mr. boehner's rank.ngs we can do, things we need to do but we've got to be at two do it. >> it would help. mitt romney never needed a loan to attend harvard. so when he had a chance to tell todayness students how they could afford college, his bold idea. listen. >> the best thing i can do for you is to tell you to shop around and compare tuition. take a shot, go for it take a risk, get the education, borrow money from your parents. >> this from a man who says the president is out of touch. does he know how expensive college has become or is this like everything else, public school teachers, things he has no experience of and therefore speaks from a vat of inexperience and stupidity? >> you know it's really quite bizarre because it's not as though it's a buyer's market. if you're a kid who wants to go to college you basically have to pay the tuition charged. you do everything you can. parents refinance their homes and give up a lot of the retirement security. you borrow as much as you can, kids an average

mr. boehner will have a steel spine. mr. boehner gets the facts ahead of time. coming to this conclusion he came to over the weekend. once he made up his mind, he will go this route, the attorney general bet procedure vide documents or he will go down in history and not a way he wants. >> greta: you said your background, viewers may have forgotten you were a former federal prosecutor to enlighten that. thank you, sir. >> here is what president obama said to spark a fire storm. >> we created 4.3 million jobs in the last two, 27 months. over 800,000, just this year alone. the private sector is doing fine. where we see weaknesses is in the economy. >> sean: now three days late -- >> greta: now three days later, president obama trying to set the record straight on the economy. >> we have gone through the worst financial crisis since the great depression. we have made progress. >> greta:ia carney trying to put out the -- jay carney trying to put out the fire. >> recovery that has seen 4.3 million jobs. it's seen situation where massive layoffs of teachers and the fir

mr. boehner, congratulations.ne the president, but what you've done is undermine the country. thanks so much for watching. dylan ratigan is here to take us forward. how are you doing? >> i'm okay. yourself? >> okay aside from the makeup today. >> it was not intended as it played out. i was simply defending your character, as you know. i don't like when they typecast british people to take about british things. hey, listen, when you go to america -- or when you go to america? when you go to

mr. boehner, congratulations.ne the president, but what you've done is undermine the country. thanks so much for watching. dylan ratigan is here to take us forward. how are you doing? >> i'm okay. yourself? >> okay aside from the makeup today. >> it was not intended as it played out. i was simply defending your character, as you know. i don't like when they typecast british people to take about british things. hey, listen, when you go to america -- or when you go to america? when you go to england, do they cast americans to talk about american events? >> absolutely not. >> it's insulting. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> anything else you'd like to share while we're discussing this? >> just that we are separated by a common language. we are friends, the united kingdom and the united states and long may that continue. but the comments in makeup earlier today suggested that's not the case, and that's why i took some umbrage at them. >> and dare i say -- >> say it, because you will. maybe not today. >> far be it from me

mr. boehner takes this to the house, he will be seen as one of the most extreme speakers. >> reporter: during an 18-month investigation holder turned over some 7600 documents. holder agreed to turn over more documents if committee chairman darrell issa would end the investigation. he refused. that's when holder asked the white house to invoke executive privilege to protect the documents. the president granted it. democrats say republicans are going after holder in a politically motivated witch hunt. >> he's been up here nine times testifying. >> reporter: republicans say they are trying to get to the truth about how guns that were part of the "fast and furious" operation ended up near the body of border patrol agent brian terry. he was killed in a shootout near the mexican border. >> we've assured that brian terry's family, mother and father, brothers and sisters, cousins, that there are other means that we will use to continue investigating. >> reporter: terry's parents say the president's decision to invoke executive privilege compounds their tragedy. now if the contempt resolution passes t

mr. boehner takes this to the house, he will be seen as one of the most extreme speakers. >> reporter: during an 18-month investigation, holder turned over some 7600 documents. holder agreed to turn over more documents if committee chairman darrell issa would end the investigation. he refused. that's when holder asked the white house to invoke executive privilege to protect the documents. the president granted it. democrats say republicans are going after holder in a politically motivated witchhunt. >> he's been up here nine times testifying. >> reporter: republicans say they are trying to get to the truth about how guns that were part of the fast and furious operation ended up near the body of border patrol agent brian terry. he was killed in a shootout near the mexican border. >> we've -- [ inaudible ] -- that there are other means we will use to continue investigating. >> reporter: terry's parents say the president's decision to invoke executive privilege compounds their tragedy. susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. >> this is the first time president obama has asserted executive privileg

