they can do what john boehner is doing and say it's terrible. no matter what you're hearing and no matter what you're seeing, it's all bad. you can fool some of the people all of the time and some of the people are not ever going to vote for this president. it will work for them. >> you got 450 right wing talkers that are hammering this stuff every day. you have the folks across the street giving boehner the platform. it seems like he's going to the karl rove school and play book, attack where you're weak. these are facts but maybe we can get that head shaking crowd that we saw in front of ted nugent believing something different. >> it's true 70% of the country think we're in recession. we in media have some blame for that. people use the language of recession long after it ended. that's just wrong. it was sloppy talk from a lot of people in the media and in the public debate there. you're also flattering. this is not karl rove sophistication. this is much simpler. they are not talking about what they have done the you heard dict chenecheney. t

that must be part of what john boehner is really objecting to. richard wolffe, great to have you with us tonight for the discussion. >> my pleasure. >> facts are facts. will it stick with the american people? what do you think? >> well, i think it's very hard for the republicans to do what they're doing right now, which is to say, who are you going to believe? me or your lying eyes? you know, the economy is moving in a very different direction from where they want it to be. so they have two choices. they can try and say, the economy could've, should've, would've better if a republican would have been there. kind of what mitt romney is trying to say. that kind of conditional argument is very hard to pull off. or they can do what john boehner is doing and say, you know what, it's actually terrible. no matter what you're hearing in the news, no matter what you're seeing, it's all bad. you can fool some of the people all the time, and some of the people are not ever going to work for this president. >> you've got 450 right-wing talkers across america

that must be part of what john boehner is really objecting to. richard wolfe, great to have you with us tonight for the discussion. >> my pleasure. >> facts are facts. will it stick with the american people? what do you think? >> well, i think it's very hard for the republicans to do what they're doing right now, which is to say, who are you going to believe? me or your lying eyes? you know, the economy is moving in a very different direction from where they want it to be. so they have two choices. they can try and say, the economy could've, should've, would've better if a republican would have been there. kind of what mitt romney is trying to say. that kind of conditional argument is very hard to pull off. or they can do what john boehner is doing and say, you know what, it's actually terrible. no matter what you're hearing in the news, no matter what you're seeing, it's all bad. you can fool some of the people all the time, and some of the people are not ever going to work for this president. >> you've got 450 right-wing talkers across america

. >> the republican house speaker john boehner who has publicly expressed concerns about holding his majority in the house decided to take his first compromised step toward the president today on student loans. >> today i'm pleased to announce that on friday the house will vote on a bill to extend the current interest rate on federal student loans for one year. >> but boehner is going to try to turn this republican surrender to the president into at least some kind of partial victory. >> we will pay for this by taking money from one of the slush funds in the president's health care law. you know, this week, the president's traveling the country on the taxpayer's dime, campaigning and trying to invent a fight where in isn't one, and there never has been one, on these student loans. >> harry reid's democratic senate plan for the student loan fix is to pay for it by closing a corporate tax loophole. now that the president has forced the republicans to agree in principal on the student loan fix, we will no doubt have a few weeks of interparty wrangling of exactly how to pay for it. we no

the john boehner speakership is not actually cemented in stone. he has eric cantor nipping at his heels. and a caucus that is not always with him. >> all right. so great to have you both across from me for a change. >>> moving on, a florida judge is looking into whether to raise or revoke the bond of george zimmerman after it is revealed that he actually received more than $200,000 in donations from supporters that weapon to his webb. during a hearing today, zimmerman's attorney said he wasn't made aware of that money until after zimmerman was released on bond. trayvon martin's family wants the bond revoked them say zimmerman and his family misled the court and said they didn't have any money for bond. kerry sanders joins me live. how did this come about that the judge would even ask about the funds? >> reporter: it is really after the fact and that's what has so many people on the trayvon martin side of this concerned. when george zimmerman was released from the court jail complex on monday, it was on $150,000 bond. and it appeared, even to his a

