you know what, you have to wake up somehow. it might as well be with wnba. thank you for watching the last two years and the staff. it s been a good run. let s try one more. morning joe starts right now. the real choice is this, a bill that can get us past this moment of crisis, cuts washington spending and actually gets through congress or one that can t. republicans have offered the only proposal that attempts to get at the root of the problem, which actually has a chance of getting to the president s desk. it s why we continue to press for the legislation speaker boehner has proposed. as far as i can tell, it s become a republican party s multiple personalities. it s wrapped up in a bow and delivered to their door. the demands aren t enough. good morning. it s wednesday, july 27th. it s great to have you with us. we are, of course, here in washington, d.c. we are in washington, d.c., for the reason that a lot of you are gathering in d.c., to celebrate the secon
later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this wednesday, july 27th. there s a lot going on today, including another bit of discouraging news out of affe afghanistan earlier this morning. plus a mystery celebrity caller helps us celebrate our birthday. will it be brad and an gelee na. star of thety silver screen, ron jeremy perhaps or will it be former president harry s. truman. you ll find out a bit later in the show. first let s get to the news live here at 5: 30 a.m. at rocker feller in new york city. john boehner is now redoing if you want to put it that way his plan to redo the debt limit. the speaker s plan would fall short of the $1.2 trillion in spending costs it proposes, and the specific cuts would be $300 billion less than thought. this comes as the front page of today s wall street journal reads boehner plans faces rebellion. the journal and other papers reporting the speaker is facing backlash from conservatives in his party about t
forced to put off a plan to raise the debt limit. danielle knottingham, what is this all about? reporter: they say the cuts in his package for raising the debt limit are not as advertised so he s getting heat from conservatives on capitol hill. democrats are declaring his legislation won t get through the senate, so house speaker john boehner is starting from square one. lawmakers will have to wait another day to vote on house speaker john boehner s debt ceiling plan. house members were supposed to take up the measure today, but boehner is scrambling to rewrite it after budget officials determined the proposal would not cut $1.2 trillion from the deficit as promised. we think there are real problems with this plan. reporter: the delay could give boehner more time to rally votes. the plan still faces a dead end in the senate. democrats will not vote for it. democrats will not vote for it. democrats will not vote for it. reporter: the white house says president obama
danielle knottingham is in washington with details. danielle, what is this all about? reporter: we re starting over again. right now everyone is upset with john boehner. they say the cuts in his package for raising the debt limit are not as advertised so he s getting heat from conservatives on capitol hill. democrats are declaring his legislation won t get through the senate, so house speaker john boehner is starting from square one. lawmakers will have to wait another day to vote on house speaker john boehner s debt ceiling plan. house members were supposed to take up the measure today, but boehner is scrambling to rewrite it after budget officials determined the proposal would not cut $1.2 trillion from the deficit as promised. we think there are real problems with this plan. reporter: the delay could give boehner more time to rally votes. some in his own party are demanding deeper cuts, but the plan still faces a dead end in the senate. democrats will not vote for
washington with details. danielle, what is this all about? reporter: we re starting over again. right now everyone is upset with john boehner. they say the cuts in his package for raising the debt limit are not as advertised so he s getting heat from conservatives on capitol hill. democrats are declaring his legislation won t get through the senate, so house speaker john boehner is starting from square one. lawmakers will have to wait another day to vote on house speaker john boehner s debt ceiling plan. house members were supposed to take up the measure today, but boehner is scrambling to rewrite it after budget officials determined the proposal would not cut $1.2 trillion from the deficit as promised. we think there are real problems with this plan. reporter: the delay could give boehner more time to rally votes. some in his own party are demanding deeper cuts, but the plan still faces a dead end in the senate. democrats will not vote for it. democrats will not vote