i hope i'm wrong. >> reporter: in kabul republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham called the strategy too risky and say it could put american troops and the plan in jeopardy. the plan calls for pulling out 10,000 troops by the end of this year with another 23,000 gone by the end of next summer. >> i hope that it will work out but it is certainly deprives us of the necessary troops that we need for the second fighting season. >> the obama administration is standing by its plan saying successes on the ground especially the killing of osama bin laden have made it possible. >> al qaeda is under more pressure than at any time since 9/11. >> reporter: still this deadly taliban raid on a hotel in kabul last week shows insurgents aren't willing to go quietly. >> if we don't succeed here and the taliban comes back into power we'll be attacked again. >> reporter: while the debate continues, american troops are carrying on with their mission preparing to hand over security back to the afghan people, the drawdown is set to begin this month. terrell, some initial diplomatic moves have bee

senators are in afghanistan this morning, john mccain, joe lieberman and lindsey graham, they say they're worried president obama's plan to draw down u.s. troops could help the insurgents. joel brown is in washington on that. happy fourth of july, good morning to you. >> happy independence day to you. they say this is a perception problem. the senators believe too many afghans see president obama's plan for a drawdown see this as a sign the u.s. is quitting on afghanistan. they say that perception is a dangerous one. key senators are raising doubts about president obama's withdrawal plan for afghanistan. >> it is an unnecessary risk. >> i really do worry this may have undercut the momentum. i hope i'm wrong. >> reporter: in kabul sunday, republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham called the strategy too risky and say it could put both american troops and the plan in jeopardy. the plan calls for pulling out 10,000 troops by the end of this year with another 23,000 gone by the end of next summer. >> i hope that it will work out but it certainly deprives us of the necessary troops th

i hope i'm wrong. >> reporter: john mccain and lindsey graham said it was risky saying it could put the american troops in jeopardy. the plan calls for pulling out 10,000 troops by the end of this year with another 23,000 gone by next summer. >> i hope it will work out. it is certainly depriving us of the necessary troops we need for the second fighting season. >> reporter: the obama administration is standing by the plan saying success is on the ground, especially with the stilling of osama bin laden. >> al qaeda is under more pressure than at any time since 9/11. >> reporter: still this raid shows insurgents will not go quietly. >> if we don't succeed here and the taliban comes back into power, we will be attacked again. >> reporter: while the debate continues, american troops are going on with their mission, preparing to hand over security to the american people. the drawdown will begin this month. joel brown, cbs news, washington. >>> in the district, the annual 4th of july celebration on the national mall. the concert has stars like matthew morrison and chelsea hightower. . >> it i

we're now w ined by lindsey graham of south carolina. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> as all of this goes on we're hearing from minority leader mitch mcconnell that they are working, close to o e parameters, close to presenting something to their members. is this what you're hearing? the kind of thing you get on board on? >> that was actually a pretty good interview. i don't know where i'm going to land but i do believe there is a desire as a whole to get this done in a way you don't go into tuesday with a default. there's a lot of history being made here. the average debt ceiling in terms of time since 1940 has been 20 minutes. we'll do 20 months since the proposal. from the republican party's point of view, i think we can declare victory in a limited fashion. this is the first time, in my lifetime, that i know of, we're paying for future debt increases dollar for dollar. that would not happen since the 2010 election. which is about the size and scope of the government. when you tell tea party folks, quite frankly people like me

. >>> three senators in afghanistan tonight john mccain and lindsey graham and joe lieberman.he senators say they're concerned the plans will undermine afghan morale and make it more difficult to beat back taliban forces. >> i know there is some concern among the afghans about the pace of the beginning of withdrawal of our surge troops. but we have tried to reassure everyone that the commitment that america has made, and the international community has made, to a free and independent afghanistan is strong and steadfast and lasting. >> senator mccain said some areas of afghanistan including kandahar, are definitely safer. >>> the news edge is everywhere at 11:00. a fire at a church sends one firefighter to the hospital and causes thousands of dollars in damage. the firefighter was hurt while batting the flames. flames were seen shooting through the roof. authorities believe it was caused by a lightning strike. >>> a fire gutted a straussberg, virginia church. happened saturday evening. parishers held services on the building's front lawn today. the outside of the building was n

