boehner. >> many thanks again to house speaker john boehner for giving me his time. joe manchin, spike lee. have not opposed cost of living adjustments and any means pesting for medicare. do they have means testing. i think it should be done and the president has put on a table. both of them there doesn't could be to be part of the starters. schuman, reed. no messing with ep titlements. >> that's just common sense. colas. there's people basically that depend on those equipment levels and they know. they talk about kman cpai. means test on? did you make more than 200 percent it 00 people. >> so you are owe 30esed to do it? , yit will be a tough pill to swallow. i came here basically too feks generation. that next grun will be saying we didn't either. my sand dpra was to be, to be fines, he could cake a change in the cost benefit and he said he was being in favor of means testing on medicare which means less income for the rich. these are his positions? they they be the crux of a vehicle. >> if he's still in that position, then we do need to inform them. we need to res

john boehner really said that! he said something that liberal nobel paul krugman said for years and they have been saying the opposite. paul ryan echoed boehner on the debt saying we do not have a debt crisis. this is a very strange turn for republicans who have based all their budget cutting proposals on the idea that we do have a debt crisis. republicans in the age of obama have never wanted to mount a frontal, philosophical attack on social security and medicare because they're the two most popular things the american government provides. so instead of saying we want to cut and or eliminate social security and medicare because like rand we do not believe the government should be in the business of providing health care and or pensions and disability benefits to anyone, ever. instead, republicans have been saying we love medicare and we love social security but we simply can't afford those programs in their current form because of our debt crisis, because of our huge budget deficit, so reluctantly and bravely, we

perspective in here of john boehner not to attack john boehner i could have written the entire book on him if i want to do that i did it to show the flavor of who's the third in line for the presidency of united states his style the john boehner i knew then is the john boehner today doing fiscal cliff seaquest ration in the process of the law when i went to john boehner for a health care bill that would stop genetic testing for individuals be held against them he said to me business community doesn't want just tell me don't like it philosophically don't tell me that. brilliant work thank you so much for being with us and at the book aside sway. people around the world are wondering out loud why america has a gun problem when canada and europe don't canadians europeans watch the same violent movies many canadians and swiss even have easier access to guns than most americans live in a big city gun control but only america seems to have so many men buying guns hoarding and discharging gun. psychological problem we have here what would freud say about all this the famous psychiatrist may w

of course, john boehner won't admit it. he wants to remind people that barack obama promised lower unemployment, you know, sour grapes all the time. and then continuing -- it's just going with a policy that could cost 750,000 more jobs to be lost. >> and you expect these numbers to turn around because of the sequester, correct? >> yes. oh, look, i had a meet with the faa today. they already got furlough notices. we're hearing about small airports that are going to possibly have to shut down or at least slow down considerably. this is real. and i got an e-mail today from a woman, her name is mary. a constituent that says her unemployment benefit was just cut $200. >> and the backdrop of this is that we can raise taxes on what they call the job creators. there's still more that can be gotten out there because of the income inequality in this country and the wealthiest americans who have really seen their incomes go up during this recession. and so is there more money out there that can be brought to the treasury from the weal

tax cuts that were, of course, voted for by john boehner. joining me now are karen finney, former dnc communications director and ezra klein columnist for the washington post. both are msnbc analysts. it eliminates history that they lived themselves that some of them deserve credit for, which was what they actually did do in fighting deficits during the 1990s, that newt gingrich and president clinton both contributed a great deal to that effort. >> right, but that's not the strategy now. the strategy now seems to be driven far more by their fear of the tea party. and i mean that sincerely, there's no reason that john boehner, if he wanted to, he could stand up to the far right in his party, and he could be making those kinds of deals with president obama. there are enough democratic votes, there are enough moderate republicans, as we've seen time and again, to get those things done. time and again he seems like he's a man treading water, trying to stay one step ahead. they're on the senate side, these guys who are up for re-election are terr

john boehner led that effort. to make sure that people could deal with it. lou: does this mean regular order will be applied to all major issues before the house of representatives? >> i certainly hope so. lou: whether it is illegal immigration, the bget, whatever it may be. >> i am a big believer in open government. as the chairman of the subcommittee, i'm a big believer in the process because i think we all improved by the input that we get from the public and witnesses and by having the debate among ourselves to achieve a better piece of legislation. i'm a big believer in the process and i hope we use that going forward. lou: one of the things that irritates me in washington dc is one i heard the president talk about how he is going to educate the american people. i applaud congressmen and senators and those who listen to the american people. your rules invite public opinion about the issues most important to their constituents, the ameran people. i would love to compliment you and leaders for that. i don't think we can put enough emphasis on how importan

