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People in the run-up to the election looked at what he did in troops in afghanistan and some of the other decisions and stuff that this was simply keeping things calm in the run-up to the election. what weve seen, after the election his decisions on syria as you said, this is not a president who wants to have a robust or big or bold foreign policy. so that is not going to win him any marks out there either. >> paul: are we going to see a big budget deal before it is over? the budget issues are s...

Allies, john mccain and kelly ayotte are calling for hearings into what happened over the last two years to figure out if there were the gaps. would you at least support the idea of hearings to figure out what intelligence communications may or may not have worked over the past couple of years? >> oh, sure absolutely. i think we need to have hearings. we need to gather information. these should be done in a professional way, rather than people on very little evidence beginning to draw conclusion...

Budget issues as well as immigration reform and education. senator christian gillibrand explained to andrea mitchell how the idea for the dinner came about. >> i said, you know, now that youre starting your new term if you want to create a bipartisan agenda, a great place to start is with the women senators. we meet regularly and have a dinner every quarter. oftentimes the women reach across party lines and reach consensus. he said that is a great idea. >> you want to know what they ate, right? ...

Controversy his week around brad paisley and ll cool js new song accidental racist but we began by discussing toures take on president obamas budget proposal. >> im nervous, because we have republican party that is obstructionist, that is not incented to work with him. that is incentivized to go home and say, i stood up to the president. i yelled at him, in a town hall or i wagged my finger in his face when he came to my state, or, you know, i -- i blocked his defense secretary choice, you know,...

Is it the economy? >> the economy, but the biggest frustration is generally with washington. people have seen the battles over budget issues, the economy, and dont feel like things are happening, which makes this a high stakes week for the president. he put out his bucket. he has advancements on gun control, immigration reform. if hes able to capitalize on these things, theres a window out of the tailspin. its a mini one for now. theres a lot riding for the president on whether and how he declar...

Was open to possibly reforming social security and other issues. when aarp and others came in, it was a very tough negotiation, and i can only imagine the left members of my party who will be more vocal in terms of opposition. the president will have a tough deal. hes right to compromise, thats the name of the game, but its tough to do when youre talking about such a big deal involving so many components. >> matt, according to "usa today," the gop wants to save money in social security and medic...

You can make the argument, if they can figure out a deal on immigration, it creates more bipartisan flavor, that make as grand bargain possible, but the grand bargain has real ideological differences and policy differences between the parties in terms of revenue, in terms of the tax structure. so theres not been a -- there was a come to jesus moment, if will you, for the republicans in the november elections on immigration. that is not happening on budget issues and revenue. i dont see them budg...

This. we dont want to wake up every other morning and see this kid, the head of north korea, talking about bombing our cities knowing hes getting closer to being able to do so. that could create a lot of pressure. >> chris, another issue that folks are bracing for, obviously this week, back home domestically, the budget. lets switch gears now. the president, you know, having trouble inside his own party, it seems. david wrote would, change doesnt all at once or in one fall swoop. it happens beca...

Palestinian state. israel would also withdraw force, from the occupied territories, golan heights, gaza strip and west bank. president obama reportedly warrants it to be the backbone of any peace talks in the region. going forward. david, why re-working an old plan rather than start from scratch? >> you know, craig, one of the issues thats been around such a long time, and such a complicated matter that i think what the president was frying to to -- trying to do after he was in the region talkin...

Issues coming back from recess. the white house has an opportunity to move immigration, and gun control. the first quarter of this year was consumed by fiscal matters. the third quarter will also be consumed by fiscal matters. theres a window here to be able to do things like immigration, and gun control, and its unclear whether or not theyll be able to get a deal. this week. well see whether or not republicans and democrats can come to some kind of agreement on background checks and making them...