today, dodging default with white house bum et director jacob liu and republican senator lindsey graham. then rudy giuliani on the president, the republican field, and gay marriage. >> i don't know what the heck the republican party wants to do getting involved in people's sexual lives and personal lives so much for. stay out-it. >> and the politics of red ink with former biden chief of staff ron klain and former congressman tom davis. i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." the president said he wanted a deal by friday so lawmakers met with him at the white house day after day after day. they took a break friday, and the president pushed again. >> if washington operates as usual and can't get anything done, let's at least avert armageddon. >> joining me now, white house budget director jacob liu. thanks for being here this morning. >> good to be with you, candy. >> we are told by hill sources that since the last white house meeting on thursday and this morning there has been no progress. do you concur? >> i think quite a bit has been going on since the meeting at the white

bill: six days to do it, thanks, senator lindsey graham.n: americans by the thousands are flooding the phone lines and web sites of capitol hill one day after president obama urged people to make their voices heard in his primetime address. the phones on capitol hill started ringing off the hooks. and here's how florida republican congressman daniel webster's constituents weighed in. >> people are really tuned in and we saw approximately 60% of our calls were saying, you know, we'd like to see a compromise, it is okay to raise the debt limit and 40% say, no, we have reached the point where we need to not raise the debt limit. >> we seem to be willing to compromise to try to get something done. >> the congressman's priority has been to cut spending without raising taxes and that is a principle he stood on consistently. alisyn: the capitol hill's call center said phone circuits were near capacity and received 40,000 calls in one hour, twice the normal volume. bill: and the phone calls are continuing today. many americans are voicing concern i

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when we come back senator lindsey graham is going to join us. the 3.6-liter v6 engine of the jeep grand cherokee has a best-in-class driving range of over 500 miles per tank. so you can catch morning tee time in pebble beach and the afternoon meeting in losngeles all without running out of gas. st make sure you don't run out of gas. ♪ but i did. they said i couldn't fight above my weight class. but i did. they said i couldn't get elected to congress. but i did. ♪ smetimes when we touch ha ha! millions of hits! [ male announc ] flick, stack, and move between active apps seamlessly. only on the new hp touchpad with webos. >>> i think if you look at where the parties are compared to discussions over the last decades, there are things that both sides are talking about doing that are dramatic. i think there's still time to get something big done. the president has made it clear he wants to do something substantial. >> sean: that was budget director lew talking about the debt negotiations. he says the president wants to do something substantial. we fo

the six republicans were lindsey graham of south carolina, jim demint of south carolina, david vitter of kentucky. it is possible that rand paul was simply voting against anything that increases the debt ceiling, as would jim demint, lindsey graham may have had different thinking. we don't have statements from them on why they voted the way they did. the action continues in the senate, harry reid trying to move ahead, as you heard from kent conrad, at the moment, the senate floor is in a bit of a stall. now, i can remember a long time ago that, in fact, now that i think of it, it was just months ago, when i was the only television writer in history to have written the words "debt ceiling" in scripts, scripts for television drama. in fact, i did it in two nbc dramas, "the west wing" being the one you might remember. not every joke writer in tv knows what the debt ceiling is or knew what it was until recently, but now every one of them, every joke writer in television has caught up with me and they've written more debt ceiling jokes into scripts than i could ever have dreamed of. here t

among them lindsey graham of south carolina. >> we learned this morning that a gentleman was taken into custody, kept on a u.s. ship and he's now in custody. >> the last thing i'm worried about is prosecuting enemy fighters. i want to find out what they know about the enemy, what intelligence value do they have to the united states. having people on ships has never been used in warfare before in terms of prisons. he should have been sent to guantanamo bay and held as an enemy combatant and interrogated. >> the administration would make the case it has interrogated him sufficiently and thinks it should move on to the next step to bring him to justice. what's wrong with that. >> look how long it took to put the puzzle together to catch bin laden. what if everyone was held for 60 days and provided a lawyer? do you think we would have put the puzzle together? you need to hold people off the battlefield and gather intelligence. when you capture an enemy prisoner the last thing you think of is prosecution. you think of holding the people and gathering intelligence. this model of keeping them

