america how would you explain this regularity. of russian adopted children children in the united states. i resisted united states of america just three weeks ago and we know this was not the first time. it was a special visit to center internet in a national center for missing and exporting children and not me american specialists told me that the arrow of violence and cruelty in the american family is too high too so you can see it as a situation the sausalito is russian children towards all children want to move toward all children even their own children yes absolutely so you want your saying now that american families are generally cruel. i didn't say so but. it's nice is that all cruelty monitors more and more and more every year among among native americans or among immigrants or first wave immigrants of i can cheer you can share and. i think in the. kinds of families where we can find it and i can compare the situation is in that it is an american in russia because russia has a problem of cruelty and violence in our families against children not only gives. or the children used to.

income of children's rights but the united states of america doesn't do it . at the same time as the united states of america recognize convention we do not part of this convention i see so you recently protested against an adoption of eight russian children it was carried out through a u.s. adoption organization doesn't this case that an official organization. form to adoption and from your point of view it was it had to be turned out to be illegal. what paved the way corruption russian corruption isn't good at the root of the power of all the problems with adoption you're right when the when when you are talking about some corruption salutes because in each kids which we know in which we. researched for example the case of art of severely the case of denise for her recall as a case of. sisters. in each reese case we find out the found out some mistakes errors or illegal documents so it means that the candidates for future adoptive parents. presented some. i can see not. real papers not real documents and in this situation we didn't have any chance to check it

pleased from russia to the united states with a lot of cross border adoption like yeah exactly even now we have two cases children who were sent. and still in the united states of america this is a win tonight is this going to get three years ago for example or the case of dina zuma which now is leaving the family in the state of your and the problem is that these parents are not parents exactly because they don't have any judicial status. to work to raise a child they don't want to adopt him. do not want to let him go home to russia. this is a zero situation since part of the stuff the presidential commission or for children's rights spotlight will be back shortly will continue this interview out there break they'll go. public. with the end of the cold war and the going away of the soviet union many people thought that nuclear weapons disappear. the risk is not zero that something might be going off by mistake especially nuclear weapons on hair trigger alert. but simply to use it a day as a threat or as an extra. you know if you keep spending a trillion dollars a year on weapons of eventually you're going to blow everything up you you know people are dying from these

of my life. ♪ >> i love this country to death. god bless america. >> to call you a fellow citizen of the united states of america. your country. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. [ applause ] ♪ >> eight years ago my husband was one of millions of immigrants who came to america legally. since he married me, and i was born in the usa, he had no problem getting a greencard. >> this is a greencard. this is it. this is going the change my whole life. i drink to the greatest country on earth. >> reporter: he was happy as a resident alien until one day -- ♪ born in the usa, i was -- >> daddy wasn't -- ♪ born in the usa." >> daddy wasn't born in the usa, thomas. >> i have to become a citizen, because i can't be a foreigner my own family. >> suddenly, he realized he really had to become an american. so he started down the path to citizenship. in order to become an american, he must be a permanent resident for three to five years. be able to read, write, and speak english. >> you guys think daddy know house to speak english? >> yes. >> have you ever practiced polygamy? >> no. >> be a person of good m

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united states at all. i do question the patriotism of groups like planned parenthood. they are subverting morality. liberals in the united states of america hate the declaration of independence. president obama is half white, and half black. herman cain is all black. he is authentically black. he is the real black man in the race. the president's been a fascist. he says i've been a fascist from day one. barack obama nurtures this hatred for the united states of america, and i believe nurtures a hatred for the white man. >> the american family association, ladies and gentlemen. sponsor of rick perry's stadium prayer event. even if he doesn't want it to be thought of as rick perry's stadium prayer event anymore. joining us now is msnbc political analyst. gene, i'm sorry to have gotten all of that brian fisher all over you. allow me to have your suit cleaned. >> i'm send you the bill. and watch out from juju from that demonic idol. >> i am thinking about sleeping with the demon, which of course will depress my stock market. >> right. is that a form of recruitment? >> well, i can't reproduce. you know how it is, gene. all right, all right. so

