except obama care. and it should explicitly prohibit any funding for obama care, mandatory or discretionary. and i filed legislative language in the senate to do that. the next stanl, we know how this play goes forward, president obama, harry reid, will scream and holler that the mean, nasty republicans are threatening to shut down the government. and that point, the republicans have to do something we haven't done in a long time, stand up and win the argument. we have it stand up and say no, we want to keep the government open. we have voted to keep the government open, to fund the government. why is president obama threatening to shut the government down, to force obama care down the throats of the american people. >> you'll need 41 republicans, how close are you? >> we do not have the votes right now. we need 41 republicans in the senate or 218 republicans in the house. and that will only happen -- you know what, this fight is likely to heat up in the month of september. that's going to be when the b

as far as defunding obama care, you heard republicans saying, we need to debate obama care. i believe they did that when they passed it. >> you know, the supreme court, one would think, sort of settled the matter. but bob, going back to what esther was just talking about, you would think at some point, even at these town hall meetings, would wise up and realize, when there have been -- you know, when they're being made fools of, to a certain extent. >> made fools by whom? i think that right now, there's not a lot of deep thinking that goes into town hall meetings. it's an awful lot of people vetting. nobody wants to deal with the complexities of issues like health care in the united states. so they're easily demagogued. i think that's what we're seeing, a lot of demo going tory. >> the republicans have effectively used the politics of fear. so let's keep the people scared in all these different ways and never ensure that their focus is actually on us. because these are the people who actually represent you. if you were to ask those town halls, identify the policies the gop h

president obama will not be repealing his own obama care. to be fair, demint has put really one real good idea on the table if you're a republican. for the first time ever, a republican has come up with a replacement plan for obama care. jim demint is pushing the falsehood that uninsured americans will "get better health care"? is just going over to the emergency room. we all know that is a lie. it is going to move health care costs up. and it's going to put american lives at risk. now, this summer, we've heard a lot of lies. here's what you need to know about obama care and nothing more to simplify all of this. the lynchpin in this is that the republicans want to give the power to the insurance companies. they want the insurance companies to control your life. they want the insurance companies to send you those letters and pick up the phone and call you and deny you because you might be sick. think about that. this is who the republicans want to give the power to. president obama wants to give the power to you. the consumer. the sick consum

i believe obama care is an owe bomb nation. it will not work. 2600 pages under political heat will be a disaster. my fear is we will end up so negatively impacking a sixth of our economy that it will be very hard it recover. so i understand the emotion behind, this is our last shot. when i say, i think the republicans have missed an opportunity, i don't think the american people are particularly satisfied with an answer that says let's repeal it but we don't know what we will do instead. so what i would have hope said that over the last four plus years there would have been thoughtful people, saying, the original goal is right. access to affordable healthcare. here is what we should do instead. and there is no "instead." i think that will be a big problem. >> i want to pick up on that aspect of this whole debate, senator leiberman. even acknowledgement of bumps in the road, obama care starting in october, but through the rest of 2014, what do you think are the chances that the roll out of the program will end up being a burden

wasn't that one of the big problems with obama care? >> i have a solution, it would be personal savings accounts. >> personal responsibility would be very important here, extending entitlements, very comprehensive environments. i think after two years of this debate, or three years now. in doctor's offices across the country. we're the engines driving this and if you can't get in to see us, or we're ordering very expensive tests that are variable prices. >> the american colleges of physicians -- >> go ahead, ryan. >> i'm a business owner, i've got 120 employees. i pay for 100% of my employees insurance premiums. i've got 120 employees. about 300 on the total plan. i'm a mid year renewal, blue cross blue shield has increased our premiums 31%, sean. >> what are you going to do? >> i'm looking for options. >> they'll have a more inferior plans, they won't be able to offer as many benefits. >> at the end of the day, they're going to be in worse shape. >> all you have to look at is the white house is in panic mode right now, they know public