. >>> republican senator lindsey graham joins us now from south carolina. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> you said that if we don't act soon the u.s. will have a financial crisis as bad as greece, and what is your reaction to what happened in the senate? >> i was very disappointed. if this is not worthy of debate, what would be? if you don't put forth the cap, cut and balance and then to address the fundamental problem. we are not in jeopardy of becoming greece because we don't raise the debt ceiling. we are in jeopardy of becoming greece because we have 70% of the debt to gdp is going to be 100 in little over a decade, so we have to do more than raise the debt ceiling. we have got to address what got us into debt, and if you don't like cut, cap and balance come up with a plan of your own. i believe that the only solution to this problem is not political rhetoric between politicians and parties. it is a structural change, a balanced budget amendment to the constitution to make us do things that neither one of us like to do, and if we don'

independent joe lieberman and republican lindsey graham. senators, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> good to be with you, shannon. thank you. >> shannon: i want to start with disturbing reports in the "wall street journal" that concern iran. senator graham, this question for you. they say that iran has, "smuggled rocket projectile, that results in the american troops and have given long-range rockets to taliban in afghanistan and increasing the insurgents' ability to hit u.s. and coalition positions from a safer position." in june, 14 u.s. service members were killed in combat in iraq and officials attribute the death to militias trained by the iran revolutionary guard. senator, what do we do about iran? >> well, i think people need to understand why iran is doing this. the biggest nightmare for the ayatollah in iran is to have a democracy in iraq and afghanistan on their borders. so, yes, they are helping the taliban and trying to react to bring down the iraqi democracy and trying to undermine the efforts here. they're responsible for m

you know, lindsey graham was very interesting when he was talking to gretta.'m curious what your thoughts are on this. he we need to put something in this deal. it has to say that contingent upon it is addressing the balanced budget amendment and taking it to the states and seeing if the states would indeed agree to some kind of balanced budget amendment. as part of this deal. what say you, sir? >> my colleague lindsey graham is always interesting and i don't equitable with his desire to get a balanced budget amendment passed and the need for the american people to express their will to members of congress about it. they overwhelmingly support a balanced budget amendment. my problem is my democratic colleagues in the house of representatives say no to a balanced budget amendment and we have a deadline approaching of tuesday. so i'm not sure how realistic it is to demands our democratic colleagues that they change their position on a balanced budget amendment. it may take a while for american public opinion to persuade them to support a balanced budget amendmen

her guests will include, david plouffe and republican senator, lindsey graham. >>> now, to an amazing story of survival. look at this picture. this is a plane that literally split in two. 163 people, including at least 2 americans were onboard. it was a caribbean airlines jet from new york city that skidded off the runway in the south american country of guyana. incredibly, everyone survived. here's abc's lisa stark. >> reporter: there was no fire when the plane t te apart. and the jet stopped just short of a 200-foot ravine. all that saved lives. >> and the plane practically broke in two. so, we should be grateful for that. >> repororr: the caribbean airlines boeing 737, stopped in trinidad, after leaving new york. and then, on the guyana. it was raining, 1:30 in the morning. the jet touchehedown and the careened off the end of the runway. crashing through an airport fence and on to a dirt road. >> everyone was screaming. >> i told my friend, you know, that, man. we're going to die. we're going to die because the plane, it don't have enough runway to stop. >> reporter: reports say as

i noticed this morning lindsey graham, senator graham of south carolina is saying he thinks the deal as he understands it now may be moving in the wrong direction. are you convinced you can sell enough republicans just in the senate on this to get it passed? >> well, i'm sure there will be both democrats and republicans who in the end find the agreement wanting in one way or another. but i believe there will be a strong bipartisan support for this. again, this deal has not been finalized yet, but i think we're very, very close to something that i could comfortably recommend to my members and i believe the democratic leadership will be doing the same. >> schieffer: do you think that speaker boehner, he's going to have to depend on nancy pelosi to get him some democratic vows in the thousands get this passed. >> we'll have to get democratic votes in the senate as well. neither party has hammer lock on the entire congress, and we're going to have to work together to get this job done for the american people. >> i understand there's also a provision in here that calls for a vote on the b

