it's a catalog that sold yarn. 14 pages of massachusetts senator, scott brown, modeling some l.l. sweaters. scott brown megafan posted this catalog for sale in "the boston globe" classified section on craigslist. we'll raise the catalog $100 until the 2012 election. >>> i was up until about three or four hours ago in the bravo clubhouse. if you've been keeping up with "the real housewives of new jersey" and i know you have, you know there's a family feud going on between theresa and her brother. and her brother, joey g. started a family christening just a few months back. i was on "watch what happens live," with andy cohen, and with the matriarch seen on the left. when asked about the conflict between theresa and her mother. the way she stepped in and media mediated, i thought she could be helpful in the debt conversation. >> seems like theresa doesn't want to make piece with her brother and melissa happen what do you think, willie? >> i think we need more caroline. i think we need caroline to enter the debt talks. also, we did a game. they called it willie or won't he? caroline g

like scott brown in massachusetts. alyssa thatkowski of alaska. sending signals they could be potentially interested in compromise between the boehner bill and reid bill working its way through the senate right now that try to bridge some of the differences. the president seems optimistic about a deal because his staff put out a schedule today that has him going to chicago next 50 for a fundraiser tied to his 50th birth day. today the president was overheard telling a supporter a person from chicago said mr. president you still owe me a poker game. the president said i'm in the middle of a high stakes poker game right now, harris. >> harris: no doubt. either optimism or fantasy on his part. we have to see what really happens next week. ed, thank you very much. we want to get more on this from bret baier the anchor of "special report." he was on the air as it was breaking. >> hi, harris. >> harris: what is in this boehner bill that republicans like and don't like because 22 voted against it. >> sure. they like the balance budget amendment added to

scott brown is formidable. i've been talking to a number of democrats who think there is going to be an uphill race against him. but let's make one thing clear about richard cordray, who is an outstanding attorney general of ohio. it is not just elizabeth warren and they are trying to sink, the republicans. shelby is going to filibuster hamid they don't like this agency. >> they never have. and they don't like consumers very much. >> they don't like the revenue stream this agency has. >> that's right, because it gives them autonomy that congress -- >> let me just explain to the viewers out there that this segment is three massachusetts democrats of the elizabeth warren campaign for senate coming to a polling place near you. "the new yorkread times"? endorsement.k's >> she would make a fabulous candidate, but so is brown -- >> i feel like a sign language interpreter on the show. i have to explain what is really happening. >> this replaced the sarah palin segment of the show. [laughter] >> this is the most humble

remember, scott brown -- >> people monday pass?hink you can do that after you've had such a protracted debate about something that is, regardless of where you come down on it, is clearly a fundamental piece. it's a policy in american going forward, the politics in america going forward, the idea that we would say, yes and no. let's move on to the next bill, and i don't think you can get away with that. this is a point that i think is really an important one, too. everyone is saying, john boehner is standing in the way. if john boehner would like to find a way to compromise. >> there is a frustration, you can almost hear it in senator thune's voice today. what have you done? you've put us in a position and the senator is saying that republicans don't have to, you put them in a position where they actually are losing a tax argument. they've never lost a tax argument before with the middle of the country. is this split a some point going to harm the relationship between house republicans? >> what is your favorite phrase, chuck? electi

scott brown is a lot item on craigslist. úq your own copy of a 1984 knitting catalogue. that looks familiar featuring senator brown on the cover. nice sweater. the seller says he bought the catalogue on ebay for $100. now he's selling it for $250. i guess you have to really like senator brown's sweaters. >> finally, millions watched as prince william and kate middleton said their i dos. now you can get up close and personal look at the dress. it going on display at buckingham palace. visitors will be able get within eight feet of the does. closer than most of us got at the wedding. it will be in the palace ballroom where it will stan unprotected. the palace is expecting 650,000 to stop by this summer to get a glimpse. there you have the best of the rest. >> coming up your last call. one more quick round before we turn down the lies. congressional pizza party turns ugly in washington. what happened? stick around. it has to do with pepperoni many we'll be right back. diabetes testing? what else is new? you get the blood, hope

