building right behind me in the heart of geneva. that s over the issue of u.s. air strikes. the u.s. believes it s only the credible threat of military action against syria that will force that country to do what it commits to doing in terms of giving up its chemical weapons. the russian take an opposite position at the moment saying they don t believe the country should be expected to essentially disarm while another country, the united states, is planning military action against it. that s what the focus of these talks is now, trying to work out some kind of compromise solution, so the plan can be agreed upon to get these chemical weapons out of action in some way, ashleigh. matthew, it seems with all these critical talks and meetings and the fighting and the killing continuing, it s hard to believe there can be light moments in these conferences, in these meetings but there certainly was one today. reporter: yes. certainly some amusing moments at least. not sure they were men th
$3,000 a year. even as the administration claims will increase other v.a. benefits by 4%. though the president s aides say he is convinced he could bring along democrats if republicans cave over taxes. if the republicans are willing to move off of their position at least the ones that the leaders have staked out that the wealthy should not pay another dime that the president is convinced that he can lead democrats to a compromise solution. now, republicans charging tonight the math does not add up because the president wants to do away with the sequester which would add $1.2 trillion back to the deficit. the white house counters they have $1.8 trillion in new deficit reduction, details to come next wednesday. chris? chris: ed henry reporting from the white house. thanks for that there is a new fad here in the nation s capitol. you might call it al tour his stick version of follow the leader. correspondent molly henneberg tells us what is happening. it s starting to become a thi
shoot off the first nuclear weapon, do the first test, what is the difference there, the reus stph-bg. the risk is that we are negotiating with the iranians right now, we are trying to come up with a compromise solution. we are trying to limit their uranium, as the negotiatings continue the iranians are getting closer and closer to that july 2014 date when they will be able to break out in an undetectable way. we will wake up one day iran will have a nuclear weapon and have tested it. jenna: they could say we haven t even decided we are going to have one, they will have all the pieces to it, strategic lee they have a little bit of an edge. iran end up with all of the strategic advantage of the nuclear power without even crossing the red line and running the risk of u.s. military. they plaque mail us, extend their influence regionally and globally and we are another game that we are in with north korea. jenna: it s so remarkable to see the maps of north korea. the whole north is dar
he has four more years now. the possibility that the economy will turn around and he will be able to go down as a successful president. i also think and this is a big reason why time made him our person of the year, he had a very interesting diverse winning coalition. a lot of people say it was kind of the new face of america. a large minority nonwhite vote. young voter to a more liberal than older vote hers. i think you can see the changing face of america there. that would be the number one story. right behind and related to it is chief justice john roberts guiding the supreme court to a decision that upheld the healthcare law. finding a compromise solution where he said that the individual mandate might not be constitutional but that the law could be justified as a tax. he find this kind of surprising unexpected solution. a lot of people said it showed him to be a deft politician who was able to hold the court together and find a majority opinion that i think played a
he has four more years now. the possibility that the economy will turn around and he will be able to go down as a successful president. i also think and this is a big reason why time made him our person of the year, he had a very interesting diverse winning coalition. a lot of people say it was kind of the new face of america. a large minority nonwhite vote. young voter to a more liberal than older vote hers. i think you can see the changing face of america there. that would be the number one story. right behind and related to it is chief justice john roberts guiding the supreme court to a decision that upheld the healthcare law. finding a compromise solution where he said that the individual mandate might not be constitutional but that the law could be justified as a tax. he find this kind of surprising unexpected solution. a lot of people said it showed him to be a deft politician who was able to hold the court together and find a majority opinion that i think played a