the united states of america. in inner-city atlanta georgia, i guarantee my parents would have never thought i would rise up and be a lieutenant colonel, command a battalion in combat, and the united states congressman. but the fact that we live in a country where it is possible, and the only thing that can hold you back is what is between your ears -- that is what my parents stressed to me. if we continue to have the breakdown of family structure in america and to make kids believe there is only a certain thing they can do, we're going to continue to see those failings in the social side of the united states of america. there is a reason something is happening in philadelphia. when we were growing up, when we went to fast-food restaurants, especially during the summer, you saw one adult at a fast-food restaurant. that was the manager. all the others were kids, high school kids. you go in these fast food restaurants today, what do you see? they are all adults. what we are doing is we are now affecting those young

as if he's in charge of the picture in the united states of america the euro zone is a fiasco we have a series of politicians who've got no concept of economics no concept of economies and they're busy destroying the eurozone in one fell swoop and all of this is ultimately only helping the world go east this is a huge political economic problem it's being driven by a large number of politicians who've got no idea what they want to do what they're trying to do all they're trying to do is desperately hold on to control and actually that's the nub of the problem because they need to get out of the picture they need to run away from it they need to help us entrepreneurs get there and be able to invest and the reason we're not investing in the united states of america at the moment is because in the new europe such as poland where i'm speaking to you today all the way through that wonderful crescent of russia all the way down towards china and hong kong that's where the opportunities are because people want to work they don't have incredible entitlements there are huge invented costs in th

the united states of america. [applause] ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] ♪ kfar ho♪ ♪ ♪ land is your land"] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ president obama will mark the ninth -- 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacked by visiting ground zero, the pentagon, and pennsylvania word flight 93 crash. he will end the day at the washington national cathedral. watch coverage on the c-span networks. up next on c-span, will get an update on the security situation in afghanistan. with members of congress in their summer recess, we have been covering a number of their town hall meetings. today, republican freshman house member alan west met with constituents in palm beach gardens, florida. and senator ben cardin to questions at a community center in catonsville. we will have that later. >> the white house recently released a list of proposed federal regulation of rule changes that it says could save businesses $10 billion over five years. if we

but that is the antithesis of who we are in the united states of america. we have been in existence for 235 years. one simple question. what built america? of the government for entrepreneurial spirit? -- big hit government for entrepreneurialism spirit? -- be government-funded or -- big government or entrepreneurial spirit? [applause] >> what are the best options for protecting israel against missiles from iran? >> their best option is to take aggressive action to defend themselves. that is their right. prime minister netanyahu is responsible for the safety of those people. when you think about the rockets pouring into southern israel almost every day, the fact that hezbollah has 50,000 rockets and missiles with the capability to strike every single major city in israel from southern lebanon and the fact that iran is developing intercontinental ballistic missiles that might have nuclear warheads and which definitely could have other types of dirty war heads, they have the responsibility to do that. i want you to do some homework. where does the word palest

the indicted states of america -- of the united states of america. you may have heard last saturday that there was a little election in iowa and i was the no. 1 when are in the iowa straw poll last week. [applause] we were absolutely thrilled. the victory was even more stunning than what was reported because i had only been a candidate for the presidency for 49 days when the election happened. there were numerous candidates who spent several years in iowa and spat multiple millions of dollars in a very sophisticated ground game. our 49 days included the day i announced any day of the straw poll. i spent about half the time, it seems, in washington, d.c., fighting against the premise that barack obama should be given another $2.40 trillion in a blank check to spend. because i believe that your marching orders for it is time to stop giving him money to spend that we do not have. do you agree? that is why i said do not raise the debt ceiling. raising the debt ceiling just means we are going to borrow more money that we do not have. that is going to set