i thought morsi, obama guy. i thought the muslim brotherhood was that to obama wanted. egypt military said screw all of you and kicked morsi out and took back the country for better word. john kerry is in russia these people are -- i don't, i think they're clueless and haven't the slightest idea they zront a reverence for you and i, at least your question indicates. they haven't been, to them, america is the problem. in the world. america is a super power makes the world out of balance. it was better when soviet union was around. mad lynn al bright said this. soviet union kept us in check. a competing super power able to help the united states be restrained these people think liberal democrats leftists that the american military's focus of evil in the modern world that we're imposing freedom on people, if you can believe that. and that united states destroying the planet with global warming, capitalism, power, consumption of resources and they're about cutting the country down to size. people like me think the united states is the solution to problems around the world.

this is an obama/putin issue. i would point out in one of obama's answers he basically hinted at fact that russia would not face anymore punishment, though, for granting edward snowden asylum. that's interesting. as much of this bothers the president and bothered the white house, they recognize that the snowden issue is just one in a series of issues they have to deal with russia on. many with even larger geopolitical implications. so i think that the summit in september cancelling it, significant, but i look for larger punishments as we go forward. >> also talked about the gay and lesbian issue in russia and how if russians don't have gays and lesbians on their teams, they'll be weaker. >> yes. i mean, that's when he really seemed to lay in to russia over this issue. this is a country that's been undermining us in syria, in north korea and latin america. you name it. then the snowden thumb in the eye, and the president's assertive rooshgs have to did with gays and lesbians in the politicices. pretty telling. >> y

go to miralax.com for details. >>> you got obama phone? >> everybody minority got obama phone. keep obama in president, you know. he gave us a phone. >> he gave you a i phone? how did he do that? >> you sign up, you on social security, food stamps, you got low income, disability. >> remember that from the 2012 presidential campaign telling everyone about her obama phone? well, a national review contributor recently learned firsthand that you need not receive any government benefits to get a free taxpayer funded phone. during her investigation, the reporter applied for obama phones in more than one location. she entered her truthful information, insurance information and despite the fact that she did not qualify in any way, shape, matter or form, she racked up three shiny new obama phones in no time. there was reaction. fox news political analyst angela mcgowan and gentlemen mu green is with us. >> i'm laughing -- that video, that woman in that video, bless her heart, she is out of her mind. what the heck is an obama phone? there are these phones that have been given to welfare

and obama then has painted himself into a second quarter. you know israel and saudi arabia have driven this chemical or chemical weapons thing from the get go if people have died from centering gas or if they died from a nuclear attack as they did in hiroshima in one nine hundred forty five they're dead in either way if they die from a conventional bomb they're dead so what is the incredible drama over chemical weapons i'm against all forms of warfare to solve international problems but the you know there's really something hyper emotional about the way this is being pressed up and obama's being pushed into a psychological corner and he's behaving very stupidly in that situation so because many people say there is a moral obligation isn't there from around the world not just the us to still innocent lives being lost particularly to tell it away from such basic humanitarian issue isn't a no no no no this responsibility to protect doctrine is absolute rubbish from the standpoint of international law and who decides the moral question who's the

over obama care. plus, a changing of the guard at one of the pillars of the news establishments. >>> "the washington post" is best known as the newspaper that brought down a president. >> it's an institution that has played a singular role in american politics and policy and american journalism. >> this week it made headlines when the graham family sold the post to multibillionaire jeff bezos. what does the shakeup mean for the world of newspapers? we'll ask our panel next. hard it can be to breathe and man, you know how that feels. copd includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that helps open my obstructed airways for a full 24 hours. you know, spiriva helps me breathe easier. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines

