The Dylan Ratigan Show

MSNBC

Aired on Wednesday, Apr 06, 2011 (4/6/2011) at 12:00 PM

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00:00:00We will talk with richard, the name on his plane, richard lui is my my other ride's a space ship, which is a rare privilege that one can put that on their mode of transportation.
00:00:10We will talk budget.
00:00:11The megapanel in affect, christine fair in afghanistan.
00:00:15I thank you, richard.
00:00:15The show starts right now.
00:00:26>>> The big story right now, the budget standoff.
00:00:32Good afternoon to you, I'm dylan ratigan.
00:00:34Just two days now for democrats and republicans, our favorite pro wrestling teams to, strike a deal and avoid a government shut down.
00:00:42Right now the political posturing continues in the house, in the senate, into matter, and with the president.
00:00:47Gop leadership, of course, very much involved.
00:00:50They all emerged from a closed-door meeting a few moments ago with the latest.
00:00:55>> I like the president personally.
00:00:57We get along well.
00:00:59But the president isn't leading.
00:01:02He isn't didn't lead on last year's budget and he clearly is ing on this year's budget.
00:01:11>> We agreed to a compromise but somehow we still don't have a deal because some folks are trying inject politics into what should be a simple debate about how to bay pay our bills.
00:01:23>> This afternoon, republicans and tea parties holding a rally in front of the capital calling on senator harry reid to give in or step aside.
00:01:30Meantime you can the president on the road today, if no deal is struck by the time he gets back the town, they say there will be late-night meetings at the white house.
00:01:39All of this of course, tremendously dramatic and entertaining political theater playing out with no considerationing whatsoever for the massive amount of money, the trillions that are sucked out of our economy by these wars or wildly inefficient energy structure or the exploding costs of american health care.
00:01:57My goodness that would be hard.
00:02:00Joining us now, luke russert live on capitol hill following the budget action or inaction or disshrank, depending on your point of view.
00:02:09>> All of it.
00:02:10Yeah.
00:02:10>> Tell me what I need to know.
00:02:12>> Well what you need to know, speaker boehner just went before the congressional press corps and said tomorrow, house republicans will offer a temporary one-week extension of government funding that would cut $12 billion for the rest of fiscal year 2011 as well as fund the department of defense through the fiscal year that will push back on criticism folks are saying, look if there is a government shut down, troops will not receive their pay, we should figuring your this out and get that issue off the table.
00:02:39The problem with this temporary solution, dylan is that harry reid and the white house have said it is a nonstarter.
00:02:4412 Billion more in additional cuts put the number up to 22 billion made from this fiscal year.
00:02:49House democrats as well as the president and the senate do not want to see that because they believe it would really hurt their negotiating leverage moving forward.
00:02:57So the question now is, it is a battle against the clock.
00:02:59Because this most likely will have no chance in the united states senate, it becomes what exactly will happen with the negotiations?
00:03:06They are ongoing through this evening I'm told by a gop aide.
00:03:09House appropriators and senate appropriators meeting in the daylight hours to tomorrow, possibly and see what we can get friday.
00:03:15Each hour that goes by, procedurally, it gets more difficult to avoid a government shutdown.
00:03:20>> Indeed.
00:03:22Thank you, luke.
00:03:23Before we are joined by senator tom coburn from the republican party, I want to give you two seconds, you don't believe me, i can't talk for two seconds, i will attempt as to why I find this whole thing so absurd.
00:03:34We have trillions of dollars in problems, we know this health care, I mentioned.
00:03:41Right?
00:03:41At the same time, we have a bunnell debate which could be a debate about why health care costs so much, what are we spending on these wars?
00:03:48What is going on with the energy infrastructure what is going on on the banking systems, none of those things -- social security, not happening.
00:03:55Instead, as I see it the bunnell debate has been taken up as a political prop, fearmongering, oh, my goodness, what happens if we don't deal with the budget as a which to play games funding for politically unpopular or popular things ranging from the epa to planned parenthood or whatever else nothing to do with the budget but the budget debate such a great opportunity to, well, create these distractions and in the process, avoid the budget debate.
00:04:22The budget debate, right?
00:04:24Joining us, tom coburn from oklahoma.
00:04:27My bet, senator, you don't disagree with what I said too much.
00:04:30>> Not too much.
00:04:30>> What do we do about it?
