mcconnell. >> you called mitch mcconnell a liar. that's a tough thing to say on the senate floor. >> let's be clear what i said. i stood up and said mitch mcconnell made the following promise directly to me looking me in the eye to every republican senator and did it publicly and a month later his behavior was exactly 180 degrees to the opposite. this is how broken washington is. listen, the fact that he told a falsehood is a matter of public record. he stated it publicly, then he and washington is so broken that they treat someone saying the republican leader just did exactly the opposite of what he promised he would do that apparently the troublemaker is the person saying it rather than the person telling the lie. that's what's broken about washington. when i tell you i'm going to do something, chuck, i'm going to do exactly what i said i'm going to do. >> i want to say two more things. paul ryan, a true conservative? >> listen, i like paul ryan, he's a friend of mine. this is obviously a question that is wrapped up in the speaker

i think mitch mcconnell will finally put it up for a stand alone. we encourage all americans to call his office in washington. we have number on bill o'reilly.com to suggest that he do that. you think it's going to be up for a vote, too. right? the most effective. so and way to make that happen is for the american people to hold our politicians accountable. >> absolutely. all right. paul ripe, looks like is he going to run for speaker of the house. do you support that? >> you know, i'm staying out of that. >> come on, come on, come on. you are a powerful senator. you are a conservative guy. do you support paul ryan or not? >> it's a question for house republicans to make but i will tell you this. >> i'm going to say no because if you support him i know you would have said look, i think the guy you is right for the job so you don't want him there? >> actually, bill, i have consistently stayed out of house leadership elections. let me tell you what i think the next speaker should be. the next speaker should be someone who takes seriously honoring the

should mitch mcconnell leave? >> look, that's a question for the republican conference to make. >> you're a member of the republican conference. >> what i have said -- >> have you called -- why don't you challenge him? why don't you call for him to step down? >> what i have said repeatedly, chuck, both publicly and privately -- and when i say publicly and privately, that's the same thing -- we need leaders who will honor the promises we made to the men and women who elected us. >> if you're glad john boehner is leaving, how come you don't call out mitch mcconnell? >> listen, at the end of the day -- >> he is your leader. >> at the end of the day it depends on where the votes are in the conference. right now mitch has the votes to remain as majority leader. >> i'm trying to figure out how you're going to out your party. let me read you quotes from your fellow republicans. senator lamar alexander said this about you. "in kindergarten you learn to work well together and play by the rules. another thing you learn in k

and harry reid -- and mitch mcconnell and harry reid. the entire time republican leaders have been promising we're going to do something on the budget. we're going to rein in the president, they have been in the back room negotiating to fund every single thing obama did. we saw el chapo dug out of his prison cell. one of the first thing you realize is that that wasn't dug overnight. the drug cartel spent many months digging that cartel. our leadership has spent many months breaking el chapo out on the american people, digging us deeper into debt. i'll point out it is contrary to the promises, the promises that our leaders have made. in august of 2014, majority leader mitch mcconnell was quoted as saying, "so in the house and senate, we own the budget. so what does that mean? that means we can pass the spending bill. and i assure you that in a spending bill we will be pushing back against the bureaucracy by doing what's called placing riders in the bill. no money can be spent to do this or do that. we're going to go after them on health c

if mitch mcconnell wants to keep the majority senate. he has to defend the seats, there's 10 democratic seats up for re-election. that's a problem that he faces. a second problem, getting his counterparts to internalize the fact that the rules for the senate means for most things, a filibuster in the senate is not going anywhere. it's been around for a long time. we have heard calls in recent days from senator and house members. it may be time to revisit the rule. for now, we have the filibuster, and that will keep democratic voices is on the senate side in the conversation because of way the institution. you mentioned real policies that they say people have, but they want to be in the majority when the spoke clears in 2017, and people like kelly, who ran in a republican year, but have to defend in a presidential year when the shape of the electorate is different. are they going to start putting pressure on the house. help me out here? >> the fundamental change is we don't talk a lot of politics and principle. >> these folks, a lot come