with obama. he hasn't been a guest so they don't have a tight relationship. really. roll the tape. >> by the way, those who talk about the tight relationship between msnbc and barack obama, count the number of times he's been on this network. zero. michael steele, thank you. he agrees with us and we agree with him sometimes. i actually have my views and they tend to coincide with them. >> no tight relationship. they just meet in the oval office of the president. none at all, right? >> no, sean. what this tells us first and foremost that the chum gang is alive and well. chris has to be smoking something to make that statement. any time msnbc does an interview with barack obama, and matt lauer does a flattering interview, it's rebroadcast on m msnbc. so, look, why wouldn't barack obama want to go on msnbc with chris matthews calling you perfect. >> he's never done anything wrong. he's a perfect person. this now leads into -- i like the gutsy attack that reince y priebus said about doing the minnie

when we come back, president obama dars republicans to shut down the government over obama care. plus a changing of the guard at one of the pillars of the news establishment. >>> the washington post is best known as the newspaper that brought down a president. >> an institution that has played a singular role in american politics, policy and american journalism. >> this week it made headlines when the graham family sold the post to amazon family and the multibillionaire jeff bezos. what does this >>> the really interesting question is why it is that my friends in the other party have made the idea of preventing these people from getting healthcare their holy grail. >> president obama on his way out the door for vacation, delivers a parting shot at republicans threatening to defund obama care. even at the cost after government shut down. we are back now with the panel. democrats clearly think, and can you see it there, that republicans would be making, summer republicans, making a grievous mistake were they to tie obama care to funding the government, carly. are the democrats why?

obama's rodeo clown. greg, you asked how often do you have the president of the missouri rodeo association resigning. it has happened 13 times in the organization's 64-year history. i'm kidding. >> you know what, this has got to be -- when you are the president of the rodeo association you don't expect a scandal. >> you don't. >> you get into this because it is something you do on the weekend. >> it is like joining the 4h club. >> have you been to their parties? >> and the next guy they will get it is like, wait, i don't know if i should do this. >> it is controversial. >> my friends are telling me i should stay away. sherrod, you asked how we even know about this and why this is a big story. lefty blogs picked it up. >> lefty blogs? >> it is a one handed pitcher for the angels. >> he had tommy john surgery, right? >> old lefty blogs. >> pab, i agree with you. i don't think there is anything racist about it and i think it is a little gross. my attitude is if you didn't care when bush was compared to hitle

the obama care exchanges are supposed to be up and running. and i think by all accounts, the administration is pretty far behind on this. and you're going to have significant worries about whether it's just -- it really is this train wreck. people will go online to these exchanges. they won't be there. it won't work. it will be a bad experience for a lot of people. then on january 1st the whole thing with the exception of the employer mandate, which president obama delayed, the whole thing, the rest of it, is is supposed to go into effect. there's a lot of fears among democrats that this would increase costs and increase bureaucracy and cause some employers either to cut the hours of some of their employees or drop them from their health care coverage altogether. >> possible less attention from t doctors, too. we'll have to see what the strain is on them. it's interesting. town halls will be happening. people will be coming in expressing their views. and at this point i really want to ask you, what do you think the chance of the administration

and if so what should president obama do? mort zuckerman. >> i think the president should not cut the support for the military in egypt. they are our most important ally, and it's the most important country in the middle east, and we will lose the support of a lot of our other friends if we walk away from egypt. they have done a tremendous amount of work with and for the united states. this is dramatically in our interest, even though we disagree with what they're doing. but comparing the military to the muslim brotherhood we're coming out way ahead in terms of our interest and the quality of government. >> there's another angle there. remember what eisenhower said? beware the military industrial complex. he's talking about the complex over here. we make all the munitions that that billion and a quarter is buying, correct? >> correct. >> so this affects american business. does that give another turn to this wheel of decision making that obama is operating? >> you can look at that way but egypt has been our most important ally