rating of the united states of america. in reality, though, this is just the most recent downgrade. the fact is for nearly three years president obama has been downgrading american jobs, downgrading our standing in the world and downgrading our financial stability, downgrading our confidence and downgrading the hope for a better future for our children. that's a fact. his policies are not only a threat to this economy. so are his appointees a threat. [applause] see he stacked the national anti-labor relations board with croneys who want to dictate to a private company, bowing, where they can build a plan. no president. no president should kill jobs in south carolina or in any other state simply because they choose to go to a right to work state. [applause] you see when the obama administration is not stifling economic growth with overregulation, they are achieving the same through the reckless spending. debt is not only a threat to our economy. but also to our security. america's standing in the world is impairible. not onl

states of america. and if we go after the president too hard -- when you tell us it's all right, and you unleash us. and you tell us you're ready for us to have this conversation we're ready to have the conversation. we want to give every opportunity but our people are hurting, the unemployment is unconscionable. we don't know what the strategy is. we don't know why on this trip that he's on in the united states now, he's not going to any black communities. we don't know that. when you let us know, it is time to let go, we'll let go. >> the president needs to get out on the more now, the last thing the president needs right now is for his core supporters to let go. his new jobs plan is already under attack from the right wing, and the details haven't been released yet. new newtons fruit thins. real cranberries and cranberry citrus oat... crispy whole grain. newtons fruit thins, one unique cookie. >>> there's no reason why we shouldn't put americans back to work all across the country rebuilding america.

god bless the united states of america. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> we have the following message from the american wind energy association. >♪ ♪ >> please direct your attention to the stage as we prepare for mr. herman cain. >♪ >> hope and change ain't working. we do not need to rewrite the constitution. we need to re-read the constitution and in force the constitution. ♪ america one voice, we stand i am america one hope to heal our land this is the work that must be done i will not rest until we have one i am america ♪ >> arise, shine, and the glory of the lord has risen upon the. herman cain. ♪ >> the founding fathers did their job. we have to do our job and be the defending father. >> i love you. all right, they did not give me much time. thank you, thank you, thank you. we are america. we are the greatest nation in the world. and we do not have to apologize for it either. [cheers and applause] i do not have to tell you about the problems this nation faces, so i and going to spend my few minutes talking abo

not the president of the united states. >> jon: true, because united states of america is not a third-world country. by any measure. except perhaps income in equality where we rank-- worse than the ivory coast, worse than cameroon-- 64th. ah. in your face uruguay, jamaica and uganda. (applause) uganda? yeah, uganda, yeah. (applause) >> jon: keep trying, rwanda. (laughter) wow. and by the way, not only is closing corporate loopholes-- (laughter) you are a nerd crowd. (laughter) >> jon: there's no doubt in my mind. (cheers and applause) by the way, not only is closing corporate loopholes and raising the marginal tax rate class warfare, it totally wouldn't even work. >> you can tax rich people all you want. and you're not going to -- >> the idea that if we raise taxes as the president said on millionaires and billionaires, raise taxes on oil companies, raise taxes on owners of private jets, that that somehow is going to make a difference. >> the president wants to raise the top 2 income tax rates which would raise about $700 billion over ten years. you know what, that's only a tiny fraction of

are up, they are, but they are not up in the united states of america. they are up overseas which is where people are going. they have a competitive tax rates. if we took a corporate business tax rate in the analysis of american bring it down to 21%, and eliminate loopholes and subsidies, just give them a competitive tax rate. then you would see trillions of dollars of capital come back to the united states of america and making get back to doing what our corporate business sector want to do, and grow businesses and higher americans and get back to producing and manufacturing in this country. that is what we have to be able to do. here are some points that i brought up that i think will be very helpful as we go forward. we have to find additional spending cuts up in washington. it is not that hard to do. in my first 90 days, i was able to find three wasteful programs in the department of defense that resulted in $800 million of savings to americans over the next 10 years. if every single member out there did the exact same thing, with whatever agency the

