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that is john boehner's plan. no government shutdown right now, but a huge debt ceiling fight very soon. president obama called john boehner tonight saying i'm still not going to negotiate with you. that is more irresponsible than what ted cruz has cooked up. you shut down the federal government, it's bad for the economy, bad for people who rely on government services, but you'll be fine once you reopen. you reach the debt ceiling and you cause a global financial panic and it won't be fine when you start paying your bills again. that doesn't just go away. boehner's got a hard job. his members don't listen to him. he just picked up a primary challenger the other day, but he makes his job harder and more dangero dangerous. the question is why. why and how does he get out of it? joining me now, publisher of the new federalist, a web magazine and senior fellow at the heartland institute. david weigel, he was at the vote today and heather, chief economist at the center for american progress of progressive think tank. s

john what can we expect today? >> reporter: we predicted from the outset this would be a newsies general assembly, and i have slept through a fair few of these general assemblies in the past, but not this one. this one had really made headlines. i want to tell you about the syria story first, because here is the resolution that the security council passed last night. this is the document that has gone to the hague in holland where it will be reviewed by those who will be responsible of taking away the chemical weapons. we're looking for a vote around 5:00, 6:00, or 7:00 this evening. that's where we are at regarding jair. and the mourn ministers who should have left today, many are hanging around. sergey lavrov for sure is hang around. he wants to be in the russian chair whenever the secure security council signs this into international law. and that could be today or if the it is delaid in the hague, it could be over the weekend. the other great story is that of course we now have that incredibly historic meeting

but shortly after john kerry raised that idea in london the u.s. state department but saying it was never intended as a real offer. also this hour the battle for moscow is over. and instead elected in a new term in office but opposition runner up election of only refuses to concede defeat calling for a mass rally to demand a recount. very good evening it's now is to say just past eight o'clock here in moscow my name is kevin and you're watching r.t. syria has agreed to russia's proposal that it put its chemical weapons stockpiles under international control u.s. secular state john kerry initially suggested such a scheme as a way to avoid a military strike on syria but the u.s. state department says since issued an apparent retraction saying it wasn't a genuine offer to sean thomas joins us for more hi there sean it's been an afternoon of twists and turns but the dramatic news in the last hour syria now said its own border this plan bring us up to speed well certainly kevin has been a very interesting day in fact as this story has rapidly develop fr

attendees also included the former chief white house speech writer john farrow and former white house national security spokesman. the white house got a boost when republican speaker backed mr. obama. >> i will support the president's call for action. i believe that my colleagues should support this call for action. >> reporter: get is a politically risky move and unclear how many republicans will follow up, especially since his spokesman quickly downplay the endorsement but declared that now is the president's responsibility to make his case to the american people and their elected representatives. >> very little has occurred. >> reporter: the president indicated he heard the message and will not just an to degrade@ the syrian military. >> we have a broader strategy that will allow us to upgrade the capabilities of the opposition. >> repter: while the speaker gave his backing, senate republican lder mitch mcconnell, facing a tough reelection back home, still not taking sides. a sign that this is an uphill battle. one top official told me as of tonight the administration has no idea h

>> john, you have been very critical of the speaker of the house, john boehner. who's more incompetent or inept? the president or the speaker? >> i think the speaker is marginally more incompetent and inept at the moment, including in this episode, because he immediately came out along with the majority leader, cantor, in favor of bombing syria, without ever asking the members of his republican conference where they're at. and when they did a head count the day of the president's speech, they had a dozen members out of 190 or whatever. it's pathet -- or 200, it's pathetic how little these guys know how to lead. i want to echo something bigger than this. that 63% number in that poll, that is two-thirds of the american people telling the government, we're not doing it anymore. we're not -- like the movie network, we're mad as hell and we're not taking it anymore. and there's no leader leading that. there's no guy on tv rallying. it's grassroots. >> it's all spontaneous. >> is it foreign policy by accident? >> it is foreign policy by accident. and i sense that it's

john: is there hope for places like detroit? >> it will turn around the city of detroit. >> the motor city. this is will we