i'm for obama care -- i'm not saying i'm for obama care, don't e-mail me. if a person said i'm for obama care and want to do it right. we just need a little bit more time. if they could actually get the delay done, that gives more times for the republicans to elect more people to shut it down -- >> would you be for it if you vote for it? >> i am for standing up what is right -- >> you would vote to shut down the government? >> i'm for fighting, whatever it means -- >> would you be willing to shut it down? >> we're not talking about shutting down the government. we're talking about shutting down non-initial parts of the government. >> oh, like air traffic controllers. >> i have to go. >> you should not eat pulled pork. >> it was there for six hours. >> it had a coating. >> i walked in, like what are you eating? >> now, ben affleck is going to be the next batman, good choice, we'll tell you what i think, if i have an opinion, get ready for facebook, questions posted on our page at "the five." don't go away. hey, it's me, progressive insurance. you know, from

obama haters attack on what would turn out to be michelle obama's successful campaign against childhood obesity, i mean, he's like, you know, in no position to, you know -- if you know what i mean, and if you don't know what i mean, what i mean is rush is a morbidly obese guy. that is a clinical term. morbid obesity. that is a physician's accurate, nonjudgmental description of rush limbaugh's height and weight. morbid obesity is defined as being 50% to 100% heavier than the ideal body weight or 100 pounds above the ideal body weight and rush meets both of those definitions for morbid obesity and so if you're expecting that this is the spot where you hear the morbidly obese rush limbaugh attack the first lady for fighting childhood obesity, if you think that's what's going to happen now, that means you know exactly how rush limbaugh rolls. >> i'm sure you're aware that nutritionists at large, michelle obama, is urging, demanding, advocating, requiring what everybody can and can't eat and demanding everybody eat cardboard and tofu. no calories, no fat, no nothing. got to stop obesity. >>

administration appears determined to enter this conflict with no clear purpose or aim obama says the arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice but it does not bend on its own is american intervention in syria really a bend towards justice. to cross not the war in syria i'm joined by pepe escobar in hong kong he's an investigative journalist and author and we also have stephen sless and you're in new york he is a senior fellow at the century foundation and author of the book act of creation or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and go to hong kong for us poppy is this all about justice well mr obama is looking for justice and threatening to bomb syria no it's about president of united states of america and mash in his own web because he was reckless enough to be clear red line without sinking about the consequences and we're not talking about pulau or some island in the middle of the pacific who talk about the middle east so now he's backed into a. he doesn't know what to do he's clueless my best sources and stephen maybe you can

it's not defunding obama care. obama care hasn't been funded. so the real question is will we vote to fund obama care or not, not defund. and it's certainly not the republicans who would shut the government down. it would be president clinton -- president obama. of course i don't think it would get to his desk. but by virtue of him not signing or vetoing the budget. that would shut the government down. >> let me show you something, congressman pittender took a vote to fund obama care even though he tried to explain why it would be pointless. and the crowd did not like what they heard. >> we lose over there, then they come back to us in the house. if you win by going after not only -- we look at your -- and how you're going to win. >> it doesn't matter what harry reid does, we need to show the american people we stand for conservative values -- >> aisha, the passion still seems to be on the right side of the aisle. you're telling me that you think there's potentially a wave coming of democratic support in time for the 2014 cycle, but you don't se

we saw that with obama care. it's irrelevant. he had an agenda and he's going to do whatever he has to do to pass that agenda regardless of the constitution. i think our founding fathers are turning over in the graves right now because he's so blatant and they're bold and brazen about saying, yeah, we're going to make an end run around congress. >> in some ways on the internet for schools, we are for that. i'm for more schools having that and i think president obama could make a persuasive case to congress to add about $5 per cell phone bill a year. not per month. i guess per year. but does president obama have a point that congress is so dysfunctional, they can't get anything passed and he has to do the good works on his own? >> absolutely not. first of all, you know, again, i have the military background so my leadership skills were reared in the united states marine corps and first from my parents. leadership is about leading. the president hasn't led. of course the congress is polarized and not much is getting done. he works

