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>> im curious, do you think congress is going to come together on this issue and bring him back the place in which we want to store all the records and suggestions? are they going to get that done, lynne? >> on that micromatter in the whole shopping bag of things that are in it, the nsa spying, i suppose its a possibility. the option is pay the phone companies for more storage, create a private third party which would have its own complexities and problems attached to it. first, they have to dec...

A package of proposals and theres multiple things obama wants congress to do. >> im going to get to outside panel with you in a second. ed, since you are the congressional guru here, are they going to get it done? what do you think? >> remember over the summer when the house voted to scale back this program? you saw the most conservative and the most liberal and the libertarian lawmakers get together and derail the program. that coalition still exists and is eager to have this conversation. i th...

Ed? >> its what do these people have to say? do they have proof it is tied closer to the governor? if that exists, this elevates the seriousness of the situation. otherwise, its a new jersey matter and a matter for the inspector general in washington to look into and another case, not related to the bridge thing. beyond that, you know, it becomes a standard government investigation until the proof exists that the governor was more intimately involved. >> okay. lynne and ed, we are going to call ...

Security. we take their privacy concerns into account in policies and procedures. >> that was president obama during his speech on friday. he was outlying the changes in the surveillance program. they ordered new limits in accessing phone records from hundreds of millions of americans. its leading it up to congress to decide who will store the vast accumulation of phone records. joining me now, lynne sweet and congressional reporter, ed o keith. good morning to both of you. lynne, are part of ou...

He left the moscow airport where he had lived more than a month. joining me now is susan page and congressional reporters for "the washington post" ed okeith. good to see you. >> good morning. >> as a result of this decision the president is holding up the possibility of canceling a meeting between he and putin in moscow next month. how frustrated is the white house right now? >> i think they are quite unhappy with the russian government in general and mr. putin in particular. but i think they s...

Decades, russia has been our fre-enemy any way. what can the administration to at this particular time? >> the administration is not? a strong place when it comes to rush shall and snowden. the situation in syria were sdrefdoes he say tr-- distracied. we dont like the way moscow is close to the iranian regime. so the snowden affair is just one of a series of things that are irritants between the united states and russia and its hard to see the issues on which there is much in accord. >> we also ...

>> respondent menendez released this statement. chuck schumer of new york, scathing statement. russia has stabbed us in the back and each day that mr. snowden is allowed to roam free is another twist of the knife. what else are you hearing on the hill? >> disparaging russia which has been a fren-enemy is nothing new on chiapitol hill. remember, the debate on capitol hill is not only about whether or not snowden should come back. most people agree he probably should be in the u.s. custody but a b...

Become ground zero in a year and a half politically setting up ahead of the 2016 presidential cycle. in a sense, this is a great idea. put in a new young star, put him in place, make him as conservative as jim demint. let him go to the heritage foundation and run a think tank, graham gets saved. in a lot of ways people makes a lot of sense. >> ed, you do know your stuff on capitol hill. not surprisingly. well see you begin soon. thank you so much. >> thank you. lets go now to what could be the...

Sense of unity, caucus generally trusts hes going to negotiate a deal amenable to them. he still seems to have his partys back. well see. if he appears to give too much, certainly he might face a bit of a revolt. otherwise, yes, it has basically come down to the president and speaker. that was something the white house was trying to avoid. in the end as mike viqueira said earlier, you need the majority of the majority, most republicans on for this. without them it may not pass the house. okay....

Republicans not a representative. if nothing is worked out before the new year, it calls for a two-year, 15% pay cut for both the president and capitol hill lawmakers. so far 10,000 people have signed it. t minus 24 days and counting until the nation could begin that dreaded slide down the fiscal cliff. were going to get to that in just a moment. well, were going to do that now. lets listen to house speaker john boehner, he had this to say. >> this isnt a progress report, because theres no pro...