the john boehner speakership is not actually cemented in stone. he has eric cantor nipping at his heels. and a caucus that is not always with him. >> all right. so great to have you both across from me for a change. >>> moving on, a florida judge is looking into whether to raise or revoke the bond of george zimmerman after it is revealed that he actually received more than $200,000 in donations from supporters that weapon to his webb. during a hearg today, zimmerman's attorney said he wasn't made aware of that money until after zimmerman was released on bond. trayvon martin's family wants the bond revoked them say zimmerman and his family misled the court and said they didn't have any money for bond. kerry sanders joins me live. how did this come about that the judge would even ask about the funds? >> reporter: it is really after the fact and that's what has so many people on the trayvon martin side of this concerned. when george zimmerman was released from the court jail complex on monday, it was on $150,000 bond. and it appeared, even to his att

boehner and what we've seen from john boehner over the past almost two years is a do nothing congress they've done nothing and they've they're doing nothing that sacrifice only america's women but also america's young people. vince if you had to sell it i mean they've been in office here to have richard says it's their nothing congress how do republicans tell the american people that they deserve another shot at the majority well i don't this is this one of this is one of those elections where the president can't sell his own record and republicans are going to have trouble selling a record of doing something in congress and the president obama knows this because when you control one one half of one third of government you will have the problem of not being able to show a list of accomplishments and says hey look how great we did for america so republicans about the make the argument that they put a stop put the brakes on president obama delivering the country and in further despair. i think the president has a lot of a complex to talk about the first two years when he was in office a

boehner and what we've seen from john boehner over the past almost two years is a do nothing congress they've done nothing and they've they're doing nothing is sacrifice only america's women but also america's young people. then said if you had to sell it i mean they've been in office a year and a half richard says it's a do nothing congress how do republicans sell the american people that they deserve another shot at the majority well this is this one of this is one of those elections where the president can sell his own record and republicans are going to have trouble selling a record of doing something in congress and the president obama knows this because when you control one half of one third of government you will have the problem of not being able to show a list of accomplishments and says hey look how great we did for america so republicans have to make the argument that they put a stop put the brakes on president obama delivering the country and in further despair. i think the president has a lot of a column to talk about the first two years when he was in office when we have

john boehner was more likely to follow the lead of the freshmen than the other way around. tavis: he called them a pain in my behind. is it really influence? you can have positive influence and negative influence. there are some who could argue that these guys have cost their party a great deal with their shenanigans this first time around. >> that might be true. at the same time, john boehner became the speaker because of these 87 freshmen who came into town. he would be a minority leader if it were not for them. he recognized that it is not just a matter of gratitude towards them. there was a movement that blew them into town. the tea party movement, which different people have seen different ways, was certainly conservative. john boehner was well aware of the fact that he could either be at the head of this train or get crushed by it. speaker boehner has an expression, which is that if you say follow me when you start walking, and no one is behind you, you are not leading. you are just taking a walk. he recognized that to some degree, he would have to lead by following a

"cbs this morning" anchor charlie rose asked house speaker john boehner about the next phase of the romney campaign. >> reporter: does he need reset his campaign? does he need to get together and say to himself and to you and to the leadership in the senate, i want to take this opportunity to redefine myself, because many americans have not focused on this sort of thing? >> well, that's pretty hard to do. but after any primary, there's always a little retooling. always some adjustments in terms of now you have a different opponent. and so i think you'll see some new things out of this campaign. >> reporter: like what? >> a real focus on what the election's going to be about. economics, economics, economics. >> and later this morning you can see more of charlie rose's interview with boehner on "cbs this morning." >>> coming up on the morning news -- an honor overdue. the white house will salute a war hero 42 years after he died, saving fellow soldiers during the vietnam war. >>> first, scott pelley with a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >>> they're the american heroes who carried o

mitt romney hooking up with john boehner. they immediately got a bill to the floor in a span of three days after this became a national news story. look atç the coordination betwn the gop leadership and mitt romney. >> speaker boehner barely speaks to mitt romney, remember that? >> thanks so much, guys. if you'd like to see those two gentlemen in tuxedos, tune in tomorrow night for special coverage the white house correspondents dinner. that begins here at 10:00 eastern. we'll be right back to clear the air. [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. zyrtec®. love the air. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] want your weeds to hit the road? hit 'em, with roundup extended control. one application kills weeds, and stops new ones for up to four months. roundup extended control. guys. come here, come here

