i saw a replay john boehner, speaker of the house walking past our microphones, our cameras, when kate baldwin shot him that question. >> speaker boehner are you confident you have the votes tonight? >> adorable little -- he spiled, he was -- he said yes. >> i saw a nod. >> i saw a little -- we'll find out soon enough. >> it was adorable. >> the aye's have it. >> they have the kwoer um called. they're going to get the start of this vote right now. >> recorded vote -- sufficient number having arisen a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device, this will be a 15 minute vote. it's official now, 435 members of the house of representatives. there are two or three vacancies for illness, and a couple members are not there right now. they have 216 votes. the voting has started, you have 54 yays and 16 nays. we're going to watch this very, very closely as we see what's going on. just keep it on the screen, i think our viewers are going to want to see. the magic number right now is 216. once they get to 216 it could pass. if there's time remaining, and you se

john boehner again. one mohammed. >> -- signed into law to solve this debt crisis and help get the american people back to work. >> there we are, michelle. that was speakern boehner saying he's getting the debt crisis behind him and wants to get on with creating jobs, and getting the economy going again. but is this deal going to make any difference to the economy? >> well, this deal isn't going to put the debt crisis behind us on some level. what they're doing is punting. we're going to have a super congress come in. we're going to debate this, and they'll be talking, and nobody's still dealing with things like entitlements. as we've heard, tax increases will be on the table going forward. the idea that this has solved anything in the big picture is completely just bizarrely optimistic. >> indeed. strange, historical revisionism from some member. for mow, michelle cottle, thank you very much. >>> we'll be right back. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money to buy a car that's one model-year newer... with 15,000 fewer miles on it. th

a conference call at 8:30 with house speaker john boehner. >>> senate democratic leader harry reid has already signed off on the deal but his support is pending the approval of his fellow senate democrats. >>> and house speaker nancy pelosi, the former house speaker, i should say, nancy pelosi said recently she wants to see the final product before she can support it. she meets with house democrats tomorrow. >>> make sure you join wolf blitzer and i at 9:00 p.m. eastern, one hour, where we'll have a special report on the debt crisis. we will see you then. >>> tonight on "cnn presents" -- addicted at birth. >> what's she going through because she's just a little baby? and she can't talk and she can't tell me how she feels. >> america's pain pill epidemic. it is the youngest generation. >> we're seeing more babies being born addicted to drugs. "beasts of war." >> next thing you know, i was staring a porpoise right in the face. oh, just got me again. >>> a once top-secret military program that's enlisting animals to protect the country. >>> but first, inside a polygamous sect. >> we're de

we are waiting for house speaker john boehner.eak live here on cnn about 1:30. we're told that that has been pushed back to 3:30. we'll bring to it you live here in the "cnn newsroom" at 3:30 eastern time. the talks are delayed, we're hearing from kate bolduan, it's a bit of a frenzy there. maybe he's working to get some more votes. maybe there's a little bit of talking, negotiating still under way. we expect to hear from him at 3:30. and who knows who will step to the podium? we have a lot of folks on the hill at the white house watching all of this play out. it's a bit dramatic, i must say. whoever does come to the podium, whoever wants to speak, wants to come to our microphone, we'll bring to it you here to talk about the debt ceiling as it happens. we won't let you miss a moment. >>> let's get to the white house where our dan lothian is standing by. what is the late tles at this hour? >> reporter: what's happening here at the white house behind the scenes is the hard sell job making sure they can get the democrats in the house

which every one of these issues is going to be front and center >> you know, john, we're waiting for the speaker john boehnerhe'll be leaving his office and walking on to the floor of the house of representatives. we think he'll make a statement on the floor before the actual vote begins. assuming it passes, how does he emerge politically? is this a win for him? is it a loss for him, the entire process going forward? has he been strengthened, in other words, or weakened? >> reporter: it depends, like so many things in this town, which prism through which you view this. what is your own partisan political leanings? if you're watching the speak here, of course he's been weakened somewhat and diminished somewhat because he scheduled a vote on wednesday and had to delay is on thursday and the senate rejected the deal on friday and now he comes back with this deal. the number of republican defections will say a lot about the speaker's standing going forward, but, wolf, we're watching perhaps the most fascinating figure in washington right now. that's not to say president obama is not fascinating, not to say there

