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blagojevich. he was hoping for three to five. the judge siding with the prosecution. blagojevich just came down from the courtroom about ten minutes ago and addressed the media very briefly. he didnt take any questions. said he was going home to be with his two daughters, explain to them where they were going from here and said he will be, quote, fighting on. so expect an appeal in this case. one thing to note, he doesnt have to report until february 16th to the bureau of prisons. so h...

To have a little fun. >> i can see that. >> i know, i know. at dylans expense. >> chris christie, look, hes clearly -- thats the role hes clearly going to play, this attacker -- >> but that wasnt my question. my question was, does he have a point? >> you know, i disagree. the republicans keep saying the presidents standing by because they want to suck him into the malaise of what is going on in congress. you know, when they were talking about sort of what was going on with the super committee an...

President wasnt at the table. he wasnt making the phone calls. he placed a phone call before he left for apec out in honolulu a few weeks ago and other than that, hes been -- hes cut himself out of it. he offered up a plan -- >> is that good liter leadershi? is that anything for any aspiring president to live up to, when things get tight, i leave and dont make a phone call? >> i think most people would expect him to be making phone calls daily and applying pressure. he has that ability to apply ...

Necessary for the country. in the end republicans walked away from that deal. megyn: joining my now is brad blakeman. ill let you take it first since jay carney seems to be laying this at the feet of these congressional republicans. dose have a point? >> surprise surprise, there is no more bush to blame so you blame republicans in congress for a committee that was destined to fail. i blame republicans because they should have never been members of this committee. they should have had transparent...

>> politico. >> the chief white house correspondent for "politico" mike allen with the playbook. >> good morning, sunshines. >> sunshine. >> thats your inside voice. thats off camera. >> weve got a good rick perry ad to show you here. speaking at the apec conference over the weekend, president obama said americans have been lazy over the past decade, and republican presidential candidate rick perry has been using that in an ad. >> weve been lazy over the past couple of decades. >> can you believ...

Be his revenge. remember what the super committee is, jon. it was created because congress was unable to come to an agreement about the presidents debt ceiling increase in august, so they gave him $900 billion of debt ceiling back then, came to an impasse and then punted the remaining $1.2 trillion of and already locked in debt ceiling increase for the president to this super committee to try to wash their hands of it. if the president can stick republicans with that and say, oh, they failed, co...

First day here in canberra, australia. he held a press conference with the prime minister and was honored at a state dinner of sorts here last night. the big announcement was this idea of increasing, having a permanent u.s. military presence here in australia. that doesnt mean there will be a new u.s. base in australia. what it will be is u.s. troops, marines and members of the air force for now, up to 2,500 on australian bases. all of this is under the umbrella of what the theme of the trip has...

Am making clear that the united states is stepping up its commitment to the entire asia pacific. in this work, were deeply grateful for our alliance with australia and the leadership role that it plays. as it has been for six decades, our alliance is going to be indispensable to our shared future. the security we need and the prosperity that we seek, not only in this region but around the world. im also very grateful for my partnership with prime minister gilard. weve worked quite a bit together...

Somebody whos down to earth, easy to talk to, and who says it like it is, straight up. and thats why we achieve so much today. we agreed to push ahead with our efforts to create jobs for our people, by bringing our economies and those of the region even closer together. building on our progress at apec, were going to keep striving for a seamless regional economy. australia and the united states are helping lead the way to a new model for trade across the asia pacific region. along with our g-20 ...

Administration, president obama is saying one of the pledges he made was to double u.s. skporex in his first term. it was interesting to hear him in his press conference at the end of apec in hawaii, he says that is going to be one of the better things he can better cases he can make about the economic growth in the united states over the last year or so. while its been somewhat stagnant overall, the export growth has been there. its all about these rising emerging economies, mostly in the asian...