john boehner was coming in as speaker. the bank terminus announces in the -- advances in the senate. people were starting to write off the obama president the bush presidency after what seemed to be a promising start. i was lucky enough to talk to people in the white house, obama's inner circle, and sort of chronicle what came after that. in the lame-duck session, then the very up and down year we had in 2011 with the budget fight and the debt ceiling fights, but of course things like egypt, libya, bin laden raid, which i think set up the campaign. this is sort of a pre-campaign book in ways that examines the with the president was thinking and how he was seeing his own presidency and how he was seeing things as he was trying to tee up is very decisive 2012 election. host: the book "showdown." you brought that bill clinton. this morning, the was a biography back in the 1990's, has the roots of two presidents, born on august 15 years apart at opposite ends of the baby boom generation. bill clinton in 1946. barack obama, 196

. >> john boehner is crying up a storm calling the student loan fight bogus. >> i pick this big political fight where there is no fight is just silly. >> tonight, we prove the speaker wrong. >> give me break. >>> the obama campaign is hammering mitt romney on national security. >> look, he knew what would happen. supposed the navy seals had gone in there and i want hasn't been bin laden. >> you're not going to believe ç mitt's response. >>> scott walker is running scared. he's mailing lies across america. now he's calling in the heavy artillery. >> you know, something may go down tonight, but it ain't going to be jobs sweetheart. >>> tomorrow is the white house correspondence dinner. tonight, we're looking back at some of its greatest hits. >> paul ryan couldn't be here tonight. his budget has no room for laughter. >>> good to have you with us tonight. thanks for watching. republicans are stuck between a rock and a hard place in the fight over student loans. the gop wanted interest rates on some student loans no double in june. well, today, they voted oen a bill in the house to keep the

for example, john boehner. how did things go for you trying to get in to see the speaker of the house? >> we've heard speaker boehner repeat, after continuous mass shootings in our country, that talking about mass changes to our laws would be inappropriate at this time. so during the week that begins with the fifth anniversary of virginia tech and ends with the 13th anniversary of columbine, the two probably most infamous shootings in our country's history, john boehner was unable to meet with us this week because he was too busy. so my question remains, when would be an appropriate time, mr. speaker, to talk about this? because 32 americans are killed every day. following your logic, there will never be a time to talk to us, and that's just unacceptable. >> when the virginia tech massacre happened and you felt that outpouring of sympathy nationally, did you expect we're going to be able to do something about this? >> when i learned what laws we needed to change, how simple. >> bodyguards. let's play hardball.

new exclusive interview with speaker of the house john boehner. usually confident speaker boehner sending a very clear message to his colleagues on capitol hill. good morning, i'm bill hemmer. thank you for being here. good to see you. martha: good morning, everybody. i'm martha maccallum. speaker boehner preparing for the very real scenario, he says, that his party may lose the majority in the house. watch this. >> i would say there is two in three chance we win control of the house again but there is a one in three chance we could lose. i'm being myself frank. we have a big challenge. we have got bjork to do. bill: it does not end there. you will hear the full interview. the speaker said 2012 says it is the most important election in his lifetime. that is coming up here. meanwhile start new -- stark new warnings about the future of social security. new reports that the fund could run dry years before it was thought that is word from the trustees keeping tab on the program. medicaid also in danger. stuart varney of the fox business network crunch

listen to john boehner say whatever he wants. but cenk listen to the vice president talking. >> osama bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. >> you know, and this is about osama bin laden in a way because the democrats have neutralized with the success of the elimination of osama bin laden, they have neutralized that issue for the republicans. not only that, even bill clinton is coming to the side of president obama, and this is i think a spectacular ad. ♪ >> it's one thing george bush said that was right. the president is the decider in chief. nobody can make that decision for you. look, he knew what would happen. suppose the navy seals had gone in there and it hadn't been bin laden. suppose they had been captured or killed. the down side would have been horrible, but he reasoned. i cannot in good conscious do nothing. he took the harder and the more honorable path, and the one that produced, in my opinion, the best result. >> it's not worth moving heaven and earth, spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one

