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Provocation since the south korean government laid down this red line. so, the question, again, is in the next couple of weeks, are the north koreans going to slow this down or are they going to continue to go right up to the line here with a lot of nerves being frayed. certainly, the south koreans are just sick of this exercise -- sick of this approach by the north koreans. and so i think there is a real danger of serious retaliation and with the key question being, what would the north koreans...

Million americans living below the poverty line shows we are not progressing. the one of three of us living below or just above the poverty line. a new hbo documentary puts faces to the trend. they are not the faces or stories that fit the stereotypes that sadly we come to expect. the film follows eight ordinary oregon families grappling with a fate they never thought possible. poverty. >> i hear them in bed sometimes saying we skipped dinner because we need to feed our kids. sometimes when i he...

And struggling to feed their children. the documentary shows us the human consequences of budget cuts, the subprime mortgage crisis and hollowing out of of the american middle class. >> we need help. >> we just got an eviction notice. >> are you sleeping in your car? >> under a bridge, actually. >> i hear them sometimes saying we skipped dinner because we need to feed or kids. sometimes when i hear that, i cry. sometimes. >> for the middle class in this country, we have a one strike and youre ou...

American public would justify doing that. >> bipartisan harmony. >> you are proposing steps there for obama to take that would be completely and totally out of character with anything he has done as president to date. i have a real hard time believing we get a month from now up against the deadline and barack obama said the heck with it, im minting a coin or something like that. everything about this guy for most of his first term and again at the end of this fiscal cliff fight, he is is a fraye...

Donny. >> msnbc political analyst and visiting professor at nyu and former democratic congressman harold ford jr. >> theyre going to the same place this weekend. >> good morning. >> you both -- >> such gumption saying where we go -- >> going to the hamptons. >> youre in the most expensive enclave. >> thats not true. >> richest zip code. >> and makes up where i go. >> listen, you know what i do there. >> help kids in nantucket and garden. >> seriously, this is the story of my life. on romneys led...

With the numbers youre seeing now? >> i dont have that particular data. but youre right, this was predicted and as youll recall, this is where that long standing relationship at the childrens defense fund and the clintons sort of frayed, her husband left a clinton position over this particular issue. this was predicted then. i think in many ways the chickens are coming home to roost. but again, i dont know how we have this conversation in this election year about the plight of the american peopl...

Of our best friends in the world. israel, he repeatedly sticks his thumb in israels eye we should stand shoulder to shoulder with israel. they are one of our best friends in the world. [ applause ] >> congressman paul, you say president obama is not too soft on iran. you say hes too tough on iran. sanctions are not diplomacy you say. they are a precursor to war and embarrassment to a country that pays lip service to free frayed. >> chris: is that your policy towards iran. >> they have no evidenc...

>>neil: but the numbers are so large if you subscribe to the rule i do, i assume there are 10 percent waste, fraud, or worse in any estimate i am getting. not all estimates. so if you have $1 trillion worth of stimulus going out assume at a minimum $100 billion is disappearing and this is an example. >>guest: actually, i would guess that whatever percentage it must be higher dealing with government contracting because government contracting does not have the discipline of the markets and means i...

I said, where they want information. >> reporter: so they want that information. they want to get out on boats and check out their homes. theyre still not able to do that. but as a long-term event, suzanne, for these folks, theyve been out of their homes for a couple weeks. it will take a couple weeks just for these waters to get down to the point where they can see their homes, let alone where they can go back in them. many of them are not going to move back to where they were because they dont...

Who lost loved ones on 9/11, we have never forgotten your loss nor wavered in our commitment to see we do whatever it takes to prevent another attack on our shores. and tonight, let us think back to the sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11. i know that it has, at times, frayed, yet todays achievement is a testament to the greatness of our country and the determination of the american people. >> okay. three themes he hit on there. the unity of how americans felt, how people reacted last night. y...