want obama care. >> this is not a hearing. this is a battle. >> no matter what our colleagues try to say to whisk this issue away, the government was intimidating people and targeting them based upon their political views much that's not phony. that's real. >> for two months we've heard nonstop complaints against them being corrupt and incompetent. despite that, the only politically motivated act was the republicans request that the i.g. focus only on the treatment of conservative groups. for a federal employee, i prefer to stay with the current policies i'm pleased with rather than go through a change if i don't need to go through that change. >> did i not read the blog post properly that the employer mandate was delayed? >> there's what we're calling the transition relief period. in that case -- >> which means it's delayed for a year? >> yes. >> you assured us that the irs, despite the significant abuse of power we're already investigating, that the irs has never shared private taxpayer information with other federal agencie

and obama? only 79. the fact is, president obama never stopped being in campaign mode and that was evident last night. it's the only thing he has really done well. so, shall we look forward to another slow jam with jimmy fallon during the debt ceiling debate? anything he says in this type of forum as entertaining as it might be ends up being trivialized. part of a nonstop celebrity tri that dumbs down issues and insulates the president from proper journalistic inquirery. -- inquiry. a brand new fox news poll shows that 52% of registered voters disapprove of the job obama is doing. that matches his previous record of a high disapproval rating in september 2010. his approval rating also takes a hit this week 42% approve, that's down from 46% at the end of last month. now, on to reaction. you add that to president obama's changing tune on the war on terror, and what do you have? joining us now from l.a., christian widen, a former state department senior advisor under president george w. bush and here in the

with obama the obama presidency they were actually brought up as some kind of dog tween like j.f.k. had done of the lance or progress or. good neighbor policy so even to have been some interest in cuba or some treaties with colombia panama brasil the usual suspects really but obama. never had some kind of a concrete ideology or be shown a how to do little america fortunately i'm going to alex i mean why is the case because of the wars in the middle east i mean just that the administration had too much on its plate is that the reasoning are things we were thank you had you had the war in iraq and afghanistan you had the us economy obama also trying to reset reset that if you were so famously called the relation of the russia so i think america was not a best of second import and second level of importance you are not a priority for for the youth of the three k. let me give you there were no marks here i mean maybe that's not a bad idea considering the american history with south america maybe was best to leave them alone well i think that true that is no doubt the region benefited fr

of obama care? the major parts are no more kids with preexisting conditions being denied coverage. the major parts are moms not being kicked off because they got pregnant. the tax on the -- >> you began with a lecture about hour facts are stubborn things. the president did exempt business from the mandate. >> he gave a delay. that's an important -- >> it's temporary, but not ap y applying to everybody. >> 5% of employers. for most of americans, insurance goes on. now, there were all these people who didn't have insurance. the "wall street journal" today profiled two americans who don't have insurance now, but as of october 1st, they can. >> i'm sure they're very grateful. one of the 59-year-old woman with diabetes. that's an age group and a condition that leaves them in real trouble, but as of october 1st, she's able to get insurance. >> do you have any hope the congress will act on your plea and defund obama care? >> i think if congress looks and realizes and the american people realize that congre

decided that the united states should take military action against syrian regime targets president obama says he's willing to go it alone on syria but nevertheless will seek congressional approval for a military strike. president putin dismissing claims the syrian government used chemical weapons is nonsense and demands that the united states provide proof. here while a possible u.s. attack on syria sparks a wave of protests across the world with thousands taking to the streets in support of the middle eastern country. two am in moscow i met good to have you with us here on r t our top story well of course syria dominating our bullet in this hour president obama announcing that he wants to carry out a military strike against the country but not without congressional approval or he's marina porton has more. u.s. president barack obama has announced something of a shift in strategy with respect to military intervention into syria now most of the world was speculating that washington would strike damascus within the next within the next twenty four to forty eight hours but on saturday after

it might not be known as obama care. it's called something else in colorado and california and all of these other states like idaho. but the reality is it's the law of the land. the supreme court has ruled on it. so the question i think for republicans is how long are they going to keep wanting to fight the same old war? >> that's a good question, governor, how long. and nia-malika gave a number of names of more moderate but big republicans that have said what this will do, including mitt romney. but speaker boehner, the speaker of the house, says he still hasn't decided whether he'll push for a shutdown over obama care. he has not said that this is political suicide and we can't do it. watch this. [ inaudible ] >> we made no decisions about how we're going to proceed with the cr. >> i mean, does this inspire or put fuel on the fire to these extremists in his party? >> sure. it sort of gives them a permission slip to go ahead and float this incredibly destructive idea. i don't know, speaker boehner, i actually like him p