scott brown is a lot item on craigslist. canvblúq your own copy of a 1984 knitting catalogue. that looks familiar featuring senator brown on the cover. nice sweater. the seller says he bought the catalogue on ebay for $100. now he's selling it for $250. i guess you have to really like senator brown's sweaters. >> finally, millions watched as prince william and kate middleton said their i dos. now you can get up close and personal look at the dress. it going on display at buckingham palace. visitors will be able get within eight feet of the does. closer than most of us got at the wedding. it will be in the palace ballroom where it will stan unprotected. the palace is expecting 650,000 to stop by this summer to get a glimpse. there you have the best of the rest. >> coming up your last call. one more quick round before we turn down the lies. congressional pizza party turns ugly in washington. what happened? stick around. >> greta: 11:00 is almost here, it's time for last call. so you know things are getting bad in congress when

one republican voted for cloture and it was scott brown.e get why scott brown did what he had to do. >> it is the bernie sanders part of this that i want to emphasize. it sounds like the more progressives hear about this deal if they don't like it, sanders is just the type of guy that might just gum up the works to a point to give the president and harry reid some trouble on this. >> can you imagine chuck, though, pressure? we saw jim demint from the other side of the aisle, the opposite side of the spectrum in the "washington post" yesterday. you pointed out to me, he was quoted "i might no the go to the wall in terms of process and objections to gum this up." can you imagine the pressure? with so much riding on this, if bernie sanders is going to be the lone voice in the united states senate to raise his hand and object to unanimous consent or to whatever kind of procedural move they need to make to expedite thing thing -- and probably will need something with that vote being rejected there by harry reid -- i mean the vote going down and

. >> massachusetts republican senator scott brown told reporters "i'll vote for boehner and vote for reid, it's time to move our country forward." but earlier senate republican leader mitch mcconnell said -- >> we'd be voting to end this crisis today. >> in the senate, members i've spoken with today are talking to one another about compromise. they recognize the time for argument is running out. bret? >> bret: we'll check back in a bit. we're hearing 6:10 for a final vote start. we'll cover it live here. while the debt numbers are a media trouble for the president, chief white house correspondent ed henry reports the new economic numbers could mean long-term difficulty. good evening, ed. >> good evening, bret. the president dealing with extremely high unemployment numbers. you pile on more bad statistics today, and it's no wonder one of the president's top aides today said that this economy is literally hang nothing the balance. on a day his re-election effort was dealt a blow with news the economy grew at a weaker-than-expected 1.3%, the president ramped up pressure on congress to s

there is also talk about her running for the senate against scott brown in massachusetts. more on that as well. >>> up next, senator diane feinstein, the debt ceiling snowdown. the handover in afghanistan today. and more trouble with pakistan. we'll talk to the intelligence chair. still ahead, uk hacking scandal claims another top official at scotland yard. send me your thoughts on twitter. this is "andrea mitchell this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network... and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, available only with liberty mutual auto insurance, if your car is totaled, we give you

scott brown, the republican from massachusetts, voting with the democrats. joe mansion, the democrat from west virginia, voting with the republicans. they all face re-election a year from november. >> reporter: absolutely. there was a handful of three or four people originally that we believed the democrats were going to go for who were republicans who were up for re-election and actually might well have voted with democrats. this is the kind of situation where members of congress are looking at their own personal interest, looking at what's coming down the road, and realizing that, you know, this is an issue that has totally broken through with the public, people are concerned about it, and however you vote, you're definitely going to have to go back to your home state and defend how you voted with people in town halls and on the campaign trail in that election just coming up, wolf. >> so what happens after this what's called a cloture vote, this vote on trying to break a filibuster fails, and what happens next in the senate? do they debate the issues? do t

senate and possibly challenge scott brown for his massachusetts senate seat. there are a lot of democrats who believe the only way that scott brown can be defeated is by recruiting a big-name democrat with a national fund-raising network. and if victoria kennedy is not there to run and she has all but said she's not there to run, the only other person they can come up with is elizabeth warren. keep a very close eye on that as we come up. >>> all right. governors say the budget debate is a lose/lose proposition for them, whether it's through federal spending cuts or a failure to raise the debt ceiling, either way, governor says they'll have to do more with less. with us now, martin o'malley, with the democratic governor's association. you are governor of one of the eight states that has a aaa credit rating. maryland, virginia, iowa, delaware, north carolina, and utah. but when you got your credit rating reaffirmed, there was a warning that came with it. tell us about the warning. >> it was one of these good news/bad news e-mail, chuck. and my budget director sa

