we retired harry reid as majority leader. we won the largest majority in the house of representatives. since the 1920's. it's been now over nine months since we've had republican majorities in both houses, and i ask you, mr. president, what exactly have those republican majorities accomplished? i'll tell you, mr. president, i've asked that question all over the country in town halls. i've never been in a town hall where the response spontaneously was not "absolutely nothing." it's true in every state i've visited. and, sadly, my response over and over again is, you know, it's worse than that. i wish the answer were "absolutely nothing." it would have been better if the republican majorities had done absolutely nothing. because what, in fact, have they done? well, the very first thing that happened right after that election in november is we came back to washington and republican leadership joined up with harry reid and the democrats and passed a trillion-dollar cromnibus bill that was filled with pork and corporate welfare, g

i'm very proud to introduce enator harry reid. you mayreid: as some of know i hurt myself on january 1 is it and basically blinded myself in one eye. doing my exercise. as senator mikulski said in our first meeting when i came back to the congress, she said to everyone there, i told you, i said it all my life, exercise will kill you. so anyway here's the deal. i can't see out of my right eye, but it does let light in. so i got some new glasses and we are going to try for the first time, i got a new pair of glass, we'll see how it works. the light here seems to be just about right. if i have to go back to my dark glasses you'll know why. so, howard, thank you very much. we are friends, we always will be friends. we bonded as freshmen in a very large class that tip o'neill had to deal with way back in 1982. he's a superb legislator, he was noted as great legislator in the california legislature, but back here when history books arity hen during these three decades he served, howard berman will be part of that conversation. i'm so gr

just have harry reid -- just -- almost as much as harry reid has stood up for things he believes in, we're asking the senate to -- the republicans in the senate, please stand up almost as much as harry reid did when he set aside cloture on confirmations. now, a number of us sent a letter to senate majority leader mcconnell down the hall imploring him to treat the iranian agreement as the treaty it is. because if they just go along ith the fiction that the iranian agreement does fall under the corker bill and therefore it takes 2/3 to disapprove in the senate, 2/3 to disapprove in the house, here in the house we've said, the corker bill at least doesn't apply at this time for sure. i'd submit it doesn't apply at all. but, all we have to do is rely on our founding document, the constitution, ratified, made effective 1789, written 17 7 -- 1787. and this article 2, section 2, second paragraph, beginning of the paragraph, says, the president shall have power by and with the advice and consent of the senate to make treaties provided 2/3 of the senators present concur. so, last thing the pr

harry reid already set the precedent. we're not trying to reinvent the wheel here. >> that is it for our time. congressman bill flores, who is the chairman of the 170-member strong republican study committee, with us live on this friday afternoon on what's become a day for the history books when a sitting speaker of the house announces his resignation and thanks to david of "the new york times" and susan of the "washington examiner" for your questions. rep. flores: that all of y'all. thank you for inviting me. \[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] \[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] truman andt harry his wife this. she had little to say to the media after some public moments. [laughter] she spent a good part of her white house years home in missouri. bess

i'm very proud to introduce senator harry reid. [applause] senator reid: as some of you may know i hurt myself on january 1 is it and basically blinded myself in one eye. doing my exercise. as senator mikulski said in our first meeting when i came back to the congress, she said to -- came back to the caucus, she said to everyone there, i told you i said it all my life, , exercise will kill you. [laughter] so anyway here's the deal. i can't see out of my right eye, but it does let light in. so i got some new glasses and we are going to try for the first time, i got a new pair of glass, we'll see how it works. the light here seems to be just about right. if i have to go back to my dark glasses you'll know why. so, howard, thank you very much. we are friends, we always will be friends. we bonded as freshmen in a very large class that tip o'neill had to deal with way back in 1982. he's a superb legislator, he was noted as great legislator in the california legislature, but back here when history books arity -- when history books are wr

and it deflects the blame from harry reid and the democrats in the senate who have been consistently plucking any spending bill unless they get their demands to blow the lid off of large spending. what is the reason why you decided to leave the freedom caucus? that was the reason because there tactics had become entirely counterproductive. they had failed not only to advance those -- that cause. their decision to block the the disastrous nuclear-iran agreement that locked the house which would've been a decisive repudiation. i think that their hearts are in the right place. host: the freedom caucus will do tactics wise when it comes to the next speaker, how much influence will they have? guest: that will depend a lot on the next several conference discussions we have on this subject. they vote that an individual cast in congress is a matter of conscience of judgment and responsibility to their constituency. that is their right and nobody expects it. comes to the whatization of the house are the rules of the house. that is the prerogative of the majority party and that has to be decid

