thank you for having me. before we get to you, steve we have been talking about this road tested strategy, which worked very well for the president in 2011. it seems like he has realized to get things done in washington you have to get out, take it out to the folks in america, you have to use the bullypull pit and then be do the back room negotiations with the republicans and make them fight for it. i think that was the strategy for the white house from august 2011 on. you had the debt ceiling debacle, where his approval rating in the wake of that went down to an all-time low, starting to look at that point this could be a one-term president. after that the white house basically concluded we re not getting any compromise out of the republican congress before the 2012 election. that s when he introduced the american jobs act. he knew they weren t going to act on it, but this is my blueprint, take it to the people. he had the speech in can is. did get them to fold on the payroll ta
called the disabled veteran s national foundation, dvnf. they have raised nearly 66 mi$5 million in six years. not a you re the ones from cnn? reporter: meet priscilla, president of the disabled veterans national foundation. we found that a small vfw office in baton rouge, louisiana. this is the veterans of foreign wars and i really didn t think you would do something like that and we have agreed to talk to you. you ve raised $5 million over the last three years and none of the money has gone to any veterans. c nrkcnn has been trying for years trying to promises of written responses and now a slammed door. veterans, ma am? but no answer. if you had raised $56 million over three years and done it legitimately and actually had something to show for it and given that money to veterans, you would think you would want to explain yourself, you would think you would want to show your books and show all the veterans that you have helped. they re not doing that. th
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it was also a test at concession that his bill was dead on arrival in the senate as if there was any question of that to begin with. harry reid submits a plan. it is the basis of a compromise for republicans. they only need seven or eight of them. back room negotiations iffing on furiously right now. harry reid, the white house, trying to reach a comendation, trying to put stuff into this bill to get it out of senate. the test scheduled for tonight in the wee hours on sunday. a test vote in the senate. things will be clearer by then, but in the meantime, there s a lot of this back room negotiation going on, and once it passes the senate, it s got to go back to the house, alex, so things far, far from finished. indeed. okay. as your day is far from finished, we ll see you next hour. thanks. okay. for a bit more on the debt ceiling crisis i m joined by democratic congressman from michigan, sandra levin, the ranking members of the weighs and means committee. thanks for being here.
unfolding on capitol hill. in his weekly address the president said both sides are not that far apart and he demandsed compromise. any solution to avoid default must be bipartisan. it must have the support of both parties that were sent here to represent the american people. not just one faction of one party. the time for putting party first is over. the time for compromise on behalf of the american people is now. joining me now is mike. there s been a lot of sleepless hours behind you. it was a week of high political drama and policy drama for that matter. the drama over the debt conned into the day yesterday. the posturing did as well. congress is set to work into the week. those back room negotiations are continuing at a furious pace. there could be a solution