and an hour after the vote, speaker john boehner was also notified. take a look at this.gresswoman gabrielle giffords, six months ago when she was shot in the head at point blank range and there were questions if she would survive and questions if she would ever recover to the point to return here at the house of representatives and look at smiling and hugging with her colleagues, and gloria borger a big vote, but a personal moment. >> i kept thinking after a rancorous few weeks and it was so great to celebrate something the triumph of the spirit of gabrielle giffords and seeing the members standing there to applaud their friend and welcoming her back. it was just a wonderful, wonderful moment. >> and to that point, david gergen, you know, the d eas hav been arguing with the rs and to see the entire house as this dramatic vote was finishing up, it was a giant surprise to most of them and pretty remarkable. >> oh, gabrielle giffords provided the most heartwarming moment we have had in months in washington and lifted our spirits just when we needed it and reminded us that d

. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner is telling members it lives up to the gop principles on taxes and spending hoppings to have it on the floor for a vote as soon as possible. >> no votes are expected until tomorrow to give members more time to review the details. >> just because the deal originated in the senate can it pass in the house? >> reporter: the idea here it is more likely. definitely more here for democrats and the idea in the house at least is that if those democrats are interested in this bill that even if speaker boehner loses some votes on the tea party side that those house democrats that do support this measure could help get across the the finish line but you can be sure congresswoman nancy pelosi and speaker john boehner is going to be whipping this vote in the morning. >> now that a deal has been reached. what does that mean for us? trashing $3 million over a decade. that's 12 zeros. so lindsey lohan ye asks who would feel the impact of those cuts? >> reporter: child care, social services and education are just some of the programs funded in california with $79

speaker john boehner, speaker of the house john boehner does, in fact, seem pretty happy. the markets are clearly not happy, looking at this deal that may have just been 1.8 million jobs out of the economy when we're already in very bad shape is not feeling very happy about it either. add to this an unhappy warning today from treasury secretary timothy geithner that even though default was avoided at the last minute we are still not out of the woods. we still may get our credit downgraded as a result of this whole mess. late tonight the credit rating agency moody's announced the u.s. will retain its aaa credit rating but the outlook is listed as negative. >> in the last few months, the economy's already had to absorb an earthquake in japan, the economic head winds coming from europe, the arab spring and rile in oil prices, all of which have been very challenging for the recovery. but these are things we couldn't control. our economy didn't need washington to come along with a manufactured crisis to make things worse. that was in our hands. it's pretty likely that the uncer

. >>> house speaker john boehner said he got 98% of what he wanted in the debt deal. does that mean he got 98% of what he wanted today? >> this is an nbc news special report. >> and it is 4:00 on wall street. do you know where your money is? >> the closing bell on wall street at this hour seeing a day that saw investors flee the market. >> wall street has a bad day, and everyone has an explanation. >> it was not a reaction to the debt ceiling. >> stocks are taking a tumble on wall street. >> we have a broken financial system. >> the stock market was down 500 points today. >> it's not the overseas markets. >> fears on the double dip. >> end of the intervention by the government officials in the form of some sort of stimulus for the markets. >> we got the deal, but we also got the tank. >> republicans got what they wanted. >> republicans got nearly everything they wanted in the deal. >> i got 98% of what i wanted. i'm pretty happy. >> it does nothing for the economy right now. nothing whatsoever. >> 98% of what i wanted. >> we're cutting spending too soon and too fast.

