battling democrats and republicans battling republicans and democrats battling democrats. and is the tea party a big winner in all of this? joining me is connie mack, and you voted on a deal with bipartisan support and saved america from going into catastrophic default and i only assume that you are quite happy for the country to go into catastrophic default? >> well, then you would have assumed wrong obviously. my point is this, that we now have over about $14.5 trillion of debt. and with this bill that passed today, we are assured to have over $17 trillion in debt, and none of the cuts in the bills are cuts off of real numbers. they are all cuts off of increases in spending, and what i have heard over and over again from my constituents, people around the state, and all over the country that have been calling my office, they are saying enough is enough. we want a solution, and we don't want a deal or a compromise. we want to solve the problem. so my vote was for solving the problem. and this bill did not do that. >> the problem is that any sensible economist around the w

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the republican and democrats gave her a standing ovation as she arrived to vote for the debt ceiling bill. debbie wasserman schultz said all the critics and hearts melted when they realized she was at the capitol. >> it was gratitude. appreciative of the outpouring of support and emotion and friendship from her colleagues. she was mobbed in the chamber. republicans and democrats, arizona colleagues, it was amazing. >> a.p. is reporting that president obama just signed the bill to raise the debt ceiling, averting the catastrophic government default that could have happened. obama just signing that bill now. giffords' aides says it's not clear when she will return to work on a regular basis and she hasn't made a decision about re-election in 2012. she was shot in the head seven months ago in parking lot of tucson grocery store meeting with constituents. >>> oakland mayor quam is pleading with congress to restore funding to the federal aviation association so work on the international new tower could continue. congress has not authorized the f.a.a. authority. that resulted in a partial s

work with the administration and those -- democrats and republicans here in the senate. one of the reasons why i like the deficit commission proposal is because it addresses some of the uncertainty that currently faces the business communities in our nation whether they happen to be large or small. and we've heard -- i've heard -- i'm sure the presiding officer has heard from all kinds of businesses that one of the things they need from us is some certainty, some predictability. businesses need certainty and predictability. i have had any number of c.e.o.'s say to me, the reasons why we're sitting on a pile of cash is because we don't know what you're going to do on the budget, don't know if we will have a default, don't know what will happen to our tax code don't, know if we will have an energy policy, don't know if the supreme court is going to overturn -- the federal courts are going to overturn health care reform. we don't know if we're going to do something about our infrastructure, all that uncertainty, businesses are reluctant to spend money. one of the things tha

class families around the country became law and to make matters worse for this republican manufactured debt crisis resolved for now at least and democrats finally able to get back to work doing what americans worry most about stimulating the economy and creating jobs republicans decided to shut down the house of representatives and go on a five week vacation once again putting the economy on the back burner so what happens next what can democrats do now to me job creation the top priority again and how can these tea party republican momentum in congress to harm our economy be reversed or to offer her take on these issues as congresswoman donna edwards representing maryland's fourth district congresswoman welcome thank you it's good to be with you thank you great to have you with. you voted no on the state limit deal why i did i think it sets a really bad framework for the future when you really look at the details of the of this debt deal number one it says war funding is actually exempt from figure out how you say they were in afghanistan and iraq and afghanistan as we know is contributed hugely to our long term. debt and to our defici

republican. i belong to the party of lincoln and reagan. my mother was a moderate republican. my father was a truman democrat. in view of the political experiences i remember politically growing up was when my father admitted voting republican to my mother. nixon in 1972 and reagan in 1980. my father died in 1984. >> why did you get involved in politics and what led to you registering as a republican and seeking office in 1986? >> i was a local elected official, and i did not particularly care for appeared my father never cared for politics. there were times he was asked to run for detroit city council way back in the day, and he declined to do that. he found it to be a less than productive pursued. the reason i got involved was because i saw it did not work under jimmy carter. it did work under reagan. i also got involved because a friend said to me i should join the republican party, the briefing delegates. at a time when michigan was going through a caucus ship, tried to make the determination between george h. walker bush, jack kemp, and robertson supporters, so my friend was a jack kemp supporter, and he