why did john boehner let it pass? but let everybody get stuck with the record of being against it anyway. i mean, republican primary politics are weird. but why let all these republicans go on record voting against this thing? i mean, to protect them from an electorate that would be mad about them supporting the violence against women act? does it insulate you from a tea party republican primary challenge for you to vote no on domestic violence prevention and enforcement? domestic violence? really? it seems like even in the wackiest republican tea party primary this is the kind of thing you're going to have a difficult time lording over some republican. how do you make somebody look bad for voting for the violence against women act? for one thing, the parts of the bill they were particularly opposed to, protections for native americans and for gay victims of domestic violence, those don't exactly make for awesome rallying cries in the context of domestic violence. what, are you going to run an attack ad saying indians

>> well, it says to me that john boehner is doing the right thing. my view is that when there is an important issue for america, like violence against women or the fiscal cliff, then that legislation should be put on the floor for an up or down vote and then all our constituents can hold me accountable on how i voted. the one thing none of us can defend is not voting at all. one thing we do on the farm bill. so i give speaker boehner an enormous amount of credit for working so that his caucus, even despite violating the rule, said mr. boehner, we appreciate you've got to put this on the floor and then let the housework its will. i think that's a very good development. >> congressman peter welch, thank you so much for coming on the program. >> thank you. >>> so he mentioned the rule and if you are the speaker of the house, right, david, you only bring bills to the floor that most of your members support. republicans didn't approve sandy relieve yesterday, violence against women. what's going on here, from your perspective? >> well, it's interesting. w

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>> i didn't get the sense from john boehner that it's working. i call it with him, the so-called charm offensive, he doesn't seem particularly charmed. the divide seems just as great. we'll ask our roundtable about that. very curious to see what they think. if there's anything going on behind the scenes we don't know about. >> what, if anything, can heal this relationship? martha, thank you. great to see you. >> great to see you. >> be sure to join martha later on this morning on "this week." her special guest will be house speaker john boehner. >>> an update now on a story we told you about yesterday, two girl scouts troops in oregon, were hoaxed into believing they made a massive girl scouts cookie sale. 6,000 boxes of them. then, they learned the truth. they were stuck with all of those sweets. they staged a sale yesterday. abc's tanya rivero is here to tell us how it went. >> reporter: it's hard to imagine what could motivate someone to play such a cruel trick on girl scouts. the money they were counting on for summer camp and to benefit a ho

boehner, i have been a critic of john boehner at times. he has been willing to lose his job over increasing taxes, over cutting spending. he actually had a deal with the president, and it was the president who moved the goal post. >> he would have lost the speakership, right? >> he wouldn't have. we increased taxes -- i didn't vote for it, but we increased taxes at the end of the fiscal year. >> that's not what john boehner said to david gregory. the president got his taxes. and he said, what do you mean, david, we lowered taxes on 99% of the people. >> we did, but the arrangement reality /* -- but the reality is he was willing to go to the white house and risk his job knowing that many of us wouldn't be happy, and the president continues to move the goal post. that's what bob woodward has been reporting. and finally somebody in washington, d.c., is telling the truth about what the president is doing. he doesn't want a deal. he wants a political victory on taxes, he wants a political victory on spending. and i'm afraid that he wants a poli

speaker john bennett said he would no longer negotiate with the president. -- speaker john boehner said he would no longer negotiate with the president but i don't know if he was serious. but point about being elected into office and now representing the people of this country and not drawing party lines, that is how everyone outside of washington sees it. sequestration indicate playing to ones base. with the of the relationship within the republican conference, that is an area that it has hindered the possibility of a compromise. we saw a light of the tension that john boehner face from his conference during the fiscal cliff talks. some have accused him of delaying a fiscal cliff deal for his own reelection and the called off the hurricane sandy relief on the last day of the 112 congress, two days before his reelection. do you think on these fiscal issues, is there a possibility that the speaker could rally his conference over some kind of compromise? guest: i think it would be exceptionally difficult for the speaker to control his body like that. i think there is more opportunity, giv