now indicating that she may be considering a senate bid against massachusetts freshman senator, scott brown. appearing right here on msnbc's andrea mitchell reports yesterday, warren said she will think about running once she returns home. >> i've been working 14 hours a day on trying to stand this consumer agency up really for more than a year now. and it's been wonderful work. but it has been all-absorbing work. massachusetts does beckon in the sense that it's my home and i need to go home. and when i go home, i'll do more thinking then. but i need to do that thinking not from washington. i need to go home. >> if she decides to run, elizabeth warren and brown would face off in what could be one of 2012's most-watched senatorial races. >>> new pictures from space shuttle "atlantis," it undocked from the international space station for the final time this morning. "atlantis" crew members are going through their last inspections of the shuttle's heat shield ahead of their scheduled return to earth. the journey home will end the 30-year run of nasa's shuttle program. history will happen live

murkowski of alaska, bob corker of tennessee, roy blunt of missouri, john thune of south dakota, scott brown of massachusetts. they're publicly out there. we do know privately a handful of others. so you see how this coalition is going to come together. the question is how big will it be in order to get it so you get a bipartisan vote on the -- out of the house there, lester? >> chuck todd at the white house, thanks. >>> now back to the economic data we got today. gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the economy rose just 1.3% this spring. that's weak. and below what economists had forecast. the really bad news came in the revised number for the first quarter of this year, 0.4%. the economy was basically flat lining. this didn't help matters on wall street today. the dow was down under 97 points. the nasdaq was down almost 10 points. the s&p 500 fell more than 8, capping the worst week for the markets in a year. cnbc's david faber joins me now. there is no way to sugar coat the numbers. is the bottom line was the recession deeper than any of us thought? >> the recession was very,

for cutting a deal john thune from south dakota, bob corker of tennessee, roy blunt of missouri, scott brown of massachusetts. i didn't even mention the main republicans who most people assume would be available for a potential crossover appeal. but i can tell you this right now, harry reid is dangling a lot of things to try to attract republicans. a few more cuts up front. a promise of a vote on a balanced budget amendment. not linking passage to the next round of cuts. making quote, the trigger stronger for the second round of deficit reduction. all this is about one thing that the white house cares about, getting rid of the second debt ceiling vote that would take place in six to nine months if john boehner and mitch mcconnell got the bill that they wanted. >> is the starting point for what's about to transpire in the senate that which just passed the house, prior to the vote here on "hardball" you said it was almost of no consequence, they could adopt the number from the bill and treat it as a blank slate. >> that's exactly right. there were some similarities to this bill before boehner

lieberman together with senator john ensign from nevada -- [laughter] disgraced senator ensign, and scott brown of massachusetts co-sponsored a bill, what they called the shield act. t not about shielding report -- it's not about shielding reporters, it would have broadened the espionage act's already overbroad provisions to outlaw communication of any human intelligence source. for example, it would have made it a crime to mention that former panama dictator noriega who had been a cia asset at the same time that he was convicted of big time drug dealing, that that mention would have been illegal under lieberman's view. whatever your view is, lieberman's attempts to completely shut down wikileaks and prosecute its staff under the espionage act doesn't commend him for, as a candidate for inclusion in the pantheon of first amendment heros. and the espionage itself, the espionage act itself is a mess. it was enacted in 1917 during world war i at the insistence of president wilson. it was the first loyalty-type law, um, that congress had enacted since the discredited sedition act of 1798. and that

for scott brown assume s.a.'s sloviansk on books in soldiers' historical hotels of a culture in the city. called smalls. as a good until some distro for us to try to come to her toe. wealthy british style holds a spot on. the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in the cause a report on. this is i'll see the taliban step stop at the solid. claiming responsibility for more high ranking killings have come from a safe against the hyundai for control of the country's top it says tonight. the forces facing huge question marks over their ability to create. a crisis in the gulf and rupert murdoch's media empire spreads to the british police the country's most senior policeman has been followed by a deputy increasing a mix of the newspapers executives embroiled in the scandal labor phone hacking and bribery. and russian security forces for a major terror plot named moscow police have arrested a group of people from the world called the thieves who were allegedly plotting a time trial t

