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presidential race. how much will same-sex marriage, private equity, and contraception have to do who is elected in november, or is it all about the economy? ive got a great panel. the "wall street journal"s peggy noonan, ross of the "new york times", and more. also, moving a capital. to increase your political capital. should russia build a new kremlin 4,000 miles to the east? ill explain. first, heres my take. theres much speculation these days about the power struggles in china in th...

a new career. im year yeah borrow ger and youre in "the situation room." it may not be everything, but aappearance is everything on the campaign trail. a lack luster speech, the bang promise by his campaign was more of a fizzle. the gap is down from six points on tuesday to two points today. joe, what exactly happened? >> reporter: well, gloria, mitt romney is still struggling to get his momentum back and todays speech was supposed to be a step in the right direction but for a bunch ...

>> supercommittee has another hearing. next tuesday. this week, the ceo director went in and said look, i know your deadline is not to wrap before thanksgiving but we need several weeks to figure out what you come up with to give at it score. we would like to get in early and november. november is tuesday. this week we had opening rounds from the democrats and the republicans. especially some republicans didnt support the one from their party because it had entitlement changes. where are we in t...

Work very diligently trying to come to some agreement. i can just say that, you know, having been through these discussions with the president all year and the senate leadership all year, the reluctance to do what we know has to be done continues to mystify me. this is not rocket science. >> speaker boehner added that entitlement changes were a key really to getting the deficit under control. you saw some of those in the democratic proposal but the tax increases are the problem. the supercommitt...

Know, having been through these discussions with the president all year and the senate leadership all year, the reluctance to do what we know has to be done continues to mystify me. now, this is not rocket science. >> boehner added that entitlement changes are key to getting the deficit under control. the super committee has until november 23rd to reach an agreement. it does look like there are those cuts in there. its hard to know the framework. >> yeah, you dont know the framework, you never k...

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Crafted. >> we are an anti-gang group. we are trying to suppress the growth of gangs. we think it is not healthy for washington. >> i think its an insult to the congress that we have to go back to a gang of six, much less go to the senate for a solution to this problem. so, its a very complicated issue. i, for one, cant see how we could go back home and tell our constituents we have no clue what six people have come up with and we should embrace it. >> the gang of six proposal could face difficu...

not to waste their time on a symbolic vote due to happen very soon. im woft blitzer here in "the situation room." >> rupert murdoch says this is the most humble day of his life. a titan of news business, he was called on the carpet before the british parliament today over the phone hacking scandal that shocked and afalled the world. along with a son and former chief executive, murdoch was hammered with questions about alleged crimes that brought down his popular tabloid, "the news of t...

Bush tax cuts? mr. obama will call on congress for input. however, news of the plan caught members of both parties by surprise. republican senator saxby chambliss who has been working on a separate bipartisan debt reduction package says the president threw us a little bit of a curveball. really? meanwhile democratic aide tells "mother jones" magazine plouffe announcement did leave us scrambling. house democrats are working on releasing their budget proposal as well. white house officials expect ...

$250,000, should eventually go up. >> does that mean were not going to see an extension of the bush tax cuts? mr. obama will call on congress for input. however, news of the plan caught members of both parties by surprise. republican senator saxby chambliss who has been working on a separate bipartisan debt reduction package says the president threw us a little bit of a curveball. really? meanwhile democratic aide tells "mother jones" magazine plouffe announcement did leave us scrambling. house ...