the entire population of central america is about one seventh the population of the united states of america. if you play the statistical game and see what this would correlate to in the united states, it would be half a million gang members on the streets of the united states cities. ladies and gentlemen, central america in a very real sense is a victim. it is a victim of geography. it can do nothing about that. it is now, always has been, and presumed until the end of the world will be located between the two large continents south and north america. it is a victim of the fact that there is a large demand for a particular product, an illicit product, in north america, and a large capability to supply that demand in south america. it is a victim in a very real sense of progress elsewhere in the region. progress in columbia where thanks to the heroic efforts of a large number of colombian citizens, the problem has been squeezed down substantially over the last 11 years, and the progress that we see beginning, i submit, more on that later, in mexico with the mexican government's effor

it that is one of the things we do in the united states of america. when there is a problem, we shine and light on it and we move quickly to correct it. we need to do that. in terms of his first question on the tarp. this is something i heard a lot. let me be really clear on what we were doing. the purpose of the tarp bank capital program in october when we announced the program, and on a single day we put capital in nine big banks with over 50% of the deposits. and in the days and weeks after that, we recapitalize many, many banks. these were non-failing banks. most were healthy. the idea was rather than nationalizing banks as they failed and putting all kinds of restrictions on them, was to get ahead, inject confidence, prevent a collapse, recapitalize the banking system. you can only do that if it was a voluntary program so we needed to design a program that was the lead to protect the government -- that the government would get paid back and the banks would voluntarily accept. let me quickly put that in a context for you. in early september we had

the president of the united states of america is the commander and chief of our armed forces. so it is not a lye as you say. >> bill: the entire u.s. government and military attached to it is a fiasco. >> if you do want to change the name of the show to the fiasco factor. name out to you and i will do it for free. >> bill: do i have to wear the glasses because it's daytime. >> actually, they are prescription. >> bill: okay. great. all right, mr. fiasco thanks for coming on in here. >> i appreciate you o'reilly have. a good day. >> juan: in a moment, campaign carl joins from us the iowa state fair where the g.o.p. is out in force. back in a moment. every day, all around the world, energy is being produced to power our lives. while energy developement comes with some risk, north america's natural gas producers are committed to safely and responsibly providing decades of cleaner burning energy for our country, drilling thousands of feet below fresh water sources within self contained well systems and using state of the art monitoring technologies, rigorous practices help ensure o

it ought to be understanding our oath of office is to preserve and protect the united states of america. this bill does that. vote yes. >> the time expired. gentleman from california has two minutes from -- remaining. >> [inaudible] >> i feel honored to followly good friend, the distinguished democratic whip, as we talk about this compromise and where we are. now, mr. speaker, saving social security and medicare is a priority that i believe both political parties share. contrary to what's been put out there, this is something that's addressed in this measure. we're going to be able to save social security and medicare again working together in a bipartisan way. creating jobs, democrats and republicans like to talk about that. how is it we'll be able to do that? getting our fiscal house in order. there's a very, very important step in our quest to ensure that the people who are hurting and looking for jobs have an opportunity to get them. sending a positive signal to the market that we are the world's economic, military, and geopolitical leader by increasing the debt ceiling, we send a p

we need to put united back in the united states of america, the greatest nation in the world. [cheers and at the stage where we have been bringing the speeches of all the candidates. more people are gathering for the results of upper straw poll. earlier, and we got a preview with matthew strong. we will show you as much of that coverage as we can before returning to our live coverage of the straw poll results. >> ha. realigns flong into the doors -- we have lines flowing into the doors. it looks like a great day to be in iowa. >> what is the straw poll? what is the price of the admission? who is attending today and who is not? >> there will be nine names on the ballot, all have announced president. six of them will be here today. i like to describe the straw poll as a county fair meet a rock concert meats and national political convention. >> we take you back live to ames, iowa. and matthew strawn on the stage. you are watching live coverage on c-span. >> secretary of state shultz will hand deliver the straw poll results to me. [applause] with 16,892 iowans voting, the winner

the united states of america frankly isn't going to default as alan greenspan said. we can print all the money we need in order to present a default, but what we're going to do is destroy the value of the dollar slowly through the federal reserve, and that is how you'll get rid of this thing. but worldwide collapse, john, this is coming about because of two big things -- the united states it looks like is headed into a double-dip recession, and this horrendous crisis in europe from greece to portugal to ireland went to spain and italy and now france. >> eleanor? >> pat has a unique way of grading, saying the tea party is right. they helped bring about the catastrophe of the dote deal we ended up with because it wouldn't go along with the compromises. and it's plummeting in the polls and general reaction to the tea appear is evidence of that. but the president was correct in his in statements to instincts to say something. but look at where the money and the world is going, they're buying u.s. treasuries. the u.s. credit is still good, and that would have deflected fr

