>> starting with social security. >> debt ceiling is not something to toy with. if we hit the debt ceiling that is defaulting on our obligations and that is unprecedented in american history. and what about the fight. rhetoric versus the reality. >> they have to be careful here. it is going to be great. you can't not pass it. it is catastrophic. it means american debt is in economy. it can't happen. republicans make demands on this, they have to have it in the back. if the demands are seen as unreasonable and too far of a reach. obama could call their bluff. are action would be to blame the republicans. you are is to be careful. neither side wants their bluff