. >> can house speaker john boehner convince conservative republicans to vote for it. captioning funded by cbs >> good morning, everyone. appreciate you joining us on this monday. i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. they took it right down to the wire in the crisis over raising the federal debt ceiling is not over yet. there is a lot more hope this morning than there was 24 hours. president obama, congressional leaders from both parties finally hammered out a deal yesterday one they think can win votes from lawmakers in the house and senate. let's get more now jay dow in washington, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, terrell. there's no getting around the fact these debt negotiations were messy. neither side got everything they wanted and you could argue that's the sign of an effective compromise. lawmakers from both sides are faced with the challenge of convincing their members this deal doesn't stray too far from their core principles. congress could vote today on a plan to raise the debt ceiling and pull the nation back from the brink of default. >> i w

afterward kate baldwin got a rare interview with house speaker john boehner about the painful process> how do you feel, sir in. >> i feel great. >> what do you think of the vote this evening? >> it was a strong vote, but first step in many steps yet to go. >> what do you hope the american people take, what do you think the message is for the american people tonight? >> the process works. may not be pretty, but it works. >> you heard him. he says it works. the deal that no one seems to like. >> he was right about the fact it wasn't pretty. >> really ugly. only hours to go before the default deadline kicks in, a deal we kind of have to live with if it makes it through the senate today which it's expected to do. it will. >> i'm sure it will. everything is moving slowly than you would expect it to. joe johns joins us live from washington. 60 votes needed for the measure to pass today, joe. do you even know why it's 60 as opposed to 50 and are they going to to get the votes if necessary. >> the issue of somebody trying to filibuster or hold up debate or whatever and that's the rule in the

speaker john boehner's fact sheet says that it would get cut across the board. the white house says medicare beneficiaries are protected. we're going to try and get clarification. more details should come out after more members actually read the measure. >> you know, i haven't seen the legislation yet. i haven't had an opportunity to read it. >> too often we're asked to vote on legislation where we haven't even had an opportunity to read it. so i definitely want to read exactly what is in this deal. >> i haven't seen it in writing the final product. as you know with these things, the details on important. >> details are important. you can almost hear the world markets sigh with relief that the u.s. might avoid default. asian stocks rallied after president obama announced that a deal had been reached. we're joined in a moment from hong kong with details. u.s. stock futures, by the way, are way up this morning. remember last week -- you probably would rather forget how the market did last week. it was the worst week in more than a year thanks in no small part to t

and we should also note that house speaker john boehner is telling republicans that this deal closely resembles the one that he pushed forward last week. by the same token, keep in mind that there is a contingent of tea party-aligned republicans in the house who, if you recall, killed house speaker john boehner's plan last week. they have been calling for more and more spending cuts. and you can expect them to express their dissatisfaction with the amount of spending cuts in this plan as well. >> i'm curious, since lawmakers are learning the details of this deal, i'm sure it's complicated, is there more of a sense that they will vote for it now that they have seen what is in it? >> reporter: everyone is keeping in mind that tomorrow's debt default deadline is one that should be respected and avoided in terms of actually having a default. the other concern is downgrading of america's credit rating. congress was in session all weekend in the interests of getting a deal done. and that's what they wanted to do. if you recall last week they killed each other's plans, a democratic plan spon

minority leader nancy pelosi voted in favor of the bill, along with 174 republicans including speaker john boehner who traditionally the speaker does not vote on legislation. during the vote the house of representatives applauded arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords who appeared in the capitol and cast her first vote since she was critically wounded in the january tucson shooting rampage. she voted in favor of the legislation. senate majority leader harry reid announced the senate has reached a unanimous consent agreement to do a roll call vote tomorrow at 12:00 noon. the bill is then expected to pass and head to the president's desk, where he said he will sign the legislation into law just hours before the united states would have defaulted on its obligations. the bill creates a bipartisan congressional committee to recommend by thanksgiving more savings, $1.3 trillion in savings over the next ten years. they spent today selling the compromise to progressives who said it cut too much and two tea party republicans who said it didn't cut enough. >> the truth of the matter is there is sort of a

the focus of attention today, the office of speaker of the house john boehner where the headlines anders tell part of the story. >> we're told they are retooling their bill. >> a planned vote on the speaker's republican debt limit bill has been put on hold. the math is flawed, it turns out, and the speaker has to find more items to cut. >> try to get to yes. >> reporter: for democrats this opens the door for senate majority leader harry reid's competing bill. it sets up a clash of the d.c. titans. our cameras catch up with senator reid during his daily early morning power walk. at least that's how he refers to his workouts. a few blocks away in what could easily be mistaken for a capitol hill frat house -- ♪ come and knock on our door ♪ -- some of his top deputies are looking for a way to bring the democrats' plan back into the picture. democratic senator chuck schumer of new york and george miller of california are roomies, sharing a home as a lot of people do here to save on rent. >> did you close up the cereal before you left? >> reporter: their other housemate, dick durbin of illi