every immigrant in becausentry was not speaker boehner or mitch mcconnell did not care about conservative pencils. -- conservative principles. it had to do with the fact that they cannot do it in our system of government, which requires compromise, just like i cannot do everything i want in passing an immigration bill or a gun safety bill, and that does not and tryhrow a tantrum to wreck the economy and put hard-working americans, who are just now able to dig themselves out of a massive recession -- .ut them in harms way wrong thing to do. peter alexander. peter: thank you, mr. president. up on john'slow questions about an issue that is obviously deeply personal and moving to you, and that is the gun issue. apart from congress' in action, apart from the desire for new laws and apart from the gun lobbyists, you noted the pattern is that these perpetrators are angry, aggrieved, oftentimes mentally ill young men. is there something you can do with the bully pulpit, with your moral authority, with your remaining time in office to help reach these individuals who believe that gun violence is t

mitch mcconnell, john boehner, myself, nancy pelosi, harry reid , we have all spoken about trying to negotiate a budget agreement. yes, speaker boehner's decision to step down complicated. i still think there's a path for us to come up with a reasonable agreement that raises the spending caps above sequester to make sure we can properly finance both are defense and nondefense needs that maintains prudent control of our deficits. the math is the math. we pushed through over the next several weeks and try to leave issues that may prevent us from getting a budget agreement. , that thereexample a members of the republican party who are concerned about planned parenthood. i disagree with them on that issue, and i think it is mischaracterized what planned parenthood does. i understand that they feel strongly about it, and i respect that. you cannot have an issue like that essentially wrecked the entire u.s. economy. anymore than i should hold the entire budget hostage to my desire to do something about gun violence. i feel just as strongly about that. and i think i have got better evidence

from majority leader mitch mcconnell. quote, politicians regularlyans come to washington promising fiscal responsibility but too often they can't agree to cuthen spending when it counts. tha that's why the budget control act is such a big deal.ea mind awe bigl deal right now the republican congress issinc abrogating. t since congress passed bca with overwhelming bipartisan majorities in 2011, washington reduced level of governmentof spending g for two years runnin. this is the first time that hass happened since the korean war. leader mcconnell continued. bca savings are such a big deal in fact, that the president campaigned on it endlessly in 2012. and yet, the lone fiscalshme accomplishment of the republican majorities, this deal throws overboard. they didn't have much to point we have budget caps. guess what, we don't have thosee either. and then there is the debt youyo know, in 2011, then minory mitch mcconnell talkedll about what the debt ceiling should be usedou for. this is quote from op-ed he wrote. quote, what re

you cannot even get mitch mcconnell and john boehner to agree much less republicans or democrats but we all said you are in charge in you cannot even decide. they are not even talking to each other so that is more frustrating to show that we are treading water doing more gotcha politics that is why so many voters are attracted to donald trump. because he is very different. and also because of bernie sanders philosophy he is committed that he will shake things up that is why they attract to those candidates they grab the status quo to shape it into submission and i get it. it is very frustrating. >> host: that this function of the authority among leadership in part is what is healing these candidates. that is the irony. . .

mitch mcconnell in the senate have both said they won't allow -- mitch mcconnell in the senate and john boehner in the house have both said they won't allow the government to default. the question is how are they going to convince their conservative members to get on board? the last time this came up, john boehner only got 28 republicans in the house and that was with more democratic help. this time around he needs at least 30, so the question is where is he going to find them? the talks are well under way. the white house very much involve the four principals on capitol hill, harry reid, mitch mcconnell, nancy pelosi, and john boehner. what the democrats were saying, this is nonnegotiable, is what president obama has been saying for a year. that's not news. it's just them staying on the same page and amplifying that threat. we want a clean bill, we'll talk to you about negotiations on government spending, not with the threat of default hanging over our heads. host: lots to do in the week ahead. read more at thehill.com. mike lillis, senior reporter for "the hill." thanks for being here

