Place where were defaulting on our obligations of government pauf congress failure to act. Heres whats making this looking more likely. The Tea Party Republican saying in a sunday interview that hed be willing to dance on the debt ceiling if it meant defunding obama care. We should look for ways to mitigate the harms from obama care. So you think that some facet of the president S Health Care plan should be attached to an increase in the debt ceiling . The debt ceiling historically has been among the best renlevee congress has to rein in the executive so yes . Yes. Independent vermont senator Bernie Sanders serves on five committees, including veterans affairs, which he chairs. As we listen there to ted cruz, i know you can put this into a balance of a unique perspective that you have as the longest serving independent member of congress, you say republicans are trying to hijack the government until they get their way. We see ted cruz there and what his tactics are. This morning we hav
Is coming and the financial world is moving from caution, concern, now to serious worry. Heres a result of this one combined mess. It covers, look at this, the new yorker saying congress is the haunted house. Speaking of ghosts of the past, look who revealed herself in washington this weekend, sarah palin was at senator ted cruises side at a rally at the world war ii memorial. How do you tell youre losing in american politics . Sarah palin is standing right beside you. Thats how you tell youre losing in this game. Joining me right now is nbc capitol hill correspondent Kelly Odonnell. Kelly, break it down, the progress or lack thereof thats been made over the weekend and where do we stand now to potentially get out of this mess . While everyone is talking about signs of optimism, the practical prg ogress is hard to measure right now. Leader reid and leader mcconnell, while they dont have the fuzziest relationship, they are tactically skilled and are charge of this. They met saturday mor
Testify about the issues about the site, even democrats saying that the health and Human Services secretarys testimony is a matter of when, not if. The secretarys view that she doesnt have to testify, doesnt have to answer questions, is too busy for that is unsustainable and she wont be able to sustain it. Ultimately secretary sebelius will testify before congress, you know that. Joining me with a preview of the president s remarks, peter alexander. So, peter, what website changes are in the works and what specifically do we understand that the president is going to give as a reason to why this was so botched on the rollout . Yeah, thomas, i doubt in terms of the latter, i doubt hell lay out exactly what went wrong. Hell probably focus less on the problems and more on the solutions. You noted that tech surge, the health and Human Services putting out that blog statement acknowledging some of the changes that are already taking place right now. Let me show you if i can right now one of
Give us a call at 86655press, join us online at on twitter at bpshow, and of course, be our friend on facebook at facebook billpressshow. Give you a a kind of a little glimpse of how busy things are today. President obamas big day yesterday, it was a rainy day in Marthas Vineyard. He picked up lunch and then he and the first lady went out for dinner, and played a little basketball in the afternoon. And i hope he got a long nap in. The department of justice filed a to blocked the merger of two more air lines. The department of justice said this is just one merger too far. Will it fly in found out on current tv. At 9 eastern. Im a slutty bob hope. The troops love me. Tv and radio talk show host Stephanie Miller rounds out currents morning news block. Youre welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. vo sharp tongue. Excuse me . vo quick wit. And yes, president obama does smell like cookies and freedom. vo and above all, opinion and attitude. Really . this is the kind of stuff they
Their insurance and that was not the truth. And whether you like the model of obama care or not, the fact that the president sold it on a basis that was not true has undermined the foundation of his second term. I think its rotting it away. Wait, theres a little bit more, the Washington Post obtaining an internal memo that shows an outside Health Adviser warning of trouble ahead for the rollout. Telling the administration, quote, i do not believe the relevant members of the administration understand the president s vision or have the capability to carry it out. Looking back, people are going to be scratching their heads for years going how did they make this mistake . So how do mistakes like this happen inside the west wing . Well, look, i think thats a fairly devastating story. Joining me now is democratic congressman jerry nadler from new york. I want to get your reaction from this from the Washington Post article in which it says a 2008 obama Health Campaign adviser puts the rollout