. >> this is the united states of america. no matter what some agency may say, we always have been and always will be a aaa country. >> reporter: while the markets sold off another 400 points after the president's speech, sales of u.s. treasuries remain strong, easing fears that interest rates might rise on cc: mortgages, cars and student loans. >> if the world is a risky place and investors shed risk, they're not going to shed the least risky asset, which is still u.s. treasury securities. >> reporter: in an attempt to avoid a recession in europe, the european central bank bought bonds to keep spain and italy afloat but that may not be enough. >> there is going to be a bigger burden on france and germany. the question is, do they have enough money -- do they have the will to bail out the other countries? >> reporter: some investors sought safety in gold, sending gold prices up more than $61 to a new record high while oil closed just above $81 a barrel. >> look around. the compass is spinning. investors are being turned off. >

the president of the united states of america is the commander and chief of our armed forces. so it is not a lye as you say. >> bill: the entire u.s. government and military attached to it is a fiasco. >> if you do want to change the name of the show to the fiasco factor. name out to you and i will do it for free. >> bill: do i have to wear the glasses because it's daytime. >> actually, they are prescription. >> bill: okay. great. all right, mr. fiasco thanks for coming on in here. >> i appreciate you o'reilly have. a good day. >> juan: in a moment, campaign carl joins from us the iowa state fair where the g.o.p. is out in force. back in a moment. premiering the revolution by lg. the newest release with verizon 4g lte. the first phone pre-loaded with access to netflix's massive movie library. powered by verizon 4g lte for an unparalleled streaming experience. see how mobile entertainment was meant to be seen. only with verizon 4g lte. now get the revolution by lg for $199.99 and receive 3 months of netflix free. >> in the back of the book segment tonight, a lot of g.o.p. heavy

>> i would like limb to go to the people of united states of america and say, people of the united states of america, your congress is bought. your congress is incapable of making legislation on health care, banking, trade or taxes, because if they do it they will lose their political funding, and they won't do it, but i'm the president of the united states, and i won't have a country that is run by a bought ko congress. i won't work with congress and working with congress. i'm going to abandon the congress, like teddy roosevelt did and go to people of the united states and say, you've got to block congress. and until we get rid of the blocked congress, jimmy williams' constant point. get the money out of politic, and until the president says that's the problem and says he's going to fix it, there is no policy i can possibly see no matter how brilliant your ideas or my idea or her idea or your idea at home is that idea will not happen as long as there's a capacity to basically fire a politician who disagrees with me by taking funding away from mere. was that a fair assessment? >> money an

the united states of america. in reality, this is just the most recent downgrade. the fact is, for nearly three years, president obama has been downgrading american jobs, he's been downgrading our standing in the world, he's been downgrading our financial stability. he's been downgrading our confidence. and downgrading the hope for a better future for our children. that's a fact! his policies are not only a threat to this economy, so are his appointees a threat. [ applause ] see, he stacked the national labor relations board with anti-business cronies who want to dictate to a private company, booing, where they can build a plant. no president, no president should kill jobs in south carolina or for any other state for that matter simply because they choose to go to a right-to-work state. [ applause ] you see, when obama administration is not stifling economic growth with overregulation, they're achieving the same through their reckless spending. debt is not only a threat to our economy, but also to our security. am

