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Qaeda-linked group. earlier i asked the pentagon press secretary george little whether he is concerned about al qaeda recruiting american military personnel. >> thats always a concern when terrorist networks in that part of the world or elsewhere seek to recruit americans. whether theyre in the military or not. >> a nature you have of phoenix served in the army from 2000 to 2003. cnn is crunched the numbers with three california cpas and they estimate, get ready for this one. please sit down. ...

Billionaires have tremendous stock portfolios they hold on until they die. because they dont want to pay the bill. but thats a bigger tax bill than some nations annual gross domestic product. california with people like zuckerberg in your grips, its sad you ever had a budget problem. could barbara walters be getting ready to retire? after a 50-year career, shes going to call it quits next year. cnns howard kurtz says that she is such an icon, it is hard to imagine television without her. a s...

Passengers are being flown back home today after a backup generator left them from leaving st. martin, and this is on the heels of the triumph that left passengers without working toilets or electricity. and kevin orr represented chrysler in the restructure and he is sthag he wants to solve detroits $700 million budget problem with working with unions and creditors instead of a bankruptcy court. and maryland is about to be the 18th state to abolish the death penalty. they are expected to vot...

Second-term agenda items. first up, the senate, where the president will be meeting with fellow democrats. at least one of them, joe manchin of west virginia says its great president obama has extended an olive branch to republicans, he needs to reach out to his own party. our question, is president obama neglecting democrats? jason. >> no, hes not neglecting democrats. this has always been the case with obama. with friends like these, who needs enemies? he has republican whos hate his guts, won...

--. >> doug, at dinner the other side, we fed it will republicans and conservative republicans, sitting with the president, what went on there? did they tell him what you just said? in order to fix this budget problem, mr. president, medicare, medicaid, social security, need to be adjusted to save? did he hear that? >> he may have heard it once or twice but he did not hear it in a serious and sustained way with a plan, a budget, and a clear commitment by the republicans to get it done. >> one ha...

>> clayton: top of the if you have fin to you: thats tucker carlson, alisyn camerota. im clayton morris, thanks for waking up with us. get your emails and tweets in now. coming up in a little bit it may kohls you to send that email. one california lawmaker is proposing how to -- you know that big budget problem that the post office has? >> alisyn: sure. >> clayton: why not deal with the stamps. we are going to tax emails. every email you send you may be taxed if you live in california. >> alisyn...

Agenda that was preexisting. >> rahm emanuel has had a tough tenure there. since newtown we know they have some of the toughest gun laws in the country. now that they moved to this sentencing strategy and truth in sentencing is the feeling is that that is going to work? >> reporter: you really hit the nail right on the head because the prisons are down state in illinois. the prisons are already overcrowded. so you may get some pushback, if you make the sentences stiffer, ultimately you will have...

Other. the president is going around the country and trying to talk about how its going to first first responders, hurt this and hurt that. the republicans werent in town this week and hopefully everyone will be in town next week and that leaves five days and thats not enough time to get this done. as was the case that began with the first budget problem in august 2011 when they do talk, they talk past each other and theyre talking to their base rather than talking to each other to try to get th...

Ultimately who is responsible? >> i think its on both houses. if you read about woodwards book and i think it will be in the post tomorrow that clearly sequestration was something that jack thought up during the discussions and you know, the republicans adapted and i voted for it and so to say that its the presidents fault here, its counterproductive. we got here with at least in this last generation, in my opinion in august 2011 when the president and the speaker were meeting behind closed door...

When asked about pelosis absurd denial. jay carney had no he choice, but to completely contradict her. watch this. >> house minority leader nancy pelosi one of the sunday broadcasts, referring to the sequester on the future of the united states and talking about education and scientific research its almost a false wrong that we have a spending problem. does the president think we have a spending problem. >> i think this is a little bit of deja vu here, of course the president believes we have a ...