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john: seventh blacks been viims in america? >> years ago, john. blk individuals did not have access to education, housing, jobs. times have changed, and we don't live in that era anymore. john: let's talk about affirmative action, given america's history of discrimination, it seems reasonable t me that whites should try to make amends, tried to give a break to minorities ace th i had. what is wrong with that? before you answer, let's bring in a white person who opposes affirmative action. jennifer gratz was denied admission to the university of michigan, you say because you are white. aviano was because of your race? >> well, they're proud of the fact that they use race and admission to help some people into heard others. the university of machinelike i applied -- johnn not prrudly hurt others. they say they help some. >> when i alied to the university of michigan and a point systemn place. you needed 100 point to be accepted. a perfect act score and an applicant to los points, and a standing as sake was one point. you're bck, as bennett, are nati

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john: air-conditioning? >> yes,. john: cable-tv? >> yes,. john: how many channels? >> 101. ♪ john: $7.205 per hour. that is the federal minimum wage. could you live on that? have you? what amount of pay is reasonable at what point is is so low that if you work for that you are a victim? >> people got bills. you know, child payment, car insurance, utilities. you know, that doesn't -- the minimum wage is not cats -- john: there have been lots of protests around the country, mostly restaurant workers complaining about low pay. the protests have had an effect. california just passed a bill to raise the state's minimum wage to $10 per hour. most people around me -- i do live in manhattan -- c $10 is not enough, and the government must get in to guarantee those victims of greedy employers more money, a living wage. this, but he is president of the ayn rand institute, and we notice of this person ayn rand was. hugest advocate selfishness? >> i'm advocating that everyone should be self interested. there are many people out there who are interested in working for these rat

that is our show tonight. ♪ >> and now john stossel. ♪ john: okay. congress kick the can down the road again, but this does not address the irresponsible spending that is going to bankrupt us. tonight we will solve america's debt problems. really. it is not that hard once you stop assuming that what makes america work is government. our politicians did not always believe that government was so important. they used to spend billions less . this week and was trying to think about how i could illustrate this. so we build a big, goofy charge in ticket outside. this is federal spending per person since america began. started low, less than 5 percent of the economy. world war one, or to. it used to go down. now even in peacetime it only goes up. pretty san we are up here. so what is going to happen? >> grandchildren and maybe my children. they will be burdened. >> it is unbelievable the amount of debt that we rack up. >> 20,000 per person. >> it is astronomical. john: this is where we are going >> well, you should stop. john: tt there are some who just hav

that is our show tonight. ♪ >> and now john stossel. ♪ john: okay. congress kick the can down the road again, but this does not address the irresponsible spending that is going to bankrupt us. tonight we will solve america's debt problems. really. it is not that hard once you stop assuming that what makes america work is government. our politicians did not always believe that government was so important. they used to spend billions less . this week and was trying to think about how i could illustrate this. so we build a big, goofy charge in ticket outside. this is federal spending per person since america began. started low, less than 5 percent of the economy. world war one, or to. it used to go down. now even in peacetime it only goes up. pretty san we are up here. so what is going to happen? >> grandchildren and maybe my children. they will be burdened. >> it is unbelievable the amount of debt that we rack up. >> 20,000 per person. >> it is astronomical. john: this is where we are going >> well, you should stop. john: that there are some who just h

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john: thank you. your film is great, and people can simply go to my website and find out how to see it. we will plan more throughout the show. now, when the housing bubble burst about five years ago, the fed committee even more of our money to keeping wall street flow. >> stocks crest today. >> bank of america down. >> the worst day ever on wall street. >> a market driven by fear -- >> involving not just the banks the fed was traded to protect but the hedge funds, investment banks, and insurance conglomerate. john: are you committing in this interview that you're not going to let any of these banks fail. the matter what their balance sheet looks like they're not going to fail. >> they're not going to fail. john: we have the doctrine too big to fail. implied before, but now it was real. it was believed that the fed saved us from another depression an economist from the university of georgia cities this. they say this to mind told. >> they did not save us. first of all, we have had a recession, and a re

john: thank you. your film is great, and people can simply go to my website and find out how to see it. we will plan more throughout the show. now, when the housing bubble burst about five years ago, the fed committee even more of our money to keeping wall street flow. >> stocks crest today. >> bank of america down. >> the worst day ever on wall street. >> a market driven by fear -- >> involving not just the banks the fed was traded to protect but the hedge funds, investment banks, and insurance conglomerate. john: are you committing in this interview that you're not going to let any of these banks fail. the matter what theiks like thet going to fail. >> they're not going to fail. john: we have the doctrine too big to fail. implied before, but now it was real. it was believed that the fed saved us from another depression an economist from the university of georgia cities this. they say this to mind told. >> they did not save us. first of all, we have had a recession, and a really bad one. it is now ov

