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Came out and said that it doesnt do anything to obama care and it put a lot of heat on the republicans in the house; is that right? >> that may be true in part. a lot of people i talked to were supportive. quite frankly our amendment causes people not to support it members are going to have to pay more. there are members on our sidenned at democratic side who dont like that. i think its helpful in terms of the fight against obama care. if you have a statute that imposes burdens on society and th...

Came out and said that it doesnt do anything to obama care and it put a lot of heat on the republicans in the house; is that right? >> that may be true in part. a lot of people i talked to were supportive. quite frankly our amendment causes people not to support it members are going to have to pay more. there are members on our sidenned at democratic side who dont like that. i think its helpful in terms of the fight against obama care. if you have a statute that imposes burdens on society and th...

I think we did four panda jokes. >> we did it. now were done. >> heres the facts. theres a lot of talk about how john boehner needs the republican caucus and he has to satisfy the tea party. thats not literally true in terms of the house vote. all he needs is 17 republicans to come along for a bipartisan funding bill. what is that funding bill? well, its a continuing resolution, thats why they call it a cr, which means its not actually an annual budget, it wont actually solve these problems. its...

>> thats right. that means that theyre visiting the ultimate sugar daddy, sheldon adelson, who broke a record this year, the casino owner who gave $100 million to the republican side of the ledger this time. he told me in an interview a few months ago that he plans to continue playing in republican politics. youve got the louisiana governor, bobby jindal, the virginia governor, bob mcdonald, ohio governor john kasich all dropping by to talk to mr. adelson. ken vogel on politicos site has told ad...

A different front. the downside, of course, is ryan budget. and the key thing for republicans is they are going to have to define paul ryan or the country. ryan will have to do it for axelrod and plouffe get to do it through their attack ads. >> bret: not only ads but the surrogates were out and about in force today on democratic side. >> i said i think this is a risky pick because of the reason that pat raised. but its the pick. so now romney has to get out there and really let ryan explain him...

we begin this hour with tensions ratcheting up between israel and iran. a bomb went off just as israeli tourists boarded a bus in the bulgarian resort city. six people are confirmed dead. some 30 others are wounded. president obamas strongly condemning the attack calling it in his word barbaric. cnns elise labott is joining us live with the very latest. bulgarians are of course investigating. im sure the israelis are as well. first of all, what are the bulgarians saying? >> reporter: w...

For first place when it was lamar, buchanan, and dole. all four of them were jumbled together, buchanan sneaks up to victory. one of the reasons new hampshire surprises us, its a difficult state to poll because you dont know the make-up of the independent vote. you dont know if its 40% or 30%, is it going to be a little bit more of a moderate turnout ideologically? a little bit more of a conservative turnout? every time weve had the shockers on the democratic side, buchanan, when mccain won by 1...

9:00 am on the east coast, 6:00 am out west. marathon talks lead to a new debt deal. at least in theory. the president backs it. so do leaders of both parties. still, no reason to celebrate just yet. in syria, a violent crackdown on anti-government protests. more than 7 0 people killed and counting. and new this morning, a big change to health coverage. the federal government will require insurers who provide birth control without co-payments. now, in just a few hours, we could s...

From the speaker of the house john boehner. he has tremendous support up on capitol hill and even though there are some who agree with the president, john kerry and others in the foreign relations committee on the senate side, in the house which is the majority of that audience today, he is going to be received with a wildly popular reception, mitch mcconnell and even harry reid on the senate democratic side, very aware of the political realities of the strength of support that netanyahu has pol...

Boehner, distinguished senators, members of the house, honored guests. im deeply moved by this warm welcome. and im deeply honored that you have given me the opportunity to address congress a second time. mr. vice president, do you remember the time that we were the new kids in town? and i do see a lot of old friends here and i do see a lot of new friends of israel. democrats and republicans alike.