in these united states of america is because of the american people. it is because of their perseverance and courage and their willingness to should they are burdens we face together, as one nation. there's no one who embodies the qualities i mention more than the men and women of the united states armed forces. this weekend we lost 30 of them when their helicopter crashed during a mission in afghanistan. their loss is a stark reminder of the risks that our men and women in uniform take every day on behalf of their country. day after day, night after night, they carry out missions like this in the face of enemy fire and grave danger. they come from different places. and their backgrounds and believes reflect the rich diversity of america. but no matter what differences they may have as individuals, they serve this nation as a team. they meet their responsibilities together. and some of them, like the 30 americans who were lost this weekend, give their lives for their country. our responsibility is to ensure that america is a legacy that reflects their

the united states of america. [applause] i will tell you on the u.n. in the case, that fight is just the tip of the iceberg. you know, one of the leading opponents of the state in texas was the dean of yale law school, a man named harold koa argued the uses supreme court should be subservient to the world court and united nations. he's the chief legal adviser at the u.s. department of state under president obama. the most radical economic in the country for giving up our sovereignty is the number one lawyer at the u.s. study department. this is going to be a fight that is going to continue for decades. it is a fight from the left that want to give up our sovereignty, and the reason they want to give up our sovereignty is two-fold. one fundamentally, they don't understand american exceptionalism, the unique miracle that is this country of freedom, liberty, and individual responsibility. [applause] number two, they understand their leftist progressive agenda is contrary to the values and principles of the american p

borrowing for the united states of america. many of the cuts are in the out years. and you know what happens in washington when the cuts are in the out years? unfortunately, our history has been that they don't get done. that's why i'm concerned about even the $917 billion claim in reductions, which is not a reduction in spending. i have also asked myself does this agreement in any way reduce the size of government? we know that this government has continued to grow even as state governments and families have made the tough decisions to downsize, to reduce, to live within their means. this deal does not cut or end one government program. in march, the g.a.o. came out with a report that identified hundreds of duplicative programs that happen here in washington where we could save billions of dollars. my colleague from oklahoma, senator dr. tom coburn, he has done the hard work of identifying hundreds and hundreds of duplicative programs where we could save billions and billions of dollars, yet this agreement does not reduce the

may god bless you, and may god bless the united states of america. [applause] i'd be happy to. >> folks, i've got to tell you, you know, normally when i endorse a candidate at redstate, i've gotten to know them somewhat. um, i endorsed don sight unseen on his record. [applause] it is that good of a record in nebraska. yeah, we've got to support a guy like this to get rid of a guy like nelson. now, we'll open it up to questions. anybody want to -- right here. >> look at the senate, and we have a lot of great young lions in the senate now. how do we get rid of the, dare i say, mcconnells and old boy system? >> vote 'em out. >> yeah. the question is we elect some young lions, and i appreciate being put in that category. [laughter] you know, how do we overcome some of the good old boys? and i had a conversation with senator demint about, about that. and his view, which i share, is that we need to send reinforcements to the rand paul/jim demint/toomey/group. and it's amazing how much, what, five new seriously committed conservative republicans could do in

of the united states of america. in reality, though, this is just the most recent downgrade. the fact is, for nearly three years, president obama has been downgrading american jobs. he's been downgrading our standing in the world. he's been downgrading our financial stability. he's been downgrading our confidence and downgrading the hope for a better future for our children. that's a fact. his policies are not only a threat to this economy, so are his appointees a threat. [ applause ] see, he stacked the national labor relations board with anti-business cronies who want to dig at a time to a private company, boeing, where they can build a plant. no president, no president should kill jobs in south carolina or for any other state for that matter, simply because they choose to go to a right to work state. [ applause ] you see, when the obama administration is not stifling economic growth with overregulation, they're achieving the same through their wreckless spending. debt is not only a threat to our economy but also t

this is the united states of america. no matter what some agency may say, we've always been and always will be a triple-a country. >> eric: no mr. obama, mr. obama, that 600-point downdraft was on the heels of a 500-point drubbing last thursday and whopping 2,000 point slide in just a few days. the market is screaming for help. obamanomics is failing. the president is clean out of ideas. dana, president obama keeps pointing the finger saying he inherited a bad economy, inherited a recession. he also inherited a triple-a rating. >> dana: couple of things. the line he delivered in the sound bite there, the line is a good one. if it was not read off a teleprompter. it is true. what i think he is missing with some hallowness and emptiness is passion he believe what is he is saying. part of that is a huge missed political opportunity on friday night no love lost for s&p or the other rating agencies. what they could have done friday is get right wing republicans and left wing democrats pull together to say we should all stand t