john: thank you. yaron brook. ming up, our black people victims in america? do i victimize them further if i run this race is to bake sale? >> we have different pris here. if you are asian, and dollar 50. if you're white, and dolla if you are lato or black, $0.50. so i can reach ally bank 24/7, but there are branches? 24/7. i'm sorry, i'm just really reluctant to try new things. really? what's wrong with trying new things? look! mommy's new vacuum! (cat screech) you feel that inour muscles? i do... drink water. it's a long story. well, not having branches let's us give you great rates and service. i'd like that. a new wato bank. a better way to save. ally bank. your money needs an ally. ♪ john: if any people have the right to label themselves victims, it is american blacks. first we had slavery, then ste-requiredegregation, then continuing racial discrimination but t author of "backlash" offers that this focus on the past is terrie for blacks. ca says they should stand up ait destructive progressive

john: he has a point. all of the discretionary spending. >> it important to emphasize with mandatory spending that is about to kick in. this is another increase of the one way ratchet that will kick in on january january 1st. that is what we try to prevent is expanding the entitlement state that many are saying it is unsustainable even before obamacare. the least we can do to protect the american people is to protect them from more expansion of government that we cannot afford. john: thank you senatolee. know i am told is shutting down government is terrible for the economy. simply not paying the government workers takes off the gdp he says there that customers of the business in this country and it sounds enormous if you listen to him but economist at ben powell says the opposite is true. the shutdown could be good for america. >> first of get some perspective if mcdonald's laid off 40 percent of non food production workers and closed up the drive through it and stop putting the toy is is the happy meal w

john: that's our show tonight. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and here is john stossel's. john: americans schoolchildren have been caught in a double run monopoly. it is not for lack of ney, we have tripled what we have spent on k-12 education by test scores do not allow. the good news is there are all kinds of alternatives at allow kids to escape the government cannot wait. but here is one word that you will be interested in. it is because it was created none other than libertarian congreman ron paul. were homeschoolers, introducing the ron paul curriculum, which is what? >> it is a freedom curriculum,. >> you're not going to go into every home and teach. how and were? >> it is going to be through the internet. it is studying the constitution, not from the textbooks, but they will have a lecture to do video lectures at the young people can watch at their own speed. it is going to be designed to get people to read and get people to write and to think about businesses and how to interact. so i'm very encouraged by this and now hopefully we can participate in this in our pub

>> in terms of what, john? you know the minority leader nancy pelosi was asked at the very end of that bit that we got to watch together, whether or not there's any ground even a minor ground that they would give on obamacare and she actually before answering looked at one of her colleagues, i don't know if it was van holland or another one, she said no, there's not any ground we are going to give, it was a simple answer. the more they are there saying this is what the senate voted against, everything we send to them, we just want the budget, the budget shouldn't have obamacare attached to it. unless and until we have that, we are going to reject everything that's sent over. i don't know what else they can do. i think it was ali or mike viqueira who said, they just should do nothing. i don't think there's anything else they can do. >> mike do you think striking a balance is important for the democrats at this point? >> i think the democrats feel they have got the republicans on the run in a tough spot. i attend

guerras, john? john, john, las guerras van y vienen. bien, en vietnam perdimos, en el golfo ganamos. oye ¿en quÉ cambiÓ, john? nada, nada, jamÁs pasa, la diferencia es quien se enriquece y quien muere. personalmente, jhon, prefiero la riqueza ¿eh? >> ya te convertiste en un hombre rico. >> no tiene que terminar todo, john. te harÉ parte de todo, sÓlo entrega a la chica. ¿quÉ dices? >> arroja tu arma. >> ¿quÉ? >> si arrojas tu arma ahora, prometo no liquidarte. >> mm, mm, creo que debo correr el riesgo. ♪ (gemidos). (suenan disparos). >>john! (gemidos). >> no puedo creer que me hayas logrado vencer con un miserable abrelatas. paraÍs de ergena. ♪ (suenan disparos). >> piÉnsalo bien, john. si saltaste succiarÁ la turbina del aviÓn. >> es cierto. ♪ >> fuego en la turbina. >> fuego en la nÚmero 3. (suenan alarma). ♪ (suenan disparos). (gemidos). (suenan disparos). ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> vuelvan enseguida. >> perdimos un motor. intento mantenerme en el aire. >> den la vuelta y elimÍnenlo ahora. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>

i like john boehner. i happen to think that he is a good american and wants the government to really do what we're supposed to be doing. is that we're helping people where people can't be helped any further by their own initiatives. i personally believe he is in for a sad awakening next year. and i would like him to stand up and say let's have a clean vote on the budget. that is what we need right now. let's get on with the other issues of the debt and the other issues of where this country is going in terms of its investments. if you look at the last four months in terms of economic growth. if you look at the housing prices and where mortgages are going and where -- now we have a decline, thank god, in foreclosures. we're going in the right direction. but these republicans don't want this president to succeed. and that is where it is at. people are not dumb. they can understand this. i support the health care act, i think it is going to work. they don't want it to be successful. why not? should they have

