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Question is what theyre trying to define. what does eminent mean? >> lets look at hindsight as was done on bill mahers show. heres what would have happened. democrats would have been a lot tougher on george bush, even calling for his impeachment over something similar. do you agree? >> theres no question. as were learning about the different types of war fare, this is a different type of war in a different type of time. were learning more on a different time scale. 15, 20 years ago, there were n...

Tragedy to talk about public and private compromise, democratic compromise. youll see the themes on tuesday that will pick up on themes from his earlier ones. its sprg to see how hell frame it. gabby giffords framed one. end of the iraq war framed one. what exactly is going to frame this speech on tuesday is a good question to consider. >> dugdouglas, can i ask you, i this typically his third state of the union and not the fourth? is the first speech addressing a joint session of congress? >> i ...

Massachusetts. lets go to boston and weather channel meteorologist eric fisher. eric, how much of the community is able to get back to normal today? >> its a slow, slow process, alex, no question. however, with the nice fresh snow the kids have been enjoying this weekend, they get another day to enjoy the snow. boston public schools closed during the day tomorrow. too many clogged roads and too much of an issue to get everyone to school safely. they get another snow day. thats two this year. the...

We will not have achieved what we said initially was our objective in afghanistan, and thats to destroy the taliban. >> so then should we not be leaving? >> we shouldnt be leaving if we want to accomplish an issue. we should be leaving if were not willing to allocate the resources necessary in order to accomplish that mission. >> so back to my original question, when we leave, will we have won? >> if the objective is to destroy the taliban and make sure they dont come back, no, the answer is we ...

To protect ourselves against imminent threats? what does imminent mean? is it wartime? is it immediate threat? we give them the power to make a game time decision of whether to kill someone. these are peoples lives were talking about. the question is do we allow the military and the intelligencent ic -- entities to actually make that game time decision? or is this something we need to bring to congress and have oversight on before we make that immediate strike? >> so should we? >> i think thats ...

In todays strategy talk, the drone debate on todays "meet the press." dick durbin weighed in on president obamas controversial drone program. >> the constitution says the american people will decide whether we go to war. the american people through congress will vote on this. the question is, when it comes to drones, these remote strikes, or cyber security, are we at war? is this an act of war? were going to get into this constitutional question. >> do you believe were at war still? >> were in a...

Regard to our nations finances. were going from crisis to crisis, it seems, every month. its time for the president and the congress to work together to agree on a framework for a grand bargain. until they do, they shouldnt get these types of breaks. they should be working full-time. that doesnt mean that they cant go home on the weekends. it doesnt mean they cant go home for special events. but they should not be taking off a week for every holiday, two-week spring break, and a month in august ...