petraeus loses and biden wins. i respect the vice president but we have undercut a strategy that was working. the 10,000 troops leaving this year is going to make this fighting season more difficult having all of the surge forces leave by next summer is going to compromise next summer's fighting season. >> there will be 70,000 troops in afghanistan. >> i think we're creating momentum to undercut the counterinsurgency strategy and we're going to counterterrorism strategy too soon. i worry that our allies will follow suit. will they say america is leaving in large numbers by next summer. will they accelerate their footprint in terms of leaving? will republicans say i had a lot of confidence in general petraeus' plan but this adjustment in my view makes general petraeus' original plan harder to achieve and unnecessarily risky and will they say if we're going to not be successful, lets end it sooner. >> there are only between 15,000 to 25,000 fighters and u.s. troops down to 70,000 by the end of next summer. 40,000 nat

. >> i would be surprised if we get into the tax issue in the biden discussions. >> war powers -- a bipartisan group in congress challenges the president. >> why and how are we going into libya? >> see you is getting a second look after monday night's debate. >> president obama is a one-term president. [applause] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- on thursday of this week, congressman anthony weiner announced u.s. resigning from congress, a day after a former -- he was resigning from congress, a day after a former porn star with whom he had been corresponding suggested he resign to a. but the entire leadership of the democratic party, including the president, and also been of the opinion that weiner might want to find another line of work. is anythi -- as anyone have anything to add? mark? >> probably not. ginger lee in atlanta ant an interpretive dance in establishment -- [laughter] triple her asking right. -- asking rate. >> nina? >> i finally felt sorry for anthony weiner at that press conference with people heckling. you should be able to resign in public wit

i think the person that he listened to this time was his vice president, joe biden. the generals really did not want this to happen this quickly but biden, who was against the surge, actually got what he wanted this time. >> this is a big win for biden. >> yes. >> though there are plenty of suspicions out there that biden would have even liked a more accelerated withdrawal. >> absolutely. i mean, it's very volatile, too, when you think about it up on capitol hill. you've got people who were concerned about the economics, how much the united states is spending in all of these different fronts. you have other issues including, well, you know, we eliminated osama bin laden. isn't that really the end of the afghanistan war? and when you look at the house of representatives a lot of people saying, all right. obama doesn't get -- we don't like this too much. a lot of people in the senate saying we have to stay the course. >> what's interesting now is it's not just the liberals and the democrats. >> no. >> who are concerned. because there's sort of the odd coalition that ha

>> well, i serve with joe biden. he does a terrific job at whatever he is involved in and he's been very good. people like him. i have one big complaint, that is they shouldn't be taking breaks. they should be meeting every week, multiple times each week. and all these congressional recesses, that should have no bearing. our country is at a very important time in the history of our country. we must redce our debt. we must increase the debt limit, and there's no-- no vacation during this period of time. we've got to move forward. >> lehrer: so if there's-- this-- if there's no agreement by the 4th of july recess, you're saying go ahead, do not do the recess? keep talking? >> what i'm saying is right now there's a process where the house is in two weeks, out a week. i'm saying when the senate is in recess, we should be working on this. when the house is in recess, we should be working it. >> lehrer: what is your understanding about how close they are to coming to an dreamt? >> well, there's progress being made. but unt

>> well, i serve with joe biden. he does a terrific job at whatever he is involved in and he's been very good. people like him. i have one big complaint, that is they shouldn't be taking breaks. they should be meeting every week, multiple times each week. and all these congressional recesses, that should have no bearing. our country is at a very important time in the history of our country. we must reduce our debt. we must increase the debt limit, and there's no-- no vacation during this period of time. we've got to move forward. >> lehrer: so if there's-- this-- if there's no agreement by the 4th of july recess, you're saying go ahead, do not do the recess? keep talking? >> what i'm saying is right now there's a process where the house is in two weeks, out a week. i'm saying when the senate is in recess, we should be working on this. when the house is in recess, we should be working it. >> lehrer: what is your understanding about how close they are to coming to an dreamt? >> well, there's progress being made. but un