. >> you're quite right in saying that there was a positive bias towards the united states of america towards treasury bills. that was the case historically. it was unheard of only six months ago to imagine that the united states could be under negative watch by the rating agencies. do we have? all four of us, together? 24. he's low fat, too, and has 5 grams of sugars. i'll believe it when i--- [ both ] oooooh... what's shakin'? [ female announcer ] as you get older, protein is an important part of staying active and strong. new ensure high protein... fifty percent of your daily value of protein. low fat and five grams of sugars. see? he's a good egg. [ major nutrition ] new ensure high protein. ensure! nutrition in charge! [ding] announcer: clean kitchen surfaces, utensils, and hands with soapy water. one in 6 americans will get sick from food poisoning this year. keep your family safer. check your steps at foodsafety.gov. >>> i'm freds rick ka whitfield. a check on our top story right now. there is new hope about a possible agreement to raise the u.s. debt ceiling. >> i think we're

god bless you and your family and god bless the united states of america. >>> well, now we heard from the president and the speaker of the house. both parties have plans to help the country avoid default and both make cuts and extend the debt ceiling but the similarities end there. the plan by democrats would make $2.7 trillion in cuts over the next 10 years and extend the debt ceiling through 2012. a committee would be created, it would be in charge of recommending future cuts. the plan by republicans make $1.2 trillion in cuts and extend the debt ceiling till february and require congress to vote on a amendment requiring a balanced budget by the end of the year. the show down in washington rattled wall street today. the the dow jones industrial average fell 88 points to close at 12,593. the nasdaq composite index fell 16, or 0.6 percent, to 2,843. come up in at 6:30 we will go live to washington for more on the news conferences over the looming debt deadline. >>> look at other stories today. a teenager who survived a bear attack is headed home. we have been talking with the teen's f

on to the world market an not allowing for any reduction in the cost of gasoline in the united states of america. i urge my colleagues to vote no on the rule and the underlying legislation. and i'm at this time, mr. speaker, prepared to yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida mr. hastings, yields back his time. the gentleman from florida, mr. webster, is recognized. . mr. webster: thank you, mr. speaker. this rule provides for an ample open debate, allowing our colleagues from across the aisle to offer legislative proposals to this bill. furthermore, the underlying bill addresses two critical concerns. if you listen to the speeches made in this chamber every day and every member of this house, unemployment and dependence on opec oil. as i have stated, 20,000 shovel-ready jobs can be created with the approval of this infrastructure project. approval of keystone x.l. pipeline will also serve to increase oil imports from our

. >> the united states of america doesn't running out without paying the tab. we pay our bills. we meet our obligations. we have never defaulted on our debt. we're not going to do it now. >> this isn't about punishing wemt, it's asking the people who have benefited the most over the last decade to share in the sacrifice. this isn't some wild-eyed socialist position. i mean, this is a position that's being taken by people of both parties and no party. if we only did cuts and did not

recognize where we agree, and then work on building a bridge on those differences so the united states of america doesn't default on its debt and the congress of the united states does not default on its obligation to the people of the greatest country on the face of this earth, the united states of america. mr. president, i yield back my time. and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: would ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sessions: mr. president, the discussion boils down to a desire by the president to have the largest debt increase in the history of america at a time when our spending is out of control and this debt ceiling limit that we have now reached is at a point where it does need to be raised but i thought we had a national consensus that as part of raising the debt ceiling we would begin to change our habits around here. we would do things better, we wouldn't be running up so much debt because every witness that's testified before our budget committee has said we are

god bless you and your family, and god bless the united states of america. >> the house of representativesaker there, john boehner, saying it's significant cuts and reforms that are needed to help the u.s. economy. and this is not debates or differences between congress and the white house but is more about american people and the future they seek for themselves and their families. let's return to mark who has been listening to that. sorry to interrupt you earlier but we wanted to hear what john boehner was saying and almost at times was replicating the tone of president obama there. >> yes. there's so much about this debate that's ridiculous. it's hard to know where to start from an economic point of view. and first of all, boehner is talking about a crisis. the crisis completely manufactured, this is a debt ceiling that, as president obama said, has been raised, you know, dozens of times and they're just trying to use it to get something they can't win at the ballot box, you know. they only have the house, they don't have the senate, they don't have the president, they don't have any bac

