nobody knows john boehner, frankly nobody cares, even most republicans don't care about john boehner. interestingly, he could be speaker of the house if the republicans gain control, but as of now, look, john boehner this is a wash. the point is that he has been targeting -- obama has been targeting president bush for a long time. what is ironic and interesting now is because the economy is in shambles, because his poll numbers are low. 41% job approval, he is reaching out to president bush. the small business tax credits, these were all bush endorsed policies, horror of horrors, but they were true. president obama is now former budget director, peter orszag made his very first public statement in support of extending all of the bush tax cuts for everybody. so i find it very ironic and interesting that it doesn't matter. i find it fascinating that once again we are getting an acknowledgment that bush was right. >> is there any other reason why he left the white house? wasn't there a lady? >> christine romer left. >> they said they want to get off the sinking ship? >> certainly the sin

nobody knows john boehner, frankly nobody cares, even most republicans don't care about john boehner. interestingly, he could be speaker of the house if the republicans gain control, but as of now, look, john boehner this is a wash. the point is that he has been targeting -- obama has been targeting president bush for a long time. what is ironic and interesting now is because the economy is in shambles, because his poll numbers are low. 41% job approval, he is reaching out to president bush. the small business tax credits, these were all bush endorsed policies, horror of horrors, but they were true. president obama is now former budget director, peter orszag g-de his very first public statement in support of extending all of the bush tax cuts for everybody. so i find it very ironic and interesting that it doesn't matter. i find it fascinating that once again we are getting an acknowledgment that bush was right. >> is there any other reason why he left the white house? wasn't there a lady? >> christine romer left. >> they said they want to get off the sinking ship? >> certainly the sin

>> john boehner here is not well known nationally. i think they are targeting boehner for one reason. there are trying to frame this debate as a cost more fair debate. if you look at him with his golf excursions, his tan, he can represent the laissez-faire and that democrats are looking to tack on to republicans. they see a package there. i still think it is pretty tough because he is not a national player. >> the same thing happened with the republicans and nancy pelosi. that does not usually work. i have to say, obama has suddenly come alive and is talking like a regular person. when i say there are fish in the sea, i say no. when the sky is blue, i say no. i think people identify with that a bit. >> going after john boehner is pointless. most of all, people have no idea who you are talking about. people in cleveland do not know who john boehner is. they think he is from southern ohio. it took a year of new gingrich tossed political excesses' an office before he became a demon so that bill clinton could run against him in 1996. the

we'll ask him about his dispute with john boehner and after a year in an iranian prison, sharh shourd is released. good morning. it's tuesday, september 14th, 2010. 49 days until the midterm elections. i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm chuck todd. we'll start in tehran with the developing story. sarah shourd was released from iranian custody. not quite free filling out paperwork. andrea mitchell broke the story and she has the latest on the ground in tehran. andrea, take it away. >> reporter: well, chuck and savannah, this is obviously emotional. it's an up and down crazy kind of story. sarah shourd has been released. the iranian government announced that now. we don't know first of all whether bail is being paid. there are a lot of reports that bail is being paid and there are reports that we cannot confirm that some gulf nations may be involved. some u.s. allies who have very close relationships here. we don't know if money is being transferred but it is not u.s. government money and the paperwork still being done. the swiss ambassador downstairs below me waiting for her arrival here. so

>> first of all, politics are going after john boehner when most people in america don't know who john boehner is, which is questionable in my mind. >> i agree with you there. >> police officers and firefighters and teachers are popular and contributing members in their community and they consistently test well. the reason they're in that ad is because people don't want them run off of the job because of budget cuts. >> from a pure strategy standpoint, you know, both steve and i make tv ads, i agree. firemen, teachers, nurses, they're all very popular. for the average american though, if you talk about reducing the number of government workers, that's -- they'd say amen to. >> that's not what the ad does. >> this is why the people don't trust ads. what's the difference between a cop, a fireman and a teacher who are working for the government and government workers, todd? >> here's the difference -- >> i'm sorry, steve. >> okay, there's a huge difference. cops, firemen, teachers are on the front lines, actually, i think most people think that they actually earn their salaries. the avera