just a moment ago i got a statement from house speaker john boehner announcing his selections to this committee. and those selections are as follows. house republican conference chairman jeb hensurling, and fred upton. these are the three people house speaker john boehner says he is naming to this committee. so we now have a total of six people who have been named to this committee. they have a deadline of next tuesday before they actually have to have this process completed. and then these people can get down to the business of figuring out the spending cuts or other measures that they're going to take to try to close some of the spending deficit, suzanne. >> we already know there are some complaints from the republican senator patty murray who was selected on the democratic side for being a partisan. those new names that you have, the republicans, do any of them stand out in any way or strike you in any way as might -- might be objectionable to some of the democrats? >> well, quite frankly everybody i'm looking at here i think can be described as a loyalist to the speaker of the hou

mean for house speaker john boehner of ohio. he defined the terms of the debate in ways that were unusual for in the house speaker. it was a rocky road along the way. the questions that remain -- what is the lingering effect? yesterday, 66 house republicans voted against this. we will be looking at whether we will be looking at whether the house republicans can move beyond this and there have been some differences in approach among republican leaders with speaker boehner. that is something that we will see how it moves forward. host: is the speaker vulnerable to the threat to that post? guest: no. last week, there were such questions about what would happen to boehner. last week there were questions if whether the house would even pass the bill. for now, given that this is about to be enacted, and the healthy votes yesterday, i think this is pretty positive for him. the one question they will be looking at in august is the political impact of all of this. how it will play out at home for members of congress. the polls have shown

specifically for speaker john boehner and the house majority whip kevin mccarthy of california. informed from a source that speaker boehner informed the members on the conference call that he had spoken to president obama a little bit before that press conference and actually said that they had agreed to a framework. i have before me the power point presentation that john boehner's currently giving to his members. and the titles are very much, if you would -- as you expect, very pro-republican. the first one saying two-step approach to hold president obama accountable. emerging framework has three main features. implements spending caps, advances the caves balanced budget amendment, framework accomplishes this without tax hikes, which would destroy jobs while preventing a job-killing national default. so that's how boehner is selling it right now as we speak to the house republican congress. a job-killing national default saying, look, obviously, we don't like everything in this, but we hold the president accountable. we get more cuts than we -- we get all the cuts we wanted and

late this afternoon, we sat down with speaker of the house john boehner in his office at the capitol. >> we've got divided government here in washington. we've got big issues confronting us. and we have a very open process and open society. and as a result we have healthy debates about how to move forward. this is certainly been a long, healthy debate. >> pelley: give us a little bit of insight, mr. speaker, how did the grand bargain fail, what was the breaking point and how did you tell the president that you were walking away? >> it really boils down to two issues. the president was insisting on more taxes, and the president never really got serious about the kind of spending cuts that were necessary in order to put america back on a sound fiscal footing. >> pelley: you don't think the president was negotiating in good faith? >> no, no, i-- no, i do believe the president was negotiating in good faith. we had a lot of productive conversations, a lot of tense conversations. but it became pretty clear to me that i wasn't going to be for higher taxes. and the president wasn't going to c

. >> spokesman for republican house speaker john boehner says the president should scrap the speech and hand over the plan. >> still ahead, what parents want to make sure they don't have at the dinner table. >> one way to exit a building. bizarre rescue attempt behind the amazing video. >> returning to school months after one of the worst tornados in decade. the support from around the >>> breaking news in san rafael, marin county. highway patrol schult down the richmond-san rafael bridge because of police action off interstate 580. both lanes are closed at the bridge. the c.h.p. is not saying exactly what is happening there. we do know it's not related to anything at san quentin prison which is not far there the scene. wave more information as soon as it's available. >>> meantime, take a look at this picture. my goodness. sanitation truck in queens, new york, crashed through the second story wall of an industrial building and was left dangling from that building. the driver hung on for dear life as the rescue workers tried to stabilize the vehicle. they used a cherry picker to rescue t