he has to deal with barack obama, harry reid, nancy pelosi, and guys like me. it is not an easy thing. it is a very difficult job. i would have done things different. every member of congress would have done things different. you all know there has been times when the freedom caucus took a different position than our leadership. those are well-documented. the test is coming up. let's see how we all do. i represent the same number of people as john boehner. it is we. we have to do what we told the voters we would focus on doing. that has to be our mission. all the time, frankly, but there is a heightened focus on it this fall. journalist: a big issue right now, you mentioned before, planned parenthood federal funding. the speculation is on capitol hill that there will probably be some kind of short-term continued resolution that will plant a big decisions down the road, maybe to christmas. that continued resolution, what does that contain -- what if that contains funding for planned parenthood? guest: i don't know if it is likely to. it may. i certainly hope it

senate democratic leader harry reid. we have worked together since he and i came to the house in 1983, we sat next to each other for four years on the house foreign affairs committee before he was elected to the senate in 1986. as you know, the senators serve as majority leader from 2007- 2014. he remains the democratic leader during this, his last term in congress. appreciate ist the skill that goes into garnering the mantle of leader and majority leader in the u.s. senate and holding onto it. senator reid's commitment to a progressive agenda, his knowledge of the issues, and the parliamentary rules -- his attention to detail and his ability to handle the outsized personalities of his colleagues are legendary. he fights tenaciously for that which he believes, and he produces the deft compromise when that is the only sensible course. relevant to the discussion this morning, senator reid, during all of his years, and to this day, has given very special attention and focus to the u.s.-israel relationship, fighting as stron

we shared the comments live of the democratic leader harry reid. here's what mitch mcconnell had to say about speaker boehner moments ago. >> grace under pressure. country and institution before self. these are the things that come to mind when i think of john boehner. he's an ally. he's a friend. and he took over as republican leader at a very difficult time for his party. and some said republicans could never recover. he never gave up. and some gave in to defeatism. he kept up the fight. and because he did, speaker boehner was able to transform a broken and dispirited republican minority into the largest republican majority since the 1920s. that's a legacy few can nudge. match. he flew across the country more times than he can count to support members of his conference, to recruit new members to the cause. and as a leader of the new majority, he turned the tide in congress and brought conservative reform in many areas. he worked tirelessly to provide hope to those who dreamed of a better life. and to middleclass families who struggled under the w

before that, senator harry reid spoke about it at the carnegie endowment. we'll show you as much of this as we can until the house returns at 4:00. >> good morning. there's a few people settling in. my name is george perkowitz, i'm vice president for studies here at the carnegie endowment. it's my pleasure to welcome you all back from the end of summer, lamentably, and the beginning of the work year here in washington but we have a great occasion we're honored to present to you to start it off, that's an address by senate minority leader harry reid, and to introduce senator reid we have a dear friend and former colleague of his, congressman howard vernon, also a friend of ours, we've had the pleasure and honor of working together on a number of issues when he was chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. he's still very active in foreign affairs. it gives us great pleasure to ask congressman berman to come up and introduce senator reid. >> thank you very much, george. before i introduce the speaker, i want to let folks know, the folks at carnegie, ho

i wish they had half the backbone and courage that nancy pelosi and harry reid had. >> this pope, do you think he flips over america or capitalism? >> i have a lot of respect for this pope. i think he's got a har for the poor and a humble man. i don't always agree with me. i'm not required to agree with him even as a catholic. >> yesterday, he went right down the middle with his remarks to impress but only certainly things were picked up by the media. >> that's right. i think america, i think capitalism has done more to lift people out of poverty than any other country and economic system in the history of the world. i think america is the greatest country in the history of the world. i disagree with the holy father about some of the things he's talked about global warming and other things. i hope people take away from his visit a calling to turn to the gospel and i hope people respond to that message. >> chris christie has tried to split that down maybe on religious issues, not these others. do you agree with that? >> well, neil, i think -- i want him to speak out about social and p