for the first time in 70 years the united states of america is no longer the top financial dog on earth. standard & poor's taking care of that yesterday. officially drinking our top notch aaa rating and kicking us out of an elite club that includes france, germany, switzerland, australia, not us, not now. we are in with belgium and new zealand now. just getting our arms around that not proving easy. for years, top of the heap. now all but kicked to the curb. growing fears come monday morning we are going to get kicked in the markets, we don't know. here is what we do know. after all of the spending the world is telling us, we are spent and the jig is up. and the pain could be severe. we are all over the fall-out that could be swift. with the likes of presidential candidates michelle bachmann, ron paul and herman cain. who say the spending has got to stop. dennis kucinich says the spending has to double. and mark zhan did who says republicans and -- democrats have talk. before that, the latest on what is happening now. georgia republican jack kingston calling on congress to reconvene imm

we ought to be done with the building of mosques in the united states of america. president obama is half white and half black. herman cain is all black. he's authentically black. he is the real black man in the race. that's why president barack obama nurtures this hatred for the united states of america, and i believe nurture as hatred for the white man. >> barry what do you make of this character? >> well, this is really fringe material, and, of course, governor perry shouldn't be calling on people in texas or around the country to come to a christian-only prayer rally, exactly how this started. the diversity that tony perkins talks about, by the way, does not include anyone who is muslim, anyone who is jewish. the only way they're invited to even come tomorrow is so they can learn about jesus, in other words, this is now government evangelism sponsored by, i think government evangelism, by the way, is an oxymoron. mr. fish sir ner does not live basement employed by the american family association. the key lead sponsor of this event, chosen, recruited by the gove

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to the united states of america. i can show you that americans can build it better if and when we open this new plant in china, i'm competing against the chinese car company right across the street. we're going to beat them? why, because we've got american ingenuity and technology in our cars and we are the best. >> terry mcauliffe, we'll see if the white house takes your advice on this, if they bring everybody back in washington. we'll be watching green tech. congratulations on that. >> and buy one of my cars. >> i assume you're not done with politics either? >> we'll see. >>> still ahead, we'll take you live to the opening bell on wall street. how hard will the debt rating downgrade slam the markets? >>> but first, the deadliest day in afghanistan. 30 americans killed in a single attack. what's it mean for the war that's now been going on for ten long years? >>> and now, today's trivia question, kicking off our big iowa week here on "the daily rundown." since 1980, the first significant iowa caucuses for the republ

states of america that means that not quite twenty one percent of the people currently living on our land mass that we call the united states gave barack obama express consent to govern and even of that percentage i'm sure a good portion would not have endorsed. starting new wars in pakistan libya drone bombing syria renewing the patriot act bailing out goldman sachs to be in our currency and yet here we are with a constitution stomping statist over say not just the united states but the six point eight billion people affected by u.s. policy around the globe well on top of all that a new poll released by rasmussen shows that just seventeen percent of likely u.s. voters think the federal government today has the consent of the governed so what about the nonvoters and while true children felons and those not permitted by law to vote clearly do not have and sent the police legally the number of deals that of those who do vote most agree the situation here in the beltway is out of control how better to highlight that point than to also mention that a poll of those holding elected office

first ever downgrade of credit rating of the united states of america. in reality though, this is just the most recent downgrade. the fact is, for nearly three years, president obama has been downgrading american jobs, he's been downgrading our standing in the world, he's been downgrading our financial stability. he's been downgrading our confluence and downgrading the hope for a better future for our children. that's a fact. his policies are not only a threat to this economy, so are his appointees a threat. [applaus [applause] >> see, he stacked the national labor relations board with anti-business cronies who want to dictate to a private company, boeing, where they can build a plant. no president, no president should kill jobs in south carolina or for any other state for that matter, simply because they choose to go to a right to work state. [applause]. [applause]. >> . >> jamie: you see when the obama administration isn't stifling growth with overregulation, they're achieving the same through reckless spending and debt is not only a threat to our econ

