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Years in the making where at some point this is going to have to come to a head. at some point president obama is going to have to call the bluff of the republicans. there were battles over continuing resolutions to fund the government in 2011. there was a summer of 2011 with the debt ceiling. there was the super committee. they were setting up the fiscal cliff. now weve got continuing resolution in march. now weve got the sequester, march 1st. now weve got debt ceiling all over again. one of th...

Situation? would you give the robber what he wants or call his bluff? would you attempt an aggressive move? the teller makes his decision. >> i lunged towards him. he backed off. at that point i ran around the counter and chased him. >> nicholson chases the robber down the street, tackling him and pinning him down until police arrive soon after. some see jim nicholson as a hero, but his bosses at the bank dont agree. two days after the robbery attempt, hes fired. some customers are outraged. >> ...

This is a real situation. >> it is a real threat? >> you know, i think that it certainly not a threat that is priced into the market today. >> so the market is pricing it in but this is a bluff? >> i think the market thinks its a silly conversation in washington. >> im not talking about the coin. im talking about the republican -- im saying its in response to the idea that republicans would take us through a partial default. >> let me be an apologist for the congressional majority here. >> fire ...

>> talk about this responsibility and talk about the role that currency plays in this. i think the idea of the trillion dollar coin is interesting and important and its from a game theory perspective, you have two people playing chicken. it allows one side to make a kind of similar bluff that other side can. so it sort of weirdly gives us equal leverage. so it gets to something profound about whether or not dylan is right about we have to responsibly pay off the debts. >> hes not right. and the ...

I heard karzai on c-span talk aboutbe in 2014 tourists want to come to afghanistan. i am being to taken that bet. >> bret: yeah. might be a longshot. >> bret: one thing talked about is u.s. troops getting immunity as security agreement worked out post-2014. status enforces agreement, the agreement they will work out. one thing that jennifer griffin reported zero troops after 2014 is a bluff by the white house to force karzais hand to agree to immunity for troops that would be left on the ground ...

Involve no more than 9,000 troops. and leaking on the eve of karzais arrival that the white house was considering a zero option. >> starting this spring, our troops will have a different mission. training, advising, assisting afghan forces. >> today hi announced it would transition ahead of schedule. plans that worry many in the pentagon as the president weighs how many troops to leave behind. the theory of zero troop option leaving no behind was a bluff to ensure they would grant immunity after...

Practice. but there is no reason to not come to the table and have a discussion that is sensible and logical and come to an agreement that works for the american publics safety. >> and sandy, do you think your dourt would be alive tonight if wed had different laws on the books? do you think that could have been prevented? >> i do. anytime somebody can go on the internet and order 6,000 rounds of ammunition and that doesnt get flagged and questioned or looked at and yet i cant go through the airp...

Diplomatic bluff if you like, setting up the negotiations that are taking place right now as we speak, i think the president is aware, administration is aware, substantial america interest in leaving strength there that can deal with the -- to prevent the rise of international terrorism again, yes, al qaeda has its back to the wall now, but take the pressure off al qaeda, you allow afghanistan to revert to the civil war, which is almost certainly what will happen and al qaeda can come back. ther...

Their bluff. and larkts the battle for the soul of america. will our leaders stand for the working families in this debt ceiling debate? you wont want to miss this. stay tuned. [ female announcer ] going to sleep may be easy, but when you wake up in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. its hard to turn off and go back to sleep. intermezzo is the first and only prescription sleep aid approved for use as needed in the middle of the night

Of course not. im a hunter. or at least i used to be. dont hunt anymore. im a former hunter. we own guns. there are people that use target practice. but there is no reason to not come to the table and have a discussion that is sensible and logical and come to an agreement that works for the american publics safety. >> and sandy, do you think your daughter would be alive tonight if wed had different laws on the books? do you think that could have been prevented? >> i do. anytime somebody can go o...