. >> john-- >> okay. question. some people believe these are not al-qaeda extremists, but the secular, supposedly pro democracy opposition that -- does that persuade you they could also have used gas on their own people? i ask you. >> no, i don't believe that they used gas on their own people. this is just-- >> they are all syrians. >> that's not the issue. the issue is that on both sides, you will have extremists, but there is no question here about what's been going on in terms of the use of gas, okay? i think it is ridiculous to assume that assad didn't know what was going on. it is just impossible to imagine that. >> the war's been going on for two years. the country has been ripped apart. >> yes. >> you don't think -- you think assad should have stopped this and he was in a position to stop it? >> of course he. you think this is a democracy? what are you talking about? this guy is a tyrant at every level, as was his father. >> i think he faced a situation that was almost impossible to control in many respects.

i think john boehner is right, but all i am asking is to remember when untruth is spread out crack -- spread. >> how will it play out? >> nobody has the stomach for this, not the congress, the global community, not the american people. we should entertain the fact that the obama administration is stalling to get russia on board, to get to you when inspectors, and get everybody exercised about it without going in. >> how do you get russia on board, colby? will not get russia on board. their interest is with syria. you cannot handle this with a conference call as they did on thursday. you have to have full-blown consultation with them, meaning the leadership, not only the committee chairman, and you might want to seek some sort of authorization. the clinton administration got authorization from the congress for regime change in iraq. a democratic congress gave authorization for regime change. >> to brooks friday morning -- what we are looking at is a wave of sectarian violence across the middle east. you crocker suggested if get involved, we could make matters worse. >> the cross courts

i'm not trusting president obama, john kerry. i'm not trusting john mccain. i'm seeing that we should try to do the right thing. that's what i'm supporting. if the president of the united states is going to go in there, and botch the military campaign when there isn't going to be any -- assad isn't going to be damaged, believe me, he's through. end of story. he's gone. >> he's announced in advance that the purpose of the strike is not to bring down assad. >> we'll see what the resolution is. >> that's not a botch, that's his objective, is to send a message. i say, send a text. it's less expensive. >> factor tip of the day, more good news -- some good news tonight about the american people. the tip two minutes away. test ip two minutes away. >>> factor tip of the day. americans once again rising to the occasion. but first, three weeks from today, "killing jesus" will hit the marketplace. close to 2 million copies worldwide, incredible. advance sales on bill o'reilly.com more than 10,000 right now. if you want to get the book signed. please get orders into bill

to make friends with john mccain and lindsey graham or with john boehner. he went there with the people who said this is how i'm going to get elected -- let me say this real quick. it's important. john mccain and ted cruz are two totally different people. john mccain says i don't like you because you're getting too much press. i don't like you because you're being too effective. that's what it boils down. >> personalities come and go. what's missing in the republican party right now is someone who is a credible, national figure, who is not just a columnist or pundit, like some of us, who can actually step forward and provide different conservative. there is room in the party that says yeah, we don't want to fix health care in the big, bloted way that the democrats want to do it but we do think we can figure out ways of the problem of uninsured and deal with the problem of businesses and cost containment but in a better, more constructive way. issue after issue, on food stamps, there is a vision of the republican party that says we're not going to throw the

>> john, you have been very critical of the speaker of the house, john boehner. who's more incompetent or inept? the president or the speaker? >> i think the speaker is marginally more incompetent and inept at the moment, including in this episode, because he immediately came out along with the majority leader, cantor, in favor of bombing syria, without ever asking the members of his republican conference where they're at. and when they did a head count the day of the president's speech, they had a dozen members out of 190 or whatever. it's pathet -- or 200, it's pathetic how little these guys know how to lead. i want to echo something bigger than this. that 63% number in that poll, that is two-thirds of the american people telling the government, we're not doing it anymore. we're not -- like the movie network, we're mad as hell and we're not taking it anymore. and there's no leader leading that. there's no guy on tv rallying. it's grassroots. >> it's all spontaneous. >> is it foreign policy by accident? >> it is foreign policy by accident. and i sense that it's

that, of course, secretary of state john kerry today addressing a u.n. report confirming the use of sarin gas in syria. kerry went on to urge the u.n. security council to pass a resolution next week. this as the assad deadline looms for syria to produce a formal declaration of chemical weapons in its possession. will all this rhetoric produce any results? joining us now michael rubin and peter brooks. welcome back gentlemen. peter brooks i go to you first. kerry wants to complete the u.n. resolution regarding syria, identifying their chemical weapons and then destroying them. what is holding up that so far? >> the russians. quite simply, my understanding is that kerry would like to have some sort of automatic trigger there for the use of force if the assad regime doesn't comply with providing paper work, timelines, things along this line but the russians are against that. the russians want the use of force off the table as they have for some time. now they will take to it the u.n. and that battle will continue. >> michael rubin, as i under it to pick up