south of the united states of america oklahoma. this road leads to macalister penitentiary which houses prisoners condemned to death. this is where just twelve years ago i met schoen sellers a young man condemned to death his story created a media star all over the world he was my age and i have never forgotten him ever since the night of his execution i have been convinced of the death penalty acts like a poison on all those who participate in it now my aim is to meet all the people of were involved in the execution of sean sellers. this is where sean sellers spent the last thirteen years of his life. the cameras cameras in three. cars and three. football players are louis. ok. sean was twenty nine when this interview took place. most people around here are in on all this season year when all they see the chains and warriors cry. if all you can see is that someone is heard by. someone is killed somebody. or someone is dangerous. you are the person did that person. i don't blame. he said this is what. the usual relieved relieved. o

the united states of america is putting 2% or less into it. we have $80 billion of loss every year just to bail out just the grid problems with our energy structure to highways that are clogged because we don't build a transportation system. we know how to do this. we could have patent reform. there are millions of jobs wrapped up in the beaurocracy of patent reform that isn't moving forward. we could have regulatory reform so we don't take ten years to get business people a decision. there are countless things we can do. yes, we can cut waste. there is waste. we have to be statesmen here. we have to find the happy, middle ground of compromise and common sense. i know john mccain is prepared to do it. i would like to see the numbers of the house of representatives do it. that would avoid future confrontation. >> we are going to leave it there. thank you, as always. >> thank you. >> joining us now, senator john mccain. senator mccain, i want to return to the issue about afghanistan in a moment because of the crucial importance. i would like you

the president of the united states of america is the commander and chief of our armed forces. so it is not a lye as you say. >> bill: the entire u.s. government and military attached to it is a fiasco. >> if you do want to change the name of the show to the fiasco factor. name out to you and i will do it for free. >> bill: do i have to wear the glasses because it's daytime. >> actually, they are prescription. >> bill: okay. great. all right, mr. fiasco thanks for coming on in here. >> i appreciate you o'reilly have. a good day. >> juan: in a moment, campaign carl joins from us the iowa state fair where the g.o.p. is out in force. back in a moment. my doctor told me calcium is besabsorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. new citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. >> in the back of the book segment tonight, a lot of g.o.p. heavy weights out in force at the iowa state fair on the eve of the big straw poll. there is some notable exceptions, however, and

it is owned by the people of the united states of america. so that is both parties coming together to have a very frank conversation if we're going to have a balanced budget amendment to the constitution, how do we get it done, what is the text for that and how do we do best for our nation? but the key piece of this legislation today is focused on not just getting us past tomorrow but starts us down a process, that single first step of starting us down a process that in the days ahead our children will not live in the shadow of this kind of debt, of this kind of deficit and we as a nation can get back to doing the things we love to do rather than worry about what creditor we're going to pay and which one we're not. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. speaker. we should never have gotten to the point where our troops in afghanistan had to ask whether they were going to be paid. that's a scandal. and it's scandalous that our republican colleagues would threaten for the fir

but i did like to go to the people of the united states of america and say people of the united states of america your congress has bought your congress is incapable of making legislation on health care banking trade or taxes because if they do it they will lose their political funding. now i think is right there and he has a point but he wants the president to go to the american people and actually say that and say your congress has bought a do you think the president would ever do such a thing and be don't americans already know that their congress is bought don't you think they've just given up hope that you can actually change this system. in regard to your first question about obama inconceivable obama concedes on every issue there's no way in hell obama would go to the american people and say congress is bought obama is so focused on getting reelected in a second term he's so focused on this so-called you know name to his claim to fame which is bipartisanship he wants to make friends with the republicans has completely distracted by all of that he's not going to go to the america