given. the only thing that we know is that last night a bipartisan group of members of the ushouse of representatives u.s. house of representatives passed a measure by which we would cut, cap and pass the budget ceiling. it s sitting there waiting for further discussion. it s up to the senate to take it up. people come to us and say what do you do next? we re going to wait for the senate to take up the bill we passed last night. martha: is there any indication they ll do that? no indication so far they could pass it even if they wanted to. [laughter] i guess after how they ve handled the budget, it s 811 days since they passed a budget in the senate. maybe there ll be a long time to wait. again, it s in the senate s court. that s why what we did last night was so important. we were finally able to pass something out of the house to raise the debt ceiling. now if folks want to ask what the next step is, go to the president and ask that question. ask him, what s wrong with a balanced
wants to get beyond 2.4 trillion. i don t think he wants to be fighting the budget ceiling in the middle of an election when he s fighting an opponent who has nothing to do with it. they are attacking from the rear. i think the clear strategy is get past the $2.5 trillion he needs to get through the election. as you talked on this show, it s going to take major concessions from the republicans. we look forward to eric cantor to find out what he s saying and what he thinks. did boehner open the door to revenue, is cantor closing the door? we need the answer to that question. congressman, what would it mean to you if the report is true the president of the united states is proposing cuts to medicare, medicaid and social security. is that palatable to you? no, i find it distressing. i want to know exactly what the president is talking about. i don t want to prejudge.
written. 116 people are dead with that toll expected to rise. now i want to show you two different perspectives of a tornado. first, through the eyes of a storm chaser and then from the inside, 20 people huddled in a refrigeration unit in a convenience store. the tornado is trying to come down right here. the winds are out of the north and it s coming right back around. tornado is here. coming on the ground right here. get sirens going. get the sirens going. i m telling you. i got debris on the ground over here. i got debris on the ground. it s coming up north. it s debris. tornado coming into the city. wedge on the ground. this is storm chaser. i have a large destructive tornado on southwest side of joplin. back up! i am. it s tearing up the entire city on the south side of joplin right now. this is jeff. it s a massive tornado. massive destruction. it s a mile wide tornado. it s leveling the south side of joplin right now. we re good. thankfully all of those peopl
seeing what happened to john kerry, and he was close, and when bin laden came out, it was over for him. there has been a moment of unity, you alluded to it, everyone s cheering the president, we re one nation again, how long does that last? does the first time the budget becomes an issue of debate, raising the budget ceiling or the budget deficit itself, does it all fall apart? people probably haven t heard it, because it s been beneath the radar, they re still fighting. there is unity on this issue, but i was up on capitol hill today walking the halls, they are still fighting about the debt ceiling, about the budget, about so many other issues. and i think maybe hours before that comes to the surface again. medicare. medicare. big issues that drive important constituencies. those fights are not going to go away. the question is, can washington do some have some agreement on some big things and fight over big things and do it as grown-ups. is it happening? i think it s thursd
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