but here is the bottom line, mitch mcconnell, john boehner, myself, nancy pelosi, harry reid, we have all spoken. into talked about trying to negotiate a budget agreement. and yes, >> i do think there is a path for us to come up with a reasonable agreement that raises the spending caps above sequester to make sure we can properly finance both our defense and nondefense needs that maintains a prudent, you know, control of our deficits and that we can do that in short order. it's not that complicated. there's -- the math is the math, and what i've encouraged is that we get started on that work immediately, and we push through over the next several weeks and try to leave out extraneous issues that may prevent us from getting a budget agreement. i know for example that there are many republicans who are exercised about planned parenthood, and i deeply disagree with them on that issue, and i think that it's mischaracterized what planned parenthood does, but i understand that they feel strongly about it, and i respect that, but you can't have an issue like that potentially wreck the entire

mitch mcconnell, john boehner, myself, nancy pelosi, harry reid, we've all spoken and talked about trying to negotiate a budget agreement. yes, speaker boehner's decision to step down complicates it but i think there's still a path for us to come up with a reasonable agreement that raises the spending caps above sequestered to make sure we can porely finance both our defense and non-defense neetsd that maintains control of our deficits. and then we can do that in short order. it's not that complicated. the math is the math. and what i've encouraged is that we get started on that work over the next several weeks. and try to leave out extraneous issues that may prevent us from getting a budget agreement. i know, for example, that there are many republicans who are exercised about planned parenthood and i deeply disagree with them on that issue. and i think that it's mischaracterized what planned parenthood does, but i understand that they feel strongly about it and i respect that, but you can't have an issue like that potentially wreck the entire u.s. economy, any more than i should hold th

and i'm hoping that the next speaker understands that the problem speaker boehner had or mitch mcconnell had in not dismantling obamacare or not eliminating the department of educati education, or not deporting every immigrant in this country was not because speaker boehner or mitch mcconnell didn't care about conservative principles. it had to do with the fact they can't do it. in our system of government. which requires compromise. just like i can't do everything i want in passing an immigration bill or passing a gun safety bill. and that doesn't mean i throw a tantrum and try to wreck the economy and put hard working americans who are just now able to dig themselves out of a massive recession put them in harm's way. wrong thing to do. peter alexander. >> thank you, mr. president. you addressed, i want to follow-up on john's questions about the issue that's obviously deeply personal and moving to you, that is the gun issue. apart from congress's inaction, apart from the desire from new laws and beyond that apart from the gun lobby, as you noted the pattern is that these perpetrators ar

but here's the bottom line, mitch mcconnell, john boehner, myself, nancy pelosi, harry reid, we've all spoken and talked about trying to negotiate a budget agreement. and, yes, speaker boehner's decision to step down complicates it, but i do think that there's still a path for us to come up with a reasonable agreement that raises the spending caps above sequester to make sure that we can properly finance both our defense and non-defense needs, that maintains a prudent, you know, control of our deficits, and that we can do that in short order. it's not that complicated. you know, there's -- the math is the math. and what i've encouraged is that we get started on that work immediately, and we push through over the next several weeks and try to leave out extraneous issues that may prevent us from getting a budget agreement. i know, for example, that there are many republicans who are exercised about planned parenthood. and i deeply disagree with them on that issue. and i think that it's mischaracterized what planned parenthood does. but i understand that they feel strongly about it, and i

>> the likelihood of a budget bill is good in part because the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell who every time he goes up to a microphone says republicans aren't going to shut down the government and we're not going to default on our debt. he is saying they are willing to negotiate. they have reached out to the white house. there are back channel talks going on. mitch mcconnell is very motivated not to have these fights again because he thinks republicans in congress most important job is prove they can govern to help the eventual nominee win the presidency. >> and the president said he won't sign another c.r. >> the president wants to deal too. there is room to negotiate but as usual will probably happen at the 11th hour. pete: back to benghazi though how does this reposition hillary clinton when she goes up there to testify later this month? was she on the ropes before? now is she in a position of strength? >> i think she certainly is probably, it is going to be very known, made very known by clinton and the democrats on the committee those comments are going to be used again

mitch mcconnell, john boehner, myself, nancy pelosi, harry reid, we have all spoken and talked about trying to negotiate a budget agreement. and, yes, speaker boehner's decision to step down complicated it, but i do think there's stale path for us to come up with a reasonable agreement that raises the spending caps above success at - sequester to make sure we finance defense and nondefense needs, that maintains a prudent control of our deficits, and that we can do that in short order. it's not that complicated. there's the -- the math is the math. and what i have encouraged is that we get started on the work immediately, and we push through over the next several weeks, and try to leave out ex-trainous issues -- extraneous issues that may prevent us from getting a budget agreement. i know, for example, that there are many republicans who are exercised about planned parenthood. -- ex-ore sitessed about planned parenthood. i deeply disagreewith them on that issue and it's mischaracterized what planned parenthood does. but i understand that they feel strongly about it and i respect that.

