plan authored by house budget committee chairman paul ryan. and in new hampshire, the tiffany story continued to dog him. do you feel like working families will i feel that you are far more fascinated with that than most americans. normal americans ask about jobs, energy, all sorts of things that affect their lives. now, all of this came to light because calista gingrich worked as a clerk for the house agriculture committee till 2007 and was required to file disclosure forms. lisa is in new york for us. let s talk a little bit more about this with our chief political analyst, gloria borger. this is a big problem for gingrich because it s symbolic but still significant. it s symbolic of somebody living within their means when is you re a real budget cutter. people don t like to see that you have a huge outstanding bill. they want to know that you can be able to take care of your family finances. now, newt gingrich says the bill is now paid off. didn t have to pay the
it s hard to put into words the sheer force of the monster tornados that have hammered the midwest this week. look at this amazing twister caught on tape in chick cache, oklahoma. it s crossing the road white where we were [ bleep ]. slow down. get out your window. get out your window. i am. that i can that shed. watch behind you. you re good. don t push. oh, my god! back up. oh, no. stop. oh, no, what did it destroy? running back. slow down. no, slow down. debris. and near sean knee, oklahoma, more video of a tornado literally ripping this giant semi to shreds. the 29-year-old driver believes he was either sucked from the window or fell out as it was happening. he was treated for a fractured shoulder bone and some scrapes. other than that, he s fine. in joplin, missouri, the sight of the killer tornado that s captured the world s attention, one pastor survived, says he doesn t know which was louder, the wind outside his church or the praying inside. our lisa sy
in afghanistan, petraeus is going to continue to support that. panetta has supported drone strikes. as jim woolsey will tell you and can say in nor more detail. these are people with very good reputations in washington. leon panetta is a budget cutter. leon panetta knows politics. he knows the hill. he was white house chief of staff. he ll be very close to hillary clinton at the state department. he s traveled extensively. cia director, very popular at the agency. general petraeus is a class by himself. there s a lot of speculation here. this was more about trying to keep petraeus inside the tent than letting him go outside the tent. i thought he would make an ideal chairman of the joint cheechief. chairman of the cia had not occurred to me but he ll be very good there too. if there is continuity, is that a good thing? do you think continuity is what
he s already using as a potential credential as a budget cutter and the current navy secretary. those are the two that are getting the most currency right now. this big change with gates leaving and whoever replacing him, and most people are discounting any chances. she has repeat lid denied that hillary clinton would want the defense job, but at the same time you have a big change in the fall with the chairman of the joint chiefs mike mullen, his term expires. and his replacement is it most likely general cartwright, his deputy? that s the name we re hearing the most. if you pull back the lens a little bit, the big challenge here is how does the pentagon grapple with life after the era of indulgence? for last nine or ten years since 9/11, certainly, they haven t had to make any tough choices. in you wanted weapons systems you could have them, more troops you can have them. now there are tough choices between weapons systems and new technologies and more troops and it is going to b
budget cut in history, the biggest annual spending cut in history. the fact is, it s 1% of this year s budget. 38 billion sounds like a lot of money. but we re going to spend. bill: if it s so small, why was it so hard to get it done? because every line item in the budget is somebody s salary. it s somebody s lobbying contract. so, everything you try to cut is very difficult. that s understandable. and it is a small cut. but it is only a 1% cut and it s just not true that it s the biggest one in history. bill: do you believe president obama really wants to bring down the national debt and the deficit? no. not particularly. bill: let me stop you. because he spent 45 minutes today at george washington university trying to convince americans that he now is a budget cutter, that he sees the danger of a 14 trillion-dollar debt. and you don t believe him? every president wants to be seen to be on the same side as the people. the people right now are very