in a news conference, house speaker john boehner pressed fellow republicans to support the deal. if the bill is approved, president obama will sign it into law on tuesday. >>> the european union says it will take further measures against several high-profile syrians to reinforce sanctions against the government of president al assad. on five syrians and freeze their assets. they include high-level government and military officials. the latest editions will bring the total number of those to 35. president assad was added to the list in may. syrian forces crushed antigovernment demonstrations in hama on monday. at least 120 people were killed. foreign policy chief kathryn ashton said the organization could take further steps in the syrian leadership persists on its current path. she called on the government to stop its oppression of civilians. >>> a free trade pact between india and japan came into effect on monday. their economic partnership agreement aims to expand business between the two countries. india became japan's 12th epa partner. japan's first was singapore and took effe

we also heard from the speaker of the house, john boehner. majority leader eric cantor. they spoke half an hour or so ago. i want to play that sound in case you missed it. >> we listened to the american people. we have a real interest in making sure we don't get into this spot again. and that we ought to have a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. and i think if you look at the structure of the balanced budget issues in in agreement, it gives us the best shot that we've had in the 20 years that i've been here to build support for a balanced budget amendment to put the kind of fiscal hand kufs on this congress that are sorely needed. we have never gotten ourselves into the mess that we're in with a balanced budget amendment. >> i think the big win for us and for the american people is the fact that have there are no tax hikes in this package. with so many people out of work, the last thing we need are tax hikes. >> time to play "reporter roulette." what investigators are learning about anders breivik. >> media are combing through his

. >> house speaker john boehner saying, quote, today's unemployment report is more proof that all of the washington spending, taxing, and regulating is devastating our economy, end quote. chief white house correspondent ed henry live on the north lawn joining us now. ed, as neil cavuto just mentioned moments ago, there are reports that the credits rating agency s&p may be getting closer to down grading u.s. debt. >> yeah. absolutely. abc, cnbc suggesting that this administration is expecting a downgrade from standard and poor's. nothing has been made official yet. i think as neil was just pointing out, the market has already taken some of this into account whether there is technically a downgrade or not, there has already been intense pressure on this administration, as well as the congress, to do more about cutting u.s. debt. that debt deal that everyone made such a big deal about earlier this week it was finally forged. a trillion dollars in cuts up front. maybe a trillion and a half more a few months down the road. although that is not certain. the market has essentially said that

six democrats in this republicans on the senate and house are presented street today house speaker john boehner and mitch mcconnell announced the appointments to the group. i'm tuesday year he read cap his appointees. nancy pelosi has yet to name her pics. the nes and a thanksgiving to come up with a plan to cut costs. >>> for third straight year the nation said that it has topped $1 trillion. the treasury department was the number at 1.12 daughters. this year's deficit is unfazed as he ushers amounts of $1.29 trillion. analysts say it will fall short of the record 1.41 trillion a dozen and. >>> state officials met today to discuss how to implement a new $150 fire protection be. ask engadget tells us, this new breed is tempting many residents to be aware. >> reporter: is a rural area where we often see loughner is. should they pay as sure for fire protection? it will charge homeowners a $150 the. >> anyone who lives in about whether the state. >> reporter: is intended to raise about $50 million this year for calfire, money there faces cuts. >> is the state's -- the state has long been looking f

not have been a crisis in terms of the debt ceiling being raised and pretty much stabbed the speaker john boehner flat in the back, didn't they? >> well, that is a good way to put it. you could say, piers, in a sense, they were playing chicken with the whole situation. if they ended up getting out of it massive cuts that moved the needle which the cuts on the table now do not, and they don't address the major entitlement programs, well, if they had accomplished that, then you could say, well, yes, it was worth it, but all of that storm for, well, frankly not much. so i would say, yes, not very much was accomplished that was positive from this and now you have great uncertainty about the economy as wolf indicated by far the top story. you saw the market rally on the news of the deal and then terrible data of manufacturing back in recessionary territory and the markets gave it all back. >> yeah, almost every sector in the american economy is floundering, manufacturing, housing, and you look at it and it is going backward and the jobless figures expected to continue to rise, and nobody believes, eri