secretary of state john kerry. but shortly after john kerry made that statement in london the u.s. state department backtracked saying it was never intended as a real offer. in the battle for moscow is over. and is elected for a new term in office but opposition runnerup alexina valley refuses to concede defeat calling for a mass rally to demand a recount. you're watching tape with me and. now russia's foreign minister says he's ready to negotiate with syrian president bashar al assad to try and get him to hand over his chemical weapons stockpile to the international community he was responding to a statement from his u.s. counterpart john kerry will thomas joins us live from more on this show on this issue here isn't there because washington then withdrew that statement from kerry saying this rhetoric but russia have taken him up on the offer believing it could be a way forward indeed it's going to be interesting to see how all of this plays out as sergey lavrov says that they're ready to move forward with this this actually comes after john kerry met with william hague his counte

the republican speaker of the house john boehner. you don't have to threaten to blow it up because you don't get your way. if washington works in the same way that you and americans all across the country do every single day, the economy will be stronger, not just a year from now or five years from now or ten years from now, but 20 and 30 and 50 years from now and as long as i have the privilege of serving you as your president, that's what i'm going to be focused on. >> you heard the president mention in that clip, this mess falls squarely they say on the shoulders of house speaker john boehner. he managed to pass a continuing resolution. the senate is going to send it back to him next week without the kill obama care language it has now. if ted cruz the senator from texas holds good on his promise to do anything necessary and possible to defund obama care, he could drag out the congress until the 29th of september leaving speaker boehner a day before government shutdown. congressman, let me ask you about this word deadbeat. do you

. >> here's how speaker john boehner responded. the house will take action that reflect the fundamental fact that americans don't want a government shutdown. they don't want the train wreck that is obamacare. grandstanding from the president refuses to even be a part of the process won't bring congress any closer to a resolution. david, to you, your thoughts as you approach this sunday's program and what looks like a dreary weekend for compromise. >> i think it is dreary. i've got senator ted cruz as my exclusive guest on sunday. he's in the middle of this. you raise the key point. what is the end game. the president won't give on obamacare, republicans won't come home as senator cruz hopes they will with another shot to vote on defunding obamacare. senator cruz talks about rallying the american people who are so engaged in this. are there a lot of protests around the country, people who want to unwind obamacare at this point? surely it is unpopular. no question about that. and there's certainly a lot of people who would not like t

i'm not trusting president obama, john kerry. i'm not trusting john mccain. i'm seeing that we should try to do the right thing. that's what i'm supporting. if the president of the united states is going to go in there, and botch the military campaign when there isn't going to be any -- assad isn't going to be damaged, believe me, he's through. end of story. he's gone. >> he's announced in advance that the purpose of the strike is not to bring down assad. >> we'll see what the resolution is. >> that's not a botch, that's his objective, is to send a message. i say, send a text. it's less expensive. >> factor tip of the day, more good news -- some good news tonight about the american people. people. the tip two minutes away. [ school bell rings ] [ male announcer ] from the last day of school, back to the first. they're gonna create a ton of research papers and important projects. so make sure they've got a safe place to keep them all. this weeonly get 16 gig flash drives for $7.87. staples has it. staples. that was easy. staples has it. [ male announcer ] may

joining us from the school of international studies at johns hopkins university, my alma mater. thank you for coming in. it is very dramatic. when you think about it, 1979. americans held hostage the diplomats for 444 days. no contact at this level. after three decades, a phone call. >> it means a lot for iran. in iran, the idea was that they rejected the legislature of the united states. they believe by not engaging the u.s. at any level in a sense, it gives them domestic legitimacy. so this is a major shift within iran. it is very symbolic to the iranian leadership and population. >> it is interesting that president obama was toward meet with rouhani tuesday but it was rouhani decided he needed more time. that it wasn't going to hax as he was getting ready to leave the united states, according to susan rice, the president's security adviser, he send word that he would like to speak on the been to the president and the president of course responded positively to that. what's going on here? he didn't want to meet directly but now they wanted to have a phone call. >> i think they