a couple weeks ago, anybody know who john boehner was? >> not even republicans. >> sean: it is interesting. he smokes, and he's got a deep tan often. it started with the president himself. watch this. >> the president: there were no new policies from mr. boehner. there were no new ideas. in fact, when mr. boehner was near cleveland, he attacks us foreclosing a few of these loopholes. mr. boehner dismissed these jobs we saved. teaching our kids. patrolling our streets. mr. boehner and the republicans in congress said no to these projects. mr. boehner has so far said no to infrastructure. when these same republicans, including mr. boehner, were in charge the number of earmarks and pet projects went up. >> sean: i guess they don't have governor palin or george bush or newt gingrich to kick around. >> good that he is acknowledging boehner is going to be the next speaker. he ought not to be picking a fight with him. he ought to the american people are speaking and rejecting obama's policies. >> sean: i believe this is a referendum election on

>> no. >> john boehner, mitch mcconnell the ugliest guys in america. >> john boehner is a friend of mine. most people don't know who john boehner is. >> we know he smokes. >> who cares. >> this doesn't look presidential. you have the president of the united states saying john boehner and mitch mcconnell. you have the bully pulpit. >> you make your point. isn't that a problem for the president of the united states, don't blame me, blame this guy from ohio that smokes and playing golf. >> it happens to be true they are the ones standing in the way. >> he said on sunday he would vote for the bill. >> the midterms for democrats is a referendum on the economy and what the white house is trying to do and i think it is a smart to do is to make it a choice. that is what voters are making, a choice between obama's direction or john boehner's and the republicans' direction. that is the only way you can say it. >> the bottom line. the tea parties are out there. almost insurrection for a year. they have won seven big races knocking out establishment figures, specter, charlie crist, bob bennett. incu

they've settled on john boehner as theirville and. the republicans are running against obama and pelosi so the democrats need someone. john boehner the leader of the republicans in the house is sort of the obvious choice. more and more president obama and other democrats have been mentioning him and attacking him when they're out there giving their messages. >> ifill: members of congress have been out of town for six weeks, a very long recess. the senate came back today. the house comes back tomorrow. how does their physically being here and getting on the floor and actually speeches and actually having to vote on things, how does that change where the course of this debate? >> well it changes the dynamics a lot. the democrats are pretty determined to bring something to the floor of the senate and the house because they want to give their members a chance to vote in such a way that they can go back home and say i voted against a middle-class tax increase. you know, when you're scattered throughout the country there's a lot of debate a

why is john boehner so scary. >> reporter: it's not that john boehner is scary, it's the proposal he's making that given the opportunity as speaker he would enact. i think it's important that people understand exactly what the agenda of john boehner and the washington republicans will be, because it will be a return to the days where the special interests had their way in terms of governing economic policy and we need to continue to make progress. i don't think anybody wants to go back to those days. jenna: a fair amount of americans, though, don't really even know who john boehner is. why the strategy to go after him in particular and not maybe go after the broader policies. >> no it is the policies and he's the one who has been articulating the policies. he gave a speech in cleveland, ohio not long ago where he said that he wanted to essentially repeal wall street reform. he essentially wants to cancel a whole lot of remaining contracts that have been essentially bid under the recovery bill, which would help take us a step back not forward on the economy, so he's been articulating th

john boehner spends too much working on his tan. he says those voters probably haven't seen him outside cutting his grass, riding his mountain bike. he says it's all natural. from boehner to bieber. justin bieber making his acting debut on "csi" which is a crime drama and plays jason mccann, one of the pak can brothers. he is a troubled teen in the episode in fact linked to a couple of bombings? biebs. >> i didn't have anything to do with the bombs, i swear. just about the airplane. >> i believe you but what's the deal with your brother? >> when the cops arrested ralph, alex snapped. ralph was like a father to us. he was a decent man. the cops treated him like a low life. >> where is he? >> he's got a house in old henderson. >> where? >> landon. >> landon. good man. >> you better hurry. that was just fireworks compared to what's coming. >> wow, bieber getting into the role. not so bad by the 16-year-old bieber going from the bubble gum music to the dark role on "csi." a kid with range. >>> now finally to the controversy on "sesame s