>> well, i serve with joe biden. he does a terrific job at atever he is involved in and he's been very good. people like him. i have one big complaint, that is they shouldn't be taking breaks. they should be meeting every week, multiple times each week. and all these congressional recesses, that should have no bearing. our country is at a very important time in the history of our country. we must reduce our debt. we must increase the debt limit, and there's no-- no vacation during this period of time. we've got to move forward. >> lehrer: so if there's-- this-- if there's no agreement by the 4th of july recess, you're saying go ahead, do not do the recess? keep talking? >> what i'm saying is right now there's a process where the house is in two weeks, out a week. i'm saying when the senate is in recess, we should be working on this. when the house is in recess, we should be working it. >> lehrer: what is your understanding about how close they are to coming to an dreamt? >> well, there's progress being made. but unti

biden and mrs. obama and the chairman and his wife, all these folks are trying to do is to try and get that other 99% to, they all say they support the troops. but it's not just enough to say it. go out and find one of them and give them a job. if they need some repairs on their house, do that. mow the grass. find some action you can take as a citizen who appreciates our military to help those families and particularly the families of those who are deployed. every town in america has somebody from the national guard whose's probably deployed. so there is somebody out there that they can help. and actions always speak louder than words. >> rooney: so you're not suggesting some kind of mandatory national service or something like that that would force people to be more aware of war. >> no. speaking personally, i have always believed that there ought to be some kind of mandatory national service. not necessarily in the military but to show everybody that freedom isn't free. that everybody has an obliga

con -- barack obama's handicap is joe biden. [ laughter ] i didn't know that. you can google it, though. [ applause ] you can google it. >> steve: it's on the pga listing. pro -- the match got emotional at times. con -- boehner cried whenever someone said they shot a birdie. [ laughter ] [ as boehner ] "i used to have a little birdie when i was a boy, growing up." [ laughter ] pro -- seeing republicans and democrats getting along. con -- seeing joe biden's grandpa legs in shorts. [ laughter ] not a pretty sight. pro -- hearing boehner yell, "fore!" con -- hearing obama yell, "more years, please!" [ laughter ] pro -- playing outside allowed john boehner to work on his tan. con -- at one point, groundskeepers accidently hauled him away, thinking he was a dead oak tree. [ laughter ] "boss, this tree is crying. should i -- ?" >> steve: "it must be sap." >> jimmy: and finally, pro -- john boehner has one of the best strokes in congress. con -- especially now that anthony weiner resigned. [ cheers and applause ] there you go, everybody. that's "pros and cons." [ chee

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the group led by vice president biden met again this week. do you feel democrats and republicans are any closer than they were to coming to some sort of an agreement on this? >> not yet, but we will have to agree. there will not be a debt ceiling increase unless we have some agreement on a significant reduction in debt, and that significant reduction will have to include entitlements. so they are in a negotiation, all in good faith. we have some of our best members of congress and the vice-president in the middle of this. hopefully they will come up with a result. >> but you don't see them getting any closer yet. >> well, i do not know, really, because they are not reporting their day-to-day negotiations, and they really should not. so they're in the preliminary stages. but we all know we have a deadline of the first of august. between now and then, we need to deal with this. i want us to deal with it because it would be irresponsible to default on our debt, and it would be irresponsible for us to not take action that is significant to reduce

you've got vice president joe biden leading a bipartisan, bicameral group. where are they? >> group met on capitol hill this week and they're talking. everyone says the meetings are productive. they're actually making some progress. we haven't actually seen it yet. you heard senator alexander allude to that. even their closest colleagues are not getting the real report on what is being agreed upon and waste being left for later. the reality is there's very little common ground on the big issues that they still have to solve, entitlements, whether tax revenues are going to be part of this deal. and there's not even, really, a sense yet of how large the deal is going to be. but i think we did hear senator alexander acknowledge that there is at least a good possibility that it's going to be about a $2 trillion debt savings deal, not the $4 trillion or more that was trillion or more that was initially envisioned by