. >> it's worth mentioning right now behind me in that building right now, house speaker john boehner is speaking on the house floor about the gop student loan interest. the bill would keep it at 3.4% and prevent it from doubling when the current rate expires on july. what democrats don't like is how the republicans want to pay for it. they're proposing to offset the $6 billion cost by taking money from the president's health care law. the white house has called this politically motivated and say they will veto it should it get that far. nothing ever gets done in this congress without a nasty fight, glenn. >> thank god from a politico perspective. i agree with ezra in terms of the transformational issue. two things i'd like to add to that. the first is there is a human speed bump up on the hill by the name of charles schumer on the senate side -- >> known to the parole tart as chuck shumables. >> chuckles, who will make it his life's mission to imitate what mitch mcconnell has done in the last three years, obstruct. we are kind of in the age of overreach. this ryan budget up on the hi

. >> we will set john boehner straight. >> we can't go back to a policy that has america go it alone. >> vice president joe biden is lighting him up on the stump, and scott walkers december picture ration is reaching a new level. >> small business doesn't want uncertainty and we saw it back then. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks, thanks for watching. leave it to the church to find the underbelly of the republican party. paul ryan tried top defend his budget. one day after 90 faculty members wrote a letter of protest. i also brought a copy of my budget with me, so that we can have a fact based conversation on the facts as they are, not as some have reinterpreted it. >> ryan says he wanted a fact-based conversation. he should know that 60% of cuts come from programs like food stamps, medicaid, pell grants and job training. ryan has run right into a conflict with the catholic church. leaders understand how draconian these cuts are. keep in mind this budget was passed in union -- this is what they want. protesters were outside toot, they said the dignity of the he was sharply cr

for example, john boehner. how did things go for you trying to get in to see the speaker of the house? >> we've heard speaker boehner repeat, after continuous mass shootings in our country, that talking about mass changes to our laws would be inappropriate at this time. so during the week that begins with the fifth anniversary of virginia tech and ends with the 13th anniversary of columbine, the two probably most infamous shootings in our country's history, john boehner was unable to meet with us this week because he was too busy. so my question remains, when would be an appropriate time, mr. speaker, to talk about this? because 32 americans are killed every day. following your logic, there will never be a time to talk to us, and that's just unacceptable. >> when the virginia tech massacre happene and you felt that outpouring of sympathy nationally, did you expect we're going to be able to do something about this? >> when i learned what laws we needed to change, how simple

i think that undercuts the attacks on john boehner. i think the public gets that. >> i don't think the public separates the senate from the house. congress's approval rating is 19% or is it 9%? i can't remember what. >> one republican. >> it's a pox on both their houses. the senate doesn't get anything accomplished, in part because of the rules of the senate. you to have 60 votes before you can accomplish anything. >> they're avoiding budgeting. >> that's the thing. the budget includes taxes. the budget includes entitlements. the budget includes spending. the budget includes debt. they won't even take it up. aren't they a target, bob costas? >> you know what is really bigger target, if people say they don't care about the budget, they do care about the scandal like the gsa scandal. when they see government out of control, that's a real tangible example people can say we want to get government, rein it in and pass some better budgets. that's what people really pay attention to. >> this is one of the most tenuous connections i've ever he

because that is not john boehner's style. he's not a bombastic guy any nature. by practice. you know, i think the white house would have been better served if they had visited maybe the university of vermont and the university of canvas. i mean to go to three swing states and to the universities there, and certainly opens it up to the accusation that this is a political rather than a substantive visit. but i mean, this is vintage quadrennial vintage politics. the president wherever he goes is still the president even though he's the party leader, and the nominee of this party. and it was true of george w when he ran for re-election t was true of bill clinton and it was certainly true of ronald w reagan when he ran for election. >> the supreme court, david, took up the arizona immigration law this week. you listened to some of the arguments. a lot of speculation about whether they will uphold it or not but whatever they do, does that affect the campaign, the presidential. >> i think immigration will play a lesser role this time than many of the pastimes. first i suspect there