and massachusetts democrats to make elizabeth warren convinced she should run for senate against scott brown. just so you know. i'm reporting, you decide. as we steam headlong to an on purpose default of the nation's debt, today in washington things did not just get not better, things got weird. things got surreal even. instead of running around like they have been doing, today was freeze tag, stopped dead in its tracks. i think we found out who was it. >>> here's how citigroup describes it. asking what the u.s. economy might look like after a possible u.s. treasury default is akid to >>> here's how citigroup describes it. asking what the u.s. economy might look like after a possible u.s. treasury default is akid to asking what will you do after you commit suicide. if this country defaults on its obligations, it will be much worse than the great depression. it will make the massive financial crisis of 2008 look mild. when moody's said it's considering downgrading our nation's credit scores, their threat was not to downgrade the nation once we default on our debt on august 2, their threat was

ceiling and impresses accountability and reduce the size of federal government they are hearing scott brown from massachusetts willing to vote for the boehner plan and also the reed plan and so senator harry reid has to pick off republicans to get the necessary vote to get the compromise plan through the united states senate. if he commisdemeanor he can signal to the house they are working to compromise. here is senator hairy reed on that. it is -- we cannot and the american knothis. we'll not cut more programs without revenue. and forcing lawmakers to come back to the bargaining table if they can't agree on further spending cuts down the road. they are worried about the president coming and 96ing the plan. thank you, mike. >> and joining us now. ran paul who is a senator that is refusing the plan by house speaker john boehner. >> good to be here. >>> and the key reason you voted against the boehner plan you couldn't support it without a balanced budget. i can't support it that is over seven or eight years and they are talking about seven or eight trillion of debt and i don't think the coun

how strong is scott brown from massachusetts right now? scott brown is strong in massachusetts for a republican. she would be a strong contender against him, based on the numbers, the registration. three-to-one democratic. she's articulate. she's got a huge issue to play with in terms of voters' interests. and that's, you know, consumer debt, taking care of you, your homeowners, you know, how do you get a mortgage, stuff like that. she would be strong, joe. >> it would be fascinating. >> interesting race. >> it would be an interesting race. i think we know where the wall street money would go. >> exactly. >> go right now to jim with the "politico playbook." we hear the name chris christie possibly running for president. a lot of republicans saying they're not pleased with the field. but the new jersey adamant, he's not going to run for president. he's still trying to change his mind. >> they're going to beg him. >> who's still pushing him to get in to the race? >> there's a delegation every couple of weeks to see him. he's going to new yor

. >> scott brown? >> yeah. >> the truck. >> rutherford behaves. >> obama's beach picture during the campaign, as a male candidate can use that asset, so can a female. >> absolutely. what's wrong with that. they're scared of being accused of being a sexist. but you can do that to a guy. >> unless they were trying to diminish her. which i don't get the feeling. i can see a politician trying, like she's just a floozy. >> you have to throw some [bleep] and stop apologizing. i'm sick and tired of the apologies. >> sorry. >> here it comes. >> apology. >> i would like to apologize to all of those people who have had to apologize or who are planning to apologize. what i said was mean spirited, stupid and cheap and i deeply regret everything i said just then and everything i said before and everything i am going to say after until the day i am dead and bushied. >> wow. >> a terror group learned to internalize more than hummus and pita bred, the airline industry has been warned that a terrorist mae implant an ex

you had a super majority until scott brown got elected. they are hurting our two minutes from getting a deal. >> it is a good question and i will let congressman holland answer it. but the poles show 20 or 25 percent of the americans want a deal that is speppeding cuts . -- spending cuts. >> they also show americans don't want tax increase. >> you raise taxes on maul business owners and raise it on now with nine percent unemployment and make it that much more difficult for our economy to grow. everyone happeneds that fundmental point and understand the basics. government spends too much. it is not a revenue problem. >> congressman, we know that the ceo, number one driver and policy decision to raise the debt ceiling and a big contractor to the cuts . it hits the top. >> wait, wait. i just read yesterday, if i may. i just read yesterday that barack obama increased our debt 35 percent in two and half years. >> that is 3.8 trillion in two and half years. >> the biggest driver in debt is the economy going down. that is not a policy decision. >