of. >>> president obama meeting thursday with senate minority leader harry reid and nancy pelosi. they insist they are willing to back stop gap measures as long as planned parenthood defunding is off the table. >> i hope we are all in agreement. democrats and republicans, that we should not have a government shutdown. it is costly to the government and to the american people as it was during the government shutdown before. so we are optimistic. we want to be cooperative. we want to negotiate in good faith. >> with 13 days left before a possible government shutdown, pelosi admits she and house speaker boehner haven't scheduled talks. >>> a federal appeals court in st. louis ruling obamacare unjustly. the religious based employers being forced to provide coverage for contraceptives. the higher court sided with colleges in iowa, michigan and missouri. it conflicting with federal appeals court ruling. under the appeal, they no longer have to provide insurance for employees birth control. >>> the white house is thinking about scrapping its program to build a large scale syrian fighting

the senate minority leader harry reid would call the vote a waste of time asthma jr.ty leader mitch mcconnell says that they would strengthen thand congress should reject it. the roll call vote was susan colin's 6,000th vote of her career. colleagues would praise her for not missing the single vote over her 18 years. agencies are in charge of keeping you safe. we've got a rare glimpse inside that command center where various agencies will be monitoring the huge crowds, the movements too while they are here in washington. they will be able to share that in real time. and the emergency agencies, >> they would expect the people to attend their ceremony for pope francis on the white house lawn. >> 25,000 people expected when he is in dc. before that could happen as they would have more from the campus of their university. perhaps the most important thing, the alter. he spent countless hours, the mass is a job with a lot of pressure. he also built the alter that they used back in 2008. >> i don't think that there is a third time for me. but that is beyond words, i would think. >> reporter: it was

there is democratic senator harry reid and mitch mcconnell, majority leader behind him. we expect the pope to go to st. patricks in the city. where he'll meet some individuals in washington, d.c. who are homeless. after that he will have lunch at catholic charities. the former head of catholic charities is the current u.s. ambassador to the holy see. >> jake, he is playing true to form, of course. he's not going to some fancy dinner. there's the pope coming out now after that magnificent balcony reception he had from the people of the united states who were standing out there just before he addressed the representatives inside with a joint meeting of congress. he touched on all the issues he's so well known for. all of them couched, not just in politically, but in this envelope he's been so well known for. we were just discussing the reaction, the reception he's received in washington, the most highly anticipated speech, because it was in the heart of american politics. the reaction he's got across the board must surely lay to rest any doubt about how this pope, francis,

in the senate minority leader harry reid and senators durbin and chuck grassley spoke about the bill. >>> we have another vote related on planned parenthood. we have to try to figure out a way from the government boast responsibility, the house controls the senate and it's not our response ability we will help in any way that we can. we want to move forward and to get the government funded. we are at a crossroads here. i'm not sure that we can make it with the times that because of all of these unnecessary votes by the republican leader in the last couple of weeks. i hope that we can make it and not have to have the government shutdown again. we have seen that before. who has suffered, the american people. i would hope that they have a plan. we will do everything we can in the region can make sure that the american people are trained fairly in the upcoming bills. we have have to have that by october 31. mr. president -- >> under the previous order the leadership time is reserved under the previous order the senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to hr 36 which the c

why didn't mcconnell do a nuclear option in the senate the way harry reid did? because the republicans always surrender. >> we'll step away. i'll hold that question in our little bucket to reask when we come back. stay with us. >> real quickly our bucket reask for pat for your about the iran deal. why didn't the gop leadership use a nuclear option? >> that one i'm unsure why they didn't do it. i think there's certain rules that govern the use of it that they honor which harry reid didn't. the other one is, why it wasn't set up in order to make it harder to pass the bill in the senate. and i remember last spring corker who is the head of the foreign relations committee negotiated with democrats to make a bipartisan bill to get congress a say in the thing because originally there was no say. >> the votes would never be there to overturn. >> moving on. top gop candidates are set to take the main stage in this week's presidential debate. according to the polling that is there will be 11 in that primetime and then earlier you'll have a similar situation to what we sa

harry reid is trying to change the rules middle of the game, some republicans are trying to help harry reid and barack obama. worst thing the republican party could do is avoid a vote on barack obama's deal with iran. let's have a vote. we will get a bipartisan majority against the deal. he will veto it. it will marginalize the deal. and the next president will have a better opportunity to get us a better deal, if obama has the veto, congressional disapproval. >> you don't know trump or ted cruz? >> i like ted, i don't dislike him. >> come on. >> i think he has poor judgment when it comes to politics. >> what about donald trump? >> i think his foreign policy makes no sense to me, but i don't dislike donald trump. look, he's tapped into frustration, he's riding a wave. best way to destroy isil is go to syria and iraq and take their oil for our wounded warriors. not only will that destroy isil, it will destroy our presence in the middle east. you have people fighting a war, fighting it for a decade. i hope we will be serious about taking energy, understand how to destroy isil, and for go