whether it would or would not have a impact on the economy, or some of the programs of the united states of america. it definitely will have an impact on the economy of the united states of america. it definitely -- >> it will affect the credit rating, but that doesn't affect the country? >> it should not affect the credit rating, because we will have plenty of money to pay every single creditor the amounts of money owed under our contractual obligations to those creditors. >> how will it make it better? >> how you will it make it better? >> yeah. >> it will show the world we are engaging in the kinds of austerity measures now being asked of greece and others in the same spots we are in, and as long as we pay or creditors -- >> if we default and we show we can pay even defaulting, you think that's progress? >> there should le no default, because we have over $2 trillion in revenue and our credit obligations are roughly $200 billion. there should be no default unless the president of the united states abuses the trust we have placed in him. >> you don't feel we need to raise the ceiling then, becaus

denigration of the full faith and cift the united states of -- credit of the united states of america would have substantial effects on the domestic financial markets and the value of the dollar." end of quote, mr. president. i don't know -- none of us is being alarmist because we really don't know but we know that people whom most americans respect -- president reagan, president clinton, others who have asked for a debt ceiling increase, economists, business people -- we know that nobody knows for sure what would happen, but nobody's ever wanted to take that risk. we've always paid our bills. default could affect ohioans receiving medicare and social security. it could affect veterans in hospitals and universities. president obama has said that he can't guarantee payments to senior citizens, to bondholders, to other obligations of the united states of america. you cannot, mr. president, you cannot fake -- you cannot fake cash flow. these are real consequences. when it comes to jobs, to seniors living on fixed income, in the midst of an economy -- economic growth as fragile as is ours

of my life. >> i love this country to death. god bless america. >> it's a pleasure to call you a fellow citizen of the united states of america. god. >> reporter: eight years ago, my husband was one of millions of immigrants who came to the country legally. since he married me and i was born in the usa, he had no problem getting the green card. >> this is the green card. this is going to change my whole life. this is the greatest country on earth. he was happy as a resident alien until one day -- ♪ born in the usa daddy wasn't born in the usa ♪ >> he wasn't, but thomas was. i have so become a citizen. i can't become a foreigner my own family. >> suddenly, he realized he really had to become an american, so he started down the path to citizenship. to become an american, you must be a resident for three to five year, be able to read, write and speak english. >> do you guys think daddy knows how to speak english? >> have you ever practiced politically? >> no. >> pass a civics test. >> isn't that nice? you're learning your american history together. >> so help me god. >> and take an oath of allegiance to the united states of ameri

god bless you and your family and god bless the united states of america. >> army general is president obama's choice to be the next chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the nation's highest- ranking military officer. admiral mike mullen is stepping down the post. general dental will testify today on his nomination before the senate armed services committee. live coverage is at 9:30 a.m. eastern from cspan 3. >> we provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history all available on television, radio, online, and social media networking sites and find our content any time through our video library. we take cspan on the road with that are mobile content be pulled free our resources to your community. it is washington your way, the cspan networks, now available in more than 100 million homes created by cable and provided as a public service. >> "washington journal" is next. we'll take your phone calls and the house is in at 10:00 eastern for members' speeches. the general work and interior environment spending and noon. there will also debated crude oil

of the united states. what was printed on the web page may or may not be what we're voting on. we are amending the constitution of the united states of america. it gets even more confusion. in the text of the john boehner resolution, they will vote after september 30, 2011. the house and senate will vote. we will have it this week. we had one already. we will do another balanced budget amendment between its of timber in december. what -- between september and december. what is sloppy process. we need to proceed with great caution. this is storing all kinds of paper at everybody. as you mentioned, the amendment that was originally reported is different than the one that is on the committee web page. it makes it more difficult in times of war if we exceed the cap to be able to fund our troops. somebody made a conscious decision to change the word majority 2 3/5. no one is here to explain that. the chairman ought to be here. i want to know what it means. what it means to real people in this country. there are draconian cuts. we are bringing it back to 1966 levels. what does this mean? where will these cuts be made? there is just something wrong