i think john is wrong. they're going to double, go up more than 100%, so we'll see worse unemployment nsumbers. >> sasha, you're not worried about this? >> for every number or report you find that says they're going up, i can find ten that says they're going down. you can find a metric that goes with what you want to believe or do believe. there are reports right and left by inpend experts that show rates are -- >> they're definitely are reports on both sides, but bottom line, where do you come down on this? do you think it's going to have an impact on jobs? >> no, i don't. we just had this bad jobs report come out. april and may the highest in years. that was before there was a delay in the implementation of the mandate. in july, once the president delayed that implementation, the numbers went down. they got worse afterwards. if you want to do a correlation that has to do with obama care, it would have to be the numbers got worse because it was delayed. >> that's not why they went down. they went down beca

and yet john f. kennedy had the vision to say americans can do things, whatever we set our mind to. >> putting a man on the moon is the same thing as defunding obama care. that's one small step for cruz, one giant leap off a cliff. but he still wasn't finished. he compared his doubters to appeasers of nazi germany. >> you go to the 1940s. nazi germany. look, we saw in britain neville chamberlain who told the people accept the nazis. yes, they'll dominate the continent of europe, but that's not our problem. let's appease them. why? because it can't be done. we can't possibly stand against them. >> ted cruz comparing those who support obama care to appeasers of nazi germany. it's sick. it's a charade. this reality show would be fun to watch if it weren't so dangerous. joining me now is dana milbank and goldie taylor. thank you both for being here. >> hi, reverend. >> thank you. >> i mean, dana, you've reported on ted cruz and followed his political rise. what is he doing right now? i mean, what's his e

on the house side, john boehner and eric cantor having trouble keeping their troops in line. where is this going? is hard to tell, because for the be over a cliff gop. i admire the passion and sincerity of those who do not want to pass a budget unless you get rid of obama care, but it is unrealistic in the real world. the only thing it would do is undo the gains republicans have made in the last year. i think it is a suicide caucus, and i hope enough of them will willze that so that they have a majority, even if it is a bare majority, to pass a continuing resolution. >> a longtime democratic representative looked at the left wing of its own party in the house and said, the problem is they thinks it's on the level. the world is as square as an orange. the problem john boehner has is he is dealing with up part of his party that are true believers. it is a passion for them. it is the mission they have. they do not have a prayer to do it. boomerang ont will them. >> the interesting data is that polling shows that while obama care is unpopular, people do not want to defund it. it

but everything on hold at the time being, john. that after the russian foreign minister put forward the proposal after meeting bilaterally with the syrian prime minister to gather up these chemical weapons, gather them and destroy them. the president reacted to that today, and told everyone that the congressional vote process is going to be on hold until this gets ironed out. >> i don't anticipate that you would see a succession of votes this week or any time in the immediate future, and so i think there will be time during the course of the debates here in the united states for the international community to work with us, to see if there is a p>> cbs aired an interview with assad. he said if a military strike were to go forward, he said, quote, expect everything in retaliati retaliation. >> assad doesn't have a lot of capability. he has capability relative to children. he has capability relative to a -- an opposition that is still getting it's a organized and are not professional trained fighters. he doesn't have a credible means

joining me now is senator john tester, democrat from montana. thank you for being here tonight, senator. >> it's great to be here with you, reverend. >> let me ask you, senator, will democrats stand firm against the gop's attempts to kill obama care and shut down the government? >> well, i think the big issue here is to make sure we have a government that's running and operating and that the lights are on. the republicans are going to try to continue to either defund or delay the implementation of obama care. why? because people won't see the benefits of it and will continue with their stories how it's not working. if it's in place and working, then a lot of those stories will go away because reality will be different than the stories they tell. so i think they have a political purpose for what they're doing. and it's more than just keeping the lights on in the government. i think it's very, very unfortunate. i think who folks from a red state like montana tell me is they want some certainty from washington, d.c. they want folks to work together

i'm not trusting president obama, john kerry. i'm not trusting john mccain. i'm seeing that we should try to do the right thing. that's what i'm supporting. if the president of the united states is going to go in there, and botch the military campaign when there isn't going to be any -- assad isn't going to be damaged, believe me, he's through. end of story. he's gone. >> he's announced in advance that the purpose of the strike is not to bring down assad. >> we'll see what the resolution is. >> that's not a botch, that's his objective, is to send a message. i say, send a text. it's less expensive. >> factor tip of the day, more good news -- some good news tonight about the american people. the tip two minutes away. why do people count on sunsweet prune juice to stay fit on the inside? it's made only from prunes, nothing else. it works, simple as that. it's a natural source of fiber and five essential vitamins. it's the smart choice for me. stay fit on the inside with sunsweet's amazing juices. i don't miss out... you sat out most of our game yesterday! asthma