disaster even republicans admit that you know in john boehner is words to be a financial disaster lindsey graham is that this would lead to financial collapse and calamity around the world but you didn't you know enough to go further than listening to the republicans to hear what the consequences would be of not raising the debt ceiling which is interesting because the republican base actually wants to see essentially what the democrats are proposing seventy four percent in the gallup polls that they want to see that debt ceiling increase that includes both spending cuts and revenue increases which is exactly what the democrats are proposing exactly what the republicans are blocking and now we're seeing ratings agencies like moody's threatening to downgrade the u.s. debt as a result of a remarkable scott thanks so much for being thanks for having me tom keep up the great to be with you thank you and other republicans may have one thing in their favor as they continue to refuse to raise the debt ceiling and close their eyes and ears the dire consequences of this refusal and that's public opinion

violence the second america reduces their presence in any significant way and listen to how senator lindsey graham proposed permanent stays in the country not too long ago under the right circumstances i think it would really secure the gains we've made to have a u.s. presence in afghanistan to air bases that would be beneficial to the afghan security forces all the war in it as a way to make sure this country never goes back into the hands of the taliban. then there is of course the historical fact that the us has made a habit of building permanent military bases across the world and keeping them there for years and years and years and our war in afghanistan let me remind you has been the longest war in our country's history so all of a sudden we're going to defy all historical precedent in our longest war yet according the pentagon's bay structure report from two thousand and ten there are over a thousand u.s. bases worldwide let me remind you and anywhere between four hundred sixty and six hundred of those are abroad and as many point out nobody knows how accurate this number actually is becaus

even lindsey graham is against this thing. >> judge, anything that's not written for the tea party bothers you, but this deal is in the two of those bills, of course his bill is not going to survive the senate and harry's is not going to survive the house. there be cuts in there and there will be the commission and agree on the commission. >> they will not agree on the commission, the courts will invalidate the commission. >> it will be and you and the tea party can take over-the-hill together. >> you buy the nonsense if we don't borrow more money we can't pay our bills and-- do i buy the nonsense? >> and that's what happens, balanced budget amendment doesn't get either one. >> that's ridiculous. >> really? >> i agree with you. the balanced budget amendment will have federal judges deciding how the money should be. >> the constitution does not authorize that. >> final question, and what are you going to do with all of your free time once this thing has been resolved? >> i honestly don't think it's going to get resolved and i think actually i might have died two years ago and i'm in hell an

john mccain and lindsey graham are cutting short their trip to visit troops in afghanistan. a montana to senator is getting the married this weekend and now has to cancel his honeymoon. >>> nissan auto plants in japan are rolling out new plans starting today it has plants open on saturday and sunday to help save on electricity. workers will now get thursday and friday off, the idea to help spread out electricity usage during peak power periods. demand -- japan is ordering companies to cut their electricity by 50%. >>> no more performance bonuses and for managers in executives at the u.s. postal service the agency is suspending the practice and the face of a deficit up to $8 billion. they have already suspended contributions to the employee pension fund. and over the past four years, the agency eliminated 110,000 jobs and reduced costs by $12 billion. but now it says it needs to cut even more. the postal service hopes to close smaller offices and wants congressional approval to cancel saturday deliveries. >>> three people are under arrest after a 10-months sting operation. >>

. >> reporter: lindsey graham favors constitutional amendment but there isn't enough support in the senate we have the people behind us. 72% of the american people want balanced budget. >> reporter: the president called for shared sacrifice. >> i am still pushing for to us achieve a big deal. but what i said to the group is if we can't do the biggest deal possible, then let's still be ambitious. let's still try to at least get a down payment on deficit reduction. >> reporter: but the cochair of the president's own deficit commission has not been impressed with what washington is considering. >> so many people are talking about doing it with just about $2 trillion of deficit reduction. that is not a solution. that is not going to fool our creditors. >> reporter: credit agency moody's suggested the u.s. remove the debt ceiling altogether to remove this uncertainty. considering all the heartburn over the nation's debt, that would appear to be unlikely. bret? >> bret: thank you. at a time when president obama and lawmakers of both parties are struggling to find spending cut of $20 the $4 trill

