. >> the washington gossip, so and so was prevalent, so and so wasn't prevalent. it's almost like a zero sum. and the facts will speak for themselves. >> rose: the vice president told me he had less influence in the second. >> i mean that may be his perception, i don't know. he never said that to me and so you're much better getting people to talk than i am. i think what's important is for historians to look at each decision i make first and second term. and they will be able to study the advice i got. and then they will be able to conclude, you know, why i did what i did. >> rose: so why did he do what he did. >> he didn't actually deny it, did he. >> rose: no, he didn't. >> said i don't like this kind of discussion. >> rose: exactly right. he said to me -- >> cheney did, exactly. i interviewed him a couple times in the book and he says the same thing. because i think he sensed that things were not going the way he wanted them to go. iraq turned out to be messier than he had hoped. the weapons weren't there. he got into a second term he wants to redefine his pres

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but, if tax receipts are slowing down, which is the gossip in washington, that pressure may come sooner roeshg end of month you run out of money, you may run out of money earlier. we'll hear squealing and screaming about that shortly. >> seems extraordinary we're talking about the largest nation in the world possibly defaulting on its debt yet the market is holding its nerve. will it continue to hold its nerve as we approach the deadline of a week thursday? is this how it's going to be? people are so sure of what a deal must be done. >> i think there's a good deal of that, okay? there's a kind of sanity put where they think people will come to the end and come to their senses. there's another perversity to this, though. every other default dealt with the nation couldn't pay its debt, they had run out of something, okay? now this is self-imposed. we actually, at the whim of the legislature could resume immediately. look at the possible perversity of a default nearing and the bonds rallying, as a flight to safety takes place. so that's a distinct possibility. this is like virtually no oth

adam: the whispers, the rumors, the behind the scenes gossip, we have it all here on "money." we're not talking about washingtonc. the spotlight is back on hedge fund titan steve cohen a new report says cohen is selling three major paintings in his vast art collection amid rising legal business. all the word on wall street. here with all the juicy details, ahead of the tape columnist, spencer jacob. we have to ask you. i think that is wore who elizabeth taylor up for sale. he can't be hurting for money. he still has 9 billion. >> i think he is doing okay. there are twoxplanations for actions like this. one,ou're shuffling portfolio. people who own a lot of art, he has been known to buy and sell. he doesn't just accumulate. if you sell a painting ad buy other one you don't have a paint capital gain on it. he is seeing trends in the art world, being consummate trader he is is. the other explanation is that he is looking to pay some he hefty legal bills and personal fines and wants to be as liquid as possible. difficult to show up with the d.a.'s office with chagall or waol and pay that. so y want to he as much ca

washington, d.c. it's a huge facility secretly built between 1958 and 1926 at the height of the cold war. hotel tour guide linda walls showed us around. >> if this had been local gossip for year, that there was something unusual at the greenbrier. >> reporter: the bunker was hidden behind a fold away wall. the get in, you have to go through this giant glass door. >> this door weighs 25-tons. perfectly balanced, concrete and steel. >> reporter: once inside, there's a long hallway. first stop in the event of a nuclear attack would be the decontamination chamber. from there, they would have found their assigned bunk in one of 18 dormitories. >> the only pry privacy was a drawer under each bed. >> reporter: and it housed a cafeteria. this is where the house of representatives and the senate would have met. not exactly the opulence they're used to. fortunately, the bunker never needed to be used. >> this bunker was in a state of readiness for 30 years and it was a secret for 30 years. >> reporter: so all these years later, the bunker is still here. hey, how how about this suggestion? next time congress is deadlocked, send them to the bunker where they can hash things out.

the strategy in washington is to launch personal attacks and to encourage the media to do what a lot of folks in the media like to do which is cover this like it's a hollywood gossippolitician versus this politician. who's up? who's down? who's mad? >> sir, you're the one that is starting to choose sides against your own colleagues. >> what i'm choosing sides with is the american people. and what i think the focus should be on obama care. you know what is striking? in the last two months in the course of this debate over obama care, democrats are not defending obama care. they're not saying it's not killing job. they're not saying it's not forcing people into part time work. it's not driving up health insurance premiums. and the reason is you can't defend it. on the merits, i mean there is a reason the unions are jumping ship. they're saying let us out, it's not working. there's a ran democratic senators went to the president and said we want a special exemption for members of congress because it's not working. and so i understand you want to draw me into the back and forth with other republican senators. that's fun to cover. i'm not interested in playing that gam

strategy in washington is to launch personal attacks, some of which you read, and to encourage the media to do it. a lot of folks in the media like to cover this like it's a hollywood gossipumn. this politician versus this politician, who is up, who is down, who is mad -- >> but, sir, you're the one who is starting to choose sides against your own colleagues. >> what i'm choosing sides with is the american people and what i think the focus should be is on obama care. is it working? you know what's striking? in the last two months in the course of this debate over obama care, democrats aren't defending obama care. they're not saying, hey, this thing is working great. they're not saying, hey, it's not killing jobs. they're not saying, hey, it's not forcing people into part-time work, it's not driving up health insurance premiums, it's not taking away people's health care. there's a reason the union are jumping ships. they're saying let us out, it's not working. there's a reasons -- democratic senators went to the president and said we want to special exemption for members of congress because it's not working. from my end, i understand you want to draw me into the back and f

we are not taking out any prior loves gossip cleanup breaking through any high speed sort of in this area where everybody waits to see what is going on in washington a look. tesla has been a stellar performer. up nearly forward 50% this year. you do have one analyst saying it is priced to perfection. already upgraded five times. at this point now you have bears saying that there will be a mutual, sticking to their target. they don't see a meteoric rise from this level. unless something changes, some sort of long-term process where something interesting such as a significant advance in their battery technology, then it will go ahead and boosted further. for right now it will stick around these levels. tracy: one of the first negative angles that we heard. everyone. that is tough. this deal and a bit. all right. breaking news on oil, closing up $2.6, $104.10 per barrel. today's gain of over 2 percent snapped a 3-day losing streak for crude. ashley: of 5 percent right now. so a little more volatility. lack of the -- government dated due to the jobs report makes gauging the economy that much tougher. peter barnes is in burlington vermont with more on