president obama meeting with harry reid and nancy pelosi. they insist they are willing to back stop gap measures to keep the government running as long as planned parenthood is off the table. >> i hope we are all in agreement. democrats and republicans, we should not have a government shutdown. that's costly to the government and to the american people as it was during the government shutdown before. so we're optimistic. we want to be cooperative. we want to negotiate in good faith. >> with only 13 days left before a possible government shutdown, pelosi admits she and boehner have not even scheduled talks. >>> a federal court over religious based employers to force them to provide health coverage for contraception. the lower court decision was upheld for iowa and michigan and missouri colleges. it conflicts with other court rulings before it. under the latest hearing, it will not have to provide coverage for birth control. >>> the $500 million plan was a core part of the strategy to defeat the terrorist group. the program is failing accordin

considers year-end iran nuclear deal today, and coming up, harry reid speaks at the carnegie endowment for international peace on why he supports the deal. then at 1:00 p.m. eastern, also live on c-span, as senator on the other side of the issue, republican lindsey graham, who is running for president, speaks at the national press club on why he is opposing the deal. at 5:00 p.m., consideration of resolution 64, the resolution formally announcing they disapprove of the nuclear agreement. the rules committee will set the rules for debate on the resolution live on c-span3 at 5:00 p.m. eastern. up next on c-span, "washington journal." at 7:45 a.m., we will talk with political editor shira center on the 2016 presidential campaign. congress returns from its summer recess. summer -- congress debates the iran nuclear agreement. pope francis addresses a meeting later this month. host: congress returns after a summer break into items are on the agenda, including the iran nuclear deal and avoiding a government shutdown in october. the house rules committee will discuss the debate rules for the r

democratic minority leader harry reid is pushing for an up or down vote needed to disappear. >> this requires a threshold. everyone knows that. this goes back long before the dialogue started on the floor. >> republicans are in no mood though negotiate over procedures or give democrats an easy vote. >> does the senate disapprove with this deal with iran. the senate should not hide behinds obfuscation to shield the president. mitch mcconnell says debate will begin wednesday and every senator should show up to listen. >> i'll ask all senators to be present in the chain ber to commence debate on this issue. >> despite the white house advantage, opponents should not be shy denouncing the deal. >> the trath of the matter is momentous issues should not be decided by a filibuster, veto or a third of the members in the united states senate. or those justifying actions with a falls choice. >> the house is diving into the rain deal this week, to reach the president's desk, a disapprovalal resolution passed both areas of congress guaranteeing a heated debate >>> the former vice president may be

harry reid on the opposite side is pessimistic and it would be irresponsible to let this happen again. there are already 40 conservative republicans who say they're not going to let this budget pass including money for planned parenthood. they want to pull that out. president obama said he would veto that and, therefore, the fight looms. they're working that out. also on the campaign trail, we heard ted cruz and others saying they d not want to pass this budget if it including money for planned parenthood. hillary clinton in a new statement says she's urging congress not to hold up the entire budget just over the money for planned parenthood. they have to start the planning process. the interior department tells us they're already starting planning in case they have to shut down. it ooh's process. they can't necessarily shut it down and do it overnight. remember last time the national park shut down, they lost over $400 million from people not being able to come into the parks. they're obviously hoping that doesn't happen again. >> tracie potts on the hill. thank you, tracie. >>> ther

right now, harry reid has been his firewall. has prevented him having to explain to the american people certain stand. a david: do you think people realize harry reid is a democrat. mr. flores: i don't. i go back home and help my fellow republican caucus members and those folks are saying the same thing. they look at congress as not doing anything. from the outside looking in, yes, it looks like we're not doing anything. but half of it is and half of it's not. i think if we started having things flow out of that down to the 16 blocks to the white house, that the american people say, aha, now we see what the real problem is. it's a president that views the world differently than i do. my family has been hurt because my paycheck hasn't gone up for seven or eight years and i'm -- my health care costs are higher. and all the problems that they're facing. susan: speaking of a filibuster, can you talk about how the house may move forward on spending legislation that passed both chambers and made it through both chambers. sounds like a