he's an eight handy cap, but vice president joe biden, according to golf digest is about a six. so technically speaking, he's better. but if you were to put biden against boehner, just on the numbers, you know, they would sort of be about equal. >> i guess the president and boehner just kind of raised their game. >> yes, and probably you could -- we're not going to get this officially, but you could kind of assume that the speaker might have had to carry the president a little bit, because according to golf digest, the president isn't as good of a golfer, according to golf digest, his handy cap is about 17. >> then as it pertains to the talks, what may have been accomplished, will there was a happy medium that was found, that information is still mum, huh? >> reporter: what we do know is that these guys were out on the golf course for about three hours. and they were talking about libya, where speaker boehner told the president you need to get congressional authorization and the white house is saying we don't feel like we need to do that legally. and then the issue of the debt c

said that no drastic cuts right now are not a way for us to create more jobs do you think that joe biden who is actually needing with you know with his bipartisan debt grew that he was just jumping for joy clapping his hands and maybe repeating bernanke use words about meeting. but i'm sure he was glad to see his position vindicated unfortunately suspect that these words can have no impact whatsoever. you know this debate i don't think he's been it is not a life character he's not influential within either party particularly not the republicans these days so what he's saying makes sense is that it's really true this idea that if we cut spending will create jobs that's incorrect but whether his message is particularly useful i kind of doubt it now i'm wondering. if he is telling us though you know we often hear from ben bernanke you that sure the recovery is still going along it's just slowing down a little bit we're in a low but then the fed they not only downgraded their forecast for you know economic growth this year and for employment also for two thousand and twelve so does that mean

few months ago few months ago it was the chief economist an economic adviser to vice president joe biden and director of the white house task force on the middle class prior to his still white house he worked for the economic policy institute was the deputy chief economist at the u.s. department of labor currently he's a senior fellow at the center for budget and policy priorities and given our nation's current economic problems he's the man to talk to it's one pleased to welcome in the studio here dr jerry bernstein thank you tom thanks for joining us a pleasure. and first of all just a personal question if i may. many musical prodigies were also mathematical privacies you know it's a great example there's a math the music you started out music how did you end up you know to me. i'm not sure if you know. new music is just a huge part of my life it always has been. it was very drawn to music early on but interestingly i think there is a connection there i always liked math and statistics and ultimately being a musician i think in another wrinkle here is being a musician i felt i wasn't r

there that really suggests that he's really given any serious consideration to the alternative that biden faction wanted which was to really have the full thirty three thousand out by the end of this year and then continue the withdrawal through two thousand and twelve so that you would be down to perhaps thirty fifty thousand by the end of two thousand and twelve. and therefore i think that the president is facing some very very heavy political sledding in the future. and one has to conclude and i have to say that i made a big mistake at the outset thinking that obama was not more of an independent. figure in relation to the jury that he actually turned out to be and i think he has become over the last two and a half years fully a war president and that his whole perspective has really been shaped by that so that this is not this is no longer simply making a basin's to the military i think he now has bought into it to a much greater degree than he had before he became president and care i think it's here with you one thing that we didn't hear for the press from the president of course i

said that no drastic cuts right now are not a way for us to create more jobs do you think that joe biden who is actually meeting with you know with his bipartisan debt grew that he was just jumping for joy clapping his hands and maybe repeating bernanke his words about meeting. or i'm sure he was glad to see his position vindicated unfortunately suspect that these words can have no impact whatsoever. you know this debate i don't think he's bernanke is not a light character he's not influential within either party particularly not the republicans these days so what he's saying makes sense is that really true this idea that if we cut spending will create jobs that's incorrect but whether his message is particularly useful i kind of doubt it now i'm wondering. if he is telling us that you know we often hear from ben bernanke that sure the recovery is still going along it's just slowing down a little bit we're in a low but then the fed they not only downgraded their forecast for you know economic growth for this year and for employment also for two thousand and twelve so does that mean that