unlikely that the 12 people the way that it is going to be structured will come back with republicans and democratsd you know, there has to be at least one from each party that agrees with the proposal and i also think that i am going to find ways to circumvent some of the triggers, and i will be surprised if this works as advertised. >> all right. congressman, thank you very much, and we appreciate your joining us tonight, and congressman joining us is joining us now who is in favor of the debt reduction. clearly the president caved, why? >> well, i think that my friend mr. blumenhaur said it correctly, the president bought into it and you could see the trajectory of the negotiations and put social security and medicare on the table and further and further, you came to the realization that we would end up with a deal that was not going to have any revenue generation in it, and we were going the end up with a deal that was based on spending cuts to discretionary programs, and that that deal was going be hard to swallow, and eventually, that is what we got. >> and what would you have liked to have s

guest: i think most americans believe that in fact the president and the democrats have compromised far too much and the republicans have given virtually nothing. i think john boehner said that after this deficit reduction package was passed, he got 98% of what he wanted. i did not hear any democrats boasting about what they got. they did not get anything. i think the record the last half year is the democrats have compromised. let me get back to president obama. when he ran for office, he said a vote for me, not john mccain, because among other reasons john mccain wants to cut your social security benefits. what the president understands and has said and his administration has said is social security has not contributed one penny to our deficit. social security trust fund is a $2.60 trillion surplus. why would anybody including the president talk about cutting social security when all we have to do is lift the cap on people making $250,000 or more and we could solve the problem for 75 years? if the president wants to do that, he is going back on a campaign promise and is doing something the republicans have always

the fact that it has to be bipartisan and that in order to be bipartisan and therefore get votes from both democrats and republicans, you'll likely lose votes from republicans and democrats on any particular measure. and you know, he is completely understanding and why some members may not vote for it. it's not perfect, but he is gratified by the fact that past the house democratic caucus and essentially more than half of the senate democratic caucus thought that this was a significantly significant compromise and essential one and we needed to get deficit reduction. >> one of their chief concerns is there are no new revenues. without redebating it, but what was the president's level of frustration? >> i think i answered this question a little bit, but the president believed this was an opportunity to get something truly significant in the $3 trillion to $4 trillion. that would only be achievable if you did it in a balanced way and that was the approach he took. that was the approach that he argued to leaders of congress that should be taken. it was certainly the approach he took in his negotiations with the speake

that -- >> congress needs to -- you ask people on the streets of america, they'll tell you republicans and democratseed to stop their partisan bickering and work together for the good of the country. >> i think in an emergency -- >> if they can't do that, they don't need to be back. >> in an emergency situation, i think the american people want to feel that their government is intact and in washington. [everyone talking at once] >> republicans and democrats can wander around with flashlights at the capitol. >> washington is not showing the urgency that they demand. but calling that congress is not going to accomplish that. that super-committee that has to come up with the al, i guess i'd like to see some photographs of them working! >> president obama is coming back. >> he lives here. he's come back a day early. >> he was going to come back later in -- this coming week, about tuesday. >> didn't work that well, john. >> he lives over the store. >> it was a disaster! a political disaster on martha's vineyard. him riding around on his bicycle. we've got earthquakes here, hurricanes, economic reports ar

the republican and democrats gave her a standing ovation as she arrived to vote for the debt ceiling bill. debbie wasserman schultz said all the critics and hearts melted when they realized she was at the capitol. >> it was gratitude. appreciative of the outpouring of support and emotion and friendship from her colleagues. she was mobbed in the chamber. republicans and democrats, arizona colleagues, it was amazing. >> a.p. is reporting that president obama just signed the bill to raise the debt ceiling, averting the catastrophic government default that could have happened. obama just signing that bill now. giffords' aides says it's not clear when she will return to work on a regular basis and she hasn't made a decision about re-election in 2012. she was shot in the head seven months ago in parking lot of tucson grocery store meeting with constituents. >>> oakland mayor quam is pleading with congress to restore funding to the federal aviation association so work on the international new tower could continue. congress has not authorized the f.a.a. authority. that resulted in a partial s

maybe the republicans and democrats will sit down and excuse the term, behave like children. >> alex, you've written campaign commercials in your term. john king just kind of laid out what republican strategy or republican tag lines might be against president obama moving forward but do you think, given what the s&p is saying, that there needs to be way to raise revenues. do you think that this will motivate the so-called super committee to actually compromise, to move forward in a way in which all options are on the table? >> i think, anderson, i've written a lot of campaign commercials, but as a political advisor, i wouldn't be writing any tonight. instead, i would be calling candidates and elected officials that i worked for and i would be telling them, settle down. this is serious. it would be better for you politically and better for the country financially to look like a leader, to reach across the aisle tonight and tomorrow and say, we all know how serious this is. we can do something about it. this is a moment we don't have to pass on to our kids. this is one of those rare mom

