expect him to talk about the grassroots and how washington shouldn t have all the answers and does not have all the power to do things and that there will be a message sent out today if the grassroots and if conservatives want to take back their government they need to have their voices heard, expect to hear that today. they re not taking a stand the family research counsel and value voter summit, no ate stand against this possible deal that s being discussed right now the temporary raising of the debt ceiling, is there? reporter: certainly not yet but that could happen again. this conference just started off last night. we know there was somewhat decent discussions between the white house and congressional republicans so a lot of people are still trying to find out what this deal is going to be. i would expect to hear within the howl way hallways people a going to be supportive of it. they don t like president obama s health care law. many think the government spending is way out
of online credit reports and scores. don t take chances. go to experian.com. good morning everyone. i m john berman. carol costello has earned the day off today. happening now some of the biggest stars at the republican party are at a summit in washington, this is called the value voter summit. senator ted cruz and rand paul will be speaking later the focus is on socially conservative issues like the fights against same-sex marriage and abortion rights. the senator speaking right now is mike lee from utah. i want you to look at this poll from brigham young university. it shows that the favorable opinion of senator lee among utah voters is sinking, dropping ten points since june. could this be a possible result of his role in the shutdown? joining us from washington is david brody, the chief political
wow. today, house budget chairman, congressman paul ryan, struck a reasonable tone addressing the value voter summit in washington. this president, he won t agree to everything we need to do. a budget agreement with this president and this senate, it won t solve all of our problems. but i hope it s a start. i hope we can get a down payment on our debt. mr. ryan addressing conservatives there from a secret, undisclosed location, and perhaps that s because he s not vowing to call down fire and brim stone on the affordable care act. remarkably, mr. ryan and his cooler-headed colleagues have now delegated that line of attack to the sole purview of mr. cruz, who told values voter today that it s the democrats who are on the defense. look, the democrats are feeling the heat. in my view, the house of representatives needs to keep doing what it s been doing, which is standing strong! yes! that s because mr. cruz has been
for that on a personal basis. are we really going to say catholics cannot practice their religion? it s a debate worth having but why attach it to a government spending bill where these passions on both sides of this issue will affect the crab fishermen? i think this is the reason. because when they first came out, the catholic bishops, for example, the head of the archdiocese for military services, read a letter that he wanted read to troops all around the world, he said we will not, we cannot comply with this unjust law. many other catholic bishops said that. it s almost two years ago. in the final regulation, the administration is not only coercing the catholic church and catholic institutions but individual catholics. if it s not attached, either to the c.r. or debt limit, it takes effect on january 1st, 2014. we only have about a minute left. i want to move to the value voter summit. dana, what struck you when you watched it today? for me it was just the hero welcome for ted
had an interview with you at the value voter summit in which you got a tremendous response. you keep winning these straw policy. your numbers are going through the roof and continue to. and he said are you ready for all the gotcha questions? who is the president of this country, and et cetera, and you had a pretty funny answer. ever since that florida straw poll, there s been a big builds eye on my back. it s coming from harry belafonte, it s coming from colonel you know, from professor west, it s coming from anybody who does not like the fact that i as an american black conservative is in a position to be able to speak my mind and tell the truth and wake people up. they don t want a lot of people to wake up. especially black people. i ve also said, sean, which also received some criticism, that a large percentage of american black people are thinking for themselves.