00:04:32In other words, how do we -- forget are we gonna shut it down, shut it down, how do we the media, you the senators oh people that have power in this conversation force a reframing of this conversation?
00:04:45>> Well, I think you put it in perspective in terms of amount of the cuts.
00:04:52If you are spending $2,000 a month family on basic necessity and take the kind of cuts we are talking about you know, you cut less than $10 out of your budget.
00:05:00So we are not talking about large amounts.
00:05:04The problem is negotiating -- you know, the whole problem, dylan with our whole political system is everybody's worried about politics and not the policy.
00:05:13And we need real leadership to step up at every level to address the policy questions that have put our country at risk.
00:05:21And you know, they have already offered a total of 33 billion.
00:05:24I don't know why they couldn't take one that has another 12 and you're two-thirds of way what they have already offered.
00:05:30I don't know.
00:05:32To me, I don't think there is anybody that wants the government to get shut down and so what we ought to say is hey, guys, cool it with the politics, work on the policy for our country and our future.
00:05:41>> If they were to do that, wouldn't we see a real debate about had health care, which is costing us a fortune through noncompetitive monopoly tied to the employer based system from THE '40s?
00:05:53Wouldn't we see a real debate about the various subsidies and mistries prycing of energy from oil to natural gas, wind, coal, everything man manipulated one way or the other, inefficiencies, et cetera.
00:06:08I don't care if they do a deal at 50 billion, 70 billion or 10 billion, it doesn't solve our problems.
00:06:21>> You're right that debate isn't about to start until we get the cr out of the way.
00:06:28We have only cult government spending three times since world war ii.
00:06:31One is in '95, last two in the last month.
00:06:36Let's take what we can get, come together, get the best deal for the american people, recognizing we have a president that doesn't want to cut that much spending and the democratic senate that doesn't want to cut that much spending and then let get on to the real topics about saving our country.
00:06:50>> Am I too cynical to look at this point at this specific debate, senator, as having ultimately resulted in a political age to attack certainly politically unpopular things, whether it is the epa, planned parenthood, or whatever, which by the way, may be subject for val did debate, maybe we shouldn't be funding broadcasting when the internet exists?
00:07:16What are we doing?
00:07:16It is 20 century but nothing to do with our budget debit.
00:07:20Instead, we take the hot-button I shall be use like planned parenthood and epa and all this nonsense and exploit the budget debate an opportunity to take a whack at those things which some people don't like?
00:07:30>> The one thing I have learned in my years here, there's one reason to talk about something, if you want to talk about it to create a political climate.
00:07:40There's another -- common sense way is what can I really get done?
00:07:43What's the realities of the situation?
00:07:47And my recommendation to my friends in the house is, you know, it's highly unlikely many riders are going to get passed with a democrat president and democrat senate so why don't you take the spending and let's get on to the budget.
00:07:59Paul ryan did put out one plan yesterday which I congratulate him on that actually addresses the real issues in front of our country.
00:08:09You may not agree with it but he is the only guy out there with a plan.
00:08:13>> A least he is following try to create a framing debait around the trillion-dollar problem which is we can begin a debate around.
00:08:18>> That's right.
00:08:19And what we lack, and I say this in all sincerity, we lack the courage of our elected leaders to stand and lose to do the right thing and you know what you find is a paradox in politics.
00:08:32If you really talk about the hard choices that are in front of us and have to make them, otherwise, ben bernanke is going to steal our future through inflation and low interest rates and a net loss in our retirement funds and a net loss in our asset values, let's don't go there.
00:08:50Let's not have that.
00:08:51And so, I really think we need to be thinking longer term.
00:08:56We need to be talking about the big issues but not going to get that done until we get past the cr.
00:09:01>> Let's be honest, we have a structural problem, I agree with the assessment, the political courage necessary to engage whether it is a real health care reform, real banking reform, real energy reform, real defense policy reform, I can, as a politician, if I decide to run, excuse my language, but I can kick your butt by simply rolling up and saying crazy tom coburn or crazy whoever, I don't care a democrat or republican, wants to raise the cost of your gasoline, an easy thing to mark when i start talking about energy policy, take away your health care.
00:09:35>> I disagree with that.
00:09:37>> Tell me y.
00:09:38>> Because if, in fact, people campaign on sincere issues about what they think, you know, i have had all this stuff thrown at me and my constituency doesn't believe it because they know I'm a dead-serious individual.
