the hearing room. >> getting screwed from two whackos, talking about abortion. >> bill maher will respond to that. >> call out glenn beck. >> i think what you're saying, he's kind of a nut. >> i'm not going to get into a debate with glenn beck here on msnbc. >> people like bill kristol just stand for power and getting into bed for dictators. >> it is a competency test, glenn beck, you can catch him by watching the way he behaves. >> i think what it does is over the long term, it is making it harder and harder for the sensible center to get together to solve problems. good evening from new york, i'm lawrence o'donnell. last time president obama extended a lunch invitation to the republican leadership, they told him they were too busy. but house speaker john boehner, eric cantor and mccarthy all