a professor at harvard university and has lived for years and run as a democrat against senator scott brown state where democrats feel they have a chance of winning back the senate seat from a republican. they just need a candidate. she's raised her profile, has been outspoken and could be a candidate for u.s. senate as a democrat in the 2012 election. she's not saying but don't be surprised to see her in the race. >> all right. jessica yellin, thank you. listen to this. >> if you're trying to get to $2.4 trillion without any reven revenue, then you are effectively gutting a bunch of domestic spending that is going to beburdensome and not something i would support. >> president obama drawing a line in the debate over spending cuts and raising taxes. the nation's debt ceiling has to be raised by august 2nd or the government risks defaulting on its obligations. but the president may have an advantage here that a lot of people are overlooking. errol lewis joins me now. i know you think the president and congress will cut a deal. why do you say that? >> well, you know, if you look at some of th

. >> i asked about the rumors she may run against scott brown returning home to massachusetts. said she needs vacation and time with her grandchildren before deciding what do next. >> thank you. those battling traumatic brain injury are hoping for help from congress later in the program. first, another casualty in the u.k. news of the world phone hacking scandal. >> bret: checking the international headlines now. general david petraeus the next c.i.a. director handed over command of u.s. and nato-led troops in afghanistan today to marine corp general john allen in his first message to troops, general allen wrote, "without question, tough days remain. and the challenges will be many." russia has criticized the u.s. and other western countries for recognizing libya's rebel national transitionm counsel as the nation's legitimate government. russia's foreign minister says the west is taking sides in a civil war. russia also said it will not offer libyan leader muammar gaddafi asylum if he steps down. european union leaders say syria's government must immediately end the crackdown o

two republican senators from maine, you have scott brown from massachusetts who is up for re-election in a very blue state that president obama is going to be at the top of the ticket on. lisa murkowski who had her own run ins with the tea party. she didn't sign the letter. then the next level identify are the former governor, republicans who had been governors. they know what it's like to deal with an unruly legislature. they know what it's like to sale vote, a piece of legislation that isn't perfect. so the senator from nebraska. idaho's senator whose fellow nature is part of the gang six. they could work in tandem. lamar stander, a former governor. bob corker is seen as somebody who is open to a conversation. roy blunt knows when these things are tough. he's somebody. that would be the second level of folks. you start getting to 12, 13, 14 potential targets of senator reid. >> chuck todd in washington tonight. thanks for your time. don't go anywhere. i'll need you later on. i want to turn to congress nan from new york. he's in studio with me fresh off the train, congressman. i got

. >> as you look at senator scott brown, senator makowski, the republicans basically that leader reid will need to go along, do you think they will go along in the deal's current form? >> well, i think so. i can't verify that the two people you named are the only ones or the principal ones that are going to come around. i think there's a good amount of perspiration taking place, because if this is a mistake, god willing that we'll survive a catastrophe. that's where we are now. people don't understand that. this is like waiting for the executioner and hoping we've got a reprieve. it's ridiculous for us to be in this position. >> and it's perspiration being felt on main street and everywhere. as you look at the deal and as leader reid looks at bringing across some support from the senators we were discussing, what are you willing to compromise on to get a senate bill passed? >> i think we're already at the maximum level of compromise, and i think that was tested seriously in the senate vote last night. and so we -- listen, we have to remember that this isn't just a game of monopoly. th

and massachusetts democrats to make elizabeth warren convinced she should run for senate against scott brown. just so you know. i'm reporting, you decide. as we steam headlong to an on purpose default of the nation's debt, today in washington things did not just get not better, things got weird. things got surreal even. instead of running around like they have been doing, today was freeze tag, stopped dead in its tracks. i think we found out who was it. 50 billion network devices will roam the earth. that's seven devices per person. this will change how we work in ways we've never before imagined. what do you need to secure your people, their devices, and your business? a network that can evolve and grow to protect your human network. [ man ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story?