00:09:51So it's whether you plate game.
00:09:52I refuse to play that game.
00:09:55And if I won't play that game it can't be used against me.
00:09:58>> At the same time, how do we punish that behavior as opposed to reward it in the system, as we are now?
00:10:05>> The reason that that can happen is because politicians don't stand on principle and run on politics all the time.
00:10:14People are looking for leaders, they are looking for statesmen, stateswomen.
00:10:18They are looking for people to do the right thing at the right time for the right reason.
00:10:24And when we reason continue to have career politician that's my word, I'm critical of the system that put people in positions of power who have very little experience to make judgments about the critical I shall be use of the day, other than that they have been in politics for 30 years so if we have real people run for real office outside of it we will stop that.
00:10:45And we will have our real issues addressed.
00:10:48Not about whether the republicans or democrats win.
00:10:50Right now, our country is in trouble and everybody will suffer if we don't attack the real problems.
00:10:54>> I mean, at this point, yeah, you and I could talk all afternoon.
00:11:01I will let you go now, senator, I thank you for the conversation, let's see what happens on this budget debate and get after it on the trillion dollar front.
00:11:09Love of that debate with you.
00:11:10Senator tom coburn.
00:11:11Just getting started, of course, on this lovely, very sunny spring sort of wednesday in new york city, wouldn't know it from this air-conditioned 72-degree studio but trust me, it is.
00:11:22Still ahead, states of emergency, while budget shenanigans play out in washington.
00:11:26Local governments brace for the impact.
00:11:29Think hot potato or musical chairs.
00:11:32Have you solved the problem?
00:11:34You get it.
00:11:35Anyway -- >>> but first, gimme some space, people.
00:11:41Virgin galactic, my fantasy ride, I'm saving for it now, one step closer to private spaceflight.
00:11:49We will ask sir richard branson if he's got room in that plane for any of our panelists, straight ahead.
00:11:55>>> Plus, sentenced to court.
00:11:57One woman learns a valuable lesson about how not to get out of jury duty.
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00:15:34Welcome back.
00:15:35Have you ever dreamed of something, perhaps even going to space?
00:15:39Well, it's possible.
00:15:40We are breaking it down with a man who is making that dream come true, as long as you've got A COUPLE HUNDRED Gs AND GIVE HIM A little bit more time to work out the kinks.
00:15:49Sir richard branson, reaching yet another milestone today, announcing that virgin america and virgin galactic will be the first to land at san francisco international airports, stunning terminal two.
00:16:04Let me repeat that space planes landing at san francisco international airport, in affect, alongside earth planes.
00:16:12One to think b here to talk about space tourism and his next move, yes there is one after this, ha ha ha, I just saw the video, richard, and as I was describing your next move, I'm not sure how that timed out.
00:16:34>> Make you jealous, I found two lovely ladies walking through the airport working for ju-- virgin america.
00:16:45And how are you?
00:16:46>> I'm well and mission accomplished.
00:16:48>> Mission very accomplished.
00:16:50It was a great day today, we did actually, yeah, fly in, american air will in the same terminal as us, brand-new beautiful terminal.
00:17:00Decide they had would fly in with a dc-3 we thought how can we upstage them?
00:17:06We thought we have got a spaceship.
00:17:07Let's fly in with a spaceship.
00:17:08That wasn't bad.
00:17:09>> As a multidecade entrepreneur and a litany of businesses, having conceived of ideas, fantasized about things, raised money and then done years of work to actually try to do everything from music to we all know your resume, how does this feel?
00:17:29>> Right now -- oh, sorry.
00:17:32Right now, it feels fantastic.
00:17:34Yesterday we unveiled this, you know, the furtherest an american submarine down is 18,000 feet.
00:17:43This submarine will go 36,000 feet under.
00:17:46We will be able to one day take you down and explore the bottom of the observations and find species that have never been discovered before, maybe 80% of species.
00:17:55And then today, you know, flying in with the spaceship on one side and with -- in the virgin america men and incredibly proud of the airline, to wonderful new terminal, anyway, pretty damn good.
00:18:10This can't be bad either.
00:18:11>> If I just invented a spaceship, flew it to space, came back, was hanging out with the two people you're hanging out with and my side time invented virgin oceanic, I would feel okay as well.
