when you wake up in the morning do you care about the price of going well ron paul and ben bernanke they certainly do and they're duking it out over whether gold lose money so will bomb makers use this golden opportunity to change the course of economic policy. and roll in with the popular crowd in vegas as libertarians gather for freedom fast who is actually part of the libertarian entourage and who is just on the fridge. and a story you won't see on mainstream news the silent war complete and secret cia sites on top of the man shining a light on the shadow war in somalia. this thursday july fourteenth i'm christine for zero in washington d.c. and you are watching our team. and start out with the economy this afternoon where it seems to be at least here in washington what everyone is talking about jobs the lack of jobs on everyone's minds and so it seems to the deficit and how to shrink it just a little while ago president obama and vice president biden kicked off yet another meeting with top lawmakers to talk about just that in the latest round of talks on coming to an agreement on rai

history and it's about time america found out about that the best kept secret about ron paul what was that that's all that sets him apart though i mean really he's just like all the other republican candidates is an enemy of the six foot candle looking guy from from middle america with you know conservative roots who just loves the constitution but doesn't really understand it right. well of course that's what they want people to think what we want to show is that this is a guy who if you've ever been frustrated with congress and felt like you know to heck with a whole bunch of these crooks he's your man because who in congress has voted against the whole congress more than ron paul he's going to against i'm all alone more than all other congressmen put together and he knows more about the constitution than all of them put together although that's faint praise obviously he will not support anything that violates the constitution which is why lobbyists don't bother coming to his office what's the point he's just going to vote his conscience regardless this is a guy whose record is just

one candidate has always been true ron paul could spread well into the budget deal. no deals ron paul has said no repeatedly to the question of raising the debt ceiling and many others have raised the question about whether it's necessary some even asking is this all simply a scare tactic into making some significant changes to the way this government spends its money to talk more about that i spoke earlier to l. randall rae professor of economics at the university of missouri kansas city i asked him if we are in. in our close to a crisis and politicians say we are or is this all just hype here's his response. well we're in a. creative crisis but it's a political crisis it's not an economic crisis. but sovereign government does not face the solvency constraint if it does to bolt on debt it will be a political decision that's not going to be something that is forced by markets. so you think that this is perhaps just an excuse by you know the forces out there to to try to get rid of some of these new deal social security medicare medicaid. fortunately i think the democ

libertarian lights christine hi thanks for having me on of course my heroes in the political arena are ron paul with rand paul and financier peter schiff great people all. my column libertarian elsom right was life was actually addressing. a segment of the libertarian movement that is being touted as the only brand of the only strand in fox business news and in particular to their cultural perspective and i was addressing in particular the segment i think it was on stossel where. it took about an hour to expound on the proposition that. lady gaga glee m.t.v. dennis rodman madonna would reconsider sensual elements of american freedoms which of course classical liberal start myself would think is. rather well that's the libertine of faction of the movement and it's it's human within a larger category of liturgy but i think you would agree a lot of that that you know some of these ideals are really starting to catch on to become very popular i've covered a lot of tea party rallies here in washington and a lot of the people i speak to identify as libertarians and so i guess it painted a picture her

so in some other republican high jinks we have some numbers out of ron paul forums dot com in today's story that you won't hear anywhere on the mainstream the reports for fundraising for the republican presidential candidates came out just a couple weeks ago and our good friends at ron paul formes dot com have been crunching the numbers here we have total contributions by active duty military personnel by this candidate herman cain six thousand two hundred twenty three dollars now remember these numbers are coming from reports that may be if anything overstating these these numbers at this point but mitt romney not even coming out cain there for active duty military contributions five thousand michele bachmann bit of a late start this round ok twenty five hundred fifty dollars newt gingrich's campaign is imploding i don't know if that was by accident there a thousand and twenty five paul lente all of two hundred fifty dollars from active duty military rick santorum two hundred fifty dollars also here in johnson sadly none for his position total there of those other candidates so to sp