house speaker john boehner selected jeb letterling of texas, dave camp and fred upton, both from michigan. all six gop picks for the 12-member bipartisan panel are conservative and all oppose tax increases. house minority leader nancy pelosi is required to name her three members by next week. >>> meanwhile, a new poll this morning suggests an overwhelming majority of americans have little or no confidence in washington's ability to fix the country's economic problem. that number is 73% according to the washington post poll. that's up from 52% last fall. as for the s&p downgrade that led to this week's volatility, 52% said it's a fair assessment of the u.s. financial situation. so who is to blame for the downgrade? well, according to the polls, 36% point the finger at republicans, while 31% blame president obama and the democrats. >>> elsewhere this morning, the u.s. military says international forces have killed the taliban fighters responsible for last weekend's deadly helicopter crash in afghanistan that left 30 american servicemen dead. during a pentagon news conference yesterday marin

now we are just told that house speaker john boehner has left the capitol building.is long power point presentation. he was on the phone with all 240 members. and that is clearly where the real fight and the real question mark is. let's bring in our msnbc political analyst richard wolffe, arth of "engade: the making of a president." shira toeplitz. jonathan alter with us also. richard, do you think this is going to get done? >> yes it will get done. you have all four leaders on the house and senate saying it's going to get done. everyone would question if it didn't get done. as we just heard from the congressman from new york, we've all been saying, there's lots here conservatives don't like. i don't really see what conservatives wouldn't like. the balanced budget language is still in there. the taxes. the president says everything is on the table. according to speaker boehner's presentation, it's, quote, effectively impossible to increase taxes in that very second phase that the president says everything is on the table in. so, you know, they cannot both be correct

speaker john boehner opting not to select a freshman to go on this super committee. his pocks are as final, dave camp, ways and means, fred upton and jeb hensarling. the first thing about these guys all trusted by conservatives. jeb hensarling is very close to eric cantor and good relationships with the freshman and speaker boehner. camp is interesting. ways and means chairman, means he's very much somebody who has been in the past open to tax reform. however, like you mentioned, these guys have all signed a pledge not to raise revenue. upton is someone more of a moderate guy. however, he went to the right in order to secure his chairmanship on the energy and commerce committee and gone out aggressively against the epa. somebody on there who is willing to do business. that being said, a lot of this will go then to what the senate appointees are that mitch mcconnell said. jon kyl, someone a lame duck and very much the leadership, the number two over there. then here's where the freshman come about. two of them, pat toomey. of the republicans here, definitely the tea p

house speaker john boehner's rating fell to 29%, his lowest level, while unfavorable views of the tea party climbed ten points since november. >>> as libya's moammar gadhafi remains on the run, we are now getting a first look inside his compound. it contains an underground network of tunnels he may have used to escape. rebels also found a photo album with pictures of former secretary of state condoleezza rice, whom he once welcomed into his home and showered with gifts. >>> two dozen suspected drug cartel members burst into a north mexican casino on thursday dousing it with gasoline and starting a fire. 53 people were killed. >>> new video has surfaced of a suspected meteorite flying over the andies mountains in peru ten days ago. >>> an australian astronomer believed to have discovered a once massive star that's been transformed into a planet made of diamond. it orbits a pulser, and it's in a remote corner of our galaxy. >>> now here's your "first look" at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,149 after tumbling 170 points yesterday. the s&p fell 18 points. the n

midnight if he does not the government will be unable to pay its bills this is what house speaker john boehner and had the same >> i feel great. it was a strong vote. >> when the senate takes up the deal no amendments will be allowed it must take 60 votes in order to pass >>> the boat was upstaged by the appearance of congresswoman gabrielle giffords. off only minutes remained in the vote when she showed upper she came in and a wheelchair stood up and was giving hugs and kisses to our fellow congress men she was shot and then add back in january gifford said in a statement reese later she could not miss the vote i could not take the chance that my absence would crash the vote. >> this is what nancy pelosi had to say about gifford to return >> brought her to entire service in congress we're all privilege to call their colleagues some very privileged to call her friend through of america there is not the name that stirs more love and admiration more respect more wishing that our daughters would be like her and other than the name of commerce or woman and get real gifford. she was holding a event

