comb over what ann was just talking about and looking at these different allegations, the main issue is potentially what was covered up. what was changed. and especially as they looked to try and tie this to secretary of state hillary clinton. they re looking carefully at suggestions that top floor management at the state department knew about some of what was going on and actually played a role in watering it down. and the first reaction here on capitol hill was to say look, the state department hasn t had an official inspector general in years for all of hillary clinton s tenure and they suggest that these state department investigators who prepared this report were intimidated by political appointees. and that s so in other words, people have told nbc or have told anybody in the news business that they were intimidated from telling the full story here about these abuses in the department? i talked to staffers on capitol hill who are familiar with the investigation who say
pressure onto president obama, if his former senate colleagues are conducting business in this way is it incumbent on him to say something about it or push back against it. jenna: lots to say about the role of the president moving forward, chris. a quick procedural question. if this omni bus spending bill is not passed and the continuing resolution does not get passed and the government does not get funded past this weekend are they going to start voting on the tax compromise bill by candlelight? what actually happens then. [laughter] reporter: i think what is going on right now is a very high stakes game of poker. one to prevent tax increases across the board for all americans running alongside of this huge spending bill. if the fight over the spending bill blows up it could derail the tax compromise, because as you say, the lights may go out if they don t get something done by saturday. this is a challenge for floor management and this is a very, very high stakes game of chicken
it s 7:00 a dreadful time to rise. today i do so joyfully to see eric b in a tie. thank you, vincent price. helen brings that up is the fact that eric bolling famously went without a necktie for many, many years until bill o reilly said, look, bill, you want to be on my show, wear a necktie. well, i was supposed to sit in for bill and i went to the second floor management and said, one question, i ve never worn a tie on tv yet. tie or no tv? management is like no tie. you don t wear a tie. the phone rings at that instant, it was mr. o reilly saying if he is doing my show, i prefer he wears a tie. now you wear a tie here. but your regular tv gig with the fox business network where you do happy hour. so you go from no tie to my tie. that s very good. but no tie at the bar either. he orders them up in a line
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