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ceiling has essentially reached its limit today. we will take more of a look at that this morning, because in 45 minutes, we will talk about the debt ceiling, what it is, what it means now that it has been reached. elsewhere in washington, the senate will take up a bill to repeal tax breaks for large oil companies. president obama will meet with families impacted by flooding today. he makes a major speech this week on thursday over at the state department. and rahm emanuel was sworn in...

>> goldman sachs of the risk but at the same time they have created a huge conflict. the other tenant of their philosophy they believe the greatest managing conflict whether their client door internally in the business of managing conflict, i think that has gotten them into a lot of trouble. as you can see guess they were very smart about seeing trouble coming then making a big proprietary bet to evade them billions of dollars while the cost everybody else billions but they did not sto...

in chicago, former white house chief of staff rahm emmanuel will be sworn in and drove biden on hand. benjamin netanyahu and the washington for talks with senior daschle including secretary of state hillary clinton. on thursday, president obama heads to the state department for a speech on the middle east. on this sunday morning, focusing on energy policy with your calls, emails, and tweets. the average price of 1 gallon of gasoline is still hovering around $4 per gallon. american ener...

in 2012. lines.are our phone as we start off we are just two hours today. house of representatives coming in. we noticed that columnist peggy noonan has the same idea for her column. the headline is, it is off to the races, what voters are looking for in next years presidential nominee. we will share what she thinks and we would like to hear from you. i think it is possible that this year because of the special nature of the times, we live through unprecedented and ongoing crises it th...

have the qualified libyan resources to dit. we have the financial resources. we dont need me assistance financial from anybody. all we need is the real political will to do it and the right vision to accomplish it. >> mr. prime minister, youe been incredibly generous with your time, and we can only wish that your vision of libya is one that is fulfilled and perhaps even before 2025. ain, i need to ask everyone to stay in their seats while we move the prime minister out, but please, fro...

new talking bridge tweeted out yesterday that he is running for president of the united states -- new to gingrich. if you click on the link it takes you to the video of the announcement. here is the video, about two minutes long, and we will be back. >> i am announcing my candidacy for president of the united states because i believe we can return america to hope and opportunity, to full employment, real security, an american energy program, a balanced budget. i worked with president r...

a story on afghanistan called "time to leave" and ask whether it is time to pull out of that country. is it time to leave afghanistan? the numbers to call it -- democrats, (202) 737-0002 republicans (202) 737-0001, an independents (202) 628-0205. you can e-mail us and we are on twitter. lets take a look at this "usa today" ps. is it time for americas longest war to end? nearly six in 10 americans think so, according to a usa today/gallup poll taken over the weekend. other newspapers as...

there were, the more choices there were, that would be the best thing the government could do. >> let me challenge you a little bit on that and push back. we have all these channels now and you have a lot of folks out there saying -- take news, for example. you have more cable malaise and cable news. you have more opinion then reporting. you have more talk than actual news gathering. -- you have more cable news -- more people -- there is a lot less there than meets the eye. do you agre...

to raise the debt limit without simultaneously taking steps to reduce spending and to reform the budget process. to increase the debt limit without simultaneously addressing the drivers of our debt, in defiance of the will of the american people, would be monumentally arrogant and i think massively irresponsible. it would send a signal to investors and entrepreneurs everywhere that america is still not serious about dealing with our spending addiction. i think it would erode confidence...

that organized -- updates. you have obamacare. you have generic spending caps. there are different ideas out there. my job is not to say which one isjust [no audio] to say which is best are acceptable. during the continuing resolution, they did not get much and that does not bode well for what will happen with the debt limit. >> the markets want to see and standard and poors in their negative outlook on the u.s. said this. they want to see some meaningful, lasting, and significant -- t...