host: part of that was put forward by speaker john boehner, putting the bill forward without three days of review. are you disappointed with the speaker? guest: i am disappointed with everyone told to put forward a process that did not involve the public to clearly understand this legislation before we had to vote. i understand with the artificial date of august the second. i do believe it truly was artificial just like when it was announced back in may. that was what the senate leadership, house leadership, and white house post for. -- pushed for. i really would have preferred that this bill would have been on their monitors of the public could have better understood what was in it. host: you do not feel that the tea party or those like yourself for advocating for what in this debate? guest: i do not focus on the tea party, republicans, or republicans. -- or democrats. i focus on america. this does not solve the issue. i cannot believe america came out ahead. might we have bought ourselves more time? two years. the best analogy is you have a family sitting at the dinner table who has n

now we are just told that house speaker john boehner has left the capitol building.e had this long power point presentation. he was on the phone with all 240 members. and that is clearly where the real fight and the real question mark is. let's bring in our msnbc political analyst richard wolffe, arth of "engade: the making of a president." shira toeplitz. jonathan alter with us also. richard, do you think this is going to get done? >> yes it will get done. you have all four leaders on the house and senate saying it's going to get done. everyone would question if it didn't get done. as we just heard from the congressman from new york, we've all been saying, there's lots here conservatives don't like. i don't really see what conservatives wouldn't like. the balanced budget language is still in there. the taxes. the president says everything is on the table. according to speaker boehner's presentation, it's, quote, effectively impossible to increase taxes in that very second phase that the president says everything is on the table in. so, you know, they cannot both be

president obama turned up the heat on house speaker john boehner yesterday over a partisan standoff that caused a partial shutdown of the faa and put thousands of americans out of work while congress is on vacation. nbc's tracie potts joins us now from washington the latest. tracie, good morning to you. >> veronica, good morning. president obama got in touch with the house speaker yesterday and said you guys should come back to washington and work this out. they left after sealing the debt deal without securing a budget for the faa, a dispute over government subsidies to small airports. the bottom line, the president says this is a lose-lose-lose situation for everyone. of course, he's got other things on his mind, willic a rose garden birthday party. president obama is turning 50. while he's celebrating here today, last night there was a big fund-raiser and birthday dinner in chicago. about 100 people paid $35,000 a plate to dine with the president. then there was a huge concert, herbie hancock was among those. this was a huge fund-raiser. the fund-raising may be lower this month becaus

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house speaker john boehner told his republicans that they got 98% of what they wanted.ed in president carter's white house. andrea and ta tantaros are boths of the "the five." >> we are co-cohosts of the "the nine." bill: john boehner said we got 98% of what we wanted. that's not on tape. by that's what's been reported what he told his members of his caucus. then one of the leaders said, really? nanny's pool is only 2%? she is that stupid? is boehner right, 98% or not? >> 98%, i think he has to say that number publicly. i would say it's 75% of what boehner wanted. i think would have preferred to force another vote on the debt ceiling before the 2012 election. and i think he wanted to see more entitlement reform. but boehner struck a deal with no tax increases, significant cuts to government spending and more cuts planned on the way. 98 is a little high. i would say 75% what they wanted but it's still a good deal. bill: the "new york times" editorial page, they are killing white house on this. 98% for boehner? >> look, i have never seen a bill that so many people -- you

spokesman for john boehner tweeting in response, "we really don't need another speech, just a plan on paper, seriously, just drop it in the mail." this is what john boehner is like as speaker of the house. the president announces job creation ideas, he rejects, big job creation plan, the speaker says plan, where is this plan? that's the announcement. when somebody says here comes this plan, you don't respond with where is the plan. who even does that? what is the congressional republicans' plan this year anyway? what would an america run by john boehner's republicans look like now? the "the washington post" looked at that today, what they have said yes to and taken action on and expressed themselves ability, the highlights, their plan, voted to get rid of medicare by privatizing it, they have voted to stop regulating mountain top removing mining at the federal level, voted to eliminate federal funding for npr, they voted to repeal health reform and eliminate all three federal programs that help people in danger of foreclosure and proposed $647 million be cut from the guys who just brought 14 pounds of highly enriched uranium out of south africa today to keep it off the int