. >> greta: joining us senator lindsey graham. don't become the enemy of the american people. nice to see you. before we dig into some of the things we are talking about. you had dinner with speaker boehner tonight. >> i was at dinner with a group of senators and john boehner came by, had a gate dinner no deal, not close to a deal. john has done his job. he delivered a bill out of the house that would raise the debt ceiling. more importantly get us out of debt over time. cut, cap and balance. good job john boehner. >> greta: now what? >> now the democratic party has to decide whether they want to help us, work with us change how america got so far in debt. we are going to have a vote tomorrow on cut, cap and balance you talked about a lot here. we are not going to get one amendment. there's not going to be any baste there's not going to be any discussion about that bail -- it is going to be summarily dismissed and the nation is going to become greece, the senate is letting the public down. >> greta: who has the power to say there's going to be debate or no? >> the majority lea

i almost spilled my coffee this morning listening to lindsey graham talking about this is the real dealwe need to get away from this catch phrase rhetoric that speaks to the base and talk about real solutions that are tangible and not just kind of myst mystical. >> will, if you watch the shows this morning, that's all you heard. someone asked a question about news corp, and the guy responded by saying, we'll let that play out. but we have to get this cut, cap, and balance. >> my gosh, stick to the talking points. go ahead, will. >> well, i'm going to crucify talking point as quickly as the next guys. but this is the only plan on the table. you want to talk about tangible, this is the only tangible plan on the table. it will be voted on this week. president obama has not put forth a plan. now, this plan is not going to pass. but it is real. it's the only plan out there. >> i'm not talking about the plan. i'm just talking about the talking points. and you know someone said, stick to the talking points. >> it's a cute marketing phrase. >> that's all i'm saying. will, i know democrats have

but i think lindsey graham and chuck schumer are good on that. >> i completely agree with that. >> thanks so much. maria come back and christina. let me finish with a way out of the debt ceiling, wow. you're watching "hardball." introducing the schwab mobile app. it's schwab at your fingertips wherever, whenever you want. one log in lets you monitor all of your balances and transfer between accounts, so your money can move as fast as you do. check out your portfolio, track the market with live updates. and execute trades anywhere and anytime the inspiration hits you. even deposit checks right from your phone. just take a picture, hit deposit and you're done. open an account today and put schwab mobile to work for you. >>> let me finish tonight with this dreadful, disspiriting, debasing diatribe over the debt. both sides have the other side pegged, it's why the spanish don't want the fighting bull to fight a second time. you no longer hear the olay's from the stands to catch each of the charges of the bull. it's gotten, dare i say it, dull out there. it isn't, of course, not if you count

there are about three people that i trust on that, one of them is lost, ted kennedy, but i think lindsey grahamumer on that, that want a real immigration bill that could pass. >> i agree with that. >>> when we return, let me finish with a way out of the debt ceiling. wow, a way out of the standoff, at least. you're watching "hardball." >>> let me finish tonight with the dreadful despiriting diatribe over the debt. both sides have the other side pegged. that's why the spanish don't allow the fighting bull to fight a second time. you no longer here the oles shouting from the stands, no longer the heads of the crowd to turn to catch each of the charges. it's gotten, dare i say it, dull out there. it isn't if you count the stakes and get past the rivalry to the world at large. the world at large has a lot riding on this, a lot more than a political election, meaning america, this country, is ready to go down a notch over this contest among politicians. i know why it's important to raise revenues only a hard partisan can't see the need to bring up revenue and bring down spending to something like 20

of course, your top guest, david plouffe and senator lindsey graham from south carolina. we take it back up to dan in new york. >> george, before we let you go, you know so much about washington. i want to hear your thoughts this morning.. assuming that this tentative framework that we're talking about this morning eventually passes, i know that's a big assumption. let's play this experiment for a moment. if it passes, will it be seen as a huge victory for republicans? >> it does depend on the details. look at the framework we look at right now. if this automatic cut, that would take place if congress can't come to some agreement on overall spending cuts and ways to reduce the deficit does not include any revenue increases, and is all spending cuts, i think you'd have to consider it a big win for the republican party, a big win for house speaker john boehner and the republican leader, senate mitch mcconnell. who is really in the center of crafting this deal right now. yoyowould have seen this entire third year of president obama's presidency dominated by the republican ag

