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>> good morning to you. 23 minutes after the hour. lawmakers say they want to dig deeper into the boston bombing investigation. a congressional investigation planning to visit russia next week to be with counter terrorism officials there. they say they want to find out why a 2011 russian request to investigate tamlerlan tsarnaev. the budget request for next year includes $200 million for decades worth of construction. to close gitmo tomorrow. >> thainthser. well there is yet another irs

>> the president in the second term has already seen some push back from progressive supporters, you know, he was criticized for agreeing to cut social security benefiteds, also has seen some criticism over the state departments refusal so far to sort of take a position on the controversial keystone pipeline. is the white house at all, ed, starting to feel pounded on by those that it once counted on for support? >> not yet because, for example, youre mentioning the changes to social security, ch...

The lessons of what happened in benghazi last september 11th. among other things he says the u.s. has to beef up security for diplomats around the world. listen to what he said. >> im calling on congress to work with us to support and fully fund our budget request to improve the security of our embassies around the world. >> are you with him on that? >> absolutely. in fact, id go one step further. i think some of these embassies need to be under military control and not state department. i think...

Thats why at my direction weve been taking a series of steps that were recommended by the review board after the incident. were continuing to review our security at high-threat diplomatic posts including the size and nature of our presence, improving training for those headed to dangerous posts, increasing intelligence and warning capabilities, and ive directed the defense department to insure that our military can respond lightning quick in times of crisis. but were not going to be able to do t...

2009. christmas day bomber, hurricane sandy and the cyber threat and now, the boston attack, its easy to become concerned with this budget request. >> under the presidents new budget, the department of homeland securitys hospital preparedness program would take a $120 million hit. a cut of 32%. i want to bring in dr. redliner, director of the national center of preparedness. the hospitals here in boston have been credited with their quick, coordinated response, how it saved lives and let me just...

Plans, something the party hasnt done in nearly four years. the washington post reports the democrats proposal would raise almost $1 trillion in new taxes while cutting $1 trillion in spending, marrying the two plans wont be easy and then, of course, the president is expected to announce his budget request in april, two months behind schedule. >> the president has always believed the deficit reduction is not a goal unto itself. the whole purpose should be part of an overall policy objective of s...

He submitted the budget late. in four years, the senate democrats have not passed a budget at all. we deserve better. of course, paul ryan leaves out a little something. the white house budget and management sent a letter to chairman ryan which said as you know the fiscal cliff negotiations created uncertainty about revenue and spending for 2013. and beyond, and because these issues were not re solved until the american taxpayer relief act was enacted, they were forced to delay some of the budge...

In four years, the senate democrats have not passed a budget at all. we deserve better. of course, paul ryan leaves out a little something. the white house budget and management sent a letter to chairman ryan which said as you know the fiscal cliff negotiations created uncertainty about revenue and spending for 2013. and beyond, and because these issues were not re solved until the american taxpayer relief act was enacted, they were forced to delay some of the budget preparations, which in turn ...

Im milissa rehberger. the man who claimed he had a relationship with elmo puppet years it was a consensual adult relationships. senators from states affected by hurricane sandy want president obama to include more for disaster relief in his budget request. according to a report, the president plans to travel across the country after thanksgiving to build support for the fiscal cliff. back to "hardball." welcome back to "hardball." today president obama began another campaign to get both de...

The goal was helping 400 people in the course of the year. instead, it served just two people reportedly due to lack of overnight. finally, health and human service secretary kathleen sebelius pressed in a house sub committee hearing on what constitutes an urban food desert. she said if families have to walk a mile with bags of groceries it may be too far to get healthier food. georgia republican congressman jack kingston took issue pointing out the definition of a food desert does not specify t...