scott brown said he's working with you and he will vote for your bill, but he's trying to get -- wonder if you could speak to that and if there are three others, assuming you polled your caucus -- >> your math is terrific. 57 and get three more. we get 60. the issue has been now for a week or so a tribute. th if they don't come up with a result what should happen? certain things should happen. we have been willing to say that there could be a sequestration as long as it included some revenue. it is unfair to make this all a spending deal and we have billionaire and millionaires and corporate jets and yachts and all this stuff that should be fair. the american people agree with us. they agree with us. they all agree that there should be shared sacrifice. that's our bill, the shared sacrifice bill. so i -- we're happy to have a trigger. they cannot keep turning their head away from the american people who say there should be shared sacrifice. this will be the last question. >> senator mcconnell should be at the table. do you encourage him to sit down? >> in a little colloquy with senator

senators such as scott brown, bob corker, that might be important in cobbling together those 60 votes do you know about what they are saying? >> frankly i think the leadership that's being asked to be in touch with those senators and really bring them around. i think that there's been a lot of talk that some of these senators are willing to maybe make that compromise. that's sort of the theme you're hearing. how they get there isn't clear. i think mitch mcconnell is clear here. he knows how to play the game very well. so i think over the next several hours, as we head into the night, that's going to be the critical time. >> so you see the democrats in the senate. let's go across and will we see the same here with boehner doing that with pelosi? >> you would think so. right now i think it's up to the senate side to come -- deliver something that they can propose to the house and bring them home. you're going to have to see a real coming together of a lot of interesting dynamics, because you're going to have to have bipartisan votes and voting blocs together. what we're hearing from eve

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scott brown in massachusetts, susan collins and olympia snowe from maine and lisa murkowski from alaska. senator reid has four republicans willing to negotiate right now. add that to the 53 democrats and independents. essentially reid would have to convince three more republicans to come forward just to get close to being able to debate on this bill and ultimately pass it. that all being said, there is no guarantee once, if reid were able to get three more republicans it would pass the house of representatives. if you got any democrat onboard, there is no guarantee that would happen with how vehemently those on the right of the republican party have been opposed to this reid plan. reid is trying to get more than just 60 votes. he wants to try to get eight, ten, 12 republicans to garner more in the house. nevertheless, it is a very difficult process. >> you alluded to this earlier, this 3:30 briefing we are watching. is it expected to be more hard talk or are you hearing from any one of your sources we might hear something different? >> we expect it to be hard talk. the gop position has

she could run for the senate -- heard it myself up in massachusetts -- against the new senator, scott brown. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." we're quickly approaching the deadline. the unofficial enforcement of no new taxes is holding up the deal. i think it is in fact grover norquist. thanks for coming on. just to get the people informed about your pledge, we'll read it. we have it now. i pledge to the tax players whatever direct or state to the american people i will, one, oppose any or all efforts to increase the margin 7 income tax rates for business and/or businesses and oppose debt reduction or eliminations or credits unless matched dollar for dollar by further reductions in tax rates. how successful have you been in nailing down republicans in this pledge? >> sure. offering this pledge to candidates for the house and senate and president for the last 24 years. today 235 members of the house have signed the pledge that are sitting in the house of representatives. 41 senators. so a majority of house members and 41 senators. 1,200 state legislators, 13 governors. >>

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because warren has another option that she is taking pretty seriously, challenging scott brown in the 2012 election and roll call reporter said that the counter sure looks like a scheduled woman who is considering a senate bid. in recent weeks, warren has met in person or spoken with patty murray, david axle rod, senator charles schumer and senator john kerry and massachusetts democratic representatives barney frank, and steven lynch and john tear nee, but if she, but she want ts to go for a run she can't spend the next year angry at the filibuster republicans, but spend part of it for her candidacy. meanwhile, cordray doesn't have anything to run for until the ohio governorship opens up in options. so at some point, the republicans have to make a choice and do they want someone to run the agency that exists and is in law now, or do they want to freeing potential democratic candidates to spend their time running against, well, republicans. and we have delon from the "washington post." good to see you. >> hi, ezra. >> by this time next year, will this agency have a permanent director?