said that no drastic cuts right now are not the way for us to create more jobs do you think that joe biden who is actually meeting with you know with his bipartisan debt grew that he was just jumping for joy clapping his hands and maybe repeating bernanke he's words about meeting. well i'm sure he was glad to see his position indicated unfortunately suspect that these words can have no impact whatsoever you know this debate i don't think he's been it is not a like character he's not influential within either party in particular about the republicans these days so what he's saying makes sense is that it's really true this idea that if we cut spending will create jobs it's incorrect but whether his message is particularly useful i kind of doubt it now i'm wondering. if he is telling us though you know we often hear from ben bernanke you that sure the recovery is still going along it's just slowing down a little bit we're in a low but then the fed they not only downgraded their forecast or you know economic growth for this year and for employment but also for twenty twelve so does that mean t

. >> alan: vice-president joe biden hit the cam wayne trail -- campaign tropical -- campaign trail today. >> it is not only smart but he has a backbone like a ram rod and when america's interests are at stake, he is willing to risk everything about himself to protect america, and he did it and it was his decision. >> alan: biden praised the president's economic policy, saying they saved thousands of jobs and pulled the country back from the brink of a depression. >> a new iowa poll shows mitt romney leading among the state's likely g.o.p. voters. it shows rom -- romney getting 23% of the vote, but michelle bachmann is right on his heels, getting 22% of the vote. she is expected to officially launch her campaign on monday. leigh glaser is here, and believe it out or not, chance of rain. >> leigh: a little late in the season to talk about this, but if the forecast models hang true, there's a chance. here's a live lock from our high definition tamalpais camera, and it looked like there are blackout zones and that's where the pockets of fog and low cloudiness are moving inled, especially ove

few months ago few months ago he was the chief economist and economic adviser to vice president joe biden and director of the white house task force on the middle class prior to his stint the white house he works for the economic policy institute was the deputy chief economist at the u.s. department of labor currently he's a senior fellow at the center for budget and policy priorities and given our nation's current economic problems he's the man to talk to so i'm pleased to welcome in the studio here dr jared jared bernstein how you found thanks for joining us a pleasure. and first of all just a personal question if i may. many musical prodigies were also mathematical privacies you know it's a great example there's a math that music you started out music how did you end up you know it's hard for me i'd be there i'm not sure i think you know. new music is just a huge part of my life and always has been. was very drawn to music early on but interestingly i think there is a connection there i always liked math and statistics and ultimately being a musician i think in another wrinkle here is

i am the one who opposed -- >> the biden debt ceiling talks fall apart. >> yes, we want to remove tax subsidies for big oil, tax breaks for corporations sending jobs overseas. at this goes on. i don't know if that is a reason to walk away from the table. we are trying to find a balance approach. >> that is democrat nancy pelosi's view of the stalled talks. republicans eric cantor and jon kyl walked out this week, saying that tax cuts have to be off the table. what you make of this one, colby? >> this is the kabuki dance that will take place before august 7. republicans painted themselves into a corner by saying no tax increases. everybody knows that to take a real whack at this problem, we need a combination of cuts and increases. just as the democrats have to can see -- see butc -- concede the spending side, republicans have to concede that the tax that they pushed through, the wars financed by borrowing, all contributed. this will go on for the next couple of weeks. president obama will wait until the last minute to put something on the table and say, "take it or leave at." that is

joe biden, it's usually outsourced to joe biden, the way this white house works. he's been in the middle of the debt negotiations in this whole debt commission. so, i think yes, you have congress all over the place, yes, there's all these issues with the republican party inside congress right now, and yes, i do think there's some opportunism. the president hasn't made a good faith effort at just good, old-fashioned back-slapping -- >> not only within congress, but to the american public. i mean, he doesn't want to talk about afghanistan or libya, because i think they feel that in the white house, he needs to focus only on domestic issues. there's only down side on foreign policy, but if you're going to send american forces into battle, you have to make the sale. >> all right. i'm going to take a break here. couple things i want to do when we come back, talk about the final act in this weiner scandal, more about the economy and how that is going to shape the debate for the presidency, and more about the republican approach to it all. more from our roundtable right