is john boehner a huge part of the problem? because boehner is not an analog to tip o'neill as obama is analog to ronald reagan. he's letting this tea party caucus as we've all discussed here really run things. is the weakness of boehner as a speaker a huge part of the problem? >>. >> reporter: well, it's interesting, boehner's strategy has been to let the hot air out. he let's these guys scream and yell and beat their chest and takes them to the brink every single time. at the end of the day he's able to make the concession and say, look, i'm dealing with these folks in the house and they are not going to break on anything. you have to give me something or else we're in real trouble. in 2010 he said i got 90% of what i wanted. this is the leadership strategy and he doesn't care. if someone writes about him being the weakest in history, he laughs and says i'm trying to do the best job i can. i don't see guys, a way forward for boehner on this one without democratic help and the question becomes when is he going to do it? he's r

it appears live near putin and john kerry may be up for nobel peace prize. started a two-day national media campaign originally aimed at the skeptical american public and congress the military strike in syria is in the national interest. president obama conducting interviews with national television networks tonight followed by his address to the nation at 9:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow. this is, by any definition, a full press by the administration meantolely to portray dire consequences for the nation's safety if there i the assad regn held accountable. >> from the white house to the capital to the vice presiient's mansion at the observatory, president obama and his advisors lobbied lawmakers to punish syria for the august 21 chemical weapons attack warning a threatens to unravel 100 year ban on the use of such weapons. >> if we do not stand up an enforce the coalition, they will take the wrong lesson from it. >> in ministrations promising military action won't launch another war. they very limited, very targeted, very short term effo effort, unbelievably smal

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another great example of government getting involved, as john said. the usda comes in and buys all this extra product to keep demand up, yet they subsidize it with all these cash surpluses. to drive the price back down. it's absolutely idiotic. the dare es on the other side, they're just as guilty. this is basically like a cartel, no better than the labor unions. the government says you can't even import more than 5% of dairy products like dried milk, butter and cheese for crying out loud. get rid of the government, the price supports. you get $6 a gallon, it will come back down because no one would buy the milk. >> that would solve everything. david, will we see milk at those prices? >> i don't thing we'll see it. the threat of it will finally get the republican house of representatives to pass farm bill that also in addition to subsidizing farmers also provides for the food stamps that are a lifeline for many people, working people, i might add. and that you need to do it together as it's been done for decades and that we should not be governing by

lawmakers secretary of state john kerry would make arguments like if congress does not support strikes in syria u.s. ally saudi arabia and carter according to john kerry who would certainly fund the more extremist elements of the syrian opposition of course many asked what kind of an argument is that why are they even your allies if you admit that they're willing to fund terrorists we're almost used to this one day president obama says he has made his final decision on strikes the next day he says he has not made his final decision at a time when he has confused virtually everybody in the international community and among the american people and nobody knows where he's standing right now the president is still expected to try and sell the strikes against syria. american people in his tuesday night address now barack obama is certainly hard pressed to avoid repeating the mistakes of his predecessor who attacked iraq without u.n. approval and i know what turned out to be a false pretext and that's according to one of the architects of russian foreign policy mr alexei pushkov. there is if

john scott in later for fox report. "your world" starts right now. >> as president i intend to speak in on sayings to obama obamacare. i will speak until i am no longer able to stand. >> neil: let's get ready to rumble. 90 minutes into a filibuster that is technically not a filibuster, and he is mustering. texas republican senator ted cruz vowing to take his stand against the president's healthcare law until he can no longer stand. his relief, senator mike lee, will be joining us. first, the former vice-presidential nominee sarah palushajin on what he thinks. governor, moving sooner than you thought. >> what senator cruz is doing is waving this flag, and he is sag, hey, what is the alternative here in fighting for our economic liberty in the united states of america? what his colleagues are doing, they're waving this flag and they're saying, let's surrender until we win. that is their tactic? this is nonsense. more power to senator ted cruz, mike lee, others who are standing up for what they campaigned upon, and that wa

i'm just reaching out in pim patty to john boehner because i think his life is miserable. he has a very very tough job. >> shannon: quickly get to charles. >> loser israel. seen what happened with syria. and the mad embrace of the new iranian moderates and it knows it is alone in the world. the clowns who had a traffic accident outside of a fair. they were both unhurt except dimples the clown, the driver suffered a minor bump on the head. as reported by a. pp. police have dimples the clown driver was wearing clown shoes but the oversized foot wear apparently didn't play a role in the crash. >> shannon: that is all factual information. >> that is remarkable. i want to salute dimples driving with a size 38 shoe. [ laughter ] >> successfully. >> shannon: that didn't contribute. thank you, gentlemen. that's it for the panel. stay tuned for a very special message. anything we purchase for the paper cottage goes on our ink card. so you can manage your business expenses and access them online instantly with the game changing app from ink. we didn't get into business to spend time