they say third were influenced by the long standoff between republicans and democrats on the debt. on the talk show republicans and democrats disagreed on who is to blame. >> the fact of the matter is that this is essentially a tea party down grade. the tea party brought us to the brink of a default. and by the way, you said before, the president said this wouldn't. if we had defaulted on our debt the consequences would have been dramatic and lasting. >> both political parties are responsible for the mess we have right now. this is not a republican or democrat-only problem, both parties got us to where we are. >> ryan says the solution is tax reform that does away with special interest rates and loop holes along with a pro grows strategy. >>> 45,000 verizon workers are on the picket lines top in a noise noisy demonstration. chant chant to contribute health plans. it also wants >> they walked off the job at midnight last night after contract talks broke down. verizon is asking workers to contribute more to health plans. they also want to cut benefits and reduce sick times to make up

there were tears in republican and democrats eyes. back to the civil rights movement seen his fair share of violence, hugged gabrielle giffords and immediately teared up and hugged nancy pelosi afterwards. and speaker boehner greeted her privately off to the side of the floor. nancy pelosi and debbie wasserman schultz kept it a state secret. it certainly was to to turn in to a wonderful absolute surprise considering all that has gone on in terms of partisanship. >> the headline of has been giffords returns, not the house of representatives just passed the biggest definite reduction package in history over a lot of democratic opposition. who knew this was going to happen and did they know it was going to bigger news than the vote count in the

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both republicans and democrats. er: the names are the republican side of the negotiating table and we know that there will be three more democratic names still to come. >>shepard: we are waiting for the minority leader, nancy people less to announce her pick of the house democrats but do we have, what are the senators saying? >>guest: the number four is patty murray, and max baucus, and john kerry is a familiar name obviously as a presidential candidate and chairman of the foreign affairs committee and the senators issued a joint statement saying "we lock forward to working with colleagues on both sides of the aisle and in both chambers to address the issues in a balanced and practical way." this is not going to be easy, our challenge is to find common ground without damaging anybody's principles, so this is not going to be easy. >>shepard: thank you, mike, we are watching the dow off 450 points at this moment, about 4 percent, and john will be with us in a moment to help us figure out how the appointees to the super

it should be republicans and democrats together in a common sense way, both the house and senate, saying we agree, we need to get around this. this is out of hand. let's start working on the language together on it. that become ascii issue. but it sets up a couple of things i think are really important. it sets up deadlines. i noticed as a freshman in this town, there are few deadlines that occur here. even when there's a budget rirlte that the house and senate both have to do a budget each year, we just reject that and don't do it. we'll do continuing resolutions and things. we don't like deadlines because they require difficult decisions. a balanced budget amendment creates a moment we have to focus on the fiscal house. to force us into the tough decisions. it protects future generations. i'm a firm believer that the reason we saw freedom of religion in the united states is because it's in the constitution. the reason we still have freedom of speech is because it's in the constitution. we know so many people in politics do not like what's written about them in the press. many times the

i knew i wouldn't do this right but the super committee will consist of six democrats and six republicanss and republicans will be selected by the senate leadership over there and the house leadership. once in place they will begin debating what to cut and what not to cut. they're going to try to figure out $1.5 trillion in additional cuts. they have to do that by a certain deadline and that deadline will thanksgiving. once they get all of that into place and we're certain they will because things are working so well in our government, their plan will go to the entire congress, to the house and the senate and then, of course the house and senate will vote yes or no. they'll have to do that by christmas time. if they vote yes, all will be well. i think i went one too far. yeah. see, ali, i should have had you come over and do this. anyway, if the whole congress votes yes, all will be well. if they vote no the president -- then that will -- all of these triggers will go into place and things will be cut like defense and entitlement programs. those kicks will go into place and that will allo