that'll be one area that we're going to keep an eye on on the next one all right us congressman ron paul talking about his decision not to run for another term in congress certainly representative paul no matter what happens when he's well to have a feeling that your message is going to continue to resonate with a whole lot of people thanks so much for speaking with us thank you very much thank you ron paul of course very outspoken about the economy and some interesting figures out now whether you like it or not the government is providing for those in need but the numbers may shock you really two dollars out of every ten dollars that went into americans wallets last year were payments from the government i jobless benefits food stamps social security and disability that's according to a report by moody's analytics so what happens when steyn federal benefits run out by the end of this year could be a pretty dire situation joining me from more from our new york studio is economist and radio host richard wolffe. hey there richard you know here in washington there is so much back and forth

ron paul is going road texas republican says he will step down from running to hold on to his congressional seat and two thousand and twelve to step up his presidential election bid here what he told our team about that decision. and president obama says the checks stops here well august third that is so exactly who's to blame for this political game of chicken over the debt ceiling and the project shadow elites point the finger. it's tuesday july twelfth i'm christine for zero in washington d.c. you're watching our team. well fifteen months ago i walked a couple blocks down the street to the national press club to attend a news conference on a little known website called wiki leaks the news conference was hosted by the web site's founder julian assange on who at the time nearly no one had heard of when the news conference was over i interviewed him one on one and i asked him to come back to our studios that afternoon for a couple more interviews he agreed no problem and appeared on the news right here on our team america and then later on the alona show let's fast forward to today and juli

and leading in the second wave of ron paul republicans into the g.o.p. joining me tonight is none other than robin curnow founder of the blue republican movement robin thank you so much for being with us tonight it's a pleasure and a privilege out of it so the story that you wrote for for the huffington post that's really what got this going but this is been an idea that that's been in the works for a long time and you what you did with the story was give some form to something that's been brewing for a while that's been waiting to happen that's almost already been happening on the down low in a disorganized way without identity but when you came up with the term blue republicans specifically asking people to do what and that's why it was. perhaps voted for supported obama last time around for the right things but he's being he will give us back our civil liberties to stop killing people in faraway lands and we've now seen what a bomber has done a couple of years and i thought another way way way way way way those there were a few more right reasons if i

two thousand and twelve i hate ron paul writers writes there is no point for ron paul serve another term in congress unless ron paul is elected president this country is doomed and even if ron paul wins the presidency this country is still probably doomed and corporatists that control congress will still be in power and will surely try their hardest to impede any dressing changes paul wants to make and finally an e-mail from an anonymous specialist that's the rank of specialist serving in the u.s. army first of all as a soldier i want to say thank you i've researched around and it seems or you're the only revolutionary if you will that isn't that a scandal your speech woke me up and i seen the revolutionary change and got me angry at the right people for a change i respect everything you're doing and i come to you with a question what can i as a soldier in the army do until nihilism is over after hearing that speech i shredded my old unit future as i removed the combat action badge from my ac use as well as the combat patch i had my parents and wife are moved out of the political cr

congressman ron paul talking about his decision not to run for another term in congress thirdly representativepaul the matter what happens in twenty twelve have a feeling that your message is going to continue to resonate with a whole lot of people thanks so much for speaking with us thank you very much thank you. all right says the few hours ago president obama round out his latest talks with one makers on raising the debt ceiling and new this evening a plan by republican senator mitch mcconnell essentially putting the ball in the president's court entirely but that would give the president the ability to request smaller increases in the debt ceiling and instead of voting to approve the debt ceiling congress would hold a series of votes mostly for those members who wanted to disapprove and this would take the responsibility away from republican lawmakers in blamed for refusing to compromise that or one raising taxes some tonight calling this plan a punt or an escape by republicans it is the latest idea in a series of plans but so far we're still no closer to an agreement so what happens when

doing that was so apocalyptic like the world is going to end if ron paul is elected president i mean i liked it right i think he just kind of put it in poland things adds to shame he was one upped him but i'm wondering if that's a little unconventional for ron paul who will he usually is the unconventional candidate to start just doing the same all of hollywood for a thing that everyone else is yeah i actually checked out some of his videos from last time and they look like kind of local cable thrown together commercials for carpet stores or whatnot so this is a big step for him this is like produce and i have expected to see i half expect to see it for harry potter tonight i really could use some explosions maybe some gun fire a car chase i don't know i mean it is a little sad to see ron paul moving away from his you know. kind of low budget production values that i really came to love about ron paul he's just you know i think he's i think he's been turned by the washington establishment making big budget hollywood ads so we'll see how significant this is go big or go home oh maybe