reid and nancy pelosi. they're looking for leaders who don't just talk about it but have a record to standing up to washington, standing up to both democrats and this is critical to members of our own party to republican leadership as well. >> is it another example -- i never understood the corker/cardin bill. doesn't the constitution talk about two-third majority in the senate over treaties? shouldn't they define it as a treaty? >> absolutely. it made no sense. the senate gave up our constitutional authority to ratify this as a treaty. i laid out last week in a long letter to leader mcdonnell and speaker boehner a plan of attack to actually win to stop this iran deal. number one, for republican leaders in both chambers to conclude that the president had not submitted the entire deal because he didn't hand over the side deals dealing with inspections. and under the terms of federal law, actually under corker-cardin, until the full deal is submitted and 60 days have expired it is illegal for president obama

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harry reid already set the precedent. we're not trying to reinvent the wheel here. >> that is it for our time. congressman bill flores, who is the chairman of the 170-member strong republican study committee, with us live on this friday afternoon on what's become a day for the history books when a sitting speaker of the house announces his resignation and thanks to david of "the new york times" and susan of the "washington examiner" for your questions. mr. flores: that all of y'all. thank you for inviting me. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> tomorrow or live coverage of pope francis continues. at 4:30 he will speak at independence hall and it 7:30 he attends the festival of the families. pope francis spent the day in new york city. he addressed the u.n. general assembly. he spoke about the ongoing conflict in the middle east, the iran nuclear agreement. this is

and i will -- i got along with nancy pelosi, i got along with harry reid. i got along with everybody. that's my obligation to my company, to my family, to my employees. i have thousands and thousands of employees. i have an obligation. i don't want to go around saying bad things about people. when you look at the result. >> were you pulling my leg in 2012 when you said she was so great? >> no, greta. i'm not going to say bad things about major politicians in this country when i'm running a major company where i need things and outside of the united states. i you mean, i have international trade. i have international businesses. i'm not going to go around saying bad things about people there was no reason to. now, when you look at the result of her labor, it's been a disaster. the world has blown up during her regime and i you think everybody would pretty much agree with me. but, again it certainly has not got any better since she left. >> all right. there are about 4 million syrian refugees trying to escape that civil war there are about 360 to 400,000 now

harry reid and his gang will do it. >> that was once a tank that was filled with a lot of republicans back in the day when there were moderate republicans, thinking republicans and not everybody was pandering to the right. >> issue five, flashes of humor. >> ever ready, it's very high energy, donald. >> mr. trump? >> humble. [laughter] >> mr. trump. humble. >> that's a good one. >> who was the most entertaining. >> trump made the show, john. on for months. >> i think jeb bush, secret service line was great. >> trump is the reason for the big ratings and he paid off. >> the answer is trump. we'll be right back with predictions. . >>> prediction, who will be the second republican to drop from the race? >> the occupants for the undercard debate are vanishing, i think bobby jindal would be my choice. >> i say pataki. >> lindsay graham, bye bye. pataki. >> i'd say pataki.

what we saw was, instead of throwing santa some people, -- throwing sand at harry reid or the obama administration, showed we could not pick up the sand. that is why republicans have had the problems they have had over the past couple years. it is why we need to unify and march together. if we are not able to do that, we will have the same problems. phil: doug heye. his actual twitter account is @dougheye,. . don't follow the other guy. thank you very much, doug. crazy at present obama's week with somebody in the room for every minute of it. ♪ brian dies the unanimous choice for best beard. some busy times over there. but a big announcement today in the meeting between president obama and president xi. this is a second meeting with her has been a big climate announcement at the end of the meeting or during the meeting. even deep -- you have been deeply involved in this. i question is -- china commits to having a national cap and trade system by 2017. i do not think there is any chance that the u.s. will follow suit. is the u.s. a hindrance to some of the momentum heading into paris? brian: absol

the speaker going up against president obama, and then harry reid. it is a very difficult job. speaker boehner, he liked to play golf, drink red wine. he will be enjoying life after congress. overall, i think it will be and just a what he does between now and october 30. will he moved controversial -- move controversial bills? that is the question. host: we were talking about this on friday. many tweets said that mitch needs to be the next to go. the racee factor is for the white house. many other the candidates running, not all of them, but many running for the republican nomination had been critical of mitch mcconnell and john boehner, and were celebrating the fact that john boehner resigned. mitch mcconnell is highly respected within his conference in the senate. i think his job is very safe. he will take a lot of criticism because there is a lot of frustration in washington. host: there are calls waiting for bob cusack. we go first to rob in california. caller: good morning. a little'm getting confused as a republican because i remember back when john boehner took over as t