congress is preparing to vote on the last minute deal between republicans and democrats to raise the debt ceiling and avoid default but critics say the compromise doesn't solve america's financial problems and its reputation is going to drain. the u.s. new step of their push for sanctions against the syrian government after a crack that protest is reportedly left more than one hundred dead moscow says violence on either side of the country's conflict is unacceptable. and egyptian troops clash with protesters in cairo as military police move in to break up a rally hundreds of demonstrators have camped out in town a square for weeks now to demand a faster pace of change after february right. here is back in full in fifteen minutes with make heaven i mean right now though. hello thank you for joining me for the monday night sport roundoff and this is what's coming up like her records claim russia leftwinger you what is your call for such to be chelsea and joy trash which in a twenty million dollar movie. wall break italian on cars not a lake one more indoors in march when she clearly has

republicans and democrats on the bipartisan fiscal commission put forth good proposals. republicans and democrats in the senate gang of six came up with the proposal. john boehner and i came up with some good proposals when he came close to agreeing on a grand bargain. it is not a lack of plans or policies that is the problem. it is the lack of political will in washington. it is the insistence of drawing lines in the sand. it is a refusal to put what is best for the country ahead of self-interest or party or ideology. that is what we need to change. i realize that after what we just went through, there is some skepticism that republicans and democrats on the so-called super committee that has been set up will be able to reach a compromise. my hope is that the news from abroad will give us a renewed sense of urgency. i intend to present my own recommendations over the coming weeks on how we should proceed. that committee will have this administration's full cooperation. i assure you, we will stay on until we get the job done. of course, as worrisome as the issues of debt

republicans and democrats and independents, to accomplish that. >> eric: gretchen fire of the tea partye words. others say the tea party is trying to deal with the debt. >> ryan always uses that rhetoric that drives that wedge between republicans and democrats. his comments are not helpful. they are fueling the fire of what is going on in washington. not doing anything to help have a constructive conversation. he says he wants a constructive conversation then he uses those words again the tea party and everyone else. the tea party he should do pr for them. the issues they raise are concerns across the board%with all americans. if you talk about the deficit, democrats, republicans, independents, across the board are concerned. it is not just the tea party issue. >> eric: finally, you have the president with his speech after he returns from his vacation. ryan, what do you expect he will say? >> instead of listening to the tea party extremists he hope he's listening to people like warren buffet who says you have to raise revenue to run a government. we need to take the money from wall stre

both republicans and democrats have found a lot to dislike about the bill. bay area house delegation all democrats voted 7-5 against it. president obama though has indicated that he will sign the bill. [ applause and cheers ] >> and despite the bitterness over the plan, there was a feel good moment on the house floor for good reason. arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords showed up to cast her vote. this is her first appearance there since she was shot in the head in tucson just seven months ago. giffords drew a bipartisan standing ovation and then sleeted in favor of the bill. >>> the search for a 16-year- old is over and an amber alert is cancelled this morning. sharon chin is in antioch where we understand police are still looking for a suspect. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. police say the teenager is safe this morning but there are still some questions and skepticism about the case. antioch police say 16-year-old hassan amir ford has been released after being abducted at gunpoint yesterday afternoon. they issued a news release after midnight.

republicans and democrats on the bipartisan fiscal commission that i set up put forth good proposal proposalss and democrats in the senate's gang of six came up with good proposals. john boehner and i came up with some good proposals when we came close to agreeing on a grand bargain. so, it is not a lack of plans or policies that is the problem here. it is a lack of political will in washington. it is the insistence on drawing lines in the sand. a refusal to put what is best for the country ahead of self-interest or party or ideology, and that is what we need to change. i realize that after what we just went through, there is some skepticism that republicans and democrats on the so-called super committee, this joint committee has been set up can reach a compromise, but my hope is that friday's news will give us a renewed sense of urgency. i intend to present my own recommendations over the coming weeks on how we should proceed. that committee will have this administration's full cooperation. i assure you, we will stay on it until we get the job done. of course, as worrisome as the issues of d

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that book was to its 69-191. 174 republicans and 95 democrats voted in favor while 66 republicans and 95 democrats voted against. the measure now heads to the senate for a vote on the bill is scheduled for later today at noon eastern. you can watch the live on c-span 2. >> this morning, we will speak with several members of congress on raising the debt ceiling. later we will hear from bloomberg business week about a cover story on the debt crisis. >> the ayes are 269. the nays are 161. the motion is passed. ♪ ♪ host: last night's votes breaks down like this. 66 republicans voted for it. 95 democrats opposed it. eyes turn to the senate with a vote today at noon. 60 votes needed for final passage. our coverage begins around 9:30 a.m. eastern time today on c- span2. good morning, everyone. august 2 is here. it looks like the nation's debt ceiling will be raised. you will get a chance to talk directly to members of congress about this debate. if you are republicans, dial 202-624-1115. richard coe hand is joining us on the phone, the senior congressional correspondent. the house voted 269-