that's right, joe biden's team lost a round of golf this weekend. and if you thought losing was rough, you should have seen biden when he found out the last hole wasn't a clown's mouth. he's like what is -- [ laughter ] what kind of golf is this? where is the windmill, damn it? [ laughter ] calm down, joe. listen to this -- in her new memoir, bristol palin reveals that she lost her virginity to levi johnston, in a tent while drunk on wine coolers. [ laughter ] yeah, when levi's friends heard that, they were like, wine coolers and a tent? well excusez moi, mr. fancy schmancy. [ laughter and applause ] they're from mr. bartle and mr. james. [ applause ] [ imitates zipper ] let's go. >> steve: oh, yeah. >> jimmy: this is interesting. new york state senator greg ball asked his twitter followers if he should support a bill legalizing gay marriage. that's right, the senator's name is greg ball. [ laughter ] it's too bad anthony weiner retired. because those two could have done some great stuff -- [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] the great ball and wei

he is a member of the bipartisan deficit group led by vice president biden. gentlemen, thank you both for being with us. >> thank you for having us. >> thank you. >> woodruff: congressman ros kum, do you first. almost all the congress watchers we've been talking to say this is a purely symbolic vote with no real substantive meaning to it. >> it's very substantive in that it's a request of the president of the united states. uts one that he has affirmed over and over and over again and that is to simply raise the debt ceiling without any reforms or no substantive spending cuts. in order to move the debate forward what we're going to see today is that the country overwhelming rejects that approach. i predict it won't pass but it won't just be republicans that are going to vote against this. it will be democrats that will vote against it as well. but it's on the floor because it's the request of the president of the united states. >> woodruff: it's symbolic because republicans don't typically salute and do exactly what the president is asking. >> right. we're a

. >>> vice-president joe biden is in the vatican in rome. he met with pope benedict. it was an unannounced meeting. the vice-president is a practicing catholic who also supports abortion rights. now the pope has long insisted that catholic politicians follow the church's teaching on quote, nonnegotiable issues like abortion, which the vatican strongly opposes. >>> concerns are growing around the world about a strain of e. coli in europe that chinese researchers are calling a super toxic strain. three people who recently traveled to germany are infected with it. in europe 18 people have died so far. more than 2,000 are infected. some governments are limiting imports on vegetables from spain, germany and the netherlands but they have not been able to pinpoint the exact source of it. >>> we're learning the horrifying details of jaycee dugard's 18 years of captivity. yesterday the judge released the transcript hours after sentencing her two kidnappers. dugard said she was walking to the bus stop when a man known as phillip garrido grabbed her and zapped her with a stun gu

vice president biden was supposed to be here this afternoon for a meeting. he didn't even show up after eric cant owe said he's pulling out. >> to the surprise of democratic negotiators republican house majority leader eric cantor pulled out of the bipartisan debt ceiling talks after what several sources tell cnn was a contentious meeting the day earlier. in a statement announcing he's abandoning negotiations, kantor said, quote, democrats continue to insist that any deal must include tax increases. house speaker boehner backed him up. >> i know the frustration he feels when democrat members continue to want to bring tax hikes into this consideration and insist we have to raise taxes. >> reporter: democrats say it is in part about taxes, behind closed doors, republicans insist on cutting medicare, but won't budge on eliminating tax loop holes. >> yes, we want to remove tax subsidies for big oil. we want to remove tax breaks for corporations that send jobs overseas. that list goes on. i don't know that that's a reason to walk away from the table when we're tr

