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Away all of these right-wing philosophical agenda items. we dont need to be talking about that right now. >> in terms of the overall negotiations here, it seems to me that the democrats have given away a ton. $38 billion less than was in the presidents budget request because republicans have insisted on it. that also means the democrats have offered a lot. offering a $38 billion cut is a huge, huge give-away by the the democrats. are they getting anything from republicans in return? are republic...

Billion but were cutting $100 billion if you compare to the budget request from last year which was never enacted. its really not $100 billion, its $61 billion. that number is probably going down when they compromise with democrats. its going to be very difficult spot of what number do they end up with and whether the amendment to house bill and planned parenthood and climate change whether that will be included. >> heather: and phillips he said this about boehner. he said charlie sheen still ma...

International non-u.s. planes enforcing the no-fly zone. we also support that had effort. but the fact of the matter is the allies in europe are picking up more and more of the slack to set up the transition. we think thats an important development. >> you think it will be by this weekend? >> im not going to try to get into calendars with you on your show this afternoon, wolf. but the president said its a question of days, not weeks. >> who is paying for this? will you ask for a budget request t...

Theres always a calculated gamble in holding one, i guess the white house thought this time that they needed to manage the message on the budget? >> well, theyre continuing their try angulation and credit for spending cuts that republicans say are-- shows itty-bitty and should be bigger, but look, obama as got the bully pulpit and he should use it from his point of view, to get his message across. >> jon: what about the cuts he was talking about? >> there are two reasons why the president held t...

Spending, thats the entitlement plans, social security, medicare and medicaid. the president has gotten a lot of criticism over of the course of the last few days for not mentioning those or not putting refors of those out on the table. the president yesterday telling chuck todd and others that thats going to be coming, but everybody has to come together at some point in the future. the question, richard, when. >> vick, thats 2012. mean highway, theres this years budget. 2011. the president was ...

Funding under new names. >> bret: thank you. vice president biden says the average income tax refund up nearly 10% in year largely he says due to the stimulus package. biden and irs and geithner appeared at an event this morning trumpeting the recovery act. half of all americans have yet to file their tax returns. geithner says the administration will not action september a financial overhaul bill that does not provide strong consumer protection and restraints on risk-taking by large banks. work...

Funding under new names. >> bret: thank you. vice president biden says the average income tax refund up nearly 10% in year largely he says due to the stimulus package. biden and irs and geithner appeared at an event this morning trumpeting the recovery act. half of all americans have yet to file their tax returns. geithner says the administration will not action september a financial overhaul bill that does not provide strong consumer protection and restraints on risk-taking by large banks. work...

The abdulmutallab christmas day bombing. but i wanted to start with the dust-up we have seen with the khalid sheikh muhammad trial. and as you know, there has been a lot of controversy over whether he should be tried in new york city. now it looks like that wont happen. but your department has a budget that provides for $200 million for security to try ksm here in new york. what sense does that make at a time like this to provide $200 million to try this guy in a civilian court. >> our budget re...

Possible to continue to work with somebody like that. >> this is not implicated you raised a new issue schumer staff says specifically in response to that, that you are not telling the truth. they say, they say, that he offered not one year funding what was suggested yesterday, but full funding 18 to 20 billion dollars in year one putting that on table not the offer i should say they were willing to discuss that you guys walked away from that, if you got full funding for the wall that would be d...

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