lastly, out of the blue a month ago i got an e-mail from tom daschle. tom daschle doesn't know me at all saying i'm writing a book with trent lott, a counterpart on the republican side about bipartisanship and the lack of it today and all about leadership and the need to restore leadership. would you be interested. first i thought it can be tom daschle but it was. i said of course i'm interested. i think please send it and within three days we bought it. it doesn't have an actual title yet. the title will change. but the book was not. it will be out in january at the start of the election season ended as it related book. these two guys were diametrically opposed political aide and lead their parties during the clinton years in the senate and thereafter found a way even though they disagreed to work across the aisle and find a solution. that was their trademark. bipartisanship is their big game and they can talk all the time together. it surprises people they are such good friends. but this is the principal. this is the issue that matters to them and the

betty: tom daschle, thank you so much.he former democratic senate leader and ally of the president on obamacare. much more ahead. back to the other big story -- the chaotic negotiations going on in europe between greece and its creditors. we will be back in two minutes. ♪ betty: now to our other top story that we have been following all the overseas. the euro area finance ministers now meeting again trying to hash out a deal for grace before their bailout is set to expire. will the two sides be able to come to an agreement in time or will greece default on their debt? laws is a partner at the firm of alan overy in london and he worked on greece's 2012 debt restructuring and how painful it has been to see this process. how do you compare what is going on now to what you saw three years ago? yanis: thank you very much a good morning. how does it compare? nailbiting ire would say. back then, it was really a discussion between the private sectors on the one hand and then united greece act by the eurozone, the imf, the ecb. now

tom daschle, the former senate majority leader was very very helpful to the president in trying to gethealth care legislation through. he's joining us now on the phone. you must be thrilled senator by what the united states supreme court has decided today. >> i am thrilled wolf. this is a huge victory. you have characterized it very well. i think really what it does is put this whole debate about whether the affordable care act is going to be here to stay to rest. this is the final blow for opponents. there is no real possibility from here on out that either through the legal or the political process they are going to be able to repeal the affordable care act going forward. so it's a huge victory not only for the legal interpretation but for what it means for the future of health care in the united states. >> well there is one possibility of it being derailed senator. the next presidential election if a republican president is elected and is determined to derail the affordable care act and there are significant republican majorities as you well know in the house or the senate they coul

at 1st i thought, this can't be tom daschle. it was. i said of course i'm interested.i said please send it. within two days we bought it it does it does not have an actual title. the working title is called in our hands. it will it will be out in january right at the start of the election season, and it is a brilliant work. these two guys are diametrically opposed politically and let their parties during the clinton years respectively in the senate and then thereafter always found a way to work across the aisle together. i was the trademark, and they continue to do so. bipartisanship is their big theme. they can talk together. very close friends but this is the principle, the issue that matters, and i want to restore the dignity. a lot of history showing that there has been a lot of partisan conflict in the past. we have worked. in the past. we might be able to get through it again. >> why do you think he contacted you? >> guest: i have no idea. when i meet him him that will be the 1st question out of my mouth. i don't know. i can't think of a reason that he would. it'