so let's see is this small to show why the united states of america is still the greatest nation on earth really mr president greatest nation on earth in the middle of armageddon how about a little less talk and a little more action on the debt ceiling because some americans think taxing times call for taxing measures. and he's known as bitter number seventy and his slick bid to save utah's ecosystem from the oil and gas industries could land him behind bars . and a missile mind game first there was a reset button then the start treaty a quote a missile shield blown off all those agreements. it's tuesday july twenty sixth four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine freeze out there watching our t.v. . all right everyone i want to talk about the economy and what's going on here in washington you may have seen last night both president obama and speaker of the house john boehner standing their ground and continuing to duke it out on the airwaves over who's right and who's wrong in the debate over how to solve the issues surrounding raising this country's fourteen point three dollars debt ceili

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state that does information technology? now, we are about to destroy the reputation and solvency of the united states of america. we are about to destroy the reputation and solvency of the united states of america not only for one day, but for a decade and maybe the rest of the century. and this is not being done by an outside power. we're spending $700 billion on defense, and we're destroying ourselves by a self-inflicted wound because of political dysfunction, political rigidity and political ideology. what the heck is this? and i could even use more intense language. what we are about to do -- we cannot allow this to happen. so i say to my colleagues, look, one of my colleagues said to me yesterday, senator mikulski, what would it take to get you to the table? i said give me a plan and 30 republican names behind it. i'll see if i can support the plan and get 30 others. so, madam president, i know my time's up, but i don't want the time to be up on america. let's come together. let's stop being democrats. let's stop being republicans. let's really say call us what we should be called: an american. and what do a

handsome pair. >> plus another look at the trivia question who gave our country the name united states of americaorge washington, thomas payne or thomas jefferson the answer up later but if you want to guess now head to our facebook page fox 5 morning news back after the break 9:37 a.m. when water doesn't dry, it can leave spots and film. finish jet dry rinse agent removes residue and actively dries dishes, for a brilliant shine straight from the dishwasher. finish jet dry rinse agent. finish. the diamond standard. >> making headlines a statue of ronald regan will be unvailed near the american embassy in london joining images of franklin d roosevelt and dwight d eisenhower. condaleeza rice is expected to attend the statue was commissioned by regan memorial fund trust. >>> duke and duchess of became bridge continue -- cambridge continued their tour of canada. he and his bride kate will lead opposing teams in a dragon boat race the goal to deepen bonds between the british monarchy and canadians. this were some demonstrations in quebec city but met with a larger group of supporters. >> they are a sm

speaker, it's just wrong to radcally alter the constitution of the united states of america -- radically alter the constitution of the united states of america. we need to focus on jobs plus infrastructure plus education equals jobs. we have to invest as well as cut. this bill will slash the investments we need to put people back to work and to grow our economy. it cuts pell grants. it will cut education at every level. it will cut money for roads and bridges. it will cut money that will help this economy grow that can help put more people back to work so we can start reducing the debt in a responsible way. mr. speaker, at the end of this debate, i will ask the house to defeat the previous question. i will after an amendment that will ensure that this -- i will offer an amendment that will ensure that this bill does not impede job creation and economic growth. so a vote in favor is to hurt our economic recovery. given the fact you have given us a closed rule i don't think it's hard to ask to put language in here that will protect jobs and the american worker. i ask unanimous consent to i

god blets you and your family and god bless the united states of america. >> that was speaker of the house john boehner responding to the speak address of the president of the united states. called a stalemate over the debt ceiling negotiations. speaker boehnor said there was no stalemate, making the case that there was no stalemate simply because he has been able to pass some bills in the house of representatives only that address this with absolutely no possibility of passing that legislation through the united states senate. ignoring the stalemate, he ignored many of the specifics raised by the president in the president's address. to consider both of these speeches, joining me now, the host of msnbc's "hardball," chris matthews and msnbc contributor melissa harris-perry. chris, your reaction to first the president's speech. >> well, i thought the president used a couple of words, fair and balance, fox commercial, interesting, fair, then balance, then fair and balance over and over again to make a case for his position. i thought he came off as the good mother in the old testament