. >> john: john stossel, i want to take pictures of the lobby. i had plenty of time to think about the 12,000 active lobbyists working in washington. they are smart to be here. because washington controls so much but this union doesn't want you to see what they've got. >> i've been notified by our legal department that we're not because of the state of the mural. >> john: the estate wouldn't allow it. oh, well. the bottom line is that washington, once a sleepy part time home for politicians now resembles versailles. they work in buildings that look like palaces and after work they go home to castles. >> the property is on five acres. >> beautiful shower and his and her closets. >> it helps understand why people spend millions to win jobs here and then.... >> once people come to d.c. they never leave. >> john: that is our show. i'm john stossel. market. thanks a lot and thank you for watching. see you tomorrow. ♪ >> none of us should be negotiating on the debt ceiling. she just the listed. john: that is what the big spender say, and they get the

that is our show tonight. ♪ >> and now john stossel. ♪ john: okay. congress kick the can down the road again, but this does not address the irresponsible spending that is going to bankrupt us. tonight we will solve america's debt problems. really. it is not that hard once you stop assuming that what makes america work is government. our politicians did not always believe that government was so important. they used to spend billions less . this week and was trying to think about how i could illustrate this. so we build a big, goofy charge in ticket outside. this is federal spending per person since america began. started low, less than 5 percent of the economy. world war one, or to. it used to go down. now even in peacetime it only goes up. pretty san we are up here. so what is going to happen? >> grandchildren and maybe my children. they will be burdened. >> it is unbelievable the amount of debt that we rack up. >> 20,000 per person. >> it is astronomical. john: this is where we are going >> well, you should stop. john: that there are some who just h

that is what john was doing. we have heard our government say these men are innocent, they were doing their jobs, they must be released right now. that is what we're waiting for. we're waiting here that clear, unequivocal statement from our prime minister and foreign minister. we're also waiting to hear that if they continue to be ignored in -- and disregarded by the egyptian government, which has been what has been happening so far, then it will be role consequences. we heard just for the first time yesterday from our foreign minister that there will be consequences. he didn't outline what kind of consequences. we would like to hear those consequences outlined. our foreign minister and our prime minister have more power than just issuing statements and making phone calls. there's a huge amount of trade back and forth between canada and egypt. there are a lot of canadian companies that are clamoring to get into egypt right now. to engage in mineral extraction. your was a little miniconference since john and tarek

john: he has a point. all of the discretionary spending. >> it is important to emphasize with mandatory spending that is about to kick in. this is another increase of the one way ratchet that will kick in on january january 1st. that is what we try to prevent is expanding the entitlement state that many are saying it is unsustainable even before obamacare. the least we can do to protect the american people is to protect them from more expansion of government that we cannot afford. john: thank you senator lee. know i am told is shutting down government is terrible for the economy. simply not paying the government workers takes off the gdp he says there that customers of the business in this country and it sounds enormous if you listen to him but economist aten powell says the opposite is true. the shutdown could be good for america. >> first of get some perspective if mcdonald's laid off 40 percent of non food production workers and closed up the drive through it and stop putting the toy is is the happy mea

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i'm john siegenthaler in new york. tonight americans are watching the clock and watching washington. >> the idea of putting the american people's hard-earned progress at risk is the height of irresponsibility and it doesn't have to happen. >> a warning from president obama. the impact felt on wall street as the markets tumble on shutdown fears. what else could happen if lawmakers can't agree. colorado flood victims might have to wait for federal help. and the impact on u.s. military bases where civilians could be facing furlough. ♪ >>> the u.s. government is now hours away from a shutdown. it hasn't happened in 17 years. today democrats and republicans were blaming each other as president obama warned the country about the consequences of failing to fund the federal government. mike viqueira joining us live from capitol hill with the latest. mike? >> john there is no deal at this point. president obama called all four leaders of congress, basically laid down the law once again, he would not allow obamacare to be held