he is a member of the bipartisan deficit group led by vice president biden. gentlemen, thank you both for being with us. >> thank you for having us. >> thank you. >> woodruff: congressman ros kum, do you first. almost all the congress watchers we've been talking to say this is a purely symbolic vote with no real substantive meaning to it. >> it's very substantive in that it's a request of the president of the united states. uts one that he has affirmed over and over and over again and that is to simply raise the debt ceiling without any reforms or no substantive spending cuts. in order to move the debate forward what we're going to see today is that the country overwhelming rejects that approach. i predict it won't pass but it won't just be republica that are going to vote against this. it will be democrats that will vote against it as well. but it's on the floor because it's the request of the president of the united states. >> woodruff: it's symbolic because republicans don't typically salute and do exactly what the president is asking. >> right. we're a co

this morning, vice president joe biden will lead the second of three straight days of negotiations with top lawmakers, trying to find trillions of dollars in budget savings to cover the increase. biden was optimistic following tuesday's meeting and insisted that progress is being made, but with both sides refusing to budge on key issues, it's clear there's still a long way to go. >> we've got to do everything we can to get this administration to back off their policies that are killing the economy and killing job creation. >> reporter: the gop wants tax hikes off the table while democrats are refusing to cave on cuts to medicare. >> it's time republicans abandon their ideological plan to change medicare as we know it and work with us to strengthen and preserve our promiless to seniors. >> reporter: with time running out and the fragile economic recovery hanging in the balance, negotiators are hoping to at least draft an agreement by july 4th. ultimately a compromise on the debt ceiling could come down to president obama and speaker of the house john boehner. the two men will get a chanc

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to be holding this trilateral meeting with the vice president of the united states of america mr joe biden we've already had a meeting amongst ourselves. and we've examined the international issues before us so we met just a few days ago when france anyway and during that time of course we just custer the main issues that concern the international scenario right now but i don't wish to anticipate what he's going to say i would like for dimitri himself to inform you of what he would like to say. i'll start one statement by congratulating him on behalf of the russian federation for all of my colleagues here russian journalists. on vacation or one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the fusion of legally i would call a geisha. enjoys taking part vent. because italy he's very close or. and we maintain very good very close relationship will it indeed i'd like to express my admiration for. the parade that we have witnessed was there a favorite band typically talent i would say. because they represent all the what we saw of the armed forces and the way they present their armed forces and the parade i

we can't give up. >> reporter: biden's group was making progress on a deal but both sides refuse to budge on certain issues. for republicans it's taxes. >> democrat members continue to want to bring tax hikes into this conversation and insist we've got to raise taxes on the american people. >> reporter: democrats are refusing to cut medicare benefits. >> the republicans are asking seniors to pay more to get less. >> reporter: hanging in the balance is the nation's ability to borrow money. the government's already hit its $14.3 trillion debt ceiling and if lawmakers don't reach a deal and raise the borrowing limit by august 2nd, the u.s. will default on its debt. with negotiations at an impasse, republicans say it's time for president obama to get involved. >> where in the world has president obama been for the last month? where is he? what does he propose? >> reporter: economists aren't sure what would happen if the country defaults on its loans. it's never happened before, but many believe it could trigger another recession, something neither party wants. so these final negotiations will

your money should probably be on vice president joe biden, because he's a pretty good golfer. the speaker is a very good golfer as well. the president, sort of middle of the road. but, you know, it is really intriguing the timing of this meeting. we have been discussing this because there are major issues that the white house and congress are dealing with right now, the debt ceiling talks, the negotiations that have been going on that vice president biden has been representing the white house at. that is a huge economic issue. and then the other issue you have is libya. just this week, speaker boehner sent a letter to the white house saying that the president would in his view and in the view of many in congress be breaking the law if he didn't seek congressional authorization for having u.s. troops involved in the operation in libya and the white house at this point not seeking that authorization, fredricka. the president and the speaker, they shared a golf cart and anyone who plays golf knows that is a lot of one on one time where you got to find some things to talk about. w

