well, i mean, you put your finger on the problem with respect to the government shutdown. i mean, that s why we have not been able to resolve this today, even though the president actually put on the table a level of cuts that was larger than speaker boehner had asked for to begin with. speaker boehner asked for $32 billion more than we had already done. president obama said ok, let s do $33 billion. and all of a sudden, speaker boehner found his caucus wasn t behind him. so this is exactly the problem. but i think in the process, what the american people are seeing is a republican party in the house that is out of control in the sense that they want to go after medicare. this is round two. medicare for seniors, they want a block grant medicaid, meaning seniors in nursing homes, in assisted living facilities, poor kids, disabled people, they will have a lot of their support cut off in the states, and all for what? to give a bigger tax break to
how do you plan to beat them? well, i mean, you put your finger on the problem with respect to the government shutdown. i mean, that s why we have not been able to resolve this today, even though the president actually put on the table a level of cuts that was larger than speaker boehner had asked for to begin with. speaker boehner asked for $32 billion more than we had already done. president obama said ok, let s do $33 billion. and all of a sudden, speaker boehner found his caucus wasn t behind him. so this is exactly the problem. but i think in the process, what the american people are seeing is a republican party in the house that is out of control in the sense that they want to go after medicare. this is round two. medicare for seniors, they want a block grant medicaid, meaning seniors in nursing homes, in assisted living facilities, poor kids, disabled people, they will have a lot of their support cut off in the states, and all for what? to give a bigger tax break to
well, i mean, you put your finger on the problem with respect to the government shutdown. i mean, that s why we have not been able to resolve this today, even though the president actually put on the table a level of cuts that was larger than speaker boehner had asked for to begin with. speaker boehner asked for $32 billion more than we had already done. president obama said ok, let s do $33 billion. and all of a sudden, speaker boehner found his caucus wasn t behind him. so this is exactly the problem. but i think in the process, what the american people are seeing is a republican party in the house that is out of control in the sense that they want to go after medicare. this is round two. medicare for seniors, they want a block grant medicaid, meaning seniors in nursing homes, in assisted living facilities, poor kids, disabled people, they will have a lot of their support cut off in the states, and all for what? to give a bigger tax break to the folks on top by taking the
formula, to poor kids, is that who we are as a people? i mean, we re going to have to have those debates, particularly if it turns out making those cuts doesn t really make a big dent in the long term debt and deficits, then i think the american people may conclude, let s have a more balances approach. let s go to nbc news chief white house correspondent and political director, chuck todd, who is live at the white house. chuck, you know, the left is mad, right is mad. did the president do anything here to frame that argument in a way that satisfies critics so far? reporter: i doubt he s going to satisfy critics you have some editorial boards that wants him to go bigger, take the report that did get a bipartisan consensus in december and make that a framework. you have some on the left, in his own party, saying, hey, you re asking more of some of the liberal base in the
and wheelchair ramps and give kids happiness. larry: under privileged, poor kids. they would have a wonderful time. larry: what s that way? that way is just where we used to take the quads and go around and act crazy and ride horses and stuff. there s just so much land to still develop. but here is where he considered his happiness. this is what he felt larry: did he see this first? how did he pick this place? i understand when they did the video say, say, say. my sister la toya was here and paul mccartney and michael. and he really liked it. see, to back up before that, i had a ranch in hidden valley. and michael would come over. and he loved what i had out there. because i had swans and everything. he said, jermaine, i m going to buy a beautiful ranch one day. because he loved the ranch life. this was i think that s what inspired him to do this. larry: he spent a lot of time here in the hay day?