the democratic plan to boost the economy is extend the pay roll tax cut and unemployment benefits and create an infrastructure bank. republicanlan is cut corporate taxs and roll back regulations and expand the u.s. energy production. question. when you look at the republican or democrat plan which is the better to boost the economy and get more buy in for the market. >> what the market wants to see reduction in uncertaintyy. fundmental tax reform and lowering marginal rates is important. democratics short term pay roll tax cut is good and unemployment is good. fundmentally tax reform. >> congressman ryan, congressional leaders have to name the members of the so-call would super committee to come up with one and half in trillion deficit reduction by thanksgiving, talk about having a deadline. have you been told that you are on the committee in and do you want to be on the committee? >> no, i haven't talked -- told. i would put it in the committee perspective. it is a select committee . tasked with spending cuts as we see them. we proposed 5.8 trillion. we have shown plenty of ways to arrive at the number. we have to show wheth

i think the true motivation is this war between republicans and democrats. those who want to win the white house and those that are in the white house. and i think that that's -- when i call it sinful, it's because i think we've put politics ahead of people. so assuming that the debt and the deficit is the real issue, we still shouldn't put that above disaster aid for american citizens when we will spend unlimited amounts of money to help all around the country, whether it's an earthquake in haiti or anything. i just don't think you make american citizens second-class to everybody else in the world. >> had the federal government and this country, the taxpayers, had we not done what we did in the aftermath of katrina, we're six years after the fact now, what would have happened to this whole region? >> it would have been a disaster. in fact, i think that if the government wasn't here to help, even though the response was too slow for most of us, but if that response didn't come when it came, new orleans may not even be back like it is right now. i mean, we los

democrats want the rich people earning over a million dollars, big oil companies and big corporations to sacrifice something. the republicans were willing to end our economy as we know it in order to protect and defend those corporate tax loopholes. that is the defining difference between democrats and republicans and continue that contrast between now and november 2012. when we win the majority back we will grow the middle class rather than asking the middle class to bear the sacrifice as these republicans have done. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> the senate still has to vote and that is expected to happen this afternoon around noon, less than three hours from now. we expect to hear from the president today. that will happen sometime after the vote so we will follow that live for you all day so stick it out with us here on cnn throughout the day. >>> coming up, she actually beat out some much younger women for owner oscar. now helen mirren has done it again in the hot bod contest. stay tuned. >>> if you're walking away from your tv, you don't have to stop watching. you can live stream on your phone, computer,

top of our broadcast on "the ed show" of the six races we pointed out two republicans that were expected to win and two democratsre expected to win. and that is exactly how it's come down. the two republicans expected to win have won tonight, and that's sheila harsdorf and robert cowles. the two democrats that progressives in the state were counting on winning have won tonight. jessica king in the 18th district has defeated randy hopper. and jennifer shilling has defeated dan kapanke. we continue with more results here in madison with one race yet to be called. stay with us. we're right back. at progressiv, you can compare rates side by side, so you get the same coverage, often for less. wow! that is huge! [ disco playing ] and this is to remind you that you could save hundreds! yeah, that'll certainly stick with me. we'll take it. go, big money! i mean, go. it's your break, honey. same coverage, more savings. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> it's "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." i'm ed schultz reporting live tonight here on msnbc from madison, wisconsin as the results continue to come i

i'm say we have a real problem and i'm tired of republicans and democrats, republicans who want to burn the place to the ground and democrats, all due respect, who want to offer a plan that gets it through the end of their second term of their presidency and then screws me and my kids when it's over. until we do that we have to deal with the extraction that is at foot, it is the reason the financial markets are behaving, they're behavioring, a plathmatical fact. this is not some opinion. this is a mathematic fact. tens of trillions of dollars are being extracted from the united states of america. democrats aren't doing it. republicans are not doing it and entire integrated system, financial systems, trading system, taxing system, that was created by both parties over a period two decades, is work on our entire country right now and we're sitting here arguing about whether we should do the $4 trillion plan that kicks the can down the road for the president to 2017 or burn the place to the ground. both of which are reckless, irresponsible and stupid, and the fact of the matter is, until w

