that s health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. welcome back to newsnation. standing by his word, congressman allan west refuses to apologize after sending an e-mail to congresswoman debbie wassermann schultz which some are calling disgraceful and harassment. and some say you cannot fix the crisis the same way you budget the household, and we will look at what officials say and match the words to reality. and it is the worst drought in 60 years, and 11 million people are facing a hunger crisis in east africa and we will get the latest from there. today a coalition of civil rights groups asked a federal judge to block alabama s controversial immigration law. the aclu and the southern poverty center and the american immigration center is saying that the law is unconstitutional
in this country, a new debt ceiling compromise seems to be getting traction in washington. six senators, three republicans, and three democrats are offering a plan to cut the nation s debt by about $3.7 trillion over the next decade. it includes spending cuts and about a trillion dollars in new tax revenue. republicans have insisted on deep cuts and no tax increases before they ll agree to raise the country s borrowing limit. that debt ceiling deds line is now just 13 days away. minnesota s three-week government shutdown is over. democratic governor park dayton signed a budget bill today. he and republican lawmakers finally agreed to use accounting gimmicks to close the state s $5 billion shortfall. republicans refused to raise taxes. the shutdown left 22,000 state workers without a paycheck. and memphis public schools may not open august 8th as scheduled because of a budget fight. the school board says no classes till the city pace $55 million. the board says the city ow
china is behind a series of these hacks into their g mail, e-mail accounts, in fact, google now says today they ve traced the origins of this attack to a military vocational school in china. now, it s a difficult diplomatic dance for secretary of state clinton with all these different reports. she s calling these allegations today very serious, and says the fbi is going to be investigating this. all this, again, though, shining a spotlight on china and our next guest says we need to do more to counter that threat, he is congressman allan west, republican from florida and is joining us now. congressman, nice to have you today. thank you very much for having me jenna. jenna: what do you think about these reports? well, i think that we have known for quite some time we ve been undergoing cyber attacks from china, as well, within the 2 1/2 years i spent over in afghanistan, we were experiencing the exact same type of attacks against our communications systems and information technology
florida congressman allan west joins us live now from florida. good morning to you, congressman. good morning, steve, how are you doing? i m doing fine. that was quite an answer that you gave the guy from care. well, i think when you remember the song by tom petty that says i won t back down, that s a clear message that i have to send. when you think about the fact that we just had four americans that were executed by somali pirates, now is not the time for us to play, you know, footsie with a very determined adversary and really an enemy that s causing all kinds of conflicts across this world. i have to stand up for the principles of this country and let people know i will not be intimidated. not only that, colonel, but you stood up for the principles of the muslim countries. you served abroad and you tried to keep freedom alive in muslim
people. folks, this is very simple. you have a credit card, they call a company and say, sorry, we re not raising your limb. i know you want to go on vacation but we re not raising your limit. unfortunately for our system we easily raise the limit. i do agree that what has to happen, the white house as well as democrats are going to be able to confront the reality. okay. what is the tradeoff in terms of raising the debt ceiling. that has to be the question. again, this week i saw congressman allan west on john king, usa, medicare cuts, social security cuts, he wouldn t outter with defense. they have to stop with sacred cow. if you re home, you tell your kids, sorry, you can t go to a fast-food restaurant every week, can t go to the movies, can t buy a new pair of shoes, just like the american people at home