care and anti-obama and anti-government. >> there is bipartisan consensus that obama care is not working and the wheels are coming off. >> they want to get as many americans hooked to the subsidies and hooked to the sugar. >> and democratic senator max baucus the lead author of obama care said it is a huge train wre wreck. >> the first step should be that the house of representatives should pass a continuing resolution to fund the entirety of the federal government except for obama care. harry reid and president obama would scream and yell those mean nasty republicans. >> the sort of cocktail chatter wisdom in washington that the shutdown was a political disaster for the republicans is not borne out by the data. >> over the objections of the colleagues, tea party leader mike lee is leading a petition to refuse to fund obama care. the man whose strategist mark mckinnan called the republican barack obama is seeing the party rise on a party he was bent to tear apart. when asked if he supported mitch mcconnell, cruz replied that is a decision for the people of kentucky to make. he may be ali

another obama care delay. this one hitting you in the pocketbook. >> the truth of the matter is, everybody's costs are going to skyrocket. that's the design of the plan so that you can't afford private-sector insurance and have to go to government. single payer is what they want. >> the administration is delaying again yet another one of the provisions of the president's signature health care law. >> this time the hangup is over costs for individual patients. specifically the part of the law that limits out-of-pocket insurance expenses for us. that will be pushed back to 2015. >> obama care is it called the affordable care act. this was the affordable part. the consumer cost protections, the caps on out of pocket expenses. >> the way our country works is, legislation is written by congress, passed by your representatives, the president doesn't get to write legislation. and it's illegal and unconstitutional for him to try to change legislation by himself. >> the bill is clearly unfair, it's unaffordable, it's v

obama's missed now half the deadlines for implementing obama care. now, this was not even passed, as far as i'm concerned, in a legal fashion. from a legal point of view, if that's the law, and the deadlines are not met, does the president unilaterally have the authority to say he's not going to implement, for example, the employer mandate or the other areas they put in delays? >> if you are asking me if this president violating federal law repeatedly, the answer is yes. if you are asking me if this president violating the constitution rerepeatedly, including the separation of powers doctrine, the answer is yes. if you are asking me if anybody is going to do anything about it, not a single person. >> why? >> why, well, look at john boehner and mitch mcconnell. the supreme court rewrote the constitution and rewrote the law to put it in place. this is the point. if we think we're going to have some kind of liberty reformation or revitalization of our constitution with a federal government that has created its own design with democrats that keep draggin

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my topic today is obama's policy towards the suburbs. it's a remarkable issue and it doesn't get covered by the media. it's something people should know about. i'm going to get to that in the second but i cannot resist because i have an audience of college kids taking two or three minutes at the beginning to let you know of another focus of my work. let me see a show of p.m. both hands. how many of you have heard the campus movement? you are probably going to hear about it next year if you haven't heard about it already. this is a movement where students are trying to get their college endowments to sign off anything they hold in the company is on the theory that global warming is going to destroy the world unless we put the fossil fuel industry out of business. this is something i've been writing about and i want you to know you can reach me through many of my pieces of the "national review" online. there is a link e-mail in comments kurtz. if there is some kind of conflict emerges on your own campus and if you want advice or something

obama doesn't have a butt. compared to his wife, he really doesn't have a butt. >> i mean, this is just personal and so disrespectful to the first lady of the land. to attack her in these personal kind of vitriolic statements. >> certainly, rev lend al. i'm a former marine, but i would not challenge her to a foot race. she's in great shape. asserting the charge that this first lady would be overweight or that she may be out of shape or she has no basis for talking about nutrition when certainly she does and we know she does. i know you've seen her in person. she has a fphysique i can't put myself against. at the end of the day, this is not necessarily about michelle obama. this is about obama derangement syndrome in general. that anything that this first couple does will come with this unwarranted scrutiny. the idea that this first lady can't take vacations when every first lady before has taken vacations with the same security detail, with the same flight arrangements -- >> taken more vacations in some cases.