and that is one of the things that has frustrated harry reid. >> looking at the clock, now, we are almost 14 hours away from what could have been another republican shutdown of the federal government. this is totally unnecessary. we'll likely avert a shutdown tonight, but they brought us dangerously close. >> reporter: reid knows what is at play. he knows that the republicans are stalling. it's going to go to the house, get voted on in the house, but he is saying negotiations have to continue to get this budget done, and he wants it done before john boehner leaves office. and that might remain tough. >> john boehner had said he is going to remain in office until the end of october. are you sensing that he is being pushed out earlier than he wanted to leave? >> reporter: i don't think he'll leave any time soon. the 30th is his deadline, but i think what he wants to do now is enjoy these next three weeks in that they free him up to push things forward that he might not otherwise have been able to do. there are already negotiations going on between mcconnell, boehner and the president. >> th

reid and hillary clinton. he tweeted this quote to man say pelosi when trump called her quote the greatest. chris christie who's having a hard time breaking through hinted a possible change in tactic. in the interview with fallon, he expressed his opinion about not getting time in the last debate. >> i was waiting for you to talk. >> me too. >> september 16th, may be changing tactics. if i get to like 15 question miss a row, count them at home. they're going to go he's going nuclear now. >> new this morning, state department released a giant collection of e-mails from hillary clinton's private server, 7,000 pages worth to be attack. confidential material has been found in 150 e-mails. according to the spokesperson, none were marked classified at the time they were sent. now the confidential e-mails are the lowest level of classification. none are quote top secret. let's look at a few. with exchange with george mitchell about meetings, clinton asked him to use her personal e-mail address. sections the state dep

harry reid and his gang will do it. eleanor: that was once a tank filled with a lot of republicans back in the day when there were moderate, thinking republicans. john: issue five -- flashes of humor. >> ever-ready, it's very high energy, donald. [applause] >> mr. trump? >> humble. [laughter] >> that's a good one. john: who was the most entertaining? pat: trump made the show. eleanor: the trump-bush show will go on for months. tom: bush's secret service line was great. clarence: trump. john: the answer is trump. issue six-china's 12-mile message. >> war is the sword of damocles. we must learn the lessons of history and dedicate ourselves to peace. john: china's president xi jinping says his nation wants global peace and this week china promised a crackdown on sbernt hackers who target america. but china's promises ring hollow. his military was publicly parading its growing military reach. on decision play were weapons like the d.f.-21 d., an anti-ship ballistic missile specifically designed to sink american aircraft car

what we saw was, instead of throwing santa some people, -- throwing sand at harry reid or the obama administration, showed we could not pick up the sand. that is why republicans have had the problems they have had ove the past couple years. it is why we need to unify and march together. if we are not able to do that, we will have the same problems. phil: doug heye. his actual twitter account is @dougheye. you should definitely follow him. doug: don't follow the other guy. phil: thank you very much, doug. [laughter] phil: a look at president obama's crazy week with somebody in the room for every minute of it. ♪ ♪ phil: brian deese, the unanimous bloombergs politic choice for best beard and a senior advisor to president obama. i want to welcome you to the show. obviously obviously some busy times over there. but a big announcement today in the meeting between president obama and president xi. this is a second meeting with this kind of discussion where there has been a big climate announcement at the end of the meeting or during the meeting. you have been deeply involved in this. my question is -

harry reid has been his firewall that has prevented him from explaining why he is taking certain positions. i go around the country and help rnc members, and those constituents say the same thing. they look a congress as not doing anything. is, and half of it is not. i think down the 16 blocks the white house, the american people is.what the real problem it is a president that uses the rules differently than i do. my family has been hurt because my paycheck has not gone up seven or eight years. my health care costs are higher. all of problems they are facing. susan: can you talk about how congress might change spending legislation? it sounds like there is a temporary funding bill that the septemberough 30 expiration. you need a grand bargain with democrats. can you talk about that and how it might go through 2016 with a compromise spending bill? rep. flores: i don't know what that looks like. bargain,bout a grand but i don't hear anyone taking part in the bargaining of the grand bargain. what we have is a republican study committee going back a couple of weeks ago where we happening octobe