mr. boehner with his posse, he had his posse behind him, we're not going to pass the jobs bill. about four days later, december 23, you saw him standing there by himself, saying well, we'll do it for two months. african-americans i think are extremely understanding of president obama, but that should not prevent us from speaking in our own self-interest. it should not prevent african-american women, president obama has done some wonderful things for women, as our secretary mentioned, the lily led better act, which basically talks about yal pay and the fact that you can sue. lily ledbetter couldn't sue because she didn't find out that she was paid less until self-years later and the staff yu statute of limitations had run out. fewer than 3% of the fortune 500 companies offer child care on site. some of them say they offer child care, what they offer is a hot line. so you can call the hot line, where can i take my child. if you've been calling everybody else, a hot line isn't going to help you at that point. there are things that women can say, but i think everyone has talked abou

mr. boehner used to lobby for the medical device industry. he's now boehner's policy chief.called reverse revolving door. yesterday the house voted to repeal the medical device tax that helps pay for the health care law. it won't get through the senate, thankfully. speaker boehner has no problem with the influence of lobbyists. back when he was the fourth ranking republican, he admitted handing out tobacco lobby checks to house members while they were debating tobacco subsidies. >> one asked me to give out half a dozen checks before we got to the end of month. i complied. i did it on the house floor that i should not have done. it's not a violation of the house rules. >>on a totally unrelated note, the triple crown is proving highly elusive from the other. i'll have another has withdrawn after a tendon injury. the racehorse won the kentucky derby and the preakness. >>> tonight, i asked you whose job remarks was worse? 94% say mitt romney 6% say president obama. >>> coming up, chris rock speaks out everything from mitt romn romney's religion. [ male announcer ] the inspiring

mr. boehner is the leader of the republicans in the house.t this, and republicans had great ideas. we had bipartisan meetings, and i liked some of their ideas and they liked some of our ideas. >> now let's watch how your defeated opponent tried to use it against you. here is that interview in one of his attack ads. >> i'm steve rothman, and i approve this ad. >> the republicans had great ideas, i liked some of their ideas. >> especially if you're wealthy. >> what a cheap shot, what a distortion. you said let's find a compromise on health care to get something done. >> that's certainly not my record, it's what other people decided, but third parties said this was not on disagaingenuous. i wanted to put them to the test. the same way, chris, i asked for, if you remember in 2010, a vote on the ryan budget. i said put it up let's see who is for cutting medicare. >> when we return, let me finish with a bad press set this weekend, dirty angry money that can make a difference can make a difference unfortunately. today training depends on technology.

mr. boehner. there were no new ideas. >> no new ideas today either, which is why top republicans say his time is running out. >> his policies aren't working. i think that is the problem that he's got. so, yeah, he gave a long speech. pointing fingers at a lot of other people. but he define talk about what he wants to do to turn things around. >> former president bill clinton also spoke at the college on the eve of the 2010 mid-terms and made this offer. >> so, don't go back in reverse. give us two more years, if it doesn't work, vote us out then. >> two years later, mr. obama was back, pleading for more side. >> the other side will spend $is billion on ads to tell you the economy is bad. that it's all my fault. that i can't fix it because i think go government is always te answer. >> after standing up for the middle class in ohio, the president is in new york city, rubbing elbows to sara jessica parker and "vogue" magazine raising $4.5 million for his campaign. chris? >> chris: learn the economic

mr. boehner, the leader of republicans in the house, he chose the path of saying, nah, our party's not goingsupport any of this, and it puts the pressure on anybody on the other side, who wants to think of som -- the republicans had great ideas. i liked some of their ideas. >> now let's watch how your opponent, your defeated opponent, tried to use it against you. here's steve rothman using that interview we just saw in one of his attack ads. >> i'm steve rothman and i approve this message. >> who wants more tax cuts for the rich? mitt romney, chris christie, newt gingrich, and bill pascrell. >> republicans had great ideas. i liked some of their ideas. >> especially if you're wealthy. >> boy, what a cheap shot. what a distortion. they had you hanging around with the rich people and all you were saying is, let's try to find a compromise on health care to get something done. >> certainly, that's not my record, chris. my record is what other people decide it to be, of course. but third parties have said this was not only disingenuous, it was deceitful, because we were talking about health care.

