us we will stop president obama s amnesty. what i m hear urging my fellow republicans to do is very very simple. do what you said you would do. msnbc s benji sarlen joins us from washington. what a pleasure to see you. good to be here. is it going to be cruz against boehner again? once again, it is going to be cruz versus boehner. we ve seen this pattern before. it was most noticeable during the government shutdown which is republican leaders led by boehner come up with some kind of plan to avoid some dramatic standoff with democrats and they think they have the votes and they think they have consensus. ted cruz rallies conservatives and suddenly that s thrown in. it looks like boehner may have some other options. it certainly sets the tone for the next year. ted cruz isn t going away. and he s not done interfering
barack obama in handling you bill clinton handling you, barack obama is trying to handle john boehner. what s the difference? i have to say, i love the shot of you earlier today, the younger out there in the white house. you were much younger 17, 18 years ago as well. look. here s the biggest difference. pell p.m. found time today to meet with the prime minister of israel, but not with the republican speaker. he found time this weekend to speak with the president of iran, but not the republican speaker. he did a totally nonsense white house briefing back to the same partisan baloney. if you re five hours away from a shutdown, you don t go on the tv to attack your opponents. you try to find some way to reach out and say let s do something together. what about that? i tell you. one dink i think is newt gingrich versus boehner. boehner seems to be a hostage himself. he s being taken hostage by the tea party. boehner said, obama care is
have to give us spending cuts. and by the way, the republicanss think they re out of the tax spending business. the president thinks they will. they also believe they have the leverage now with the debt ceiling. the only way the president gives him that leverage is to negotiate with them. so he has to stand very, very firm on that. i m betting that he is going to stay tough on the debt ceiling. and i m also betting, i may be the only one. i think they re going to pull more revenue out in the next congress through tax reform elements on deductions and exemptions, we ll see what happens on that. ezra klein and jared bernstein, thank you. and coming up, republican governor chris christie versus boehner, and university john king, versus john boehner. and more on hillary clinton s condition and the republicans who lied about that. and in the rewrite tonight, the secret governing, totally
him that leverage is to negotiate with them. so he has to stand very, very firm on that. i m betting that he is going to stay tough on the debt ceiling. and i m also betting, i may be the only one. i think they re going to pull more revenue out in the next congress through tax reform elements on deductions and exemptions, we ll see what happens on that. ezra klein and jared bernstein, thank you. and coming up, republican governor chris christie versus boehner, and university john king, versus john boehner. and more on hillary clinton s condition and the republicans who lied about that. and in the rewrite tonight, the secret governing, totally secret governing that took place in the united states senate today even though it was on c-span, it was completely a secret. i know you have been told the senate is closed after the fiscal cliff vote. but that is not true. the truth is that the senate works better than you think. and it did that today. that is coming up. i tell them de very
calories. researchers said a group of it 22 healthy adult volunteers a variety of diets for four days. those who consumed more protein had a lower caloric intake than participants given less protein. those on the low protein diet snacked more often. good morning everybody. i m thomas robert. in the next hour of msnbc. obama versus boehner. the speaker calling president obama s executive actions to boost the economy and help struggling americans laughable. who is going to be the one laughing on election day? we ll look at that. service members are finding safety in numbers are taking on the government over the defense of marriage act. a life and death issue. why they are now suing. the young iraq war vet whose skull was fractured in the occupy wall street protest continues on the road to recovery. that man s uncle joins me to talk approximate his nephew s recovery. that and more coming in the next hour. thanks. michele bachmann was the