the fortitude to get his agenda through. and this shows that he does. well, this shows that he had a spine of steel because after the scott brown election and the massachusetts race, everybody said this is over. obama lost it. the republicans will take over the agenda. he said no, i m not going to let that happen and he made sure to bring that back up and do every single thing he could to work with congress to make sure it passed n. involved compromises. there were lots of people who weren t completely happy who voted for this but they did it because they realize this is their historic opportunity to get this passed. we re watching some of the comments on the floor. we re expecting to hear from president obama also at some point shortly. but what does this necessary sense, nny, when you talk about the political discourse, so much bickering on both sides and a lot of them really angry and bitter. is this a damaged system right now when it comes to can we get anything don
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rose: welcome to the broadcas it has been a bu week in litics. tonight joe scarborough,oe klein and am nagourney make sense of it all. then we lk at iran with me of the participants in rolelaying game simulation that to place at harvard, joining us graham allison, anything burns, ehud. president oa, politics, an and the nlear weapon, next. funding f charlie rose s been provided by the following: most proming students. ( coca-cola 5-note mmonic ) . presint obama s first year in office ended this week with a series setbks. on tueay republican scott browwas elected to the senate seat once ld by ted kennedy. the victory stripped demoats of their supermajority in t senate and jeopardized their pending health-care reform proposal. this week the supreme court ovturned restrictions on political vertisements by corporatns and unions. the whithousemmediately criticized the ling and said it would empower special inrests. thpresident spoke in ohio today as pt of what the white
because it will be so critically cold on saturday and through the weekend, it is very important for us to try to get the snow up as quickly as possible. we want to avoid having the snow turn to ice. you are definitely waking up to a snowy morning this morning. on the left, a live look from northwest d.c. the mayor urging residents and businesses to shovel those sidewalks early today. he says if you wait until tonight, it might already turn to ice. in the center of your screen, a live look from virginia this morning and to the right, you can see snow on the roads in maryland as well. we re glad you re with us on this friday morning. i m steve chenevey. i m gurvir dhindsa. thank you for being with us on this snowy friday. we do have several school delays on this morning. you can see those on the top of your yen. we start in nearld where montgomery county schools are delayed two hours. charles county schools are closed this morning. prince george s, howard and calvert