that is said or harry reid. nancy pelosi spoke about speaker boehner's resignation in her weekly news conference. [video clip] pelosi: nonetheless, here we are, the speaker announcing his resignation. that resignation is a stark indication of the disarray of the house republicans, and a demonstration of their obsession of shutting down the government at the expense of women's health , and a sign of the failure of the house republicans to be willing to engage in dialogue for the good of the american people, and for us to move forward. host: that was house minority leader nancy pelosi yesterday. we are getting your reaction, including your texts this morning, like steve from new orleans. he says, they operate like mafia, the to not have mercy on people, and they don't even have mercy to one of their own. omert gohm t -- is the man for the job. cassidy says, stepping down will cause a vacuum, like what we have seen from the u.s. withdrawal from the middle east. en is up next from cincinnati, ohio, close to speaker

after the event, there be more private time when nancy pelosi and harry reid will join in. the choreography is so specific, and you know, you can only imagine what it's like when you're in charge of all of that as the speaker of the how was and you also have this incredible emotional attachment to the person you are about to meet and this incredible spiritual attachment to your faith as john boehner does. it's just remarkable watching these pictures of him as he anticipates the pope's arrival in just a minute or two. >> what can you tell about the first pontiff to address the u.s. congress? >> this is something that had been tried before with previous house speakers and administrations. they had invited pope john paul ii. there had been invitation to his predecessor, pope francis was essentially the third of the last three to get the invitation, and it was made clear that when the pope agreed that he would come to washington as part of the official washington visit, that's when officials at the vatican, not necessarily the pope said ok, let's do this. >> your holiness,ical

so far senate minority leader harry reid and former vice president dick cheney grabbing the spotlight today, delivering speeches on iran at almost the same time. >>> two san antonio high school football players tackle a referee during a game. they're in big trouble. that story and a lot more when we come back. >>> there have been a lot of fast-moving developments on it ran nuclear deal. just a short while ago, senator manchin has become the fourth democrat announcing his opposition to the deal. former vice president dick cheney, and speaking right now, senate minority leader harry reid. >> we can take the strongest step ever for keeping iran from getting a nuclear bomb or we can block the agreement and be sure that iran doesn't have what they need to make a bomb. >> forming a path way to a nuclear arsenal is not an act of peace. it's not, as president obama claims, the only alternative to war. it is madness. >> let's go to lou gussert on capitol hill. this conversation is getting really intense now when congress is back in session. >> without a doubt, i think you're right, jose. joe m

it should say what would harry reid do? he would break the rules so these bills can pass and get on to the president's desk. the base is getting angrier and angrier. >> it is all about the bracelets. >> stunning new details about a massive government data breach. the office of personal management says hackers were able to steal nearly six million finger prints. to put it this way, that is five times as many as we were told about they had estimated just a month ago. those finger prints were collected as part of the background checks for the most sensitive post. this includes social security numbers, addresses, and so much more. china is widely suspected of being behind the breaches although the u.s. government officials have not yet publically blamed china. the chinese president, she, is arriving at the white house for meetings and a state dinner with president obama. andrea, you don't call out the chinese on this and now you will meet with the chinese president. you think it comes up? >> i think it should come up. this is w

we have an exclusive new interview with the minority leader harry reid. he sat down with manu, welcome to cnn. we'll get to you in a moment. reid is still recovering from a fall off a treadmill but clearly he is in a fighting mode. especially when it come to trump and the republicans. i want our viewers to listen to some of your exclusive interview. >> of course, i'm sure you've been enjoying watching the republican primary take shape. what do you think of donald trump? does he have the temperament to be president? >> well, his republican friends will have to determine that. his temperament is not much different than the rest of the team. that he's running against. donald trump is speaking for the republican party. why? why do the republicans who are running for president never criticize him on anything? immigration? all of his remarks about the country generally, about the leadership in the country? the only time they have jumped on him is when he came out and said mccain msnbc is not a war hero. that's a pretty easy one. everyone knows john mccain is a

if the president and harry reid then, we cannot pass that, we insist on this organization considering to get your tax dollars, and they think that is more important than funding our troops, our veterans, and funding women's health issues, they will have to defend that position with the amazing people. that is a common sense logical position and meaning to make that case and a compelling and repetitive way over and over again so american people can clearly understand what is at stake here. host: william hoagland, planned parenthood -- the house will put themselves on the record as to whether it should be funded or not. should this be enough to shut the government down? guest: i hesitate to speculate on that. clearly, it is a very difficult issue for those who are taken the position that there should not be funding for planned parenthood. and depending upon particularly in the united states senate, where it will require 60 votes to pass a continuing resolution to get over the filibuster, and with presidential candidates running, and for them on the republican side in the senate, this ma

