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Natural gas. and when you get down to it, we dont have a number of options. >> and david brooks, a year ago after the gulf oil spill, this president said what i will not accept is inaction in the energy debate, and yet, thats where we are. >> well, he joins a long list of presidents who have failed at this. but i just think the natural gas point is an essential point. wherever you go around the country, western pennsylvania, oklahoma, texas -- ive been a lot of places where were finding new natu...

Independents. i think what is happening right here is that the republican party is making a decision that they cannot become a national party in 2012. they cannot win the white house. what boehner is trying to do is to hold on to the house of representatives, keep a majority there, by keeping his base happy. but he has created a situation that is so polarized between independents and the base -- and his political base, the tea party base, that he has to choose between one of those two. by doing ...

. >> brian: fox news alert. this just in. >> steve: information from libya, according to libyan state run tv, the government there in libya will distribute weapons to more than 1 million men and women within hours. well, now that the no-fly zone is established, and committed to not putting troops on the ground, will we end up putting troops on the ground? lt. colonel ralph peters, author of "the officers club" joins us today. your take on what we just said? >> well, just dont worry about it. tha...

Progressive side of the party is furious with the president for negotiating away what they consider to be an essential point of philosophy for the democratic party. something the president ran on. something they voted on. theyre very disapointed. they think the president negotiated it away and didnt get too much in return. the white house takes a different view. they are very frustrated with lawmakers who are giving them a hard time about this deal. they think the extension of unemployment for 1...

Bill clinton or larry summers liberalized the game. william isaac is the author of "senseless panic" and former chairman of the fdic white house from sarasota, florida. whats the essential point, if you will, of your book? >> well, the essential point is captured by the title. we had a financial panic in 2008 that really shouldnt have happened and didnt need to happen. it was brought about by failed government policies over the last two decades and a miserable job of handling the failures and ne...

Want, they change dramatically. what is your essential point where mistakes were made, but not by me. where is this delosing for people who are happy to collect billions in personal compensation for the grand and macho way they manage this risk and yet when the you know what hits the fan, they stick it at the u.s. government. how do you get at that level of delosing? >> we are at the long process of self justification and seeing what the result is of years and years of a failure of accountabilit...

Politicians, and i include sarah palin in that, sometimes make it harder, not easier to accomplish. were basically out of time. but that was my essential point there. dana, i appreciate your time. jane, thank you as well. still ahead, todays "busted," why would a disgraced politician bring out his entire family to face the cameras. weve seen this before. this is just another version. crying kids this time. plus, the push for question time from our president. should he have a regular unscript...

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Committee should be beginning to interview some of these members of team trump. >> lets discuss with our panel. we have cnn political analyst, david gregory, congressional reporter for "the washington post," karon diversion and jason carroll teed it up nicely there. this is a situation referring to the donald junior meeting they wish would go away. isnt that part of the problem, wanting to not legitimize the investigation keeps getting in the way of recognizing facts like what this meeting repre...