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Respective visions? a few things, wolf. i think it helped senator elizabeth warren from the prior night, because she stayed out of that kind of fray. i think it really hurt senator harris. she s proven that she s good at prosecuting people. she s not good yet in those debate settings of turning to the camera, looking at the american people, and saying, here s why i want to be your president. when it comes to vice president biden, wolf, i am baffled why he has such a hard time defending the obama record. i would be leaning into it if i were him. on august 1st, 2011, this day in obama s protest, the stock market was up 55%. that s what i better than president trump. they have a right this is right about employment started going down from the recession. they have a record they can run on. you have to acknowledge things also like president obama deported more people than any of his predecessors, that democrats clearly don t like. but it s shocking to me that no one has figured out to m ....
we were talking about arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. we were gripped in horror when an assassin shot her in the head and killed six others around her. we watched in hope as she made remarkable steps to recovery. today in order to stay on that pathway to healing, gabby giffords announced she is resigning from her seat in congress. i have more work to do on my recovery. so to do what is best for arizona, i will step down this week. i want to bring in now our athena jones. she s been monitoring the reaction from giffords colleagues. in just the past hour we heard from the president, right? that s right. so over the course of the afternoon we ve heard from members of congress like speaker john boehner and democratic leader nancy pelosi, all praysiprays praiseing gabby give forts. president obama said gabby s cheerful presence will be missed in washington but she will remain an inspiration to all whose lives she touched, my included. and i m confident that ....
Department gets devastated. greta: we haven t had a lot of successful committees. i m with you. greta: so you re saying that if the committee fails, it s going to be devastating to the defense. under this agreement, it will be. greta: as you say, but there s been no history how much money do we spend on defense at the federal level? defense. under this agreement, if the joint committee doesn t produce a product, 50% of the cuts come out of the defense department. i believe the number one obligation of the federal government is to defend the nation. you should start with a defense budget, get it right, then go to other things. greta: this is an interesting piece of information. i realize that you were not the you re not in the house, but the chairman of the house armed services committee, which is congressman mccann back in on august 1st, 2011, made a statement today. greta: today, made a statement, said our senior military commanders have been unanimous in the ....
Department gets devastated. greta: we haven t had a lot of successful committees. i m with you. greta: so you re saying that if the committee fails, it s going to be devastating to the defense. under this agreement, it will be. greta: as you say, but there s been no history how much money do we spend on defense at the federal level? defense. under this agreement, if the joint committee doesn t produce a product, 50% of the cuts come out of the defense department. i believe the number one obligation of the federal government is to defend the nation. you should start with a defense budget, get it right, then go to other things. greta: this is an interesting piece of information. i realize that you were not the you re not in the house, but the chairman of the house armed services committee, which is congressman mccann back in on august 1st, 2011, made a statement today. greta: today, made a statement, said our senior military commanders have been unanimous in the ....
Department gets devastated. greta: we haven t had a lot of successful committees. i m with you. greta: so you re saying that if the committee fails, it s going to be devastating to the defense. under this agreement, it will be. greta: as you say, but there s been no history how much money do we spend on defense at the federal level? defense. under this agreement, if the joint committee doesn t produce a product, 50% of the cuts come out of the defense department. i believe the number one obligation of the federal government is to defend the nation. you should start with a defense budget, get it right, then go to other things. greta: this is an interesting piece of information. i realize that you were not the you re not in the house, but the chairman of the house armed services committee, which is congressman mccann back in on august 1st, 2011, made a statement today. greta: today, made a statement, said our senior military commanders have been unanimous in the ....