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the other terrible legacy of john edwards is that john edwards is a really common name. and if you are a democratic politician, say, you're like a democratic politician, white guy, from the south, who's a good-looking, great smile senator with a bright future ahead of him, it must be a drag to also be named john edwards. but virginia state senator john edwards of roanoke is reclaiming the name john edwards in democratic politics, and for the zillions of guys all over the country who have been saddled with the name which makes every wonder whether you're sleeping with your videographer, also, what's a videographer? the virginia john edwards, the centrist state senator from roanoke, virginia, he recently wrote to ken cuccinelli, to the tea party republican, virginia state attorney general, who's now running for virginia, he wrote to cuccinelli to ask if it wasn't a conflict of interest for mr. cuccinelli himself to be presiding as attorney general over any legal disputes in the gubernatorial elections since mr. cuccinelli himself is one of the candidates in that election.

up next, speaker john boehner. we'll bring that to you live, straight ahead. [ male announcer ] this is claira. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for her, she's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with her all day to see how it goes. [ claira ] after the deliveries, i was okay. now the ciabatta is done and the pain is starting again. more pills? seriously? seriously. [ groans ] all these stops to take more pills can be a pain. can i get my aleve back? ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve. [ male announcer ] look for the easy-open red arthritis cap. >>> we're awaiting a statement from house speaker john boehner any moment now. and here he comes. here he is. >> a pleasant conversation. although i have to say, i was disappointed that the president refuses to negotiate. when it comes to the issue of funding our government, the house has passed four bills. four bills to fund our government and provide fairness to the american people under obama care. each of those four bills was rej

john? >>> okay. so how did washington get to this point is compromise even possible now with much of the government shuttered? joining us with continuing coverage, she is in washington. so lisa, let's just talk about the situation with the problem that we have with in congress and the lack of good will, essentially. >> that's right. you know, when you talk about exactly how we got here, it has been many bumpy years of partisan divide that led to this point. part of that is politics, a big chunk. part of it is philosophy. but let's start with the politics. where we are at this exact moment is the house has sent over another idea to the democratic-run senate. republicans saying hey, let's have a conference committee and work out our differences. democrats say no. really, all we will agree to is a spending bill with no other changes to it. so essentially, those two sides are just blaming each other. >> the house has voted to keep the government open. but we also want basic fairness for all ame

john boehner used to be dr. jekyl and now he's mr. hyde. the john boehner that nine times avoided some kind of national tragedy by allowing democrats and republicans who are sane to get together and pass a bill, that's the same john boehner that wouldn't let lee even rename a bill last friday, saying, yes, we're doing this piecemeal thing, but we would much rather be doing a comprehensive and clean cr. he wouldn't even let me rename the bill that way. and that's the john boehner we're facing right now. i think john boehner has to go. >> so why are the democrats even entertaining negotiation at this point with mitch mcconnell, when a clean bill is sitting right there to open up the government? i mean, what could -- i mean, what could they possibly be talking about? why give anything to the republicans? you have been in business. you know what confiscatory rates are. sometimes you lose everything. sometimes you have to just do what you've got to do for the good of the order and for the good of the company. well, for the good of the country ri

more than john boehner does. and that's why boehner turned tail. this isn't just if you do what we want you to do we will contribute money to your campaign or if you don't do, then maybe we will run some ads against you. as david is saying they are the ones with all the influence among the base. it's not really the outside groups that these congressmen are fearing. it is the rabid republican base in their districts coming up and showing up at town halls and screaming at them. >> listen, you can't count on outside groups. >> david, there used to be a center of both parties that resisted the impulses that were coming from the left edge of the party and there was also a conservative edge of the democratic party represented by senators that we no longer have. and just like the republican party used to have the different factions. this thing you describe as just a handful. >> john boehner has absolutely no leverage over this radical band of jackals within his own party. they worry about coke money. they don't want it against them. they don't care about

that's john boehner. >> was that you, howard dean? >> this is sam. >> go ahead. >> i wanted to say this internal republican caucus mellow drama, they don't exist in a vacuum. i understand he needed to solidify his control over the house and maybe playing this out was the way to do it but in the process many thousands of lives were disrupted and many people were hurt in their personal lives and professional lives. we talked to a number of scientists whose research may have been damaged because they couldn't operate in the government run facilities they normally use. these are not things you should take as power struggling or political manipulation there are costs to these decisions. s & p said it was $24 billion in lost economic activity. was this worth playing this out? >> those are tough -- >> let's go to gene robinson on this. what is the country's verdict going to be on the $24 billion cost of the lesson that john boehner had to teach young republicans? >> well, look, the country's verdict is clear. every poll we've seen shows that