that's what i think the most important thing this document says. >> does john boehner own this document, own this idea? that was the indication. hey, this is boehner's. does this mean he already starts out as a speaker that's going to be, if he becomes speaker, that is going to be so answerable to the grass roots that we won't be able to even cut a deal with the senate majority leader, whether it's reid or mcconnell, or with the president without making sure he doesn't lose his own caucus. >> it's going to be a tough job. normally, the discipline questions come in for the senate side. in the house here, he's going to have trouble with this big class of freshmen coming in if all the predictions are correct. at the same time, he's got to worry about the people who have been criticizing him. >> there are a lot of speakers in waiting besides john boehner. thank you, both. >>> come iing up, chris christis a true gentleman not afraid of a fight. especially to defend a lady. today feels like an entire show that got turned into a side show. in the sky ♪ ♪ for a chain of supply, that's logis

boehner, is john boehner going to be so concerned with the tea party conservatives in his caucus and out in the country that he's not going to be willing to come together with president obama? that's going to be the essence -- gwen: why would it be after the election if he's not for the election if 2012 is around the corner? >> at that point john boehner would have responsibility for running the government and would -- might feel as newt gingrich did at some point with bill clinton the obligation to make a deal. the question is can you make a deal when they're after you? >> the independents in a presidential year play a larger part than in the off year. the way for independents is to see if they'll participate. in a presidential year they participate by larger numbers. so the pressure on john boehner and the republican candidates, do i listen to the pea party -- tea party or keep myself alive in -- >> i think the dynamics are different than in 1994. newt gingrich was the clear leader of the revolution. he didn't have a revolution forced upon him. boehner has not been the leader of th

had been to the week before, to respond to john boehner's speech. the question being, you know, why is the president of the united states essentially elevating -- gwen: or lowering, which ever way you look at. that thanks. finally tonight, there was probably more ink spill, satellite time on one story more than any other this week thanks to a quirky florida pastor who vowed to burn a koran. then changed his mind and, to a still broiling dispute, about his islamic center plan for lower manhattan. a debate about islam expanded to include david petraeus, hillary clinton, robert gates and today at some length, the president. >> at a time when the country is anxious generally and going through a tough time, then fears can surface, suspicions, divisions can surface in a society. i've got muslims who are fighting in afghanistan. in the uniform of the united states armed services. they are americans. and we honor their service and part of honoring their service is making sure that they understand that we don't differentiate between them and us. it's just us

but we're still in this wrestling match where john boehner and mitch mcconnell about the last 2% to 3% where on average where you make $100,000 for people making $1 million or more. >> president obama heads to philly today to deliver the second back-to-school speech. last year, the speech got some national attention. according to the text released by the white house last night, the president will tell students your future is in your hands, your life is what you make of it. and nothing, absolutely nothing is beyond your reach. last year, obama gave a similar televised pep talk at wakefield high school in arlington. but as you remember, that speech sparked controversy beforehand as critics suggested it could inject ideology into the classroom. they said he was spreading propaganda to children. >>> new surveillance video out of california shows the deadly pipeline explosion in san bruno that killed four and left four others missing. meanwhile, pacific gas and electric company -- the owner of that pipeline is setting aside $100 million for victims of last week's disaster. the company says

john boehner, an ohio republican. democrats are trying to villianize him saying he'd rather side with big business than the working man. much like republicans are trying to villainize nancy pelosi. >> seven weeks to the midterm elections but we're looking ahead to the next race to the white house. peter hamby reporting about rick santorum, the former senator from pennsylvania who we think is somebody who has his eye running in 2012 for the republican presidential nomination. tomorrow he'll be in south carolina, one of the important early primary states. he's already been in iowa and south carolina and new hampshire. keeping an eye on all of those guys. >> can you do a cool camera move again? i'm loving this. it's like a cop show. >> we have dave jenkins with us. he can do the camera move again. back to mark, right? >> let's do that. >> back to mark. >> he's not participating in this. there we go. i love this. i love this. we are not going to let this die because that's so much fun. you two are excellent. you should ge

seven times he mentioned john boehner. the president of the united states has met the enemy of hope, freedom, and prosperity in congressman from ohio. he has a 78-seat majority in the house of representatives and john boehner is his problem? that's sad. >> most people react to that by saying who is john boehner? >> so beyond that, what do you think this current debate about the tax cuts means for the midterms? >> well, the main numbers, the one number that matters in the midterms is 9.6. that's the unemployment one. and everything else is really irrelevant compared to the unemployment number. just remember n 1994, when republicans took over the house, the unemployment was 5.6%. this is a wave election. so, in a sense, the cards have been dealt. i believe in miracles. but i don't see any kind of fairy being able to come and change things by november. >> you heard austan goolsbee say that it was likely to stay high for quite awhile. is this what's empowering the tea party movement? what will happen in this week's primaries?