listen to john boehner say whatever he wants. but cenk listen to the vice president talking. >> osama bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. >> you know, and this is about osama bin laden in a way because the democrats have neutralized with the success of the elimination of osama bin laden, they have neutralized that issue for the republicans. not only that, even bill clinton is coming to the side of president obama, and this is i think a spectacular ad. ♪ >> it's one thing george bush said that was right. the president is the decider in chief. nobody can make that decision for you. look he knew what would happen. suppose the navy seals had gone in there and it hadn't been bin laden. suppose they had been captured or killed. the down side would have been horrible, but he reasoned. i cannot in good conscious do nothing. he took the harder and the more honorable path, and the one that produced, in my opinion, the best result. >> it's not worth moving heaven and earth, spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one

because that is not john boehner's style. he's not a bombastic guy any nature. by practice. you know, i think the white house would have been better served if they had visited maybe the university of vermont and the university of canvas. i mean to go to three swing states and to the universities there, and certainly opens it up to the accusation that this is a political rather than a substantive visit. but i mean, this is vintage quadrennial vintage politics. the president wherever he goes is still the president even though he's the party leader, and the nominee of this party. and it was true of george w when he ran for re-election t was true of bill clinton and it was certainly true of ronald w reagan when he ran for election. >> the supreme court, david, took up the arizona immigration law this week. you listened to some of the arguments. a lot of speculation about whether they will uphold it or not but whatever they do, does that affect the campaign, the presidential. >> i think immigration will play a lesser role this tii than many of the pastimes. first i suspect there

the john press show. >> john boehner says nobody wants to vote for a looser. that's right. >> that's why nobody is going to vote for mitt romney. good morning, everybody. mod, mid 30. great to see you today here on this last day of april, can't believe it. april flew by and we've got lots to talk about here on the full-court press. it's what we do, take he will the big stories of the day, rather in our nation's capitol or around globe. taking your calls and givering you a chance to get involved in a conversation at 86655-press. take a seat at the table alongside daniel stone who covers the white house for newsweek daily beast back in studio as a friend of bill for this whole hour. daniel good to see you. >> fun to see you saturday night at the whitehouse correspondents' dinner. >> you were so originally dressed, seeing this tuxedo. it was the only one. the white guy in the tuxedo. >> several people including yourself with the long black tie. >> i gave up on the bow tie. it's stupid. >> i get a long black tie. i go the long tie. bow ties. >> in our currentt gro

because that is not john boehner's style. he's not a bombastic guy any nature. by practice. you know, i think the white house would have been better served if they had visit maybe the university of vermont and the university of canvas. i mean to go to three swing states and to the universities there, and certainly opens it up to the accusation that this is a political rather than a substantive visit. but i mean, this is vintage quadrennial vintage politics. the president wherever he goes is still the president even though he's the party leader, and the nominee of this party. and it was true of george w when he ran for relection t was true of bill clinton and it was certainly true of ronald w reagan when he ran for election. >> the supreme court, david, took up the arizona immigration law this week. you listened to some of the arguments. a lot of speculation about whether they will uphold it or not but whatever they do, does that affect the campaign, the presidential. >> i think immigration will play a lesser role this time than many of the pastimes. first i suspect there is

for example, john boehner. how did things go for you trying to get in to see the speaker of the house? >> we've heard speaker boehner repeat, after continuous mass shootings in our country, that talking about mass changes to our laws would be inappropriate at this time. so during the week that begins with the fifth anniversary of virginia tech and ends with the 13th anniversary of columbine, the two probably most infamous shootings in our country's history, john boehner was unable to meet with us this week because he was too busy. so my question remains, when would be an appropriate time, mr. speaker, to talk about this? because 32 americans are killed every day. following your logic, there will never be a time to talk to us, and that's just unacceptable. >> when the virginia tech massacre happened and you felt that outpouring of sympathy nationally, did you expect we're going to be able to do something about this? >> when i learned what laws we needed to change, how simple.