lou: and mitch mcconnell, do you think he'll awaken to the responsibilities thrust upon him? >> i think he's got to, we need to get ready for the election. i'm an optimist, lou. lou: and a clear-eyed one, usually. ambassador, good to have you. >> thank you. lou: a severe thunderstorm watch in effect for much of the southwest tonight. heavy rains falling, winds, flash flooding set to sweep through new mexico, texas and arizona. the valley already hit, that's a reference to the phoenix area hit with storms this weekend that left 27,000 people in arizona without power. worn woman trapped in her car rescued when firefighters waded through knee-high waters as you see there. they successfully pulled her, rescued her from the vehicle. >>> up next, presidential candidate rick santorum joins me to talk about his campaign strategy and what he sees ahead, and let the "star wars" frenzy begin. the new movie won't open for two months but never too early for frenzy. it's not stopping fans from crashing the internet either. we'll have that story and much more. stay with us. we're coming rig

mitch mcconnell has indicated that it is going nowhere. conservative troops. whether he is effectively moved by that. congressman, good to have you. what do you think about what congressman ryan is doing? >> i think senator paul is stepping up to say the process is broken. whenever we just have a bill given to us two days beforehand that we have to pass something, it is a process. the house is broken. neil: he is not going along with what brand paul wants to do. >> again, i did not vote. i voted no yesterday. i believe it was given to us to fast. a broken process. we need to really take another look at it. i am a business guy. there are so many gimmicks in that bill. very concerning for me. neil: wasting his time. this is a done deal. it is time people get over that and move on. >> i would agree with that. the deal was going to pass in the house. let's move forward. let's get the process moving forward. let's get all of these pieces together. let's fix this broken house. neil: thank you for taking time on this busy day. paul ryan was voted in and now sworn in

i saw mitch mcconnell said in issuing planned parenthood you would need a new president to do that. think that's acknowledgment that if that was given as a reason to shut the government down but that probably wouldn't work. i'm hoping that means that there'll be some pragmatism here we saw it in the negotiations on the highway bill that we recently had. we saw pragmatism and i played that speaker boehner and nancy pelosi because she did that doctor six with a negotiated payment so my hope is we can get through this and come up with an agreement. that being said on our side we think it's pretty important that you have, that we try to change the legislation that we try to do something that is fiscally responsible but involves the military in domestic side. we have done so much of our budgeting and i've supported some these cuts that they had been something like 3-1, 4-1 cuts to revenue. all of the bipartisan work done would suggest things like 1-1 organ more likely 2-1 cuts to revenue. we have exceeded that with cuts to revenue. in the long-term looking at taxa form and how we are goi

mcconnell. all of these different members of the permanent political class here in washington dc in both political parties have not been representing the wishes of the american people. they have not been cutting spending. they have not been reducing the debt. they don't have a plan to turn the country's fiscal crises around. host: george from hudson, florida, the republican line. caller: good morning. how are you guys? host: doing well. caller: mr. boyle, i am a big admirer of andrew boyle. i had the opportunity to meet , he is aple of times great guy, he is not as conservative as people thought he was. i get into this callers crew -- q and i am sitting here sitting -- swimming around in a sea of stupidity. black lives matter, their demonstrations as opposed to the , they are just nasty. black linestter -- that matters] -- black lives matter wanted to kill all cops. they don't care about the lies, they don't care about white lies. these people that call in, these democrats are all angry about so