but first, that exclusive interview with a man who may be speaker, john boehner. will he try to block middle class tax cuts if you can't get the same cuts for the wealthy? we'll ask. then, i'll have some final thoughts the days after 9/11. it's all ahead on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs "face the nation" with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. and now from washington, bob schieffer. >> schieffer: joining us now from westchester, ohio, house republican leader john boehner. mr. boehner, if the republicans do take the house, you in all probability will be the new speaker. the president is already trying to make you the face of the republican party. he mentioned you by name eight times the other day in a speech in your home state. here's what he said. >> there were no new policies from mr. boehner. there were no new ideas. there was just the same philosophy that we had already tried during the decade that they were in power; the same philosophy that led to this mess in the first place. cut more taxes for millionaires. and cut more

boehner would do if he were in charge of the house, i say, "john boehner does not need to have a conversation with me about what he would do if the republicans, indeed, take over the house and if, indeed, he becomes speaker of the us." he needs to have a conversation with his constituents in the state of ohio, talking about copay, looking forward to a yearly medicare check up, and one of the things that would go the fastest is that we have been given some new resources, wr tavis, to really crack down on medicare fraud, to go after the guys stealing from the system, to work closely with the attorney general. he and i have been in several places of the country and continue to go around. if those resources are gone, those are one of the first programs to go, and i do not think the taxpayers will find that to be a good idea. we have already returned $2.50 billion to the medicare trust fund, and we believe more can be found, and we can prevent and then prosecute these criminals, but those resources have to be available for that effort to go on. tavis: since you have raised the name of john boehner

we will hear from the house minority leader john boehner and others this hour. a lot of comparisons to 1994, 16 years ago, a substantial difference from where we are today. that's where we start, i'm bill hemmer, welcome. martha: good a place to start as any, good morning i'm martha maccallum. it's called the pledge to america, it's designed to tackle the big stuff on voters' minds right now, mainly spending and health care. bill: herry some of the highlights, a move to permanently stop all job killing tax hikes, repeal or scale back health care reform, and a cut on federal spending. shannon bream is live in sterling, virginia, just outside washington, which was a big swing area in 2008 with voters. what will republicans say this morning? shannon, good morning there. >> reporter: good morning, bill. they're going to roll out this pledge with america and whenty do that this morning we're going to hear more about what you talked about, a lot of folks saying what are you going to do, they're talking about what they're going to undo. we're getting a look at the firs

>> you've got to define -- >> john boehner's a friend of mine. i love the guy. i'm positive most people don't know who john boehner is. >> we know he smokes. >> who cares. look, the important thing here is that this doesn't look presidential. you have the president of the united states out there saying john boehner and mcconnell. you have the bully plat form, you have the pulpit. >> you make that point well. isn't that the problem for the president of the united states, don't blame me, i'm running the country. i've got a democratic party running the congress. blame this guy from ohio that smokes and plays golf. >> it happens to be true, that they are the ones standing in the way of him doing -- his problem with the midterms for the democrats have been that it's just referendum on the economy and what the white house is trying to do, and i think it's smart to do, is to make it a choice. that is what voters make it. they are making a choice between obama's direction and john boehner's republican direction. >> let me ask you the bottom line. the tea party throughou

so many times john boehner isn't the reason that americans are so frustrated with the economy i don't i think it's going to be tough to pin it on him on the other you know and this is not going to have any effect before the november election i think probably the best hope is that this kind of starts the divide that will have the real battles which will begin after the november election after democrats sort of get wiped off the table and then for two years obama will run aggressively against speaker boehner with the hope that that will catapult him to reelection in two thousand and twelve now what do you make of his decision here with the tax cuts the fact that he is not going to extend or you know he doesn't plan on extending the tax cuts for the rich. it in my mind is kind of a non-issue i mean the fact is that his excuse for not wanting to extend the tax cut is something of a lie he says we can't afford the seven hundred billion over ten years there's actually no basis for that it's not that much seven hundred billion sounds like a lot but over ten years compared to how much debt we

