florida congressman patrick murphy joins me now.elcome to congress. >> good morning, chuck. >> good morning. let me start with this issue of a cpa in congress saying that we don't have enough of them. so if you looked at the federal budget, the way you would through your green eye shades, if you will, as a cpa, what do you see has to be done and how quickly does it have to be done? well, are the way i look at it, we really have an opportunity right now to get our country back on the right track. if you look at what's happening across the world, you know, asia has slowed down, europe is still in a recession. south america is struggling right now. we have an opportunity to get our financial house in line. and there's three things we have to do. it starts with reducing our spending. increasing refuse lieu. and get our economy back on track. getting employment back going. and we're seeing pockets of growth throughout the country, and i'm optimistic about that. but if our government could create some stability and provide business owners

joining me now is former democratic congressman patrick murphy. he was the first iraq war vet elected to congress. and john saltz, an iraq war veteran and chairman of vote vets dot org. >> let me start with you, congressman. why are these senators today really arguing about president bush and president obama on foreign policy? >> they were, rev. and it was like neocon 101. they were relitigating the iraq war. the iraq war that had nothing to do with 9/1. the iraq war that diverted our attention from bringing bin laden to justice and just about $3 trillion. i mean, it's time to start nation-building at home. and i will tell you, chuck hagel, today should have been a historic day because he's the first enlisted man ever to become secdef. secretary of defense. now let me tell you something, too, they're trying to make him look weak. but look at what happened in 1999. chuck hag ergs l always puts his country first. muslims were getting murdered. it was the worst ethnic cleansing in europe since germany. and then president clinton said we're going to s

joining me now is former congressman patrick murphy, democrat from pennsylvania.s the first iraq war veteran elected to congress. and nia malika henderson, first, let me thank you both for being here tonight. congressman, you've been long for a pullout. we should have never extended it. what's your reaction of speeding up the withdrawal of u.s. troops? >> reverend, today is a great day for the american troops, but also to our country. the fact that the president's been very clear, we're accelerating the fact that we're bringing our troops home. thank goodness. we are shifting to a counter terrorism doctrine. we are bringing our troops home because they did their job. they took out bin laden. the longest war in american history, over ten years time, are coming home. i gave president obama credit because he had the guts to do the right thing. president obama did the right thing for american security and american troops. >> it is to wish that they would have never gone this far and would have to give him credit. when you look at the fact that the numbers behind the a

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patrick murphy. i will be at his reception later today. replacing allen west. there will be an election for speaker of the house. >> there will be. >> bill: that happens in the entire house. not just in the republican caucus right? >> it does, right. >> bill: nancy pelosi will be the democratic candidate. >> correct. >> bill: john boehner will be the republican candidate. will there be another republican candidate? >> there won't be another republican candidate per se. >> bill: nobody's going to challenge him? >> as they vote, they're allowed to vote for whomever they would like. so there will certainly be, i would predict some protest votes but i talked to a very well-placed conservative source yesterday who told me there hasn't been any chatter about -- or coalesceance around any conservative to boehner. that's a good indicator he will be safe today. >> bill: eric cantor won't try for it. paul ryan won't try for it. >> no. anyone who is a rising star of their caliber sees that boehner isn't going to be around for more than three or four

patrick's day parade in which mrs. mcpeek derided the fact that they were making fun of the irish in the united states, you know, things like i survived the kelly murphy family gathering, things like that. and they wrote letters poking fun at what i thought was a couragous op ed piece. so this is in response to the irish americans who don't feel the pride that they should. and please excuse if i manhandle the irish manner of speaking. this is a joke told to me by one of my friends. he said that an american, an irish american, was golfing with his wife on a weekend. and he hit the ball into the rough. went looking for it. all of a sudden, a leprechaun jumped up. we're back to the leprechaun theme. he said, top of the morning to you, lad. he says, you're a leprechaun. he says, yes, i am, and you have 3 wishes. three wishes? he says, yes. you have 3 wishes. i want to be a par golfer.. he says, no problem. from now on, par and under. he says, i want a porsche. he says, when you go home tonight, there will be a porsche in your garage. and he says, i want a million dollars. he says, done. when you go to the bank on monday, there will be a million dollars in

patrick manning, el paso, fox news. >> a big serving of college basketball on today's sports menu. >>> maryland on the road at duke and georgetown at home against louisville. pulling off the upset. lindsay murphy is up next. jwwñ >>> good evening, 17 games into the season and the georgetown basketball team is fining its identity. last week, they lost to usf who is one and 6 in the big east. this week, they rebounded beating notre dame on men. today, fifth-ranked louisville on tap. the crew has to do this and that is don to the science. they convertd the court to the hoyas court today and first half off of the miss, smith rivera to hopkins for the jam. georgetown led by four points at the half. seven-plus minutes left. starks on the wing. the nice move. and frees himself. hits the jumper. hoyas up five and starks with 17 points. less than four to go, game tied at 50. smith rivera misses, check out aaron bowen with the acrobatic tip-in and proved to be big ones. the hoyas up two. the final minute, the lead is one. off of the miss, grabs the rebound and tied up. instead of a foul being called, it's a jump ball. the louisville possession. j.t.-3 is livid. the final seconds, louisville takes the l