president obama says this. >> what do you think he says about obama care? >> he would like that. >> well, because i think he understood that health care, health security is not a privilege. it's something that everyone should have access to. and on -- starting on october 1st, because of the affordable care act, obama care, anybody who doesn't have health insurance in this country is going to be able to get it at an affordable rate. >> kathleen sebelius going further by invoking the words of dr. king. without the opportunity to live a healthy life, there's no opportunity to live the american dream or participate fully in our communities. for every one of our neighbors who lives day after day in fear because he doesn't have insurance, there's an urgency of now. she went on to say, we must march ahead. does the white house have any business tieing the health care law to the civil rights movement? >> good evening, greta, it's nice to be with you. >> i know you're opposed to obama care from the get go. this is tieing it to the whole idea of civil rights. and i'm

/obama drama. never have two blood feud enemies been so helpful to each other for so many years in a row. woodrow wilson had a -- these guys, whatever friction there might be, maybe they aren't best of friends but they have made the calculation for a long time they are in this together. they help each other. it's good for the party and good for their beliefs. >> it's an alliance of mutual interest. 2016 hanging there. the idea of hillary running as the -- almost heir to obama. and somewhere joe biden saying, what about me? we're just getting started with bill clinton because he's the president a lot of advocates of a military strike in syria are pointing to right now. kosovo, boss niainterventions of the 1990s and what they do and do not mean for syria. labor day is coming, and that means... car sales events. and now there's a new way to buy: truecar. at truecar.com we'll show you... what others paid for the car you want, so you'll know if that sales price... is a great price. save time, save money

here's president obama's tone. it was very different, as i said, from kerry's, who spoke a couple hours before. let's watch him this afternoon. here's a president in a meeting. he sort of did it as a photo spray right before his meeting with some baltic state presidents. >> i have not made a final decision about various actions that might be taken to help enforce that norm, but as i've already said, i have had my military and our team look at a wide range of options. we have consulted with allies. we've consulted with congress. we've been in conversations with all the interested parties. and in no event are we considering any kind of military action that would involve boots on the ground, that would involve a long-term campaign, but we are looking at the possibility of a limbed, narrow act that would help make sure that not only syria, but others around the world, understand that the international community cares about maintaining this chemical weapons ban. >> anne, it's so different. usually presidents say everyth

he's saying, you're right, you hate obama care? i hate obama care. you're right. but he's not explaining to them what is possible and what could be done. and it used to be the job of really crafty and really good dealmakers like mitch mcconnell that could shepherd real legislation through by finding compromise that was acceptable to the base. they don't even do that anymore was they're afraid of the talk radio guys. >> it's an honesty issue and a question of going to your voters and saying, you might like this, but these are the reasons why shutting down the american government is not actually going to win us the next election. let's talk like grown-ups about this and see how we can try to reform what we have at the moment, because this is going to be the law of the land. >>> okay, after spending months and millions of dollars campaigning against a national gun registry, it turns out the nra has one of its own. speaking, perhaps, about dishonesty here. a new story from buzzfeed reveals that the nra compiled information on tens of millions of gun owners without the

any and freddie are told or are they president obama has outlined an exit strategy for the mortgage giants that by eighty percent of all new u.s. mortgages while there's been talking congress i've been insurance giant alternative is to not mention the most important player in the housing market the federal reserve he's purchasing forty billion dollars a month of mortgage backed security he also said no more bailouts for fannie and freddie no we couldn't agree more of the bill of front but there is a problem with getting rid of the existing system then even for the are actually profitable no they recently remitted sixty six billion to the treasury which provoked a lawsuit so no shareholders one of the proverbial pie and this could drag on for years so as long as the g.s.t. is remain profitable it's going to be tough to shutter them in other words we need another financial crisis to get a new scheme in place that will inevitably contain a similar moral hazard sounds like a giant shell game i'll dig into the fine print of obama housing plan in just a bit and continuing our coverage of smart m