>> there are mixed signals ham penning here. >> let's start with some tough love. >> john boehner is a speaker in name only. >> boehner has given up. >> he has a kaup cuss caucus he lead. >> finally given up. >> real world circumstances. >> it's irresponsible. awe this has become the theater of the absurd. >> the walking on shards of glass. >> i am so happy. >> they're going to get bloody on this one. >> obama care is the law. >> it is the law. >> i think we have a shot at this. >> what's going on here? >> are we headed for a government shutdown? >> we'll continue to do everything we can. >> we'll unveil a plan to repeal president's failed health care law. >> this is the step they'll take. >> the gop obsession to repeal obama care. >> the rest of the country, awaits the finale of this preposterouser exsize. ---er exsize. >> house speaker john boehner gave into tea party demand and announced house republicans will vote on a continuing resolution to fund the government past the september 30th deadline and defund obama care. >> we're going to continue to do everything we can to repeal t

john, great to have you here. congratulations on the book. a lot of people say the expression "a struggle for the soul" you mean exactly what you say in that title, don't you? >> absolutely. i think that we've got the players and the fans on this side and our love for this sport as you know as a baylor fan is irration irrational. this tug of war is now a landslide. they're dragging the players and the fans through the mud. sooner or later, the players and the fans will say enough, let go of the rope and what they will have is a muddy rope. >> and why is the ncaa seemingly impervious to what is happening in their sport? >> they're not oblivious, but they are impervious. that's an important distinction. simple reason, they started out being sheriffs in 1905 when teddy roosevelt started the organization. once they got into march madness, they realized there's more money in saloon keeping than being a sheriff. so their $777 million, exactly 1% goes to enforcement. so you're 1% sheriff and 99% saloon keeper. at that point you've got a built-in con

secretary of state john kerry say this is more shocking evidence of a chemical weapons attack. >> it has tested positive for signatures of serin. so each day that goes by, this case is even stronger. >> that full interview coming up. here's a big question lawmakers have to weigh. how much will it cost to take action in syria? >>> right now on capitol hill, members of congress are in a closed door briefing with the obama administration. what have you been able to see from that meeting? >> reporter: we've seen fair number of lawmakers from the house and senate go in. i have to say considering the fact it is labor day sunday, amazing how many lawmakers we have seen come past us to the auditorium in the capitol classified to get the briefing. we saw members of the administration among the brie r briefers come in as well, everybody looking like they're here on a weekend, which is exactly what they are and to see what they hope to accomplish, meaning the obama administration is to turn the skepticism we are all hearing from many of these lawmakers into a yes vote. the other thing i should

. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry will meet later this week with the iranian foreign minister, the highest level of contact in 34 years. today the president urged kerry to work toward a diplomatic solution. >> i don't believe this difficult history can be overcome overnight. the suspicions run too deep. i do believe that if we can resolve the issue of iran's nuclear program that can serve as a major step down a long road towards a different relationship. >> reporter: it could be an extremely long road of drawn out talks that allow iran to stall for time according to benjamin netanyahu. >> iran thinks that soothing words and actions will continue on its path to the bomb. >> reporter: even though netanyahu is not speaking until next tuesday, he made sure his voice was heard from israel. >> we will not be fooled by half measures that provide a smoke screen. >> reporter: the president sent conflicting signals while ins t insisting he's willing to take action in the middle east. >> we're prepared to use all elements of our power including in the middle east. >> reporter: it was the

we have bob dole, john mccain, mitt romney. they can't win. so when we listen to the gop? lou: that's a great question. the issue becomes how we can see that the construction of a third party and are you prepared for that. >> you and i have chatted about this before. if you buy a new house and you don't like the countertops, you don't take a wrecking ball to the whole house. we can take over the party if we control the precinct and that means that the local level. we need to do more than just this, they need to get involved in their neighborhood, politics at a base level. because if we control the precinct, we will control the parties. and we will send people with their values and principles up through the system, that is where we will end up and we won't have to worry about mitch mcconnell and john mccain and stuff like that bring up the country press. lou: where is the leadership right now? senator rand paul, and outstanding senator and an unlikely candidate for his party's nomination. but who is there to guide this party and these interests that are so divergent. john m

