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Months until january 15 on a background briefing to say finally that in fact it was a terrorist plot. >> the head of the army after fort hood said our policy of diversity is more important than any search for dangerous people inside the army. we basically let that major run rampant for seven years given signals he was violent and extremist. this calls in question the whole process of multi-culturalism which has run amok. the past month we saw two leaders in western europe, angela merkel in germa...

Months until january 15 on a background briefing to say finally that in fact it was a terrorist plot. >> the head of the army after fort hood said our policy of diversity is more important than any search for dangerous people inside the army. we basically let that major run rampant for seven years given signals he was violent and extremist. this calls in question the whole process of multi-culturalism which has run amok. the past month we saw two leaders in western europe, angela merkel in germa...

A health care ruling, crisis in egypt, and a monster winter storm. time to play "reporter roulette" binge with dan lothian there at the white house. dan, we reported this at the top of the hour here. a federal judge in florida has struck down now a key part of president obamas health care law saying it is unconstitutional. what reaction are you getting, if any, yet from the white house? >> reporter: well, i should tell you that in about ten minutes or so two senior administration officials will ...

Of both parties have done, where they get a chance to sort of lay out where their mood is, lay out some of the things theyre going to announce later tonight. but its interesting because it kind of puts a lot of us -- sort of the behind-the-scenes thing about the media and the white house is this is one of those days where were all waiting, waiting, waiting for 9:00 p.m. eastern time, because the president will do that background briefing, at 3:00 there will be a background briefing with senior o...

Acknowledged that maybe they dont have the same cost benefit analysis that we do. they want this program at all costs and will suffer or allow their people to suffer through sanks. >> you were invited to the white house last week with a background briefing for senior officials. but to your surprise, the president himself walked in and spoke to you on the record. >> a very senior official. >> yes. >> that would be the president of the united states. >> yes, he was on the record. >> whats your mes...

Nuclear program. it is one thing to sit down and talk about the issues, but it seems unlikely to me at this point that iran is simply going to say, because president obama asks, we are going to end our nuclear program. >> what if the sanctions are really punishing, and the sanctions approved by the u.n. security council with the backing of china and rush shand ta europeans and what if they come down hard on the folks in iran? >> well, in is the $1 million question. the question is can they ratch...

Knowing that your would be talking to the president, right? >> norah, you know how the place works better than anybody. >> yeah. >> i get an e-mail on tuesday inviting me to a background briefing on iran policy. senior national security staff. big names were mentioned. so you go thinking know what that is going to be. you go into the roosevelt room which is an unlikely place for a briefing. sit around a bit and listening to jim jones and in walks this tall guy in a blue shirt. its mr. president ...

Expected again after the heat index hit 113 degrees in parts of that region on wednesday. moving on, the obama administration has been trying to get the message out that sanctions against iran are working. ratcheting up the pressure on that country to come clean on its nuclear activities. >> and president obamas hoping the pressure will bring president ahmadinejad or at least somebody in the iranian regime to the negotiating table. david, yesterday, you went to the white house for a background...

But first, i want to go to jill to get the very latest, jill. what can you tell us now? >> well, just a few minutes ago, we had a background briefing with two senior administration officials who gave us some information. really some fascinating details. they say that the u.s. drove the details, the terms of this agreement. and what they mean by that, they say that having these russians in hand, the ten of them, they figured they werent going to get much more value out of it. so it was time to do...

Lenders in communities all over the country and it would make them fold and cost jobs. thats one example. another is a new process to liquidate failed companies. we all remember from the fall of 2008 when government had to bail out companies it was because they were called too big to fail. it would hurt the entire economy. well, the goal here is to set up a process to unwind or liquidate some of the companies in an orderly fashion so there wouldnt be such a thing as too big to fail. the problems...