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Black and white, gay and straight. male and female. were in this together. >> the president invited every member of the house to the white house to talk about the budget issues, spending and the debt ceiling. we have hit the point of $14.3 trillion debt ceiling but the treasury department says they can stretch things out until august 2. before we default on the loan. republicans in the house and senate say none will vote to increase ceiling without cut in spending they talked about the fundament...

And when things move so fast with twitter and facebook and like that, you have to be really quick on your toes. >> weve invited him several times to come here in "the situation room." we hope hell eventually accept our invitation. quickly, mitch daniels is he the hope right now a lot of the establishment republicans have as far as a nominee is concerned? >> a lot of establishment republicans are reaching out to him. tim pawlenty is going to announce his candidacy on monday. but mitch daniels is ...

opportunity in the middle east. this hour, his vision for the region and the controversial way hes pushing the israelis and the palestinians to make peace. we want to welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." the financial power broker who bailed out countries is being baled out himself as he awaits trial on charges he sexually assaulted a hotel maid. dominique strauss-kahn denies the allegations that many people find sho...

Thank you. i am certain our viewers have great ideas for what theyd like to sell. hemmer, fox news.com. gentlemen, see you later. alisyn: breaking news out of washington an capitol hill right now, because fox news has confirmed a wisconsin congressman, paul ryan, whom youve heard so much about this year with budget issues, will not run for the wisconsin senate. now, this is interesting, and relevant, because as you may know, senator herb kohl, a democrat out of wisconsin, will be retiring soon, ...

Traders and investment banks are using twit tore predict the mood of the markets, using computer programs to analyze millions of tweets, if the general mood is positive and number of tweets is high, they expect the dow to go up. >> i hope they dont monitor my account. people following me, there will be people jumping out of the windows everyday. that is one of the stupidest ideas ive ever heard. i cant even look at my twitter account without jumping out the window. >> i hope they made up that st...

Of expansion of his executive authority through the use of military tribunals are embrace of indefinite detention. today time not only to end the use of the term "war on terror" but time to end the war itself and time to bring our troops home. speaking on a lot of different fronts. yesterday on capitol hill, you noted a marked change in talk about afghanistan. >> hearings, senator kerry chairman, senator luger the ranking member. what i began to see was a bipartisan cluster coming together, a nu...

Hope that this would be something that they could continue as people and the federal government try to right this situation. >> of course he was going into somewhat difficult territory at the space shuttle launch, which has now been scrubbed, because of those technical problems, scrubbed we are told by tom costello for at least 72 hours. but there was a budget cut in that deal, that last-minute negotiated deal to keep the government open, $40 million to help those who had been laid off as the sh...

Leaping to conclusions? >> no, i think that major reason why secretary gates recommended panetta as a successor is panettas background in budget issues, chief of staff at the white house, budget director. i also think its a little strong to say that panetta ran the cia into the ground. thats a tough job but from what i hear panetta was generally good for cia morale. he thought cias battles on the hill and within the administration fairly successfully. i think, you know, he is a senior player. ob...

Its not enough. we need to talk for three hours on these budget issues and health care. youre so right, medicare, medicaid, there are so many different issues that even talking for 15 minutes, you dont have time to scratch the surface. americans need to understand like they need to understand whats going on in afghanistan, they need to understand why were still so far away from handling this debt crisis because we still have the health care crisis. >> of course, the problem in this country is wh...

Salon.com. joan, let me tee it up for you. is it true that the belt way press isnt interested in the debates and arguments on the left? >> you know, i would go beyond that and say the belt it is way media doesnt take enough interest but moreover likes to kick the base and loves nothing more than when president obama stands up to the base or the dissatisfied part of the base on the budget issues and on the tax and spending issues. thats seen as a sign of manhood in the beltway when democrats do i...