>> you've got to define -- >> john boehner's a friend of mine. i love the guy. i'm positive most people don't know who he is. >> we know he smokes. >> who cares. look, the important thing here is that this doesn't look presidential. you have the president of the united states saying john boehner and mcconnell. >> isn't that the problem for the president of the united states, don't blame me, i'm running the country. i've got a democratic party running the congress. blame this guy from ohio that smokes and plays golf. >> it happens to be true, that they are the ones standing in the way. his problem with the midterms for the democrats have been that it's just a referendum on the economy and what the white house is trying to do and i think it's smart to do, to make it a choice. that is what voters make it. they are making a choice between oba obama's direction and john boehner's republican direction. >> the tea party throughout there, it's been almost an insurrection for a year and very effective. they've won seven big races, knocking out establishment figures. spec

as i heard the interview with john boehner, i thought back when jack kennedy announced the goal of sending men to the moon and bringing them safely back home, i don't believe reporters sat down and demanded that night that jack kennedy tell us

wannabe house speaker john boehner. the wizard behind the pledge to america says the american people aren't ready for solutions. how about that? i'm ready to give him a few words on my mind coming up in a moment. >>> governor chris christie, he's the biggest threat to our nation's scschools. when he's not yelling at people at town hall meetings and trimming the fat at expense of our teachers, i'm doing my part for nbc's education notion. >>> the false prophet glenn beck is freaking out about dangerous killers coming from the left. his rhetoric is what's dangerous and it needs to stop. >>> this is the story that has me fired up tonight. john boehner has been out in the sun just probably a little bit too long, hasn't he? the tan man is flustered and back pedalling on his pledge to america. the republicans' so-called new governing agenda to set a different course for the country is nothing but a garbage sale. american people aren't buying it. after 20 months of offering no ideas, he and his cronies laid out their playbook

. >> john boehner opposes funding for government jobs. jobs for teachers, for cops for firefighters. >>> also, meet the high school football player who nearly died after scoring a game-winning touchdown. >>> then, men versus women. who is more likely to wash their hands after using the bathroom? we got some results for you an odd survey that might surprise you. >>> good tuesday morning, i'm richard lui filling in for chris jansing. u.s. citizen sarah shourd just released from a prison in iran. she was being held there for more than a year. iran granting $500,000 bail for shourd because of health reasons. it's not known if the bail is already paid. the family says they could not afford it and the u.s. says it would not pay for it. now, we'll head live to iran in just a minute for a live report from nbc's andrea mitchell. that just coming in. >>> just when there looked like there could be a comp lumize on tax cuts, another republican has hit. john boehner appearing to backtrack after he said he would vote for a bill that would give tax dute

that's what i think the most important thing this document says. >> richard, does john boehner own this document, meaning, and own this idea? that was the indication. of the national journal's report on this, major garrett's report. hey, this is boehner's. that he already starts out as a speaker that's going to be, if he becomes speaker, that is going to be so answerable to the grassroots that he won't -- he won't be able to even cut a deal with the senate majority leader, whether it's reid or mcconnell, or with the president without somehow being, potentially, making sure he doesn't lose his own caucus. >> i think this is going to be a really tough job. you know, normally the discipline questions come in for senate side. in the house here, he's going to have trouble with this big class of freshmen coming in if all the predictions are correct. at the same time, he's got to worry about the young guns coming at him. >> there are a lot of speakers in waiting besides john boehner. at least when they look in the mirror, anyway, richard wolfe, perry bacon, thank you both. >>> coming up, chris

and the house minority leader john boehner over tax cuts and tea party insiders hold off newcomers. i'm bret baier. president obama pleaded for more time to let his policies work, but white house correspondent mike emanuel says even the president admits they've come up short so far. >> reporter: the president visited a family in fairfax, virginia to talk about what more he'd like to do to help the economy and he later joined a larger group which included small business owners and john nicholas and nicole armstrong's back yard to explain what his economic policies have and have not accomplished so far. >> we've stopped the bleeding and stable is liilized the econ but the pace of improvement has not been where it needs to be. >> reporter: the president is trying to push the senate to pass a small business jobs bill which includes about 12 billion dollars in tax breaks and 30 billion dollars to encourage lending. which the treasury secretary says is what the struggling dmi needs. >> this bill will accomplish two big things, it will cut taxes for small businesses, it will make loans cre

