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>> i just want to thank you for your courage to be here in spite of how painful it is. and were just trying here to do what we can do to save lives. >> that was the senate judiciary committee hearing today on assault weapons ban that was introduced last month, a bill that beltway common wisdom says cannot pass, dont even bother. but after sandy hook elementary school, are things different now? are they different from the way politics and the national will were after columbine and after virginia ...

Majority to take this on. should we take heart from this kind of statement coming from the speakers office? >> i would say no because the only thing the house managed to pass last week was a bill that restored the sequester cuts to defense and which did some incredible damage to social programs by getting rid of the social services bloc grant meaning meals on wheels eliminated and things like that. that was essentially a bill that dealt with spending. the house has proposed extending all of the ...

House of what might be achievable in dealing with the house of representatives. >> but wont the republicans just all vote for the million dollar cutoff and then say thats the best deal we can get? i hate to be cynical, but theyll obviously choose the softer way out only affecting a few people. theres only, what, 400,000 people in the country that make $1 million a year. so thats a nicer crowd to go after than to go after the far larger crowd. so wont they just try to signal the easy way out and ...

We expect that there will be a house vote on the ideas put forward by the speaker, the so-called plan "b" on thursday. thats a way to sort of put a marker in the sand of what can be passed through the house. that is both a message idea as well as a tactical move to try to send a signal to the white house of what might be achievable in dealing with the house of representatives. >> but wont the republicans just all vote for the million dollar cutoff and then say thats the best deal we can get? i h...

To send a signal to the white house of what might be achievable in dealing with the house of representatives. >> but wont the republicans just all vote for the million dollar cutoff and then say thats the best deal we can get? i hate to be cynical but theyll obviously choose the softer way out only affecting a few people. theres only, what, 400,000 people in the country that make $1 million a year. so thats a nicer crowd to go after than to go after the far larger crowd. so wont they just try to...

Republicans in general would not want to maintain a position that would result in everyones taxes going up because of their insistence that the wealthiest get a tax cut. that doesnt seem like a very popular position to take. >>reporter: politically it should be simple sell. congress can vote to extend the middle-class tax cuts and go home. upper income tax cuts expire. >>shepard: no movement on negotiations? >>reporter: the president and speaker boehner spoke on the telephone phone and speaker b...

Cut. >> eric: what world are we in where its hand paid for -- [ overtalk ] >> bob: want to make sure the millionaires have that much more money in their hand. cmon, man. >> dana: this is my block. can i get the last word? the millionaires tax cannot pass the senate due to senate democrats. >> eric: that is the case. >> dana: well move on. san francisco, by ronald mcdonald. greg will tell us about that next. ♪ ♪ financial advice is everywhere.

Cut. >> eric: what world are we in where its hand paid for -- [ overtalk ] >> bob: want to make sure the millionaires have that much more money in their hand. cmon, man. >> dana: this is my block. can i get the last word? the millionaires tax cannot pass the senate due to senate democrats. >> eric: that is the case. >> dana: well move on. san francisco, by ronald mcdonald. greg will tell us about that next. ♪ ♪

way. todays cry for outrage go to democrats. of maryland who heres a surprise, doesnt like the proposed cuts in social programs. >> once again, the radical right is more worried about protecting their next election than protecting the greatest generation or investing in the next generation. what a sham. what a scam. id be tempted to just blow it off if it were not so cruel, stupid, and dangerous. >> and now tonight after all of these accusations and whining, were hearing the whole mess...

Some have slept here overnight, and as to what you report there, that news has gone through the crowd that perhaps the democratic legislators have left the state so as not to provide a quorum so the bill cannot pass. this is, perhaps, the biggest assault on municipal unions of any of the states in the united states at this point and these people are teachers, parents, prison guards, and regardless of whether you agree or not, this is democracy unfolding right here before us. i saw a sign that sa...