in that nobody believes that john boehner speaks for anyone. when john boehner says republicans should do something, or that republicans are doing something, nobody believes republicans will actually do that thing. in july, he said, hey, republicans have written a farm bill. we're going to pass a farm bill. they did not pass a farm bill. in july, john boehner said, okay, now republicans have written a transportation bill. i'm in charge here. i'm in charge of the republicans in the house. and so now we are going to pass our new republican transportation bill. they did not pass their new republican transportation bill. even earlier this month, john boehner said, republicans do not want to shut down the government. he said, we republicans have drawn up a bill to kick the can down the road and fund the government. we are going to pass our fund the government bill and he brought it up and the republicans did not pass their own fund the government bill. john boehner does speak and he is in the house, but the idea that he is the capital "s" speaker of

i mean, john, for example, was written by the apostle on the island of patmos. and that's an historic fact. that's documented. >> 1800 years after the fact. >> right. >> people got very smart and said, actually, these gospels were not written by anybody who even knew him. >> yeah, but we don't even bother with that because martin dugard and i, an author, unlike other books, there are footnotes, and you see what we write and where it come from. go ahead, pastor. >> bill, your book sets a bigger narrative you've been telling for a long time, and that is that secularists are out to destroy christianity because it's the last barrier between them and the secular immoral society they want to create. now, how do you destroy christianity? you go after the credibility of the founder, jesus christ. they have to be careful, though, because jesus so well liked, is so well liked. so what they do, it's this insidious attack, well, jesus was a good man, but he never claimed to be god. that was something that was added on many years afterwards. you blow that secular myth in two

this is the reality that john boehner is dealing with. the more rational move right now, the better decision is to actually fight for a debt limit battle, maybe even put default on the line to get concessions from the white house, you and i discussed it before. doesn't seem like the best play for the republicans, but for the speaker establishment of the republicans that seems to be the best play on the table. >> and much higher factor, orders of magnitude, running through that deadline -- precisely that reason that i think that john boehner thinks he has more leverage there. but i just can't see under any circumstances the white house negotiating towards delaying obama care, so that seems more ill-fated. thank you very much. let's turn to congressman chris van hollen, ranking member. what is the game plan here? >> well, chris, we don't know what speaker boehner is going to do at this point. he has been very close-lipped about it. the question is if he will try to attach another unrelated provision to the bill to keep the government runnin

secretary of state john kerry has known serj guy lavrov for a very long time. there is hope, just some here, that maybe they can find a way forward. >> thank you so much. >> their perversion of their religious beliefs, that's what i believe. i have a son that went to fight for this reason. lap are on guard.er pause we we won't let our guard down again. but hopefully the things that we have done that went overboard, in trying to make us safer that didn't make us safer put just made us less free were started to get rid of. when two planes crash intoed the twin towers, hundreds of heroic first responders rushed into help, dr. hillary is a trauma surgeon who was at the word trade center on 9/11, thank you for being with us this morning. >> good morning, morgan. >> good morning, how and when did you realize the magnitude of what had happened that day. >> well, i was at a board review course, for surgery on 7th after and thirty-first street with 180 other surgeons when late in the morning around 10:20, somebody whispered into the lecturer's ear that something horribl

there are two schools of thought on this, did john kerry blurt it out by accident unwittingly? maybe he was trying to nudge it out there on the world stage to get a resolution. i don't know, i am one of these people that thinks it is more complicated. and things happen in a different way, that they're cooking a conspiracy, maybe they're not. if it is an out maybe we can avoid a strike, we'll see. >> the president is facing quite a challenge. and support on capitol hill from syria, joining me now is democratic congressman steve israel, who supports strikes on syria, at least in principle. welcome, congressman, can you try and put this into the correct context? right now, we are supposed to be working on trust that vladimir putin and president assad are to be completely trusted on the issue of chemical weapons. and that should avert war. >> well, two things, piers, number one, it is clear that the credible prospect of force to deter and degrade syria's chemical weapons capability prompted russia to step up to the plate and propose a path forward. now, we have to make sure that th