at that time i asked you should mitch mcconnell be worried about anything. you said you weren't sure but i'm asking, again, today in light of what's happening, should mitch mcconnell be worried. what do you think? >> i think my perspective would be different. i would say every elected congressman and elected senator should be very aware that the grassroots is unhappy. they're very upset that official washington does not appear to be standing up and using the full force of our office. they wonder why they expended so much effort to elect conservatives and it turns out we're not using our full force. we have both the senate and the house. there's no excuse for us not to stand up to the president and say enough's enough. we're not spending any more money on these wasteful and offensive programs. there doesn't seem to be that will or that courage in washington. i'm advocating for everyone to stand up and say let it all expire. he's stop the spending and tell the other side they need 60 votes to restart it. >> maybe it started today. i'm not sure. before i let yo

i think if mitch mcconnell thought the bill would pass he would do it tomorrow? >> you're telling me all republicans would vote for the bill -- >> i don't think it's true -- >> lee, the senators, they will vote yes, sir on kate's law. there are not any other senators that i know of would vote against it. but with the words aggravated felons in the law they both told me on the phone they would vote for it. so that is everybody, that is all republicans and you're telling me all democrats would vote against kate's law, that destroys the democrat's party. >> feinstein's office deserves a call much more than mcconnell. i think what mcconnell is trying to do is grow the number of people that would vote for it. because sanctuary cities are actually one area where you could get more democrats to vote on it. >> they're going to filibuster the senate, you know it, i know it, everybody knows it and it won't get to a vote. they can't do that with kate's law. it's so stark, any democrat voting against that is in danger of losing mete ining their seat >> well, if those two sen

president obama, speaker boehner mitch mcconnell leader pelosi and i helped. i applaud and command the president of the united states. he was firm, he was resolute and he was as usual very smart. i appreciate the good work that he did to help us get to where we are now. to reach these negotiations we have discussions directly with each other. we also know that a lot of the work was done by our staffs. our respective staffs. my chief of staff true wilson represented senate democrats in these negotiations. seven democratic caucus is aware of drew's expertise fairness and hard work. indispensable gary myrick at democratic floor leader as well as a number of people who on my team helped a great deal. can't be on. i don't think there is a new plan in the senate he doesn't know who can't leonidas. bruce king allen tomasky tray rested kyla moran george carlin alex mcdonough and utility man bill pallister all working literally night and day to get this to the point where we are able to be here on the floor today seeking support for it. mr. president i am so grateful f

mcconnell. >> tom davis, i have never heard wilder statements on television than i heard today on our network. people talking about a speaker being picked who is not a member of the house. give me a break. it is possible. it ain't never going to happen. picking a stop gap guy to hang around to get us through the debt ceiling and planned parenthood. a stop gap part time whatever leader there is no way in the world. it will take a strong leader. i'm looking at 40 or 50 guys saying my way, our way or the highway unless you back us and get the 247 behind you in the caucus you are ain't going to have a caucus. that is what they are saying all day today. >> political parties are coalitions. you have some elements that want it to be a private club and pass a litmus test. no one faction of the party really has control of the party. the freedom caucus will not elect a speaker by itself. this is a test as charlie said of republicans' ability to govern. i think it will need a couple of weeks to sort out as

you remember mitch mcconnell's comments about economic growth? why doesn't this bill have a provision lifting the ban on crude oil exports? that would produce economic growth across this country. it is a no-brainer economically. is this in there? no. did we try? no. maybe it was brought up behind closed doors and the democrats laughed and said, no, and we surrendered. i don't know. it doesn't matter, because leadership is not willing to fight for it. if you're not willing to fight for it, it won't happen. what else could we have done? we could have repealed the waters of the united states rule, one of the most crushing rules that is hammering farmers and ranchers that poses an immense threat to jobs across this country. by the way, you've even got some bipartisan opposition to it in this body. but fear not, mr. president, next week we've got a show vote on the waters of the united states bill scheduled. leadership is very happy, we'll have a show vote, we'll get to vote. it will fail. every farmer and rarchler that is face -- rancher that is faci