today john boehner and reince priebus condemned the remark. the republican senator john cornyn also slammed him saying mike rant workers come to america for opportunity and a way to provide a better life for their families. they do not come to this country to hear ethnic slurs and derogatory language from elected officials. the comments used by representative young do nothing to elevate our party. political discourse or the millions who come here looking for check opportunity. here's nbc news capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell. >> in an interview release by the alaska radio stagts, congressman young is talking about latinos who once worked on his family's ranch in california and he used an offensive slur to describe them. >> my father had a ranch. we used to hire 50 to 60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes. it takes two people to pick the same tomatoes now and it is all done by machine. >> late thursday he tried to explain why he had used the word wetback. a slur that referred to mexicans who illegally crossed the river into the u.s. saying, i

john boehner is not alone. in having this specific kind of problem in public. you may have also seen today the republican governor of ohio just came out in favor of civil unions for gay people. he did do that. he said he was in favor of civil unions for gay people. just as republican house speaker john boehner came out in favor of background checks for a second and he had to take it back. today when ohio governor john kasich came out in favor of civil unions, it was only for a second and he had to take it back. >> if people want to have civil unions and transfer resources, i'm for that. i think marriage is between a man and woman. if you want to have a civil union, that's fine with me. >> if you want to have a civil union, that's fine with me. interviewing john kasich about his views on gay rights. this is a very relevant issue in ohio republican politics because ohio senator ron portman just changed his position to be in favor of gay marriage now because he has a gay son. he told this interviewer he has talked to senator portman about the issue, he does not sh

after tough statements today, including one from john boehner, the speaker, and john mccain among others, young issued a full apology saying i apologize

>> john boehner warned of it this week. the senate is looking at ways to playboy expand the flexibility. and john boehner said on thursday this week. he warned if the senate gets greedy. if they get greedy and mess with it, we could be back at having an argument and if we do it will be the senate democrats' fault. we're close but we're not there yet. gwen: what we saw in the continuing resolution to keep government running, we saw the house agree to something which is not something the democrats in the senate which is controlled by democrats would necessarily agree to. and that's the next hump, right? >> that's right. we've gotten so far away from the way budget making is supposed to be. we learned in civic classes. the senate hasn't passed a budget bill in like four years which republicans love to remind themmability. we've -- them about. we have the continued resolutions called the c.r. which basically funds the government at the old year that it was. you hit something important when you talked about speaker boehner sayin

speaker john boehner called the comments "beneath the dignity of the office he holds." senator john mccain tweeted "the remarks have no place in our party or the nation's discourse." the 79-year-old congressman apologized for those words saying "there was no malice in my heart." republican strategist danny diaz is working to change the party's image. he says this kind of talk will damage the republican brand. how much of a generational issue

can you pass a bill without john boehner sort of walking it through. john boehner has already said out loud i'm not negotiating with the president. obama has to negotiate with other people. not john boehner, probably paul ryan in the house and the senators, and i think that's where you get a deal done. >> i think mitch mcconnell would learn that john boehner takes marching orders from the senate. >> we've seen three bills pass in the last few months where the majority of the house -- majority of house republicans have not voted for the violence against women act. >> sure, but that was legislation that john boehner knew would hurt the republican party if there was a long drawn out debate, even though you could have a principled debate about why you might want to vote against that, john boehner knew that was a political loser so he wanted to get off the table. had nothing to do with the united states senate telling john boehner what to bring to his members for a vote. >> i think it did, and i think the case i'm making is if you had 70 senators agree to a

that while there will be a debate it would know there are there one john boehner says you know we're not going to discuss this idea we will continue this war. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you. are welcome is a big picture. of potentially deadly blizzard taking aim for the northeast it's expected to hit stunning in a few hours from new york to maine we have team coverage of the storm. but what we're watching is the very heavy snow moving into boston proper earlier today it was very sticky you can see it start to become much more powdery so the bottom line there is still a lot of snow out here a good place for snowball fight. d.c. it is been a pretty incredible day there and even record snowfall throughout what's been like nobody's allowed to drive here listens to the urgency. worst. light out of the day the radio guy. makes. a good joke if you've never seen anything like this i'm telling.

