncos lost last night to san diego. >>> verdict in texas sparking outrage this morning. 16-year-old ethan couch got no prison time although he admitted killing four people while driving drunk. his attorney argued he suffered from affluenza because his wealthy parents didn't set boundaries for him and condoned drug and alcohol abuse. no surprise the verdict angered the victim's family. >> money always seems to keep ethan out of trouble. this is one time i did ask the court that for justice and for money not to prevail. >> the judge decided the case sentenced him to ten years probation and he is checking in to a luxury rehab program in california that his parents will pay f

. >> like john mccain, for example, and we really don't see him split from lindsey graham very much.es. >> they are usually joined at hip. in this case lindsey graham, as you're pointing out, faces a tough fight in his re-election and mccain was from the let's just get something done caucus this time which is, look, i know that there are things in it that i didn't like. he said, you know, he didn't like the cost of living adjustment issue for military pensioners, but he said there's a larger purpose here which is we have to tell the -- let the american public know that we're not so dysfunctional, that we can get something done and it would be worse for the republican party if we shut the government down. >> rand paul said he'll raise the debt ceiling if there's a grand bargain including tax reform and entitlement reform. that has to happen between now and february. >> doesn't look like that's going to happen, especially when the chairman of the finance committee just got sent to be apparently the ambassador to china, max baucus. >> kind of amazing. the power of the tea party, just wh

john roberts, fox news. >>> by the way, we have some breaking news about the reverend billy graham.latest on his health. >>> also, mayor rob ford on the defensive once again, this time facing allegations of bribery after allegedly trying to pay off a group of drug dealers in exchange for a vi showing him smoking crack. our legal panel will tell us why he may not be able to talk his way out of this one, stick around for that, as well. >> these are wire taps from gang members who say that you offered $500,000 if not more, $150,000 to confiscate the video of you doing crack on the tape, what would you say to that? >> number one, that is an outright lie. farmer: hello, i'm an idaho potato farmer. and our giant idaho potato truck is still missing. soy dog and i we're going to go find it. it's out tre somewhere spreading the good word about idaho potatoes and raising money for meals on wheels. but we'd really like our truck back, so if you see it, let us know, would you? thanks. what? of course i had no idea what it was. i felt like my feet were going to sleep. it progressed from there to

john cornyn's texas primary is in early march. thad cochran's mississippi date is penned for early june. and lind b see graham'south carolina primary scheduled for just a few days later. they're all in hot water in those states. david corn and ryan grim. both are msnbc contributors. let's start david and then go to ryan. this is an interesting combination. we think this is going to be a smooth season getting through the holidays. but they're already lining up for the gun fight at the ok corral, if you will. sometimes between march and spring, they can shut down the american economy. and these guys say they don't want to do it. then they say we're going to threaten to do it. mitch mcconnell is worried about being defeated. thad cochran is worried about getting defeated. shutdown which means default. >> it kind of reminds me of "godfather iii" when he says every time i get out, they pull me back in. what's pulling them back in is the gravitational pull of the party. with those states that you went through but throughout the board. so while -- i saw jack lew the other day and i asked him if the budget agreement me

including senate tanto lindsey graham and former senator jo joe lieberman and anything else in perpetual motion, always forward, never looking back, at least most of the time. johnis a cliche, he writes, no one has been prerp traitor of more myth making than john mccain. war hero bent on tran skending the call of self-interest to serve a cause greater than himself, sore loser, old bull, last lion, loose cannon, happy warrior, elder statesman, lion in winter, you lose track of which mccain cliche is operational at a given moment. at this particular moment mccain is playing several roles, fighting for the soul of the republican party, jetting off to the ukraine in syria, very much considering running for a sixth senate term in 2016 and apparently now leading yet another legislative battle, health care. yesterday in a surprise move during mccain's preferred crowded hour, a moment of character testing, the senator took to the floor to introduce his very own repeal and replace obama care. >> i don't think there's any doubt in the majority of americans minds that obama care is a failure and the american people do not believe in it. it is as some of us fought it day af