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Me. thank you so much. >> peter alexander joins me now from the north lawn of the white house. it looks like the sun is truly shining in washington, d.c. and things are back to normal, so to speak. peter? >> tom a the sun may be out and a lot of americans believe there are plenty of more gray days ahead. this was a frustrated and also angry president obama that we heard from just a matter of moments ago, trying to break this fever hoping he wouldnt have to deal with this again and now in his sec...

Congratulations, washington. youve narrowly averted a fiscal crisis of your own making again. if theres one thing you should be buying, its stock in the countdown clocks. because by the time we put this one away, well have to turn it on again in february. we still have this problem with this short-term decision making and not really addressing the long-term problems. thats what warren buffett, what so many business leaders are so worried about. today, talking about so many business leaders, no o...

>> while we look very foolish internationally, keli, lets talk about what this means domestically and for the fatigue that comes after this first week of being in shutdown mode, countdown clocks, listening to people talking about this in stw infuriating circles. do you think americans will start to understand what it means with hundreds of thousands of people furloughed, the impact of not getting a paycheck for certain americans that do depend on that paycheck while certain congress members who ...

Global economic catastrophe. rupert murdochs point is important. its hard for we in the media to wrap our heads around. what we are witnessing in washington is an internal fight within the republican party because the republican -- one wing of the republican party moved far to the right. further to the right than anyone on the democrats and house have moved to the left. i think if you are not incorporating that into your analysis of the situation, youre doing it wrong. that is what were witnessi...

Can take credit for it. and we did. so there you go. i think its a fascinating story. i did that for the kids. >> meanwhile, in the middle of all this, senator lindsay graham is suggesting one potential -- >> wait, wait, wait. can i just ask a question? >> because he needs cameras and likes to be on tv and has a lot to say. >> lets be honest, guys. john, youre not looking at me. youre reading. >> what is wrong with you? >> im reading about immigration. >> were talking about lindsay. we poke at l...

The faces that theyre putting out there. >> steve, robert, good to see you always, guys. thank you. >> thank you. also making news this morning, a major winter storm is taking aim at the northeast. two systems actually expected to collide bringing strong winds and heavy snow from new jersey all the way up through maine. the worst of it expected friday into saturday. more than 10 million people will be affected by this storm and parts of massachusetts, new hampshire, and maine could see up to t...

To get to compromise. or maybe he feels he has an election mandate, and is operating from a position of strength. which one is it? >> thats part of it for sure. but you heard him say yesterday, look, this was our starting point. we know that both sides are going to have to make some painful concessions, and well see where things go. but, yeah, i mean the fact that hes going out there to, you know, swing congressional districts in pennsylvania, he may make similar trips in the coming days, sort o...

An agreement was reach and what is the response to what is expected to come in in a few short hours? >> right now the administrations response is the same as senate leader harry reids response which is the house has to act. they put up the countdown clocks and calling attention to the houses failure to act on this. they have the advantage of being able to point to 89 votes in the senate to scott brown and dean helder and say look, this is a consensus product. you dont get much more consensus tha...

>> bret: i really do need. >> i really do need your help january 3. i believe the people of iowa are smart enough they can see the difference between somebody is trying to help the country and somebody who simply running a negative campaign. >> that is a cannon shot to south carolina. very quickly, the field is going to thin out. we think we are going to be exactly where we need to be. >> the fact is you want to win here, you dont have to. i think we will have a good showing here. >> i have been...

Also, charles blow, i felt like while the president may have played this well on many levels, his speech with the washington monument, im not sure people were sitting there biting their nails wondering if the washington monument would be open or not. i think they were really wondering big picture about themselves. that countdown clocks in our minds to the government shutdown, that was only in the minds of the media. would you disagree? >> i dont think people pay as klose attention to those thing...