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Magnitude of the issues are quite different from civil war and slavery. the point is that democracy has always been messy. were a big, diverse country. that is constantly sort of arguing about all kinds of stuff. but eventually we do the right thing. and in this situation, im confident that one of two things are going to happen when it comes to the fiscal cliff. number one, were going to see an agreement in the next 48 hours in which case, middle class taxes will not go up. if that doesnt happen...

Obviously the magnitude of the issues are quite different from the civil war and slavery. the point, though, is democracys always been messy. and you know, were a big, diverse country that is constantly sort of arguing about all kinds of stuff. but eventually we do the right thing. and in this situation, im confident that one of two things are going to happen when it comes to the fiscal cliff. number one, were going to see an agreement in the next 48 hours in which case middle-class taxes will n...

And, b, obviously the magnitude of the issues are quite different from civil war and slavery. the point, though, is democracy has always been messy. were a big diverse country that is constantly sort of arguing about all kinds of stuff. but eventually, we do the right thing. and in this situation, im confident that one of two things are going to happen when it comes to the fiscal cliff. number one, were going to see an agreement in the next 48 hours. in which case middle class taxes will not go ...

Just a congenital optimist, that eventually people kind of see the light. winston churchill used to say that we americans, we try every other option before we finally do the right thing. after everything else is exhausted, we eventually do the right thing. and i think that thats true for congress as well. and i think its also important for americans to remember that politic has always been messy. people have been asking me a lot about the film "lincoln" and you know -- >> is this your "lincoln" ...

We conducted. we met him in the segregation unit of prison haselt, a maximum security facility. >> on 30 december, i killed my wife. >> okay. why and how? >> i killed her with a big knife. >> why? >> because i had no gun with me. >> okay. but why did you kill her? >> oh, why? i was very, very angry that she want to leave. for her, no problem, huh? but she wants to take my son. and she wants to move with the son to germany. >> schaeffer, a korean adopted by a dutch family, said he had outstanding...

To condemn -- >> sure you do. >> here is the thing, she said -- her and her brother indicated that the guns were stolen out of her trunk. theyve given that statement many times. >> thats a lie. >> suddenly law enforcement officer says that she texted him and then confessed to buying the gun for spangler? it doesnt make sense. id like to see that text. i question that officers reliability. >> gregg: that will be a question of fact to be resolved by a jury if there is a trial. david, as to tads ar...

Agreement. what we believe that they wouldve been able to reach an agreement retroactively? >> congress is supposed to work well under the deadline. even if some of the fights we had last year, they ended up arguing. it is likely that a deal will get done on tax rates within a month or so. several republican senators are just talking with reporters about an hour ago. they said that most americans are going to get their tax rates -- they will stay low. whether it happens in last-minute deal now o...

>> so many rich moments for you. >> sports highlight of the year in middle of july with four minutes left in the game and the basketball team took the lead over the heavily and i mean 33-point heavily favored u.s. team. >> once is enough. >> highly patriotic person you are. >> lets just do sports highlights. >> lets do it. >> beating oklahoma in september. >> you know, its funny because whenever we talk about sports, me and steve are arguing and arguing like, you know, 6 versus 1/2 dozen and we ...

That to their credit, whatever you think of their politics, the activists have learned how to endorse and get ahold of. >> its not a grassroots movement, it was astroturf. does this indicate that again you have all these rich millionaire figures at the top arguing, book deals and buying out and being quiet. does it really belie the fact that this is not a grassroots movement or do you think thats inevitable with any group thats been funded by deep pocketed people? >> no, thats the problem, they ...

You think of their politics, the activists have learned how to endorse and get ahold of. >> its not a grassroots movement, it was astroturf. does this indicate that again you have all these rich millionaire figures at the top arguing, book deals and buying out and being quiet. does it really belie the fact that this is not a grassroots movement or do you think thats inevitable with any group thats been funded by deep pocketed people? >> no, thats the problem, they have struggled to create a mean...