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>> joining me from charlotte, north carolina, is south carolina republican congressman mick mullvaney. we appreciate your time. >> thanks for having me. >> lets get to where you stand on things. youve said you are for the sequester and for letting these automatic spending cuts kick in. there are a lot of economists who say that could be disastrous to the recovery. do you see any downsides to these across-the-board cuts? >> and technically i support the sequester instead of doing no sequester. im...

He will cast his blessings on the bipartisan effort. he was radioactive among republicans. >> why does jay carney come out as we see the glad handing we never see hem back slapping and happy talking about issues of reform. 86 percent want to see it happen. why does jay carney say it is important to stop and acknowledge this is happening because the president demonstrated significant leadership? why must we do that now as we are on the edge of the deal? >> first of all we should be shocked a whit...

Pennsylvania and now you want to put the people on streets and you say there is nowhere to put trailer service there were 208,000 tons of garbage down the block great my block, why cant now that the garbage is done put the trailers there? >>neil: novel idea. thank you, chris. certainly we remind you while they are back slapping and saying everything is fine, we are not there. we are not here to blame the president or democrat leaders or republican leaders while they high five each other these fo...

That lowers rate. >> we should not off load the costs of rising health care on to the backs of seniors. >>neil: i warned you, and now i am telling washington, dc, i am coming back to throttle you. i will go back if you dont get off your ass and do something. this is america depending on you. the next video i show you is ahead. i have little faith when lawmakers and politicians say dont worry, neil, we will not hit the fiscal cliff, because i have heard and i have seen this type of behavior befor...

Macaque monkey cannot live on frosted flakes and frosted flakes alone. >> theyre great! >> reporter: the overweight 22-year-old monkey who finally revolted against its helicopter mom is now under the care of a conservation group and being fed a diet of fruits, vegetables and count chocula. and the number one story of the week. president obama spent most of the week on serious matters of foreign policy, but he was able to carve out a little time in his schedule for impromptu bear hugging. >> you ...

Take the moral excrement that we find in this equation, we bury it deep inside of us so our cause will remain pure. that is the job. we are morally indefensible and absolutely necessary. >> can it get better than that? jeremy renner, ed norton. im going to see it. those that have seen it, good grades. "usa today," three of four stars. "l.a. times" says it is impeccably cast. "wall street journal" says a solid success. rotten tomatoes, 60% favorable rating. good movie. >> there you go. lets talk ...

Obama doesnt talk to anyone. particularly on the hill. im just wondering how much of that feels as though its a self-reinforcing narrative at this point and how much is real? >> you know, i think some of it is real. hes not -- hes not just inherently the sort of gregarious back-slapping that weve become used to that some other presidents were. hes more interest -- sticks more to his inner circle. you know, he can carry that to an extreme. its clearly true that the president talks to people and h...

Neither of these two guys is the epitome of the back-slapping paul. thats probably true. but what are the implications of that for president obama? does that spill over into him not reaching out and having, you know, john boehner and mitch mcconnell to the white house for a few beers? is there an implication of that or just an observation about his personality? >> it could be both, given its from rendell. in many ways during his presidency, president obama has outsourced a lot of his back slappi...

Jon: former senator rick santorum, making a big announcement, throwing his support behind presumptive republican nominee, his one-time competitor, governor mitt romney. in an e-mail to supporters late last night, senator santorum had this to say about his former rival: the primary campaign certainly made it clear that governor romney and i have some differences but there are many significant areas in which we agree. one of those areas they both agree, president obama must be defeated. aaron mak ...

football player was driving this luxury pack, this escort to atlantic city. witnesses filed complaints with the details. they say the caravan was going more than 100 miles an hour enroute. a third trooper had been transferred, reasidelined. chris baxter, the state house reporter for the star ledger opinion i was wraeding about this last night, porsches and lamborghinis and ferraris. how fast were they going. fill me in. >> welcome to trenton, new jersey. its been a busy couple of days....