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joe biden volunteered and had a tidbit. he was strongly considering running for president himself in 2o 16 depending on political conditions and his help i haven't heard him talk about that in the past. that was a surprise >> at a fund-raiser he brought that up as well. it hasn't been the first time. there is a reelection campaign and 2016 is so far away it is unbelievable even if he talks about it, it doesn't matter. he will be 73 and we don't know what his health is going to be like, but he has said before about that particular issue, him possibly running in 2016 >> go ahead. >> that's the joe biden we wanted when he was vice president. he would say things like that constantly. he has been a pretty good vice president, but i have hope he can do this. >> we will leave it there and continue in the weeks and months to come. roland and rich, thank you. >> thanks, wolf. >> to our viewers here happening now, bloody clashes in syria. thousands of refugees just across the border get a visit and special ambassador angelina jolie a

we're sitting another place at the table for joe biden. he wants to join us. so this isn't so much dinner with barack anywhere as it is din we are barack and joe. and to use one of his favorite expressions, that's a big deal. >> reporter: obviously this is a "guess who's coming to dinner" kind of deal. and the campaign clearly thinks adding biden to the ticket is going to gin up more interest. back to you. >> thank you, joe. your next update from the best political team on television is just an hour away. and "cnn newsroom" continues right now, though, with brooke right now, though, with brooke baldwin. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hi, everyone. a busy monday here. also a wildfire is raging. it's getting very, very close, dangerously close to the nuclear research facility at los alamos. senators from new mexico are being briefed by authorities on the ground there. i'm going to speak with one of them in just a little while. >>> also in washington, president obama is meeting with senate leaders to try to resolve the nation's debt dilemma. but the wh

biden is leading a bipartisan commission to cut a long term deal. but the two sides are not agreeing on entitlementless. democrats want to make smaller reform -- entitlements. >> democrats want to make smaller reform. the secretary says he runs out of money on august 2. >>> state lawmakers may not get their next paycheck. state comptroller chung is expected to decide on the paychecks. lawmakers say they will sue chung -- opposers say they will sue chung if he does not stop pay. >>> crews are getting ready to dust off a busy roadway. starting tomorrow the southbound lanes of the great highway will be shutdown. between lincoln avenue and slope boulevard. the closure will last until friday it's all part of annual routine to remove sand that blows on to the road from the beach. >>> walnut creek police turn to pet owners today with help to funding a new member of its canine unit. the department says it needs a new dog on the force but cannot afford it because of budget cuts. that's why police went to pet's mart today for a fundraiser. >> as soon as i bri

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the surprise was that republicans pulling out of the deficit talks with vice president biden. that was a big development, a bad blow for the country, frankly. >> is that the republicans jumping on the president in trouble or do you think it's something that would have happened anyway? >> i don't think it was related to the president per se. i take them at their word. there was just a deepening and very stiff disagreement within the group. now eric cantor pulled out and then jon kyl pulled out. they basically said, we're leaving the talks until the democrats stop pushing for the tax increases. >> let me ask you. when you look at all the issues -- economic issues, domestic policy issues, foreign policy issues, everything else -- i think looking at the numbers and saying, this is exactly the race that president obama should be running a year from now. >> there is little one can see out in the future that rooks promising. in other words, the jobs are not going to come quickly. so the rate will come down slowly. there is no stimulus out there with the fed or the congress. he will h

for four hours or so, some forcesome with vice president biden and ohio governor casish spent on the course, was probably the longest time the president and boehner have ever been together but it wasn't long enough to settle the deep policy differences the president and republicans in congress. the speaker says president obama is violating the war powers act by continuing military operations in libya without consulting congress. it was a decision made by the president himself, contrary to the opinions of lawyers at the pentagon and justice department. the 90-day limit for deploying u.s. troops without congressional approval expires tomorrow. another major disagreement-- republican demands for big budget cuts before they will agree to raise the debt ceiling. the government's authority to borrow money which the administration says will run out august 2. vice president biden told reporters that talks on the budget were, in his word, getting down to the real hard stuff and that next week negotiations would start around the clock. but the speaker has been saying all week that today was no