so it really doesn't matter what john boehner agrees to. it really doesn't matter how cordial his relationship with the president is -- >> how many meetings he has. whether he plays golf. makes no difference. >> it makes no difference. >> angela "the new yorker" has a lengthy profile of eric cantor. he is asked whether he and paul ryan are responsible for breaking up the deal we were just talking about. here is cantor's reply. take a listen. >> i would say it's a fair assessment because in the end we felt that -- well, let me back up. this is probably a longer answer. yes, it's probably an accurate conclusion. >> angela, regardless of what you think of boehner on a personal level, how do you rate his effectiveness as a leader because often times he doesn't seem to be in command of anything, does he? >> no, martin. i think that's very, very true. you know, first of all, the grand bargain fell apart because of the grand old party, and you see they're unraveling each and every day. you see, you know, eric cantor i think constantly undermining

on "meet the press," john boehner, gene sperling and more. new hampshire republican senator kelly i yet. at 2:00 p.m. it is fox news sunday in an exclusive interview with former republican candidates mitt romney and his wife. the state of the union follows at 3:00 p.m. eastern. at four o'clock it is face the nation. they talk with lindsey gramm and john mccain and assistant majority leader dick durbin. the sunday network tv talk shows this afternoon on c-span radio are brought to you as a public service by the networks and c- span. 1:00, "this week." at 4:00, "face the nation." you can listen to that at91 fm in the washington area. listen on your smartphone or go online to c-spanradio.org. >> i was fascinated by her feminist view. that of the ladies are going to be trouble. she warned her husband. you cannot rule without including what women want and what women have to contribute. this is the 1700s she is saying that. >> abigail adams on "first ladies: influence and image." she was outspoken on her views on slavery and woman's right. she prov

gwen: house speaker john boehner offered a much briefer statement as he left the white house meeting, and he was more grim. >> let's make it clear, the president got his tax on hikes on january 1. this discussion about revenue, in my view, is over. it's about taking on the spending problem here in washington. gwen: so tonight, the much discussed $85 billion budget cut decried by economists and politicians alike takes effect. then what? david? >> we'll find out. finally we go over one of these lines in the sand. this was designed to be unworkable and uncomfortable to force congress and the president to do something else. the technical term for this is stupid. that's attributed to alan simpson and eskin bowles, the grand old men of deficit fighting. what happened here is the white house has been screaming this will be the end of the world. they have made it seem apocalyptic. republicans say it's not going to be that bad and the white house says oh, yes it will because it's so rigid, it has to be across the board. the republicans say we'll make it flexible, the president says, that's not

boehner using your and my tax dollars to hire private lawyers to defend it find out in just a moment also the united states has the highest health care costs in the world is the time we're pleased our four provinces to with something better yes it's a long liberal rumble and the n.r.a. and its members are compensating for something small tell you what in tonight's deal you take. you need to know this today the supreme court heard oral arguments in the case of the united states v windsor and it could be game over for one of the nation's most powerful symbols of sexuality based discrimination gender based the second the second same sex marriage case in front of the supreme court two days u.s. v windsor calls into question one thousand nine hundred ninety six law that prohibits the federal government from giving gay couples the same tax breaks and benefits as straight couples even of those couples live in a state like massachusetts where gay marriage is legal according to petitioner edith windsor x. ban on federal recognition of state law violates fer fifth amendment equal protection ri

>>> john boehner takes lying to a new level. the congressional panel weighs in on the speaker's latest attempt to pass the blame on the sequester. >>> and dennis rodman is back from north korea with a message for the white house? see how washington is responding to the basketball star's trip, coming up. don't forget, you can listen to my radio show on sirius xm radio channel 127 monday through friday, noon to 3:00 p.m. share your thoughts on facebook and on twitter using #edshow. we're coming right back. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." well, he has had time to reflect, yet mitt romney is still divorced from reality. in an interview with chris wallace of fox news, romney pointed to his failure to connect with minority voters as the real reason for his loss. yet romney is still convinced that his messaging was the problem? really? not his policies? okay. here is the former republican nominee attempting to explain his 47% remarks. >> yeah, it was a very unfortunate statement that i made. it's not what i meant. i didn't express m

john boehner is speaker of the house. and he is a grown man with his own ideas and his own consistency. the point of the constitution and of our electoral system is that the president can't tell him what to do. he said he is willing to sign some compromise proposal between the two parties. he has gone on the road to tell the american people what he thinks they need to hear. we don't need more leadership from the white house. we need more leadership from the house, we need house republicans willing to compromise with senate democrats. and if that is not happening, if they're paralyzed because they can't move from an extreme position, then we need a media to hold them accountable for it. if we don't have that, then there is nothing the president can do but fold in the face of unreasonable demands. to do that would not be showing leadership either. [ male announcer ] this is kevin. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as