his numbers and his money war but kind of being taken seriously kind of being a contender if not ron paul if he's not able to search through this and for the base to realize that he's the one with the best chance of taking out obama do you have confidence in any of these other candidates actually been able to beat obama and we've seen the polls in the top of all of them but really with your analysis your judgment looking at the candidates their organization any of them stand a chance at him i wish i wish that i had a positive outlook there is no way that any of these people can beat obama except for wrong well they're couple in range we've got him and ron paul no i don't know just not even go so it's not even close and the reason is because in order to beat obama you have to challenge him on every single one of his issues and be consistent with that document doesn't help it doesn't you know romney's got obamacare huntsman if cheapest had just quit we got newt gingrich was left all right well ron paul is certainly left and that's all the time we have for this segment and i when we come bac

use some explosions maybe some gun fire a car chase i don't know i mean it is a little sad to see ron paul moving away from his you know shoelace kind of low budget production values that i really came to love about. paul he's just you know i think he's i think he's been turned by the washington establishment making big budget hollywood ads so we'll see how i say this is go big or go home oh maybe because we know that he's not going to run again for his congressional seat is going to put all his eggs in the basket of the presidency right now so it's just go big or go home here it is apocalypse now we're talking about him so i guess like you. i just like how we arrived at the conclusion that his anti-establishment is so ridiculously establishment absolute because everything is saying it still. because he's saying go for your convictions and do not compromise which at the end of the day i'm assuming they are going to compromise although it's kind of a big headache right now this whole debt ceiling debacle of the next thing also g.o.p. presidential candidate michele bachmann she was trying to

mali president of less government on the least bad debt ceiling option glenn beck's hitler youth ron paul is picking up steam in iowa and jake and god join me to tell rick perry to shut up seriously this is an awesome show we have god joining us tonight and he's not even a headliner only on adam vs the man. ladies and gentlemen but the fault is nearly upon us. yesterday for no better reasons than the actual timing both president obama and house speaker boehner gave speeches on national television and today is the minus eight days to be felt it was a lot of the july twenty second deadline i hear you cry see last friday was the deadline put forth to get legislation passed to raise the debt ceiling in an orderly manner in time for the august second deadline and imposing default on august third that is if they choose the farts little obama legal easier i don't think he's ever said we're going to default on the debt he's saying we can't default on our obligations then what's the real fear mongers run loose with the consequences of defaulting on the debt there was plenty of finger pointing from

ron paul speaking of political theater this is a video and it's ron paul asking ben bernanke in congress interrogating him very quickly if you could answer another question because i'm curious about this you know the price of gold today is fifteen hundred eighty dollars the dollar euro these last three years was neither you know almost fifty percent when you wake up in the morning you care about the price of gold but the price of gold but i think it reflects a lot of things and it reflects global uncertainties i think people are the reason people hold gold is a protection against what we call tail risk really really bad outcomes and to the extent that the last few years of me people move worried about potential of a major crisis then they have gold as a protection. money no but this is a fantastic video clip because it shows you really now forty years after the closure of the gold window it took forty years for wonks and policymakers and fed chairman to completely this is associate money from gold in their minds and this is the root of the global problem is that they think that their aca

a distant third ron paul.ron paul, pawlenty and michele bachmann are sort of in this heat for third place. yet ron paul has raised more money than michele bachmann, matt, but michele bachmann is getting way more attention, why? >> look. ron paul raised a lot of money last time. there are a lot of dedicated donors out there who are true believers. they go online and vote. that's why he wins all these online polls. they donated a lot of money to him. i think michele bachmann everybody knows has a much better chance of winning and winning iowa. let me say something about the real problem that tim paw lenty faces. this is very serious. this is a guy who was perceived as being a front runner early on. he has his major problem. it's sort of a catch-22. it's this, you can't raise money until you show that you're doing well in the polls. you have to spend money to do well in the polls, which means you don't have money which means you have to spend money. it is a vicious cycle. >> speak of money, according to "usa toda

