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Bills and day-to-day necessities. >> for others who represent districts we high unemployment, the extended unemployment benefits is attractive. they want them to be able to see their doctors so they had to fix something that would have punished doctors known as the doc fix in medicare. >> as you said, mike, the bill had blende of support in the house and senate. explain some of the no votes. >> it was interesting because of some the democrats who represent the washington, dc area did not like th...

Todays arrest. authorities say they have been monitoring the suspect for some time. and there was never any danger. catherine herridge is working sources and well have the latest information on developing story. lawmakers in the house and senate meantime passed the extension of the payroll tax cut. unemployment benefit and the medicare doc fix. mike emanuel has that story from capitol hill. a look at how important is it to keep your big political supporters in libe. carl cameron tells us about t...

And on the payroll tax cut, basically two-thirds of the package, it isnt paid for. i does just ad to the deficit. they found pay-fors when it comes to unemployment benefits s and the doc fix. in september, the republicans opposed this. the democrats beat them up about it. and then the republican leadership had to surrender and say late have the sense. we cant be in the position of opposing a tax cut extension, and they just gave in, and as it happened again, while the negotiated it, in the end i...

Extending those issues, unemployment, the payroll tax and also the medicare doc fix, and she says it does so in a way that is acceptable to most democrats. jenna: well continue to watch it mike. thank you very much. late night for you and everything, we appreciate it. jon: maybe the democrats but not so much the doctors. the prosecution wrapped up its case, now it is the defense teams turn in the uva murder trial. our legal experts take a look at the very latest from the courtroom and what we ca...

Things like this. but let me ask you about both sides, obviously not getting what they wanted. and a couple of things that were sources of contention. under the deal states can require drug tests to get unemployment benefits. new federal workers will be required to contribute more to their pensions. $5 3w8 billion slashed from part of president obamas signature health care law. did democrats give up too much? >> again, were still going through it and trying to calculate what this compromise real...

Campaign capitalize on that and talk about how they can win in november? >> great to see you both this morning. thank you. lawmakers are ready to lock an extension of the payroll tax cut for 160 million americans through 2012. conference members announce the agreement to continue the tax cut in the early hours of the morning. along with extensions of unemployment benefits and the doc fix. and leader pelosi discussed the latest on this deal just minutes ago. take a look. >> it appears that we m...

Republicans are cool with the idea of raising taxes on 160 million americans by allowing the payroll extension to expire. here is speaker boehner on that. >> i will not allow the democrats to continue to play political games and raise taxes on working americans. so we made a decision for bring them to the table so the games would stop and we would get this work done. >>reporter: we have been waiting to hear from the negotiators that the comprehensive package extending the payroll tax holiday, un...

Which expires at the end of this month for the rest of the year without paying for it. but the sticking point comes in extending unemployment insurance and also what is known as the doc fix. the medicare physician reimbursement. they are trying to find pay-fors for that. well explain all of this as we bring in the panel. steve hayes for "weekly standard." jeff zellng national political correspondent of the "new york times." syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. steve, the meetings are ongoin...

Our part. maybe its possible that in this circumstance, we both wanted the same thing. >> you wanted a deal. you wanted him to cut other stuff to pay for it. he said no. and he got away with it. >> it was a large group of us who were not focusing on the pay for on this particular portion of the bill. republicans have said for many years that its peoples money to begin with. when we cut taxes, thats not the same as spending. what youre talking about was the pay for for the doc fix. >> congressman...

Year extension on the payroll tax cut and allowing people to keep more of their money is a cave on our part. maybe its possible that in this circumstance we both wanted the same thing. >> but you wanted a deal, you wanted an offset you wanted him to cut other stuff to pay for it and he said no and he got away with it. >> a large group of us were not focusing on the pay for on this particular portion of the bill. republicans have said for many many years its peoples money to begin with, when we c...