. >> reporter: in kabul sunday republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham called the strategyoo risky and said it could put both american troops and the mission in jeopardy. the plan which the president unveiled last month calls for pulling out 10,000 troops by the end of this year with another 23,000 gone by the end of next summer. >> i hope that it will work out, but it is certainly the of the troops we needed for the second season. >> reporter: the obama administration is standing by its plan saying success is on the ground especially the killing of osama bin laden have made it possible. >> al qaeda is under more pressure than at any time since 9/11. >> reporter: still this deadly taliban raid on a hotel in kabul last week shows insurgents aren't willing to go quietly. >> if we don't succeed here and the taliban comes back into power, we'll be attacked again. >> reporter: while the debate continues, american troops are carrying on with their mission preparing to hand over security back to the afghan people. the draw down is set to begin this month. joel brown, cbs news, was

another person had died so lindsey graham and i became new members of the committee and the impeachment thing is in full bloom and the first committee hearing after the monica lewinski story and the press is there and everyone assuming this is going to be fireworks in this committee so henry by tradition the chairman introduced new members so he does an introduction with me and an introduction of lindsay and john conyers interrupts and says mr. chairman william yield? all these congress men behind me start whispering here comes. he is going to scream about these guys that this is a sham and a farce and they're putting these guys on and are am thinking he is going to kill us and john conyers said something along the lines of i join with my colleague the chairman in welcoming congressman james rogan to this committee. of fine man and great statesman. he is going on and on about what a wonderful addition to the committee. now all these republicans around me are starting to look at me. what is this all about? are am sitting there and they're looking at the suspiciously. he goes on and so i

but i think lindsey graham and chuck schumer are good on that. there are some people who really want a real immigration bill. >> i completely agree with that. >> thank you guys so much. maria come back and christina. let me finish with a way out of the debt ceiling, wow. you're watching "hardball." so, what are we going to do with this? i don't know. the usual? [ blower whirring ] sometimes it pays to switch things up. my - what, my hair? no. car insurance. i switched to progressive and they gave me discounts for the time i spent with my old company. saved a bunch. that's a reason to switch. big savings -- it's a good look for you. [ blower whirring ] [blower stops] the safety was off. out there with a better way. now, that's progressive. >>> let me finish tonight with this dreadful, disspiriting, debasing diatribe over the debt. both sides have the other side pegged, it's why the spanish don't want the fighting bull to fight a second time. you no longer hear the olay's from the stands to catch each of the charges of the bull. it's gotten, dare i

i will say that the people i mentioned, steve and lindsey graham and matt, these people would understand, mark sanford would understand what would happen in the case of default. i think, in that respect, we would have never allowed this to come to this point. we would have fought like hell. the difference is we would push to take the $4 trillion deal this group didn't take. you get $4 trillion, closing tax loopholes. >> they were pushing like hell. they got a deal none of us thought they would get. no tax increases. significant spending reductions. they got what they say they want. take it and move on and save the country. >> the question is whether at the end of the day, john boehner fit wasn't tight enough. if you have a speaker you respect, that speaker usually gets one or two free shots. newt gingrich said to us, a lot of us didn't care for him too much but at the end of the government shutdown, i have never asked you for a vote. i have never said do this for me personally, but we need to reopen the government. it's going to finish the republican revolution if we don't. i need your v