for example, john boehner. how did things go for you trying to get in to see the speaker of the house? >> we've heard speaker boehner repeat, after continuous mass shootings in our country, that talking about mass changes to our laws would be inappropriate at this time. so during the week that begins with the fifth anniversary of virginia tech and ends with the 13th anniversary of columbine, the two probably most infamous shootings in our country's history, john boehner was unable to meet with us this week because he was too busy. so my question remains, when would be an appropriate time, mr. speaker, to talk about this? because 32 americans are killed every day. following your logic, there will never be a time to talk to us, anat

should john boehner be doing that for alan west? >> i think alan west is so ridiculous that it speaks for itself. i can't set a standard for what the republicans do and what they tolerate and what their members say. you would think, i mean i think we saw all that we needed to see when rush limbaugh made the horrible statements they did and the response from the republicans was to minimal poor choice of words. poor choice are words? no, poor choice of thoughts. so if they would not even respond to that, alan west calling ever calling the progressive caucus communist in the house. >> ate one i think 78-81. >> but nothing surprises me about them but it's up to the public to make a judgment as to whether that should be how they want to be represented in congress, but i'm just happy that you're in the war room and i'm glad to be in the war room with you today. >> i'm glad you joined us. thank you for coming in, for leading well. >> i come here as former speaker and current leader and christine's mom. >> exactly and everybody knows who wa

. >> well, a short time later, house speaker john boehner erupted. >> people want to politicize this because it's an election year. but, my god, do we have to fight about everything? and now, now we're going to have a fight over women's health. give me a break. you know, this is the -- this is the latest plank in the so-called war on women. entirely created -- entirely created by my colleagues across the aisle for political gain. >> so keeping 'em honest on this issue, who's right? well, we looked at what the house bill eliminates. it's called the prevention and public health fund. about $1 billion this budget year. the categories include tobacco prevention, hiv screening, nutrition programs, hospital and infection control, immunization, increases in the number of doctors and doctors' training, but no line items for things like mammograms, pap smears, prenatal care, any other specific women's health issues with the exception of breast-feeding. and congresswoman maloney, who you'll hear from in a moment, we're going to talk to her, says cutting the prevention fund would, in fact, broa

. >> we will set john boehner straight. >> we can't go back to a policy that has america go it alone. >> vice president joe biden is lighting him up on the stump, and scott walkers december picture ration is reaching a new level. >> small business doesn't want uncertainty and we saw it back then. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks, thanks for watching. leave it to the church to find the underbelly of the republican party. paul ryan tried top defend his budget. one day after 90 faculty members wrote a letter of protest. i also brought a copy of my budget with me, so that we can have a fact based conversation on the facts as they are, not as some have reinterpreted it. >> ryan says he wanted a fact-based conversation. he should know that 60% of cuts come from programs like food stamps, medicaid, pell grants and job training. ryan has run right into a conflict with the catholic church. leaders understand how draconian these cuts are. keep in mind this budget was passed in union -- this is what they want. protesters were outside toot, they said the dignity of the poor should be at

pointedly one person not at the dinner was john boehner, eric cantor, minority whip. these guys decided we have to be unified in attacks on democrat and any legislative initiative out of the white house. >> with all this negativity and people saying nothing getting done in this do nothing congress. a lot of people feel this way, you see approval ratings. could it turn out this and overall malaise with government not accomplishing anything. >> it could. what you'd like to see, the hougs of representatives paradoxically is the institution, hot wired to the public every two years. what you'd like to see is electorate respond. if they are disgusted they throw them out what they finally develop is a despondency nothing works, nothing can be fixed, why bother. >> for anybody that loves politics, it's a fascinating book. thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >>> cash strapped post office. mandy drury, your money. how much are we talking about here? >> $10 million in cascia refund of overpayments made in previous years to a federal retirement fund. that would give the post offic

john boehner and mitt romney could not be more different. john boehner came from a very modest, to put it mildly, background. he talked about sweeping and mopping the floor in his father's bar, he was a bartender, put himself through college. and up against mitt romney, that certainly is a very different background. as you know, mitt romney's father had a privileged background and also wept on to make multimillions of dollars. and i did ask him about whether he thought that would be a problem for mitt romney as he moved forward. the short answer is no, he didn't think that romney's wealth would get in the way of people's voting for him. his explanation for that is pretty interesting. >> i also want to talk to you about osama bin laden. it's hard to believe but it's been nearly one year since he's been killed. is the white house still worried about al qaeda? i know you're going to be talking about the president's top counterterrorism adviser on the show today. >> yes, john brennan is with us today, the president's adviser and top security adv