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the facts of the matter are it will be republicans and democrats from the house and the senate to come together. i guess they would have special powers which leaves a lot of people, well, concerned. >> yeah. it would be three republicans in the house, three republicans in the senate. three democrats in the house. three democrats in the senate. obviously, when you have those numbers, there is great concern about gridlock when you consider how, you know, republicans have their views. democrats have their views. so, there is the idea of those enforcement triggers essentially sacred crews of each party that would be on the table and would be cut if this group does not agree. what we have heard from a variety of leaders on capitol hill and the president that essentially what they need from this group is people who are doers, who understand they have to make cuts. they have to come together for the good of the country, shep. >> shepard: mike, thanks. stand by. we want to get context on these triggers. these would be if you don't meet this bar. if you don't cut appropriately under the legisla

. >> reporter: but the deal may be a tough sell to the rank and file democrats and republicans. >> one problem can stop the whole agreement from going forward. we must get something done as quickly as possible. >> r rorter: many democrats won't like the deal doesn't include tax increases and could result in cuts to medicare. republicans don't like the possibility of deep defense cuts. in fact republican senator lindsey graham said on abc this week, he'll probably oppose the deal and predicted up to half of the house republicans could oppose it too. >> it's a $3 trillion package that will allow $7 trillion to be added to the debt in n e next decade. >> reporter: with the prospect of so many house republicans voting against this bill, passing it will not be easy. george, it's going to require a lot of democrats come on to support it. as you know, many of them aren't thrilled with it either. >> that is going to be a tough sell. jon, what is the problem right now? it sure seems like in the senate, both sides are awful close to agreeing to this, but speaker boehner can't convince his troops

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in them these are six republican districts always voted for scott walker and the fact that we're even here having this discussion is a testament to the fact that not just democrats but republicans and independents to have said enough of this agenda well then that's my next question is there's all this vibrant people power energy on the democratic side on the ground all across the state i've been hearing it from from callers that i am a radio show from from you know others other people i've interviewed i'm curious on the republican side are they just rely. you know millions of dollars from karl rove and the koch brothers and carpet bombing the state with television ads or have they been able to mount a tea party based or or republican grassroots based door to door get out the vote effort like the democrats are or is the. effort you know you're found you're a big fan of the tea party i want to tell us some of your your friends from the tea party who were here this weekend he drew dozens. of the koch brothers express to keep through there in the state and they said some pretty crazy hateful things comparing. the holocaust and i think some other things to what's goi

i don't have any idea what the republicans wanted that they didn't get. >> we have a democratic strategist andlican strategist this morning. >> we hear the congressman calling this a satan sandwich. it is not satin, a satan sandwich. did democrats get the short end of the stick or did they compromise? >> i would argue they compromised, a bit too much. i wouldn't go as far as to say it was a satan sandwich. there are clearly some winners and losers out there. they have come out with a big winner. peen while, working for middle class people and small business owners. we are the ones doing the bulk of the sacrificing. >> senator bob corker said this. >> this is not sch that made much of a dent. they had to put all on the debt issue. this is in essence is a punt. all of those that care so deeply about deficit spending, the lasting impression we are giving the world, potentially talking about downgrading our credit rating, we need to make some money. that is through revenues we are not going to get. >> senator corker is right. all we are doing is kicking the can down the road. i think tara and i wo

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republicans. i'll leave that judgment to you and the american people. the republicans control one chamber. >> right. >> there's a house of representatives, a democratic senate and the presidency. you can't say just the republicans did this, they don't have enough power. >> well, yes, they do have quite a bit of power, they're the majority in the house and they have a cloture approved number in the senate. so they are wielding a big stick. at the end of the day, the president has to sign or not sign what's in front of him. his choices were allow default or what i prefer, use the constitutional and executive function to safeguard the public debt. he had very few options at the end of the day, i wish the president would have been able to get a better result. i'm not going to join those who want to criticize the president here. i think he had the right values, fought for themming didn't get them, but he wanted those right things, that's why i still call myself an obama supporter. >> this is round one of what is a two-act play, of the sense of going-forward in the super committee, you're gracious in what you're saying. what are you expecting to see of the presid