as though he was breaking down a procedural move harry reid might use to thwart a ted cruz filibuster. >> you want to steel on a breaking ball it is slower if you look breaking ball, no unlikely to try to steal right now. so might go for a breaking ball. >> turns out nine innings with krauthammer is not just a day at the park, it essentially grad school for baseball. >> okay. >> this is -- unfortunate the only reason backup catcher doesn't hit very well -- >>. >> come on, no, no, no, no, no, no, aww. >> from time to time charles writes about be able typically in a way that transcends the sport take his column about rick. a 21-year-old pitching phenom back in 2000 fell apart when he was picked to start a playoff game. with a huge national tv audience watching he suddenly couldn't throw a strike. he never pitched the same again. but instead quitting he went back down to the minors learned a new position, and returned to the mainlz jorors i the personal section a few pages after the piece about his bro marcel. >> i was thinking about this column this is not really about you, but then, yo

but minority leader harry reid predicts the outcome will be exactly the same. we're coming right back. stay with us. >>> lawmakers in congress successfully block efforts to kill the iranian nuclear deal. obama considers it a personal victory, but is it a victory for the country. we take all this up with forbes editor in chief, steve force. >>> what this man does to get out of a tight parking spot leaves onlookers simply stunned. yo . lou: china's foreign minister today warned the united states, warned the united states to put a stop to, quote, groundless accusations against beijing. the chinese government responding to director of national intelligence james clapper, who told the house panel yesterday that chinese cyberespionage continues to target a broad spectrum of american interests. the white house is now reportedly preparing to levee sanctions against chinese companies and those individuals for cyberattacks against american firms and of course, the u.s. government. >>> joining us is forbes media chairman and editor in chief, steve forbes, good to have you

there's literally very little difference in naeps and pelosi and if harry reid were in charnl, and that's been the trouble the last several years. >> we should be fighting -- instead we're going to be doing some show boats tomorrow. >> it's as if the republicans, particularly in the persons of mitch mcconnell, the swrort leader, over the senate, and john boehner, the speaker, are trying to reserve their fire so that they don't upset the power of the presidency for the next who president who they hope will be a republican. the reality, is it not hashgs we have on roll back the power of this imperial presidency. we an authority tarn pig right now many this white house. prankly, david, i think most people -- i hope most people agree with me, republican or democrat, whom ever, we don't want that kind of president sitting atop our government. >> we'll find out -- we'll find out what they do on things like planned parenthood, what they do over the buffing the spending cap. >> we both know what's going to happen. that's zero. >> yes. >> let's turn to the more interesting part of the world, and t

it is the same point that harry reid made. the most remarkable thing about that decision is rarely remarked. what is rarely remarked is that people did accept it, even though it affects their lives. >> it affected history. >> many opposed it. many americans opposed it. if you're not prepared to accept decisions that you don't like -- judges are human. their decisions may be wrong. if or not prepared to accept that, we don't have the rule of law. what i say to students is, i note 20% of you are thinking that too bad there were not a few riots. to thatou come conclusion, turn on the television set and see what --pens in countries where where they decide the decisions that way. committed to deciding under law. that is a great thing, an asset for this country. it is amazing. >> there is respect for the rule of law. >> it means it is easy to except when you win. >> i'm not talking about that. i'm talking about how important it will all is. the rule of law is. it gives predictability. correct. >> i know a lot of people who would not

harry reid on the senate side said he's pessimistic. president obama plans to veto anything that does not fund planned parent hood. that's a big issue here. at least 40 stringive will not pass the budget. they'll hang up the entire government over the issue of funding planned parenthood. after the shocking video came out they said they essentially want to put their foot down on this one. they'll wait to see how and if they can work it out. hillary clinton just overnight released a statement saying they should not stop the entire budget process over this one issue. >> so, tracie, as we wait to see what happens, as we look out, what's the impact potentially for all of us? >> well, if the government shuts down, it's not necessarily -- technically it's something that happens overnight, but agencies have to plan for this. they're already doing that. the interior department tells us they're putting plans in place in case they have to furlough workers. remember the last time the national park shut down. they loefrt over $400 million in income