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Aides fluttered about not knowing whether or not they had a deal or not why you get that close to the wire, thats pretty scary. >> you talk about that moment, tim shriver said this was the moment. the president finally does speak after all those hours, and he makes a presentation about a couple of things. one, that cutting spending is something that has to happen. but when it comes to the showdown, he made another point. >> behind me, through the window, you can see the washington monument, visi...

Do taxes at some point have to be raised if youre really going to get into the realm of asking something of the american people, shared sacrifice, not just helping upper earners? >> shared sacrifice, meaning sort of indiscriminate cuts across the board is what you do in a debt crisis. were trying to preempt a debt crisis. so were keeping the eye on the ball on spending cuts and growth. the president just raised taxes $800 billion, is calling for another $1.85 trillion in tax increases. you slow ...

Thinking about things far from whether or not the governments going to shut down, frankly. yes, they want their parks open, but their parks are important to them because for 100 years, the country believed in the land and the earth and preserving space for the public good. thats important to americans. they dont see the big picture here. theyre less would nanting by t discussion, happy that its over. compromise is great. do they see unity? do they see direction? do they see a call to greatness? ...

Of war against terrorism. >> well, i think hes tried very hard to do it, as you know. there is obviously steep resistance in congress. and the president has to make a decision. you could the have ksm sort of be in limbo forever, have no justice for the victims of 9/11, or you can move forward to a military commission and thats a decision of the attorney general that the president agreed with. >> well leave it there. mr. plouffe, thank you very much. >> thank you, david. >> we turn to the chairma...

Growing and get back to work, save our social security, medicare, our retirement programs for this generation and future generations, repair the social safety net so that it works, not to encourage people to go on welfare, but to get back on their feet and pay off this debt. this plan, using cbo numbers, gets the debt paid off so our children -- you and i are the same age, same age of our children -- we want to give our children a debt-free nation. thats what this plan does. i think thats what t...

Of war against terrorism. >> well, i think hes tried very hard to do it, as you know. there is obviously steep resistance in congress. and the president has to make a decision. you could the have ksm sort of be in limbo forever, have no justice for the victims of 9/11, or you can move forward to a military commission and thats a decision of the attorney general that the president agreed with. >> well leave it there. mr. plouffe, thank you very much. >> thank you, david. >> we turn to the chairma...

Spending more money. weve got to get our spending under control because thats the root cause of our problems. and yes, if you get deficit reduction and the debt under control, thats going to help the economy today. >> but still no tax cuts in the future? >> were talking about tax reform -- >> im sorry -- >> look, we have to recognize the fact that were in global competition. were competing against china and india. and when we tax our job creators more than they tax theirs, we lose, they win, and...

Prosperity is borrowing and spending more money. weve got to get our spending under control because thats the root cause of our problems. and yes, if you get deficit reduction and the debt under control, thats going to help the economy today. >> but still no tax cuts in the future? >> were talking about tax reform -- >> im sorry -- >> look, we have to recognize the fact that were in global competition. were competing agast china and india. and when we tax our job creators more than they tax thei...

A deal or not why you get that close to the wire, thats pretty scary. >> you talk about that moment, tim shriver said this was the moment. the president finally does speak after all those hours, and he makes a presentation about a couple of things. one, that cutting spending is something that has to happen. but when it comes to the showdown, he made another point. >> behind me, through the window, you can see the washington monument, visited each year by hundreds of thousands from around the wor...

Independent voters. with us, white house correspondent for "the new york times," helene cooper, chairman and ceo of the special olympics and contributor to "the washington post," tim shriver, host of cnbcs "mad money," jim cramer, and nbcs chief white house correspondent and political director, chuck todd. good morning. after signing a temporary order to keep the government up and running, the president made a surprise visit to the lincoln memorial saturday, determined to put the best spin pos...