joe leiberman from connecticut and lindsey graham from south carolina. they are going to be traveling overseas. we'll check in with them live from the middle east to talk about the president's withdrawal plan he's announced. we have new polls on that and how people feel about it. especially in light of the attack in kabul earlier this week. also libya as well. and whether the president has done a good enough job justifying why we're there. >> also you have a guest who is a great guy. an actor who has done so much for our troops. >> gary sinise. he's on csi. but the most important role it seems like for him is the fact he's out there serving our troops. he comes from a family with a lot of military connections. he works tirelessly to make sure our troops and families feel appreciated. we're going to sit down and talk to him about what he's doing. >> all right. we look forward to seeing you on sunday. thank you. >> if there's any video of your canon ball, i'd like to see that. >> there's no video. >> shannon, for you we'll do it. >> fox news sunday airs he

and i hope what lindsey graham said happens. i hope we have a debate, because what they've said is they haven't laid out specifically how reconstitution all amendment has to be. the fleet out the qualifications, the characteristics that it ought to have come and to me that is exactly the kind of debate that we ought to be having here in the senate, and we ought to talk about what should those characteristics be. should there be a constitutional amendment on spending? should there be a constitutional amendment on how we raise taxes and a constitutional amendment on actually having a balanced budget? i cannot imagine why the united states senate wouldn't want to take this up, debate it amend it get our democratic colleagues to put in place some of their faults and i am thrilled we have this opportunity. i want to thank them for their leadership and look forward to working with them in the future and on this specifically. thank you very much. >> thank you for your leadership and all the other members of the senate have co-sponsored

i tell you, there's some frustration from house republicans with senator demint and senator lindsey graham because they came out against this bill. and a lot of the house republicans from south carolina, including tim scott, have followed their lead. a huge influence from demint and graham, and house republicans have said they have made their job a lot tougher. host: i'm going to ask the audience to bare with me. i'm not going to do it all at once. but i want to go through the 33 republicans who are undecided, who this debate really hinges on. let me go through them in groups. this is the hill's list, undecided, still reviewing, or unclear. joe barton, long-term member of texas, dennis of michigan, is says the speaker made the case to brooks personally. dan burton, indiana. quico canseco of texas. chip crayaack of minnesota. john dunn can of tennessee, trent franks of arizona. scott desjarlais of tennessee. morgan griffith of virginia. jamie herrera beutler of washington, randy hullgren of illinois. there and go back to our callers. caller: i would just like to say that this is just sicken

general petraeus offered, but apparently that's not true, as general allen admitted to senator lindsey grahamt is a more aggressive option than that which was presented. >> my question is was that an option? >> it was not. >> so general allen will have to figure out how to have a successful fighting season next year, even though he won't have as many resources as he does this year. >> reporter: some of the military officials i spoke with say allen has never been as public as petraeus, but one of the reasons he was picked for the job is they believe he has the communications skills to muster support for the war back home among ordinary americans. with the u.s. now spending $10 billion every month on the war, that ability could be just as important as his strategic skills on the battlefield. wolf? >> thanks very much. chris lawrence at the pentagon. >>> the debate is raging behind closed doors over at the white house over the u.s. looming debt disaster as the latest republican proposal, is that the answer? we'll have more on that. that's coming up this hour. plus, the 77-year-old congressman wh

some testimony in front of congress led by people like senator lindsey graham has made it clear thathe pentagon wasn't exactly, well, onboard with the numbers that the president wants to withdraw, right? >> that's right, jon. as a matter of fact, i've spent the last week and a half around the pentagon and other places talking to active duty and retired military, and they don't talk about this campaign in terms of winning and losing, jon, they talk about it in the terms of risk. and to put a military spin on what's happening over there, as a generalule they believe that the surge has been very successful in the south in the kandahar and helmand province. but the military took risks in the northeast. that's that region between kabul and the pakistani border hoping that in 2012 they would have a very robust campaign there. well, of course, with the, with the withdrawal of the troops and with truncating the campaign season, there's concern in the military that that's raised the level of risk of achieving the same success in the north that they've achieve inside the south, jon. jon: if yo