top of our broadcast on "the ed show" of the six races we pointed out two republicans that were expected to win and two democratsd that is exactly how it's come down. the two republicans expected to win have won tonight, and that's sheila harsdorf and robert cowles. the two democrats that progressives in the state were counting on winning have won tonight. jessica king in the 18th district has defeated randy hopper. and jennifer shilling has defeated dan kapanke. we continue with more results here in madison with one race yet to be called. stay with us. we're right back. 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. >>> it's "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." i'

because you see the two lines for democrat and republican. first democrat is going up sleepy then it levels off. >> reporter: the green line is the democratic line. when they see barack obama, bam they approve i of it. republicans negative. when republicans realize what it is that it's barack obama's records and his deeds and the actual facts behind it the reaction is so negative that republicans and democrats end up in the same place. i stopped the group and said do you understand that this is an antiobama aeu tafpblgt even the democrats said, we get it. we understand what this is a back. you showed us the facts, and it works. this is one of the best most effective antiobama ads of the entire election cycle. one because it had barack obama speaking and two because it had the facts of what happened over the last two and a half years. alisyn: let's look at the new add out by the democrats. you can they will us if this is as effective. >> they are back, powerful republican interests spending millions to distort the obama record. the republican p

might notice, in his analysis yesterday of the american political system. >> i'm tired of republicans and democratsthe republicans that want to burn the place to the ground. and democrats, with all due respect, to announce a plan to get it through the second term of their presidency and screws me and my kids when it's over. until we do that, we have to deal with the extraction at foot. it's the reason the financial markets are behaving the way they're behaving. it's a mathematical fact. this is not some opinion. this is a mathematical fact. we're sitting here arguing about whether we should do the $4 trillion plan that kicks the can down the road for the president for 2017 or burn the place to the ground. both are reckless, irresponsible and stupid. and the fact of the matter is -- until we actually -- i'm sorry to lose my temper. but i've been coming on tv for three years doing this. and the fact of the matter is, there's a refusal on both the democratic and the republican side of the aisle to acknowledge the mathematical problem, which is the united states of america is being extracted. >> dylan

that surprised even those closest to congresswoman gabrielle giffords. >> surrounded by republicans and democratgetting the response to bring people together as she does here, what an experience. >> ron barber, pamela simon and hernandez share a special bond with her. staffers who were there with her the day of the mass shootings in tucson. barber was shot in the leg. simon in the chest. hernandez tended to give help with the head wounds after she was shot. >> i see ron and look ahead and i sea sooe david and a few feed ahead of her and i see pam. it was a horrible scene all-around. >> just seven months later, this sight. triumph. it brought tears and smiles as they watched giffords wave to her colleagues. >> she had been following it and felt like this was something that was critical to the country. >> it was the first time she appeared on camera in front of a national audience since the shooting in january. the first time she had returned to work. >> the fact that we were having this tense national discourse on the debt ceiling and i saw her come in at the last minute and make sure her voice w

both republicans and democrats were quick to point fingers. e ideas on who was responsible for the downgrade. take a listen. >> the a&p has shown really terrible judgment, and they paint themselves very poorly and they show a stun i can lack of knowledge about basic u.s. fiscal budget math. >> this is essentially a tea party downgrade. >> they played brinksmanship with the united states. >> you say this was all the fault of the other side and the president bears no responsibility for this. >> what i said, bob is review the history of what happened here. people are less concerned about that than where we go moving forward. megyn: joining us now to discuss it paot dick harpootlian chairman of the democratic party and pwrald blakeman. >> we don't agree on much, both of us said and agreed it was going to be good to have you back and we are glad to have you back. megyn: thank you very much. that is sweet. i'm full of warm fuzzies with all my good friends coming on the show and saying good things. i'm going to reboot it. dick, since you gave me such

in the house, republicans and democrats are trying to round up enough votes, 216. with me now, the democrat's number two in the house, steny hoyer. congressman hoyer, how do we get from yesterday and last night, how does this deal get through the house? what is the coalition of democrats and republicans going to look like when the 216 happens and will it happen? >> chuck, first of all, let me say that you said that the president gets the debt limit extended. very frankly, that wasn't a give to the president. that was a give to america's credit worthiness and image around the world. but the way we're going to get there is nobody that is responsible in the house of representatives or the united states senate believes that default is an option. given that, it was necessary and is necessary for us to come together and to reach an agreement. i think we missed an extraordinary opportunity to have a balanced, long-term grand design, if you will, deal which would have brought the deficit and debt down over the long term and would have been balanced. we didn't get there. but