pat buchanan was then the ron paul of the republican party, running hopeless campaigns for presidenthat won him a lot more votes than ron paul could ever dream of. >> tim, did we factor buchanan into this at all? if republicans abandon dole, do they revive the buchanan candidacy? perhaps tim is taking a coffee break. that's okay. do you think buchanan can go to the convention now and say i'm still here? >> buchanan is doing that. he's in the paper today says ross perot can take my voters. what he means by that is republican party better pay attention to me or my voters are going to go to ross perot. that's a strong argument at this point, and the republican party has to desperately figure out what to do with buchanan. >> pat is going to say wait a minute, if bob dole drops down in a throe-way race, what difference would a four-way race make? i don't think that will happen in the end. pat buchanan wants to be president of the united states, he's going to run in 2000, he doesn't want to antagonize people by being disloyal, but with bob dole perceived as a "weak nominee," pat buchanan i

tonight, judy woodruff talks to ron paul about his opposition to raising the debt ceiling and his quest to shrink the size of government. >> the department of education doesn't improve education. we don't need department of energy. all those subsidies in the department of agriculture. we don't need that. we don't need the department of commerce. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i mean, where would we be without small businesses? >> we need small businesses. >> they're the ones that help drive growth. >> like electricians, mechanics, carpenters. >> they strengthen our communities. >> every year, chevron spends billions with small businesses. that goes right to the heart of local communities, providing jobs, keeping people at work. they depend on us. >> the economy depends on them. >> and we depend on them. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and fou

their implanted explosive devices that's going to go over real well with more patience meanwhile ron paul is again mounting an attack on the t.s.a. reintroducing the american traveler dignity act perfect timing to use the fear mongering and obscure in his valiant efforts paul said of the t.s.a. behavior quote the press reports are horrifying ninety five year old women humiliated children molested disabled people abused men and women subject to unwarranted groping and touching of their most private areas and voluntary radiation exposure to these new d.h. s. alerts are going to make the fight easier for civil libertarians but it's vital that we keep the pressure on the t.s.a. the longer this goes on the harder the fight against these invasions of privacy are going to get and i remember our silly friends over at morning joe on on m.s.n. b.c. the ones that giggle uncontrollably when someone calls obama a dick. i'm sorry i'm sorry the viewers certainly meek and i also apologize to our kids watch yes they call it boring joey but it all happened. to the kids of america we certainly have no it's

if i haven't i was conservative event or, why would i vote for ron paul -- ron paul instead of .hicag> in 2003, he said explicitly that the housing bubble is going to get bigger and we will crash. is because we are subsidizing fannie mae and freddie mac and telling people to buy houses with no down payment. he has also been somebody who has been a little different than some republicans in that he believes our foreign policy should be constitutional. we should not go to war simply on the word of a president but you should have congressional debate and congressional authorization for war. that is what the constitution says. many in republican party are coming in his direction on this. the debate over libya really shows the influence of ron paul in the republican party. >> libya is supposed to be on the senate floor next week. you said you'd like to filibuster would it ever is on the floor to bring up the debt. does that mean you would filibuster a move to bring the libyan resolution to the floor? >> i have been one of the most vocal in the senate for debating libya and bring it to the f

also, ron paul is going to be competitive in this. herman cain. rick santorum. recently, rick perry. although he is not on the ballot, there is an effort to get right-in votes for him -- write-in votes for him. again, the straw poll is not the caucus. i expect it will be an open and fluid situation, and obviously, people will do better than expectations. could give them a real boost for the iowa caucuses and the subsequent primaries and caucuses in other states. >> can you give us a sense about the history of the straw poll in? do you think that in recent years, its impact on the race at large has been diminished? >> actually, i think it has grown in its influence. more people participate, and it has been a nice fund-raiser for the republican party in the state of iowa. yet, i think we need to look at it realistically. this is not a scientific survey. it is an early test of organization. it is sometimes not who wins it but who exceeds expectations. last time, a lot of people thought that then senator brownback, who is now the governor of kansas, would do well, a