i think they tried to propagate in part of scott brown's victory in massachusetts. which is the percentage of americans that are suffer from independence now. the tea party movement is a conservative populous movement with a strong libertarian strain or at least running under that banner. but that's really what emerged in this congress. look, there is a fundamental fissure that is coming into the forefront right now. both parties have a degree of civil war about them between the center and their respective bases. but really, the question for me is when did fiscal responsibility and fiscal conservatism get delinked? because it is fiscally responsible. i think folks, overwhelming majority want to bring down deficits and debt. they understand that that the world's superpower cannot be the largest debtor nation indefinitely. but what really happened is some folks are confusing fiscal responsibility with this sort of theological, ideological approach to spending and really taxes in particular. and in that, i think there's a fundamental traditional republican approach to

folks that are okay with that, the kay bailey hutchison, scott brown, the new england republicans mark kurr from eli will, people open that that idea will be prime targets for harry reid today. it's just a waiting game. what can harry reid offer them within this compromise, what specific type of trigger for -- to enact next debt limit can he offer these republicans that they will, in fact, sign off on and say it's okay. that's when what it's come down to now. >> he will have 12 long hours to get that done. we will see late tonight. thank you so much. luke russert, you too. >>> worries about the u.s. debt ceiling rippling across the globe now, but nowhere are they as intense as in china. the chinese government holds $1.6 trillion in u.s. treasuries. the concern is growing that those investments may not be safe as they once were, and that the country may be forced to slow down its buying if the u.s. loses its triple-a credit rating. the reaction has not been positive to the wrangling in washington over the debt limit. here in new york the stock market was down friday because of uncertain

you had the house and super majority in the senate until scott brown got elected. why didn't you get rid of all these. if they are hurting the economy and keeping us from getting to a deal. why are you doing them now? >> chris: i want to ask you one question first, the polls show only 20 to 25% of americans want a deal that is only spending cuts. >> they also show americans don't want tax increases. here is what we all know. you raise taxes on the job creators and small business owners who make our economy go, you raise it on them now, when you have 9% unemployment you are making it that much more difficult for jobs to grow. they also understand the basics. government spends too much. it is not a revenue problem, it is a spending problem. everyone gets that basic point. >> chris: congressman van holen. >> cbo said the number one driver, policy decision driving the need to raise the debt ceiling and the big contributor to the problems were the tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 that disproportionately hit the -- >> chris: wait a minute. i just read yesterday that barack obam

super majority in the senate until scott brown got elected.f they are so bad, they're hurting our economy and keeping us from getting to a deal, why -- >> chris: that is a good question. i'm going to let congressman van hollen answer it. but i want to ask a question first before i do. the polls show only 20 to 25% of americans want a deal that is only spending cuts. >> they also show they don't want tax increases. here is what we all know, all three of us. if you raise taxes on the small business owners that make the economy go, raise it now with 9% unemployment, you are making it that much more difficult for our economy to grow and for jobs to be created. everyone understands that fundamental point. they also understand the basics. government spends too much. it's not a revenue problem. it's a spending problem. everyone gets that basic point. >> chris: congressman van hollen? >> we all know that c.b.o., nonpartisan entity said that the number one driver, policy decision driving the need to raise the debt ceiling now and big contributor to the

. >> anybody have pictures of xrot brown scott browning?ot this leg up something -- >> these have been unearthed by -- a knitting catalog. okay? 19 84. he appeared in this knitting catalog, and sold yarn. wore nice sweaters. 14 pages. senator scott brown at the age of 25. knit sweaters. >> he looks good. i like that. he's wearing clothes. >> handsome guy. >> he's sweaterific. >> whatever. he went through law school. >> so, is elizabeth warren going to run against him? >> i think she should. >> i think she should. >> what do you think -- why do you think she ho? >> nice to have a public role in washington. a voice for the things she believes in. >> so you're rooting for her now? >> i think if she wants to run again, let her run. >>> i'm meteorologist bill karins with your forecast. mostly the middle of the country, showers and thunderstorms tooling off the big cities in the east including new york and d.c., bought 340r, philly, atlanta a chance of storms. nice in detroit and chicago. look at the heat in dallas. up to 103 today. ooo. sounds p