senator lindsey graham says this nation is becoming greece. he's our guest.s and losers on this, and, baby it is hot outside! 17 states with extreme heat and the republican race for president could get hotter. governor rick perry may be getting closer to jumping into the race for the white house and is making those kind of noises, at least. we'll take a closer look at his prospects, coming up, happening now. jamie: thanks, jon. lots to cover? thanks, jamie. jamie: they grew up together and now, they plan to serve together, a set of quadruplets set to serve their country. what do their parents have to say about all of this. >> i don't know how we'll react. >> i'm so close to all four, so it is harder. it is harder for me to see them leave the house... call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. and replace your old mayo [ female announcer ] it's time raise the bar with the full flavor of kraft mayo with olive oil. ♪ made with half the fat and calories of hellmann's real mayo...

fellow shia muslim, they're trying to build relations, and listen to senators joe lieberman and lindsey graham, who just returned from afghanistan: >> the biggest nightmare for the ayatollahs in iran is to have a democrat -- democracy in iraq and afghanistan on their borders so yes, they're helping the taliban, they're trying to react to debate that shia are trying to bring down democracy, they're trying to undermine their efforts. they're responsible for material coming into both countries that are killing not only american soldiers but the rec -- iraqi and afghan people. >> they've got the blood of a lot of people on their hands, including the hundreds of americans who have been killed in iraq as a result of iranian training and equipping of extremist militias. >> reporter: but i just asked general david rodriquez, who is the number two in afghanistan under general petraeus, he's ending what has essentially been 40 months of combat, he's coming home in the next month, and i asked him about iranian influence in afghanistan and here's what he said: >> it's been pretty consistent, ma'am, and th

we've heard senate republicans like senator lindsey graham have come out and said this plan does notte. >> well, the irony is if you talk to speaker boehner, he'll tell you that leader reid agreed to this very plan, plan, so i tk what he'der reid did at that point was to really disclose where his members are, and is leader reid going to not call this bill for a vote? is he then going to be responsible for the default of u.s. obligations? i don't think so. i think he'll pass it, and i think it goes on the president's desk, and i think president obama signs this bill. it's his only choice, and it's the only remedy moving forward. jenna: congressman, i only have about 30 seconds, but neither plan presented by either the democrats or republicans comes close to the $4 trillion in cuts that rating companies say we need to do to prevent a downgrade of our nation's credit. what's your plan? >> look, that's a very serious issue, and i'm not here today pumping sunshine telling you that this makes all of the fiscal problems of the united states go away. the previous congress and this administra

jenna: lindsey graham serves on the judiciary committee. are you behind the mcconnell-reid plan. >> i can't imagine any plan passing through the senate and house that doesn't cut the debt. between now and next november you need to barrow or 10 trillion. i don't see any republican voting for a plan that doesn't cut the government at least equal to what you raise the debt ceiling by. jenna: they are calling this the last resort plan. >> the last resort is to do the right thing. let's have a balanced budget in the constitution. how can you get this far in debt without having a structural problem? jenna: a balanced budget amendment would amend the constitution. we've done that 27 times the last time ironically in 1992 it had too do with congressional pay. why now after all the decades this government has been operating, why now do we need a change? >> because after all the decades we have got even 14.4 or $5 trillion in debt. i see no hope without discipline. the balanced budget amendment to the constitution will give us discipline we can't mus

lindsey graham, and rudy giuliani. he's up having a non-campaign in new hampshire.o we caught up with him up there to see what he's up to. >> revenue side meaning more taxes one way or another? >> right. >> sunday morning 9:00 a.m. eastern, right? state of the union with candy crowley. >>> and come up this hour, i'll be speaking with steny hoyer. >>> plus, the long-anticipated drawdown in afghanistan begins. you're going to find out how many american troops in this initial withdrawal are coming out right away. and president obama joked he was calling for pizza. but in the end, delivering a personal message for america's final space shuttle crew. stick around. you're in the "situation room." woman: saving for our child's college fund was getting expensive. man: yes it was. so to save some money, we taught our 5 year old how to dunk. woman: scholarship! woman: honey go get him. anncr: there's an easier way to save. get online. go to geico.com. get a quote. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. that's how it is with alzheimer's disease. she needs help