of 360. thanks for watching. piers morgan starts right now. >> tonight america in crisis. >> this is no way to run the greatest country on earth. >> the prospect of the united states risking default is horrible to consider. cataclysmic potentially to our economy and the global economy. >> i'll ask jay carney and pat tombey, what happens now? >> and one of the fun yift people on have the have the. i have a bone to pick with him. when i was on have the have the this happened. >> an old man sitting on his [ bleep ]? one of us is in his 50s. and the other isn't, ladies. >> tonight you're on my show, mr. lopez. old man. we'll see what happens, shall we? is it a good thing being single at 50? or is it fraught with pit falls and potholes? >> well, i'm 50. so i think i'm fraught with pit falls and potholes. if you look at my face, i'm a little indian. a little sanjay gupta but then a little mexican as well. i'll not native-american enough to get a casino but do i black out when i drink occasionally. >> good evening. if washington can't get its act together and soon, this country runs a risk of unprecedented national default. it would lead to rising interest rates and the

in world government as well as program the other superpower has to go it's the united states of americahat they now need to go into the waste bin of history use a formal world government cannot tolerate any any one major nation state sovereign nation state should still be in existence because we've had two bushes and the clintons and the obama's in power and very aligned to the global power elite but what would happen if a true patriot were to make it to the white house so in a way i think that what we are seeing is not only the engine unit of the most of the dollar of the euro to replace the global currency but even be geopolitical the markets of this united states of america which might help to explain what their problems will only get worse in the coming weeks and months right well as an opinion the other reading i did see her already talking about downgrading u.s. debt and other foreign rating agencies have already downgraded u.s. debt so they're tenderizing the meat so to speak before they cook it and downgraded us that is baked into the cake is another cutting out of four and a ye

god bless you and your family and god bless the united states of america. >> so the speaker of the house, john boehner, giving his side, i suppose at the least, hearing the very different approaches that these two men have outlined to try to solve this problem. if nothing else, just underlines how far apart the two sides are, and they were very far apart going into this evening. we'll see what the impact of these two statements tonight on national television will have on this debate. but this is a problem, this is grid look that is far from being solved. this is a very different kind of situation that we've had in recent years in washington. most people in washington will tell you that the leaders are ready to deal, that speaker boehner is ready to deal, that barack obama is ready to deal, that the majority leader in the senate, harry reid and his counterpart, mitch mcconnell are ready to deal, but they cannot get the followers to follow the leaders, and therein is the problem we face today. there will be much more about the debt crisis on your local news at cbsnews.com and tomorrow on t

the entire world is watching, so let's seize this moment to show why the united states of america is still the greatest nation on earth. not just because we can still keep our word and meet our obligations, but because we can still come togetetr as one nation. thank you. god bless you, and may god bless the united states of america. >> saying that the entire world is watching. president obama laying out his case for compromise to solve this debt crisis saying it's an issue also that involves and affects every single american family. the president saying he would prefer the approach that balanced approach he had been calling for of $4 trillion deficit reduction plan that included both spending cuts and higher taxes. he knows that's not possible now. but still called on house speaker john boehner to join him in a compromise that could get this solved before the debt deadline is reached next week on august 2nd. if that deadline is hit, the president warned of serious consequences, a downgrade of america's aaa credit rating. i want to bring in our capitol hill correspondent jon karl righ

they have not been putting on the table and asking, what is the risk the united states of america assumes if we do not supply the resources necessary. what all of us are saying is this, we are not going to go there. we will make sure we are asking all of those questions. that is the only way we can defend this country. we cannot compromise asking those questions because we cannot change the risk that the country faces. >> yes? >> use a $439 billion is your bottom line. even the most generous part of the proposal goes below that. >> that is something, when chairman young gets negotiations on the c.r. and sits down with his counterparts in the senate, he will fight to keep that, i am sure. do you want to say any more? he just had an operation. in the hospital, they dropped him. did you know that? >> we have to meet with the senate. you know that. on defense issues, the senators are usually investing less than the house is prepared to do. in the house, we are bound by the 302b allocations, as determined by the budget resolution itself. the members i have talked to have told me, don't care ab