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host: "the daily caller" has a story about ron paul, as our caller and also -- ron paul calls on supporters to lobby leadership for no compromise. ron paul blasted top house republicans for lack of called on supporters to pressure top g.o.p. officials not to cut a back room deal with president obama. in an e-mail sent thursday evening to supporters of his presidential bid he couraged backers to help republican leaders make up their mind. the republican leadership is us is exceptible -- susceptible to our pressures. i need help to show some backbone and say no to any business is usual status quo to raise the debt ceiling. that's ron paul today. a few e-mails from viewers. host: next phone call from detroit. joseph, republican. good morning. caller: thank you. the first thing i'm shocked about is the only place they can kind places for reduction of expenses is the social security. the whole budget has to have millions of things in there for cutting back costs and they keep picking on social security. that's -- i have no idea, trying to figure that out that just aggravates me. and then the oth

but ron paul raised $4.5 million. that's very good number for ron paul. he's a long shot. texas congressman. great libertarian. following online. but tim pawlenty, the former governor of minnesota, raised less than that. $4.2 million. that number was a real surprise. because he had been working very hard to raise money. a lot of time in may was -- locked away behind closed doors. mitt romney at $18.3 million. way ahead of pawlenty who was supposed to be the alternative to romney. >> jeanne, what's the importance of these reports? if you're not a hard core politico type and watching these closely what does it he will you? >> first of all, in the past, in typical elections, they use these first reports to show strength. to gain momentum. and so there's always somebody going to come out on top. people knew romney probably would be that guy. even though he came in still $4 million less than what he raised in just 2007. but he is ahead. but pawlenty and the others, this is a breakaway moment. if pawlenty had a really strong number, then the thinking would have coalesced around

the ron paul crowd i think makes ron paul's candidacy very interesting if you know the reason because they're so loud. at all the debates and. i think it would be really sad if he you know just kind of gave up after that as we were arguing about it earlier and it was pointed out to me that he's kind of really old but at the same time you know he's just now starting to get legitimacy or he's in a he's in his seventy's but i mean sure it might be a little sad but i think you know he's leaving his son behind a couple other progeny so. he was made a difference here let's move on to another thing everybody is freaking out over what is said there from arizona to take a look. an arizona lawmakers under fire today after pointing a gun at a reporter that reporter arizona republic's richard ruelas says republican state senator laurie klein pulled out a grass very painful review ruger from her purse then pointed it out of his chest and think she must know what true story. she is she would be doing this if it was a reckless thing to do. i don't even know i like the fact that the gun was very pink

also, you got ron paul, who's going to be competitive in this. herman cane. rick santorum. just recently rick perry, although he's not going to be on the ballot. there is an effort to get votes for him that could make an impact so it's a wide open situation. and, again, the straw poll, you know, isn't the iowa caucus. so i would expect -- you know, it's going to be a very open and fluid situation. and obviously the people are due better expectations as huckabee did four years ago. he could give them a real boost for the iowa caucuses and for the subsequent primaries and caucuses in other states. >> can you give us a little sense about the history of the straw polling? you think that in recent years its impact on the race at large has been diminished? >> well, actually, i think it's grown in its influence. more people participate, and it's been a nice runed raiser -- fundraiser for the republican party in the state of iowa. and yet i think we need to look at it realistically. this is not a scientific survey. it is really a early test of organization. and it's sometimes not w

he's often considered the long shot in the republican primary process, and now texas congressman ron paul up a key endorsement from the storied county iowa republican chairman. and why is that important? story county is home to next month's crucial straw poll. and here's paul on monday in iowa talking about his straw poll appeal. >> how do we do so well in straw votes? we have and we have done quite well. it's the enthusiasm of the supporters they know what we believe in and what we stand for and they are willing to go the extra mile and because of that reason, because the message is spreading so much further... >> reporter: here with in sight to talk about this is alan colmes, host of "the alan colmes radio show" and mary katherine ham, a fox news contributor. this is considered a coveted endorsement, mary katherine, and, from the republican chairman in iowa, does it give ron paul the momentum he needs to win the straw poll and move beyond that to success in high wa? >> look, i think it is a big deal, as ron paul noted, thee a winning straw polls an organizing but they have not been able