and john boehner says he would never support marriage equality. and yet, on another front,septor bob corker from tennessee says it is time for republicans to make sense and start reporting new revenue, not higher taxes but closing those tax loopholes to raise new revenue, but john boehner once again says don't talk to me about raising taxes. all nothing funner than watching republicans eat each other alive. >> the troops love me. (vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. >> if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance we'll see this president even say the words "carbon tax"? >> with an open mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a

was a deal john boehner made as well. and all the leadership made. if the bills that land on my desk is reflective of the commitments we previously made, then obviously i would sign it because i want to make sure we keep doing what we need to do for the american people. yes, sir? >> to your question, what could you do, couldn't you just refuse to let them leave the room? >> jessica, i am not a dictator. i am the president. ultimately, if mitch mcconnell or john boehner say we need to go to catch a plane, i can't have secret service block the doorway. right? i understand, i know this has been some of the conventional wisdom that has been floating around washington that somehow, even though most people agree that i am being reasonable, that most people agree i am presenting a fair deal, the fact that they don't take it means that i should somehow do a jedi mind meld with these folks and convince them to do what is right. they are elected, we have a constitutional system of government, the speaker of the house and the leader of the senate and all those

john boehner, another op ed. i won't call it ridiculous because we used that word once. he said it has to be my way or the highway. president obama needs to concede to the republicans. and he is offering not one single concession. president obama has made concession after concession on issue after issue. from medicare to chain cpi. the president has gone there and the republicans aren't willing to move. >> this is what john boehner wrote, for all of washington's focus on the president's outreach to republicans, it is his engagement with members of his own party that will determine whether we succeed. we heard from bernie sanders this week. we talk about his reluctance to go along with the president with regard to social security. is the president going to be able to move his party? >> democrats are not known for standing up within their own party. look what happened with the public option. you had 70 plus members of the progressive caucus. allen west calls them communists that signed a letter saying we will vote with any health care bill that does not include a public op

here's know an excerpt from tons program. >> john boehner is a great speaker. but he's too nice a guy. barack obama comes, he's a bare-knuckle street fighter. is that what this is going to be? a bare knuckle brawl. >> it already is. >> reporter: obama now warns lawmakers, don't test him on the debt ceiling. >> i am not going to have a monthly conversation about whether or not we pay our bills. >> reporter: and in fact, behind closed doors, a cadre of republican leaders is contriving to suspend the $16.4 trillion debt limit. they would pass a law to dock lawmakers' pay unless the democratally-controlled senate passes a budget, which it hasn't done in nearly four years. >> i think that was a gimmick. just giving barack obama a blank check for four months is inane as far as i'm concerned. >> reporter: he told me that he is very concerned about cuts in the military and says we need to increase the spending in the military and there is a better way to apply the cuts. >> eric: on the other side, john, president obama blames the republicans that, john boehner won't si

nature at its most delicious. >>> john boehner takes lying to a new level. a congressional panel weighs in on the speaker's latest attempt to pass the blame on the sequester. dennis rodman is back from north korea with a message for the white house. see how washington is responding to the basketball star's trip coming up. listen to our radio show on sirius xm channel 127 noon to 3:00 p.m. monday through friday. share your thoughts on facebook and twitter. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. >>> welcome back. he's had time to reflect. yet mitt romney is still divorced from reality. in an interview with chris wallace at fox news romney pointed to his failure to wecht with minority voters as the real reason for his loss yet romney is still convinced that his messaging was the prob

but it would be a bad thing if the day after the negotiations with the white house john boehner sort of put out an all representatives e-mail and sent out everything the white house has done in paper to everybody sort of on the e-mail that would leak in a minute, and then it would seriously degrade any trust between the two sides going forward. now, if the senator had gone up to mitch mcconnell or boehner and said, what was actually on the table there? my hunch is they probably would have gotten a fairly good idea. also, the reporting of this stuff has been fairly clear. and finally, again, president obama, unlike at this moment the house republican or senate republican leadership, does have a fairly detailed -- not incredibly detailed but fairly detailed proposal on the website that specifically delineates what he wants to cut and how he wants to raise taxes. you can just go -- these folks can just go read it. there's no reason it should be a mystery if you want to know about it. that doesn't mean the white house shouldn't be trying to get that information to people. but this stuff