those who give us a rating, a credit rating for the united states of america-- moody's, fitch, standard and poors have told us "don't do that." a short-term extension of the debt ceiling is going to jeopardize our economy. at a time when the global economy is so weak, when we are facing a downgrade of america's credit rating, they have warned us not to do it. and speaker boehner is ignoring that warning. we can't do that. i'll tell you what will happen. we know that majority leader kantor walked out of the negotiations with vice president biden. we know that speaker boehner walked out of negotiations with the president, not once, but twice. and now, the reality is if we fail to extend the debt ceiling of the united states, we will be imposing a new tax on working families and businesses across america. they'll see it in their credit cards. they'll see it in their home loans and their automobile loans. this is a tax which will be imposed because speaker boehner refuses to consider a tax on the wealthiest people in america. >> schieffer: all right. but... i take your point on all of that.

god bless you and your family and god bless the united states of america. >> speaker of the house john >> we are staying on top of the story, this is an historic highs in washington, d.c. one mike from tomorrow, the nation will have a default crisis unless there is a compromise, some sort of deal is worked out. i am wolf blitzer washington, special coverage continues right now with "piers morgan tonight." >> thank you for chain with us. >> bible start with you, the talk of compromise, it seems cheat me that both of the equivalent of the bay of pigs, who will blink first? >> the president doesn't have to say because he doesn't have a boat. it was a moment to isolate the republican speaker of the house and urge him to try to change pass and find out to compromise. we heard him hawed speaker peter tight and say you work with the president. i am not sure politically that was the best way to help john boehner get words to compromise with some of his hard-line members. my also point out you that the president did not in this speech repeat his veto threat. we heard him repeat he would get a s

god bless you and your family and god bless the united states of america. >> speaker of the house, john boehner, republican of the state of ohio from the ceremonial speaker's office on the hill. let's bring in chuck todd, chief correspondent and political director. you heard him say the u.s. cannot default on his obligations. >> reporter: right. >> then we get into the difference that's going to go on tomorrow when we all wake up. he said at the end this isn't about congress or white house. those are the only two parties involved in this. >> reporter: if you notice, the speaker spoke in the past tense about any sort of deal, doing the bigger deal with president obama. he was speaking in the past. he still had the president t trying to speak as if they could come to this bigger agreement now whereas speaker boehner has moved past it. this break between the president, the white house and speaker boehner is real. it doesn't look like they can put any bigger deal together. the question now is what do they do that somehow gets through the house and the senate? that's what the next three or f

gord bless you and your family, and god bless the united states of america. >> ifill: that was speaker john boehner speaking from the ceremonial offices at the u.s. capitol. now we go back to newshour political editor. we have a little bit of warring bully pulpits. we heard words like blank check and gimmicks to describe what the democrats are talking about, david s that what you heard? >> he did say gimmicks and that was an important word, gwen because that is how he is describing what harry reid the senate majority leader and the democrats and the senate have proposed here. both chambers now, the republicans in the house, the democrats in the senate are actually now proposing a cuts-only package in order to raise the debt ceiling but they go about those cuts very differently. and speaker boehner is saying that the democrat approximates in the senate are relying on gim i believes by saying that they will cut a trillion dollars but unwinding the iraq and afghanistan wars and that shouldn't be part of the budgeting this process. the other thing i thought speaker boehner said that was qu

>> united states of america the greatest nation is on the brink, on the brink of a default in just four days. and what is the president of the united states doing about it? >> what would you expect him to do? >> a written plan that you can look it @ and say how much is goiting to save? what are they going to raise the debt ceiling? the president said there is only one bottom line. that is to raise debt ceiling enough to get beyond 2012 elections. that is the only thing he said is his bottom line. mine is let's make sure we don't, as a nation default. let's make sure we cut the spending and make sure we deal with this incredible debt we're living with. he wants to get that all -- push this snooze alarm and say wake me up after 2012 election. >> greta: what do you think senator harry reid thinks about this? >> he's trying to say let me get the president beyond 2012 election so he doesn't have to focus on jobs. >> greta: he's not annoyed? >> i don't know. >> anyway. and thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. >> greta: straight head, senator mike lee is here, his plan breathes for