wendall, good morning to you as we get ready for this. been in the biden family since the late 1800's. justice sotomayor will be the first to swear in the vice-president. the ceremony is held early because the justice has a book signing at noon. the constitution doesn't stipulate the time for his wearing n the president will take the oath here in the white house and tomorrow before 800,000 and a big parade. it is like getting married in city hall. the constitution requires the oath to be taken by the president at noon on january 20th. but by tradition, the ceremony is not until sunday. here comes the vice-president. [applause] >> the vice-president has asked that we bless the occasion with prayer. so let us pray. the micah proclaims you have been told oh, mortal what is good and what the lord requires of you. only to love justice and goodness and walk humbly with your god. gracious god, at this moment in history we ask your blessing on your servant joseph as he renews his sacred pledge to his country. amid all of the complexities of world

wendall.now you are there with the president and coming back later today, correct. >> late tonight, uma. >> thank you. appreciate it two years ago. any chairmanship that i didn't get, i guess the only one that speaker doesn't have in say. i am co-chair of the thursday morning prayer breakfast bible study. >> that was a congressman gomer on house speaker boehner and the state of the congress. gohmert voted john boehner because we are not about business as usual. congressman is with us now. great to have you here today. >> i know you said speaker boehner is one of the nicest guys around . you voted for florida congressman allen west, why? it is nothing personal to john boehner. he is great if you vote for him. buturped the rules of the house. the person who wins the smeek are's race must get those present and voting. it is not important who you voted for. but if you vote for a individual. a number of us wanted to make a statement. it is time to look at things. and mike sherman is one of the nice

wendall gol esh says i've done the math, these gun control measures can't pass the house?t of these measures that were proposed by the president don't have the vote at least not yet to pass the senate and certainly not the republican led house. remember, you have got a lot of democratic senators who are up for reelection from red states who have "a" rate frgs the nra, more than half of the congress has an "a" rating from the nra. this will be a tough uphill battle. >> is is there a compromise? do you see where maybe they say, okay, we're going to bend a little bit toward high capacity round making zeengs. do you see this might somehow mitigated? >> i think the high capacity language where they compromise. certainly not getting guns in the hands of criminal and those that are mentally ill, of strengthening the law yo on that. beyond that, i think something will pass but it won't be sweeping. >> when you say spirited debate, if nothing passes, if nothing passes at all, is this a huge defeated for the president? >> i think if nothing passes, absolutely. remember president oba

let's begin with wendall goler. >> good evening. defense and 25-year veteran of the c.i.a. to head the agency. >> these two leaders have dedicated their lives to protect the country. i urge the senate to confirm them as soon as possible. >> but hagel's selection grew more criticism and the choice of john brennan threatened to raise questions about water boarding that he didn't want to answer when he was considered four years ago. had a ha ge8, obama said would be an outspoken advocate for severs men and women. and his business experience will help him prioritize pentagon spending cuts that everyone knows is coming. >> even though we make tough fiscal choices we have to do so wisely guided by a our stlaj and keep the military the strongest fighting force. >> reporter: but it drew immediate fire. it was a 14-year-old comment about a diplomat being aggressively gay which hagel has apologized and his opposition in iraq

let's begin with wendall goler. >> good evening.dent obama is nominating the former republican senator to be secretary of defense and 25-year veteran of the c.i.a. to head the agency. >> these two leaders have dedicated their lives to protect the country. i urge the senate to confirm them as soon as possible. >> but hagel's selection grew more criticism and the choice of john brennan threatened to raise questions about water boarding that he didn't want to answer when he was considered four years ago. had a ha ge8, obama said would be an outspoken advocate for severs men and women. and his business experience will help him prioritize pentagon spending cuts that everyone knows is coming. >> even though we make tough fiscal choices we have to do so wisely guided by a our stlaj and keep the military the strongest fighting force. >> reporter: but it drew immediate fire. it was a 14-year-old comment about a diplomat being aggressively gay which hagel has apologized and his opposition in iraq and troop surge and independents what he calle

wendall goler, the president seemed that he was willing to call the republicans' bluff on this thing. >> he won't collect ransom for not collecting it on the economy. the last time the country reached the debt ceiling, obama was thinking about what will be prioritized next time. >> if congressional republicans refuse to pay america's bills on times, social security checks and veterans benefits will be delayed. we might not be able to pay our troops or honor our contracts with small business owners. food inspectors, air traffic controllers, specialists who track down loose nuclear material wouldn't get paychecks. investors will ask if united states is america is a in fact a safe bet. >> reporter: they launched a new term by focusing on the issue likely to dominate the second term. >> shep: what are we hearing from republicans on this? >> republicans are looking at a fiscal perfect storm in march, avoid the fiscal cliff and renew funding for most government programs. john hoern boehner said the consequences of failing to increase the debt ceiling are real but so, too, the consequences o

joining us now is wendall goler, hope you holding okay. talk to the president and what he is going to be greeted with. >> reporter: he a used his weekly address to warn republicans not to use the debate over raising the nation's debt ceiling to try and force government spending cuts but even as former budget director say that republicans are more likely to have more leverage. the problem is the president sees it threatening to not paying bills could raise the cost of borrowing money and a genuine u.s. government default could trigger a global recession. >> congress refuses to give the united states the ability to pay its bills on time, consequences could be catastrophic. last time coming threatened this course of action, our entire economy suffered for it. our families and businesses cannot afford that dangerous game again. >> reporter: congressional budget office passed a bill to avoid the fiscal cliff still leaves $900 billion a year in deficits. republicans say by raising taxes on the wealthy they have ended the revenue debate but presi

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