someone like scott brown of mass has who today said he could support the reid bill because he wants a compromise. why is he saying that? not just that he is a moderate republican but up for re-election in massachusetts which is obviously very democratic. there are going to be folks like that in the middle who have not had a big say so far. but this weekend they are finally going to get their moment. >> laura: james, people like joe manchin of west virginia, john tester, mark warner, all these guys, kind of moderate democrats want to have those bone fidz to go back to the voters with. i think they will be more prevalent in these debates. >> marchible was on television today rebuking the president for not having reached out and called more democrats on the hill. >> laura: leadership question remains still the house passed two bills. the senate can d 6 them. bret go back to you on this. everyone can talk about john boehner being wounded and the tea party kind of up in arms and never going to be veafd the bottom line is he did what he had to do at the very end to get a bill through. right

senator scott brown left a private meeting saying he would vote for reid debt ceiling plan just as he had supported g.o.p. versions. another republican, maine said she would reveal plans and hope they would work through their differences by the time tuesday rolls around. i thinking me pretty good will have happened, said senator bob corker. it's going to happen. unfortunately, there's going from to be some theater before it does. also in the papers this morning, the lead story in "the washington post" house passed debt bill hits wall in senate. laurie montgomery and paul cane right heading into the final weekend before the treasury expects to begin running short of cash to pay the nation's bill, harry reid introduced a new version to grant the government additional borrowing authority into 2013, setting up a crucial vote shortly after midnight saturday. democrats conceded they still lacked a vote -- host: he wanted the white house at the table and expressed frustration that president obama had rejected an emerging compromise between the two senate leaders last weekend. -- host: we're

well as about her, and again, as far as we know, this is just speculation, about her taking on scott brown in massachusetts for the senate seat there, so that's something that is out there. she doesn't have a long political experience, so we will watch to see if in fact that is something she will do. again, based on everything that we know, she's headed back to harvard. >> what are the next steps in confirming richard cordray? this is a nomination, we should point out. >> reporter: the president makes the dominations, and this process could be short or it could be an extensive process, as in any review process, what will happen is his background will be brought up, and congressional leaders will be going through everything that he has done, and as you poipnted ot earlier, this was somebody that was tough on financial institutions in ohio, specifically in their foreclosure practices coming down very hard on them as attorney general in ohio, so no doubt some of that will also be reviewed as they look to have him confirmed here for the new position. >> is there any word from elizabeth warren

a lot of people want you to think about seriously running against scott brown, the united states senatorrom massachusetts where you live. are you giving that serious thought right now? >> you know, i have to tell you, i've spent 14 hours a day on the work standing up this agency. it has been all absorbing. and now is the moment when i'm going to get to step away from that and i'm going to get to take a little vacation with my grandchildr grandchildren. we're headed to lego land. that's my immediate future. >> what about after r&r. would you then seriously consider challenging senator brown? >> i got to go home to massachusetts. i got to get back in the house i've lived in for 15 years and settle in and then i'll think about my future. >> all right, we'll stay in close touch and hear what you have to say. good luck with the next challenge. thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you. >>> it's known as operation fast and furious. why government agencies are being investigated in connection with a controversial gun purchasing program. plus a dire warning in a national school cheating scan

scott brown is one of those that told some of us he is working with you, and he could vote for your bill. he's trying to get some teeth into the commission. if there are three others, assuming you hold your caucus, are -- >> your math is terrific. if we get those four more, we have 5857. we need 60. the issue has been now for a week or so, a trigger. if the joint committee doesn't come up with a result, what should happen? we've been willing to say we're happy in we don't arrive at the budget goals with the joint committee, that certain things should happen. we've been willing to say that there could be a sequestration as long as it included some revenue. it is unfair to make this all a spending deal when we have billion nares and million nares, and corporate jets and yachts and all this stuff. the american people agree with us. they agree with us. the polls, democrats and republicans, independentends, all agree there should be shared sacrifice. that's our bill called the shared sacrifice bill. we're happy to have a trigger, but they cannot keep turning their heads away from the american