and mitch mcconnell is requesting they spend more time on his election next year. and donald trump said paul didn't deserve to be on the stage. so i asked rand paul for that. >> i was at the reagan library for that first gop debate. i thought it was absolutely bizarre that the opening question is whether donald trump is fit to handle the nuclear codes. question goes to carly fiorina, she responded. and he begins talking about you. >> first of all, rand paul should never be on the stage. he's number 11, how he got up here anyway. as far as temperament. i never attacked him on his look, and believe me, there's plenty of subject matter right there. >> why is he obsessed with you? >> i think he was somewhat goaded into it. for about a week before that debate, people kept asking me what are you going to say. and i kept saying i guess i was easy on donald trump, i guess i'll be harder next time. i think he thinks there will be a get-up or dust-up right here. he's sort of the king of the one-line insult. i just don't think vulgarity equates with insight. eventually, he wi

alison: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell promises a quick vote on a two-year budget deal passed by the house today. a minority of republicans, including likely house speaker paul ryan, joined every democrat in voting for the bill. the bill increases defense and domestic spending by $50 billion next year, $30 billion in 2017. it would raise the debt ceiling until after the presidential elections. that -- i might as well just say it, fun to watch. alison: d.c. police respond to a call, but surprisingly what happens next is a dance off. according to "the washington post," this happened monday afternoon. d.c. police were brought in to break up a fight between teenagers and southwest. a 17-year-old walked up and started playing the " whip and n ei nei" song. they went back and forth, showing off their moves. leon: the cop is pretty good. the teenager will be talking above the dance off on "good morning washington," so catch that interview at 8:30 a.m. isn't it refreshing to see that kind of interaction between the police and citizens? leon: 100%. coming up next -- eight months after

mitch mcconnell has to me wife. what happened here today is happening -- can't they do something? can't they once na lifetime actually take on the president of the united states and actually win something? >> that was congressman tim huelskamp, he said, no, about running for speaker. the fact of the matter is they just want to do the business of the people, or their constituents. tell me if you have this same reaction ifer who being ignored. you have a lot of good ideas and no one is paying take to you. it's insulting and it's not a right-left thing as much as, hey, coach, can i play? i have some ideas here. we want to be relevant. to lisa boothe and katy pavlich on that. >> it's as simple as that and this is why. this noticed just about members not being able to get legislation to the floored but it's the constituents calling and despite kevin mccarthy saying he would be his own man and distance himself from john boehner, he wasn't able to do that. they see him as a successor to john boehner and running the same house is a boehner did and therefore he didn't have support today be

if they ever come up with a speaker or mitch mcconnell. by the way, i hope via political revolution le we will be substantially increasing voter turnout. democrats do well when a lot of people vote and republicans lose. >> so what does he have to do to show or does he have to show he's an executive or just stick with the cooky policy on vermont thing? >>> i think he has to come across as credible. his people see this as his big introduction to the democratic party. they have felt all along other people don't know him and the more people get to know him they'll like him more. i think if you listen to that full response he talked about using the bully pulpit. he said, you know, we'll be better at negotiating because mitch mcconnell will look at his window and see millions of people backing bernie sanders' administration and his policy. i thought really? does he think he's a better sort of galvanizer of people than barack obama is? and whether or not that would actually do enough to move the needle? barack obama thought the same thing. he tho

kenny sit with kevin mccarthy and mitch mcconnell and figure out a unified american plan to deal with this. that would be tough, particularly on partisanship. john: i like the underlying assumption that kevin mccarthy will come out of hiding at some point. mark: he is out and about. aboot.ut and a new movie about malala after this. ♪ ♪ mark: recently my good friend davis guggenheim visited the studio. you may know him for "an inconvenient truth." malala.is following david and i sat around to talk about it. and we started by watching a scene from the movie. >> it is a miracle that you are here with us today. overcome an attempt injuriesife, grievous inflicted. let me say the words, the ta liban never wanted hear to hear -- happy 16th birthday malala. [applause] malala: it is an honor for me to be speaking again after a long time. thank you to every person who has prayed for my fast recovery and a new life. me on the leftt side of my four head. they shot my face, too. they thought that the bullet would silence her. but nothing changed except this -- weakness, fear, and hopelessness