mr. boehner takes this to the house, he will be seen as one of the most extreme speakers. >> reporter: during an 18-month investigation, holder turned over some 7600 documents. holder agreed to turn over more documents if committee chairman darrell issa would end the investigation. he refused. that's when holder asked the white house to invoke executive privilege to protect the documents. the. granted it. democrats say republicans are going after holder in a politically motivated witch hunt. >> instead of going after guns, the republican majority is going after the attorney general of the united states. >> reporter: republicans say they are trying to get to the truth about how guns that were part of the fast and furious operation ended up near the body of border patrol agent brian terry. he was killed in a shootout near the mexican border. >> we've assured his family that there are other means that we will use to continue investigating. >> reporter: terry's parents say the president's decision to invoc executive privilege compounds their tragedy. susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. >>> maki

mr. boehner has done during this latest break from capitol hill.wouldn't know it by visiting one of his two websites. this one at boehner.house.gov. here is that site's home page. if you look closely, what is the first item your eyes are drawn to? the headline reading boehner hosts listening session with ohio job creators in hamilton. well done, mr. speaker, the people of hamilton like the people of america want to see some action on job creation. naturally we want to learn more, but when you click on the link, it takes you to this blog post and wait look closely at the date under the headline, may 11th. that's over a month ago. and remember, you're always saying that time is of the essence on job creation. joining us again are jared bernstein and karen finney. karen, can i ask what goes through your mind as you watch the dynamic duo of mitt romney and john boehner come together for the good of their party if not the country? >> you know, i think about all of those house candidates who are going to have to go out this fall and defend why it is at t

mr. boehner who reiterating just last week the republican party is not going to tolerate tax increases to for obama's spending increases. you interestingly quoted jeb bush who hasn't run for office in ten years but the man who is running for the president of the united states has taken the pledge and just last weekend stated, no, we're not going to raise taxes, we're going to introduce spending, not raise taxes. you have 236 republicans who have made that commitment in writing to voters, not to me, to voters. and 41 in the senate. we have more pledge-takers this year than two years ago at the end of the election cycle. >> you said something earlier about ronald reagan. john avlon has a question on that. >> obviously you revere ronald reagan and rightly so. but sometimes when we idolize people, we oversimplify. the whole reason we're having this debate right now is bowles/simpson, gang of 6 lowered tax rates but raised revenue by closing loopholes. here's the thing -- >> $2 trillion. >> that is exactly the outline of the plan that was put forward in 1986 by ronald reagan. >> no, no, no abs

mr. boehner takes this to the house, he will be seen as one of the most extreme speakers that ever took charge of a house. >> but speaker boehner said congress will go through with a vote to make attorney general eric holder the first cabinet member held in contempt of congress in the united states history. he's said while we had hoped it would not come to this, unless the attorney general reevaluates his choice and supplies the promised documents, the house will vote to hold him in contempt next week. the republicans no doubt are circling the wagons. it's election year politics. they have no problem using the powers of congress to score political points against the president of the united states. it's a very complicated story, but it's one that needs to be told in every detail. it's about politics. it's about washington politics. and i don't think the american people who are fair minded are going to believe this is a true investigation until everyone who has been involved in this operation wide receiver from its inception ends up in front of darryl issa's committee putting up their right hand

mr. boehner said the american people are going to have to decide whether they want this or not. >> i thinkion has been made. the more people who are taking advantage of the health care reform, some of the provisions that are already in effect, know how important it is to them, whether it's pre-existing conditions, staying on your parents' plan, whether it's lower-cost drugs, prescription drugs for seniors, those kinds of issues, and the more people know what it means to them, theç more popular the bill will be, no matter what the other side says. >> listening to mitt romney today, he's clearly going to run against this. is this a political winner? >> i think, listening to mitt romney today was confused, because it was as if he was for it before he was against it, and now he's both. he supports the decision of the court to overturn the entire bill and yet he said, but if they do that, you still cannot be discriminated on the basis of pre-existing medical conditions. how's that happen? is he going to pay for it? maybe he's volunteering, but the fact is, you cannot have it both ways. >> presi

mr. boehner takes this to the house, he will be seen as one of the most extreme speakers that ever took charge of a house. >> meanwhile, late today, a short time ago, in fact, senator chuck grassley, the top republic on the senate judiciary committee who has been investigating fast and furious for the past 18 months sent a letter to president obama. in it senator grassley asks the president to more clearly define what he wants included in his executive privilege claim. shep? >> shepard: mike emanuel on capitol hill. senior administration official tells fox news the attorney general eric holder asked the president yesterday to invoke executive privilege. and the president agreed. but now a spokesman for the house majority speaker, john boehner, or i should say the house speaker john boehner is suggesting that the president's decision means his administration may have been involved in either fast and furious itself or in a coverup. with that team fox continues. ed henry live at the white house. the republicans are going after not just the attorney general now. they're going after the president.