president obama freezes u.s. russia relations decrying what he sees as a cold war mentality following the granting of temporary asylum to whistleblower edward snowden. syria's moving to the. villages are being raised to the ground by radical jihadists who. hits a six month milestone as the pentagon continues to tax payers money on the prison claims the u.s. still plans to shut it down. and gay communities demanded russia be stripped of the right to hold the next winter olympics in protest over the new law against homosexuality propaganda. we're running down the world's top headlines of the week here on r.t. . in moscow welcome to the program talk of a cold war punishments and a fractured relationship of made this week perhaps the worst for u.s. russia in years but both washington and moscow have very different takes on the situation where obama is talking about relations the russian side believes it's all being blown out of proportion. as the story. this week when president obama canceled the bilateral meeting wi

russia ruckus barack obama cancels an upcoming meeting with vladimir putin and suggests relations need a time out after moscow granted temporary asylum to whistleblower edward snowden. claims the genocide could say they're being targeted to ethnic cleansing amid mounting reports of al-qaeda linked fighters attacking their villages in syria. moscow comes under pressure from the global gay community who want the winter olympics taken away from russia over the introduction of what they call a fascist style law against homosexuals. and i welcome you watching r.t. with me andrey pharma. now relations between russia and the us suffered a major setback this week at least according to the american side first president obama canceled a one on one summit with vladimir putin and then even called for a pause in the relationship russia while expressing disappointment over these developments insists however there are no signs of a return to the cold war. as the details. this week when president obama canceled the bilateral meeting with the russian president in september u.s. russia relations have hi

president obama. >> the sad truth. the sad truth is that the good that bill did with the check he wrote is filed away by the violent and hateful things he says on the air night after night. bill is playing to the extremists in his audience, and it shows. it shows what is wrong with the right wing today. they can't disagree without being disagreeable. they have to make personal attacks on anyone who has a different point of view, and it's not just me, it's true of everyone, from sandra fluke to president obama.

and jay-z huge supporter of obama. yet, over the last five years, black wealth and hispanic wealth have eroded at a record pace. unemployment has skyrocketed. black youth, blacks in general, lagging way behind whites, under obama's watch. so if jace is going to be talking about, this why is he supporting barack obama's policies. >> that's incredibly unfair. black unemployment is skyrocketing under george bush as well. >> laura: not like this huh-uh. >> black has declined for the last 50 years. >> laura: this is hope and change, michael. michael, this is hope and change. you can't blame bush five years into a presidency. you have to look at barack obama's record. >> four and a half years. have you had job growth in this country four and a half years. for the first time. >> laura: part time job growth 93% of the jobs created in the last year, michael, part-time jobs. >> look somebody in the eye laura someone is unemployed you don't have a job part-time job good luck? folks out of work will take anything they can get. >>

andy, damon soured on obama back in 2011. do you applaud him for speaking his mind now when you know there's no chance for re-election? >> here's my problem, harry reid came out on friday -- >> he's gay? >> yes. but in addition to that, he also said that -- he said something about he hopes the tea party's opposition to obama isn't because he's black. >> he did not. >> he did. i feel kind of the same way for matt damon. i'm worried that he's disappointed in obama because he's black. he questions the legality. really? he's doing illegal stuff because he's black? >> he was talking about. >> when that gets translated being married into a russian, that would be translated into putin is a little sulky boy. he'll say this is it, this is it and things will happen. >> he'll press the red button? >> it's all about the translation of things. and the translation from russian to english is never smooth at all. >> i could go on for hours. by the way, you know, damon has no proof of the effectiveness of his beliefs. so he abandons obama, bu