kate bolduan is getting details on what the house speaker, john boehner, just briefed the republican caucus. he had some talking points on how good this deal is for the republicans, kate. >> actually, i just dropped the paper so let me grab it real quick, wolf. this is actually a power point presentation that speaker boehner was going through with members on this conference call and it's really ticking off exactly what this deal is and also trying to make the case why they need to support it. what i'm seeing in the notes that i'm reading here in this power point presentation and from the excerpts i'm reading from speaker boehner's remarks, he's really trying to make the case this is not far off from the deal they've been working on themselves that they eventually agreed to with a little bit of an added sweetener, if you will, to get more conservatives on in the end. what i'm just seeing briefly the top line of this deal says that it cuts up-front spending at $917 billion over ten years. that's just up front. that there are multi-step process then for the president to request to raise

. >>> and also, while all of this was going on, speaker john boehner was holding a conference call with all 240 members of his caucus telling them that there is nothing in this framework that violates our principles, and it is all spending cuts. the white house bid to raise taxes has been shutdown. and as i vowed back in may when everybody thought i was crazy for saying it every dollar of debt increase will be matched with a dollar of spending cuts, and in doing this, we have stopped, again, and these are john boehner's words in a powerpoint presentation, we have stopped a job-killing national default that none of us wanted. well, members of the congressional progressive caucus are scheduled for an emergency meeting tomorrow at 2:00 in the afternoon, and the members of the black caucus have expressed reluctance about this deal, and luke russert has the unenviable job of counting the votes. the president said to do the right thing and certainly pressure will be applied by leadership on both sides, and how tight could this be? >> oh, it is going to be tight, chris, from everything that we

. >>> and also, while all of this was going on, speaker john boehner was holding a conference call with all 240 members of his caucus telling them that there is nothing in this framework that violates our principles, and it is all spending cuts. the white house bid to raise taxes has been shutdown. and as i vowed back in may when everybody thought i was crazy for saying it every dollar of debt increase will be matched with a dollar of spending cuts, and in doing this, we have stopped, again, and these are john boehner's words in a powerpoint presentation, we have stopped a job-killing national default that none of us wanted. well, members of the congressional progressive caucus are scheduled for an emergency meeting tomorrow at 2:00 in the afternoon, and the members of the black caucus have expressed reluctance about this deal, and luke russert has the unenviable job of counting the votes. the president said to do the right thing and certainly pressure will be applied by leadership on both sides, and how tight could this be? >> oh, it is going to be tight, chris, from everything that we

they will not be able to take it up until house speaker john boehner has the votes. >> jessica stone in washington. thank you very much for the update. joining us for insight is joe tillman and thank you for coming in. >> my pleasure. what did they do in the last 24 hours that they couldn't have done in the past two weeks? why did it take them to the last anyone. >> often times what drives people to some kind of resolution is that the sense of urgency created by a deadline and what drove us to this particular decision tonight was the fact we have a deadline on tuesday. we didn't have that two weeks ago. two weeks ago it was still two weeks away. in that period of time everyone went periodically and symbolicky to different paths until they got to the side in which both sides can live with. i don't think anybody is delighted with what they've got but in order to get a resolution everybody had to give something thin is the end product. >> i want to ask you about this because a lot of people are convinced this wasn't nothing more than political theatrics. can anybody go back to their con

house speaker john boehner is selling the deal to republicans as plan to hold president obama accountable, and the president has to win over members of his own party. >> we don't know the details. the details, eecc1: we're going to be extremely noncommitted. but on the service, it looks like a satan sandwich. >> reporter: a debt ceiling deal going down to the wire, with no guarantees.cc1: despite their many differences, president obama and speaker boehner say this is not the plan they wanted, but it is the plan, and it's one that can pass. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> getting an agreement on the table has happened several times before in this debate. both sides seemed confident they votes,1: though, this time, to get it passed. nbc bay area's kimberly tere has more on how the government ended up here in the first place, and the potential political fallout. kimberly? >> reporter: those of you who are a little confused as to what this means, raising the debt court of appealing is akin to asking for a credit card limit increase when you're out of money but still have bills to way.