john boehner voted for that. when you look at stores that are filled with products made in china, you have to understand that the republican party has continually voted to shut our jobs out of the country, with the support of the democrats. i am in the constitution party. i think we need to see through this fraud. i am running for congress. the people need to see that bankers control washington. host: the associated press -- the associated press is reporting that the info report by bp is spreading the blame for the gulf of mexico oil spill. the report, which is posted on bp's website lists a complex series of failures. host: one last call. henry, on the republican line. good morning. you need to turn the television down. caller: ok. caller: can you hear me? the point is i am 92 years old. i well understand where we are at. i apologize, i am sorry about that. we are going to have to mold on. when you call into this program, in need to turn your television down. we appreciate all of the phone calls. that does it fo

up next, the white house is escalating its words with john boehner. this is back to safer ground.

john boehner -- john boehner handed out checks from cigarette companies, cigarette packs, on the floor of the house from these merchants of death to republican congressmen who voted with them. that is legalized -- >> does he -- >> this guy's going to reform something is preposterous. >> does he have a chance to make the case, though? democrats have not delivered on promise of reform. >> they have delivered on reform. >> not the process. >> whatever. you just are so concerned with process tonight. what is the process of a guy who's handing out cigarette company checks on the floor of the house? that's the most corrupt thing i've seen in 25 years here. it was john boehner doing it. >> i'm consumed with what you're talking about during the break. a government that works and has things done. the activity we've had under the capitol dome. we said things about congress that were not polite last night. i got complaints. they did pass a stimulus bill, health care reform bill, wall street reform, lilly ledbetter equal pay act, important legislation, small business incentive package, reforms to

wannabe house speaker john boehner. the wizard behind the pledge to america says the american people aren't ready for solutions. how about that? i'm ready to give him a few words on my mind coming up in a moment. >>> governor chris christie, he's the biggest threat to our nation's schooschools. when he's not yelling at people at town hall meetings and trimming the fat at expense of our teachers, i'm doing my part for nbc's education notion. >>> the false prophet glenn beck is freaking out about dangerous killers coming from the left. his rhetoric is what's dangerous and it needs to stop. >>> this is the story that has me fired up tonight. john boehner has been out in the sun just probably a little bit too long, hasn't he? the tan man is flustered and back pedalling on his pledge to america. the republicans' so-called new governing agenda to set a different course for the country is nothing but a garbage sale. american people aren't buying it. after 20 months of offering no ideas, he and his cronies laid out their playbo

if you're john boehner, all of your members are up for re-election. there is an anti-incumbent fervor and you don't want them to have to vote against tax cuts in an election year. i think mcconnell because there's more procedural control in the senate and because cutting taxes for rich people is the core existential value of the modern republican party, he will make sure that he will do everything in his power to do that and he's less worried about the political implications because the races where the really competitive tend to be open seats, they tend to be against incumbents. >> up think we'll have a split between senate and house republicans where boehner does let people in the house vote for these things but it doesn't matter because the senate blocks it anyway, the senate does hold the middle class hostage for the rich people. >> see, yes, exactly that. i talked to a republican staffer today and said -- on the house side -- if it comes up just the middle class tax cuts does your member vote for it? he said, sure. that's an easy vote. maybe i'm w

that's the most important thing the document says. >> does john boehner own this? hey, this is woehnor's. he starts out as speaker that's going to be, if he becomes speaker is so answerable to the grass roots he won't be able to cut a deal with the senate majority leader whether reid or mccon nell or the president without losing his own caucus. >> it's going to be a tough job. normally, the discipline questions come in for the senate side. in the house, he's going to have trouble with a big class of freshmen coming in, if all the predictions are correct. at the same time, he has to worry about the young guns pointing at him. the people criticizing him on the message. if he falls short, they are trained on him. >> there are a lot of speakers in waiting when they look in the mirror. >> thank you both. >>> coming up, chris christie is not afraid of a fight, especially to defend a young lady. today feels like an entire show that got turned into a side show. you're watching "hardball" on msnbc. ♪ ...honor... ♪ ...and trust... an unspoken bond that, while common amon

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