i will concede he loves crowds, he loves the applause and attention and never ending campaign. are you disappointed that he went through this whole sequestration today that planes wouldn t arrive on time, long waits at the at the tsa, custodians will be fired, teachers will be fired. white house has to be closed down, school kids can t go there when we re only cutting 44 billion of3.8 trillion dollar budget and we re borrowing 46 cents of every dollar and robbing future generations blind? now, sean, the president said to republicans, he said to the congress, meet me halfway. sean: they did. let s close some tax loopholes, let s have spending cuts. sean: we just raised taxes. let s also deal with entitlements, reforming medicare, medicaid, the growth in a responsible way and basically, the other side said. sean: senate hasn t produced a budget in four years. the president himself, he got
walking halfway across the country for his awareness campaign called meet me halfway. i made it. july 31st, 2010. reporter: jimmy says because he made it he dedicated his life to helping other kids make it, too. i have been given this gift to stand on stage at the madison square garden, wherever, and sing. being able to be the role model to the kids out there going through what i went through. and i m doing all i can in my career to, to bring some awareness tight. when i go into my house, sometimes i literally stand in the foyer and just look around. and i can t believe it. i mean because there was a time i was living outside. i mean, i didn t have a i didn t have a roof. i didn t have a wall. i didn t have anywhere to put my picture. you know? i didn t have a washing machine. things we take for granted. paper angels you re in my thoughts and
walking half way across the country for his awareness campaign called meet me halfway. i made it. july 31, 2010. reporter: jimmy says because he made it, he s dedicated his life to help other kids make it, too. i have been given this gift to be able to stand on stage, madison square garden or wherever and sing. being able to be that role model for those kids out there going through what i went through. and i am doing all i can in my career to bring some awareness to it. when i go into my house sometimes, i literally stand in the foyer and just look around. and i can t believe it. i mean, because there was a time i was living outside. and i mean, i didn t have a i didn t have a roof, i didn t have a wall. i didn t have anywhere to put my picture. you know, i didn t have a washing machine. things we take for granted. paper angels you re in my thoughts and prayers
the most significant line is i m willing to take on considerable heat from my party. look at things that my party has checked to get a deal done. republicans will not go down that road. they won t meet me halfway. really trying to occupy the center and contrasting his style with that of john boehner all the way saying john boehner is a good man who wants to do right by the country. almost painting the gop in an extremist look. also trying to paint this in terms of a deal of revenue saying look, guys like me don t need $100,000 worth of tax cuts when it s between that and a middle class person can send their kid to college. this is full on triangulation. smart. let s go to andrea mitchell. it looks like that has been his strategy for the last several days to put him up on mount alip
christopher hahn, let me start with you here. this is what i was trying to ask reverend jackson. you can understand why the unions are upset. you can argue about whether they re right or wrong, but they don t want to lose these rights. and the democratic lawmakers support them. but does it fall on deaf here s for them to claim outrage and shock and object to the procedural manuevering when there was going to be a fair up or down vote. they prevented it for three weeks by leaving the state. they ignored the demand at the sergeant of arms. they ignored the police that were trying to get them back to do their duty. and finally, then the governor reached out to them and said, i will bend on collective bargaining. i will go to collective bargaining on several major issues, and they still said no because he wouldn t bargain on vacation pay and sick leave and the governor said, enough is enough. you won t meet me halfway, i