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losing some support, but will his emotional moment in iowa humanize him to voters? >> dealing with, you know, the real problems of real people in my family. and so, its not a theory, its, in fact, you know, my mother. >> well break down the state of the race, and the impact of the caucuses with the chairman of iowas republican party matt strawn and nbc news political director chuck todd. plus, full analysis from our political roundtable, columnist for the des moines register kathie obr...

that are difficult on the spending side in terms of health care and other mandatory programs. in the debt bill we agree to discretionary cuts that put us back with the tightest discretionary spending since eisenhower was president. the challenge is to get the full job done and put us on a path where were dealing with the debt and deficit so we get to a place where the deficit is truly sustainable and that means under 3%. our plan would get us to 2.3% of the economy. i think that the ch...

the economy. i think that the challenge is now to work together to put together something balanced. theres a joint committee that has a goal of $1.5 trillion of deficit reduction. the president upped the bar. he said lets get the job done and get to a total of four counting spending cuts we agreed to. we think we should work together to get that done. >> the buffett rule, tax on millionaires, that doesnt raise that much money in the overall scheme of things. is that really a populous p...

not as widely covered but it gives you an idea of what the gop is looking at and taking on. well have all of it cered for you here toght. our team is in place. here in the sdio and across washington. weveoined the event in progress as members of congrs are walkingn prior to the presidents announcement. membersf the supreme court have already come down and taken their seats with members of the joint servic. with us here in the studio, the moderar of "meet t press" david gregory. and dav...

desperate hours. the struggle to help earthquake victims in haiti. >> no phone, no food, no water. nothing. there are too many people die. >> a massive response from the u.s. and around the world, but thjob is monumental. the need is severe, and its a race against time. >> to the people of haiti, we say clearly and with conviction, you will not be foresaken, you will not be forgotten. >> from haiti, our special covege tonight. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-univers...

In harlem and this community is the one that is killing each other. we are taking lives every day. >> in east new york, we talked to some former thugs who have an alternative to stop and frisk. >> these are two violent interrupters. >> in and out of jail including an arrest for armed robbery, woes on a project called cure violence, part of a city-funded program called man up. >> im not one of these guys. im here to help you. i have been where you have been. i put people where you are at and im h...