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And citing "unfair and misleading attacks on her." rices withdrawal makes massachusetts senator john kerry the leading contender to be nominated as secretary of state. kerry said little. susan rice will remain as ambassador to the united nations. in what is being perceived as a presidential gesture of support, president obama will meet with ambassador rice. sunny hostin, abc news, new york. other big political news this morning, state governments must decide by today if they will run their own...

What they are focused on is a so-called plan "b" where the house in the next few days may pass extension of the middle class tax cuts. the old bush tax cuts. then let the tax rates for the rich go up and fight it out in january and february over spending cuts. well see whether or not conservative goes along with that, if speaker boehner was party to that. the second big story is susan rice. in the last couple of hours calling the president and saying she is pulling her name out of consideration ...

By the potential nomination. the president tried to put the best face on this in a statement where he said, quote: i have every confidence that susan was limitless capability to serve our country now and in the years to come. in fact, were told she is expected to at least stay on as u.n. ambassador if not take another position. susan rice, by the way, in that letter to the president, went on to say, quote: we cannot afford such an irresponsible distraction from the most pressing issues facing th...

A new speaker. is that a mosh pit going on, too? the head of the opposition happens to be the world heavyweight boxing champ. fortunately, he decided to sit this one out. wow. they were rolling their sleeves up and going at it. ding, next round. >> looks like one of our staff meetings. >> we only have five people. todays play of the day is also a new contender for most embarrassing nfl play of the season. this is great. >> courtesy of the eagles. look at this, punts the ball right into his own...

Ive been told the president has a chuck hagel, former republican senator, as leading contender for defense secretary. he had a meeting with the president a couple weeks back. before we heard this about susan rice stepping down, and we have the letter she sent to the president withdrawing her name from consideration for secretary of state. i was hearing john kerry, senate foreign relation chairman was leading contender for secretary of state. i also heard separately that susan rice has been under...

>> first, i want to say governor patrick would be a dynamite candidate, too. >> the governor could appoint himself. >> and he would be awesome. i believe that with all of myhearted. >> yeah, he would be a worthy contender. >> worthy contender, yes. >> the answer is republicans are still absolutely tied to this ideology theyre anchored with the tea party. they cant extricate themselves. theyre on a path to destruction. if they keep this up, the 2014 elections are going to be a lot worse than the ...

Of the united states. i have said that before. going to be that the next four years, i want to talk about barbara walters because that moment about the hair and to the fat question to christie, too embarrassing. dereliction of duty. how what are you talking about, barbara? spend time with a person a very serious contender for the president of the united states, secretary of state, senator, talking about her hair? this is a media hurdle serious women have to go through and heres an example of sex...

And thought to be a real contender for secretary of state after secretary of state clinton. >> david gregory correctly points out this could have devolved into a morass of politics, more so than it even was already. as we mentioned, ambassador rice spoke to the president. the white house has already had put out a statement from the president that reads, in part, "while i deeply regret the up fair around misleading attacks on susan rice in recent weeks, her decision demonstrates the strength of h...

Carrie, theres no definitive answer in all of this as to who republicans see emerging as a true leader moving forward. >> sure. thats the challenge that republicans face right now after mitt romney, who doesnt hold a public office where he can continue to sort of have this platform or this voice. so that leaves a void right now. as you said, speaker -- i mean, congressman ryan is, you know, below 50%. a lot of these more popular figures as we would view them inside washington, marco rubio, other...

Up to governor nikki haley to select a replacement. scott is thought to be a leading contender, is thought to be demints replace him. he says its up to the governor. there will be an election in 2014 for the seat. although they are political opposites the senate minority leader says demint is genuine. >> even though i disagree with so much of what he has done, i appreciate that i personally believe he does this out of a sense of real belief. its not political posturing for him. i wish him well. ...