but more important than the messenger is the message and many who come to ron paul's philosophy from my idealistic generation the millennial take that message to its extreme logical conclusion or are at least asking and we'd be better off with no government at this point one of our contenders in the first match up tonight is his philosopher savant while winning is ron paul's message of conservative libertarianism is the gateway many consider mahler's massive to be what is on the other side our other contender taking a side of conservatism is our own jake negative neo con nancy delivered oh now he's not really a neo codon but he is a conservative a certified theologian with a degree in divinity a marine veteran of iraq and afghanistan and a proud registered republican with a strong independent streak that sets him apart from the leadership of the party so without further ado the showdown you've been waiting for gentlemen thank you so much for being with us also supply involved in stuff on why is government immoral government is immoral because it violates two fundamental moral axioms

this is a quote from ron paul we have raised four have million dollars in the second fiscal quarter of two thousand and eleven we are making history once again never our lifetimes have we seen such a grassroots movement for individual liberty sound money and interventionism and you actually see his donation figure as they come in at ron paul two thousand and twelve. and when we come back we'll have a special announcement from anonymous and some long words from virginia beach engaging in civil disobedience tomorrow we'll see if i'm up for rolling along with stay tuned you're watching out of vs the met. life the world the fear mongering used by politicians who make decisions compelled to breakthrough had to put it made who can you trust no one who is you maybe you do with the global mission that we see where we had a state controlled capitalism is called. when nobody dares to ask we do you are a key question morning. you know sometimes you see a story of the six so. you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear see some other part of it and realize that ever

guest: the caller captures ron paul's appeal. his supporters are more enthusiastic and more devoted than the supporters of any other candidate as a whole. they are just -- ron paul is a cult figure. he has all the characteristics. that means he has an incredibly devoted group of supporters, but they are small group of supporters, they are not the majority. ron paul's run for president the third time, and desist. he has never really managed to crack the double digits. i will say this, though, ron paul's issues are now at the forefront of the national data. so he can consider that a big victory. -- is issues are now at the forefront of the national agenda. the need to rein in government, other such issues as well are at the top of the republican agenda now. he affected the trajectory. host: do you see any republican candidates try to align themselves with him to get if he does not have a clear path to getting the republican nomination? might michelle bachmann try to get some of that passion for its supporters in her campaign? guest

martha: alan colmes for ron paul. >> i like ron paul a lot. i happen to be a liberal democrat.a: if if you work hard and you can achieve success and happiness that would be what most of us consider to be the american dream. but there is a dropoff in the number of americans who think that dream is still attainable. our power panel will take on that issue next. a small neighborhood has a bookstore, then it gets taken over by borders and barnes and noble. but now they are in big trouble as well. are we seeing the death of the american bookstore. say it isn't so. maybe it is. we'll talk about that. and he's just 7 years old, this little boy. he doesn't play with toy cars. he decides to get behind the actual real thing. a not so smooth joyride is what fald. we'll show you next. >> reporter: where were you going? >> to my friend's house. >> reporter: how did you learn how to drive? [ birds chirping ] [ male announcer get ready for e left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models, including the jetta, awarded a top safety

ron paul said it was an empty promise. the presidential contenders are urging a hard line without offering any specifics. gwen: because they don't have to. >> they don't have to and if they do they run the danger of getting crossways with the establishment republicans who are terrified of a default, and the tea party. so they're essentially merely arguing pretty much of a hard line. about the president himself? do you think his political fortunes have improved in the last two weeks? gwen: we saw a poll today that has him at 40% approval, the lowest of his presidency. >> he was at the lowest last week at 43%, weekly average, 40% now. gwen: is this about disapproval of the president's handling of this or are the sides dirtying each other up. >> the gallup poll on both parties is bad, so it's pox on both your houses. >> he's managed to alienate his base, antagonize his foes and not accomplish his goals and you can see the frustration in his conversation. gwen: whose base is the most unhappy tonight? >> this is the central que