00:18:23Let's talk a little bit about the spaceship itself -- >> happy to share them.
00:18:30>> Well -- >> they can't hear anything I'm sagging, so.
00:18:33>> Be careful, you're going to get a lot of people taking you up.
00:18:37How does a spaceship -- tell us where we stand with the spaceship.
00:18:43>> It is going great.
00:18:44I should think about 12 to 18 months away from going into space.
00:18:51I'm here with many of our astronauts who signed up to go into space, nearly up to 450 people who have signed up.
00:19:03The space port is nearly finished in new mexico, so couldn't be going better, really, very, very, very excited.
00:19:10>> Educate us on virgin oceanic.
00:19:13What is this?
00:19:15>> Well, the -- our observations haven't been explored.
00:19:18Only two people have ever been below 20,000 feet.
00:19:21And yet the trenches go down to 36,000 feet.
00:19:25So, scientists are incredibly frustrated that they just don't know about the species down there.
00:19:33They literally don't -- the observations just haven't been marked.
00:19:37We don't know where all the spanish galleons are full of gold.
00:19:42We have built a submarine where we are going to go down to the puerto rican trench, to the marianna trench, to the deepest trench notice world and I'm pref lynned enough to be doing the puerto rican trench myself, near neckar island five miles way, goes down 29,000 feet.
00:20:02No one's been down it.
00:20:03So, we just don't know what we are going to discover down there >> and give -- just from a design standpoint, maybe I'm only one who is thinking that the audience is like why is dylan going to ask him this but interested to know, how much of the technology you use on the spaceship is transferable to the ocean vessel?
00:20:23>> Interestingly, the developing a submarine is more difficult than the spaceship.
00:20:28The reason that, you know, the american government never had a submarine go below 18,000 feet is the enormous pressure.
00:20:36I mean it is 1500 times more pressure on a submarine, 36,000 foot down than on an airplane.
00:20:46And that's quite a challenge.
00:20:47So you know, we have used the strongest carbon fiber we can find.
00:20:55We have take than quartz, massive piece of quartz and very, very slowly cut it cut it, to create a big glass window on the top and just going through the final pressure tests and looking good.
00:21:11Hopefully in three or four months, we will embark down on the mar ran nah trench.
00:21:15>> When you are as ambitious as you are, how important is your confidence level when you entertain these idsing and what do you think other people, small or large businesses, small or large entrepreneurs can learn about the way weigh that you sort of -- the way you built and exploit your own confidence when you undertake these types of things?
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00:21:45>> First of all, love to give things a try and not too frightened of falling flat on our face if we fail.
00:21:50For instance, we once took it on coca-cola and we fell flat on our face.
00:21:55So we are willing to try things.
00:21:57And some things succeed, some things fail.
00:22:01But unless you try things, you have got no chance of success.
00:22:06By starting the spaceship program because we believed many people wanted to go into space, you know we suddenly realized we can actually send satellites into space at a fraction of the price that other people k maybe able to do point-to-point travel much quicker than other people k by just trying to these things, you discover new things that you perhaps didn't even think existed.
00:22:28>> Well, listen, you are a hero and a role model for a lot of folks in this world and not just because you hang out with pretty girls.
00:22:36Bye, ard branson.
00:22:41>>> Still ahead, yes there is more to come.
00:22:43Can you really be sentenced to indefinite jury duty if you give the wrong answer?
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00:26:02>>> well, be careful what you put on your jury duty questionnaire, my friends, because while some answers may get you dismissed, common technique, others could get you stuck on jury duty forever.
00:26:13According to a "new york daily news" story here, a federal judge sentenced a potential juror to serve indefinitely after she trashed a number of minority groups.
00:26:22When asked to name three people she least admired in her questionnaire, juror number 799 answered african-americans, hispanics and haitians.
00:26:33The judge didn't take so well to that, proclaiming in front of the entire courtroom, this is an outrage and so are you.
00:26:40It's unclear whether the woman really hates minorities or really just hates jury duty.
00:26:45Either way, they will have plenty of time to think about her answers because the judge, get this ordered her to come back tomorrow, the next day the next day and, in fact, every day until he decides she is no longer required.
00:26:59We will continue the legal theme next with our megapanel.
00:27:02Coming up, handcuffs on wall street.
00:27:04Will we see more and why are the CEOs STILL UNTOUCHABLE?
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