mr. boehner takes this to the house, he will be seen as one of the most extreme speakers that ever took charge of a house. >> domenico monenaro joins me now. this eric holder fight has become the talk of washington and it's interesting, because on the hill i'm hearing from democrats that say, fine, let this go forward. a lot of folks associated with leadership saying they're concerned this could take the messages the republicans want to have, which is economy, economy, economy, and distract. >> well, it's an issue that fires up the conservative base, for sure. but any time you deal with any kind of executive privilege issue, there does run the risk for an administration of not looking totally transparent. you saw those charges with the bush administration when they invoekd. and, of course, the white house quick to point out this is the first -- >> this is their first. we have the chart. it's their first w 6, clinton 14. >> so any time, there are charges of a lack of transparency. but, of course, as you mentioned, the white house doesn't necessarily mind poking the house republicans a bit, beca

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mr. boehner takes this to the house, he will be seen as one of the most extreme speakers that ever took charge> i'm joined now by "new york times" columnist nicholas kristof and "washington post" columnist, dana milbank. welcome to both of you. nick what is going on here? is this politics on the part of the republicans or do they have a legitimate beef? >> it seems to me we have so many priorities nationally to focus on this jus seems incredibly lame. on the other hand, they have a point, i think in that president obama in 2008 suggested that executive privilege should be very narrowly defined in terms of what a president and white house saufgss discuss amongst themselves and that does not seem tonight case in the documents he is trying to hold back. it just seems to me everybody -- i'm sympathetic absolutely everybody in this case u. >> if you look at the politics of it, dana, there is this feeling any day the romney campaign isn't focused -- focusing efforts on attacking the president on the economys not a good day. i mean, are house republicans off message for the romney camp? what do you t

mr. boehner takes this to the house he will be seen as one of the most extreme speakers that ever took chargef a house. >> marco rubio is being thoroughly vetted as part of our process. >> an interesting day, you know, look. i don't want to talk about the process. i haven't up to this point. >> tomorrow president obama will speak here. of course, that's the first time he spoke here since his last campaign. he may admit that he hasn't kept every promise. and he'll probably say that even though you aren't better off today than you were four years ago, things could be worse. he'll imply that you don't really have an alternative. i believe he's taking your vote for granted. >> let's bring in nbc senior political editor mark murray and start at the end where mitt romney told the very same audience the president spoke before just in the last 40 minutes that he was taking their vote for granted. his response today to the president's speech does not seem to be that many of the audience believe they were taken for granted. >> president obama was on very friendly terrain today and in some respects mitt

mr. boehner sitting in the same room before november 8th or 9th. >> you think that would be a prerequisite for do no harm? >> i think it would be. the idea is to say we've had all these squabbles, we disagree on a tremendous amount of thing, but the urgency of the moment requires that at least we don't make it worse. >> peter? >> well, i agree with that, you about unfortunately, in ts political season and given the base level that the debate has fallen to already with regard to character and equity, you know, private equity and also the character of the president and how he spent money, i just don't see that happening. i don't see these two sides hugging and making up for more than a year. >> what's your apollo 13 list, peter? >> i would like to do something about trade with china right now tomorrow morning at 9:00. if china won't revalue its currency up substantially, cut that. and i'd like to see more drilling of foreign oil. then i'd like to look at stimulus to go with it knowing that the stimulus would carry us through until we saw those positive effects of those things which take thre

mr. boehner makes sure that doesn't happen. health care issue and on the eric holder contempt vote, it was done yesterday purposely so it wouldn't be as big a media spectacle. the health care debate was the lead story of all the news. if you look at the papers today, the eric holder thing is not getting as much play as it would have any other week. i think both sides walked away from that not really gaining a victory. >> speaking of the headlines that didn't make the front page, one of the things we haven't talked about is the fact that 17 democrats did break rank and vote along with the republicans to hold eric holder in contempt, but those folks largely seen as making that move because of political reasons, re-election reasons and their chances for but you also have a few interesting once. nancy pelosi, they weren't necessarily keeping a very strict count on this. it was if you need to do it to protect yourself at election time, go ahead, no one in the administration takes it personally. however, the guys who are retiring, gu

mr. boehner, thank you for joining us tonight.ay how much we appreciate your effort to improve and expand coverage, press coverage on capitol hill. as well as the additional parking for the crew. covering the hill. [applause] now as you all know, mr. clyburn, mr. dryer, mr. boehner, if the crews can't park, you don't get on tv. [laughter] [applause] and this is a sim by yacht i can relationship the last time i checked. so that's just a thought for my future parking scheme, sir, and i hope you take that under consideration. [laughter] would you like this? [laughter] i also want to thank your staff and kevin, you guys have been great in helping us. also on the side i'd like to thank members of the house rules committee who also helped us impart the issues and the fact that the the faster the crews get to the hill the faster we can park, the faster you can make money and the faster you make ad dollars, right? that's how it all works. our association is important to to have house and radio galleries here tonight. they help us do our j