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Mixed readings. the christian conservatives are trying to decide who they like in this group. two of them told me today they couldnt vote for romney because he is a mormon. there were others who were obviously very critical of president obama, especially on foreign policy. that seemed to rise to the floor because of rick santorum and the emphasis he put on it this week. on the other hand, democratic mayor in per, iowa, who became a democrat when he calk ewes yeses for obama for you years ago aft...

As a result i -- heres a perfect example. i was in perry, iowa, this morning with a democrat, mayor of the city, and he said well have a city council meeting, we have tough budget issues because property taxes are down because values are down. were not going to divide this up between republicans and democrats and independents. were just going to get the job done. we know what we have to do. >> they do it at the local level. >> by the way, he said something interest. pretty republican community. ...

Together? as a result i -- heres a perfect example. i was in perry, iowa, this morning with a democrat, mayor of the city, and he said well have a city council meeting, we have tough budget issues because property taxes are down because values are down. were not going to divide this up between republicans and democrats and independents. were just going to get the job done. we know what we have to do. >> they do it at the local level. >> by the way, he said something interest. pretty republican c...

Border, largely are going to be pulled back, 1200 of them are going to be pulled back s that going to make, in your view, is that going to make any difference to fight these koort tells in the smuggling operations? >> it will. i think unfortunate realities that the united states is struggling with our own budget issues. the president is having to balance that as well. weve got to remember, mexico, we import more oil from mexico than any other country in the middle east including saudi arabia. it...

Hawaii during the asian pacific economic conference. much a change in tone. you know, the first two years of the obama presidency, it was about engaging china, forging partnerships with china. trying to increase trust with china. the last three to six months youve seen a rise in sort of confrontational rhetoric, and now confrontational actions fp and i think what the obama administration would say is friendly competitive actions, nothing thats meant to try to raise tensions, but well see how chi...

And virginia for a backlash against this. who really wants to relitigate health care reform in 2012. >> some would argue, some of the presidents own party would argue that if he had not gone health care and gone to other budget issues and jobs and the economy that he might be in a much better place. >> one of them being the current mayor of chicago. >> right. who was certainly involved at the time. thank you very much. good to see you. and the scandal at penn state growing. new reports of more v...

Public workers and unions understand budgets and they see what has happened in their local fire department or their local county children service agency or whenever theyre collective bargaining, and they know that those budget issues are real. you have seen in community after community, i can give along list of public employee unions that have done major concessions in order to get, because they want as many of their firefighters and librarians and public workers working, so they have done the k...

Financial institutions. but im listening and im writing down the notes here, i want more community awareness. what does that mean? some people are there because they are against global warming. other people against corporate profits and agreed. well, corporations dont make money if people dont buy their goods and services. its a pretty easy formula. >> this is exactly why they are going to be an ineffective source. the tea party that was tremendously effective was focused on budget issues. they ...

Financial institutions. but im listening and im writing down the notes here, i want more community awareness. what does that mean? some people are there because they are against global warming. other people against corporate profits and agreed. well, corporations dont make money if people dont buy their goods and services. its a pretty easy formula. >> this is exactly why they are going to be an ineffective source. the tea party that was tremendously effective was focused on budget issues. they ...

washington doesnt reach a deal. so lets go there now. our congressional correspondent kate bolduan standing by as she has for so many hour. i hear nancy pelosi, democrats leader in the house also weighing in? >> reporter: she. behind closed doors for most of the day meeting with democratic leadership and came out a short time ago and, of course, was asked the question on everyones mind. do you have a deal? have you signed on to a deal? while she wouldnt endorse a deal, she wouldnt shoo...