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President obama says he is tired of the gridlock, so hes going it alone. >> when congress refuses to act and as a result hurts our economy and puts our people at risk, then i have an obligation as president to do what i can without them. [ applause ] >> so it is that stated goal, as we look at live pictures of the white house now, along with this weeks recess appointments and other extensions of his executive powers that have critics accusing him of acting like a monarch. and they point to his c...

the full blessing of a judge. at the heart of all of this, a federal law that makes it illegal to break up native american families. george howell digging into this case for us. he joins us. explain how this girls biological dad was able to do this after two years? >> dustin brown is the biological father and he used this law child the indian child welfare act. its basically designed to keep indian families together, to keep them from being broken up. he is enrolled in the cherokee nat...

Of this. i think pretty good momentum we have is just how dysfunctional these guys are going to be when they start mixing it up around those extensions. >> jared beranstein, great to see you. thanks for your time. i want to pass along the programming note president obama will speak about the december jobs report when he talks less than 30 minutes from now. hell be heading over to the consumer financial protection bureau to applaud richard cordres controversial appointment as head of the bureau. ...

30 states. well be done with all 50 by summer. in january, the process opens up for candidates to begin to step forward. the american people who are coming to americanselect.org, at half a million people a month, are ready for an alternative. you pointed it out. iowa and new hampshire and a 100-year-old primary system are antiquated. what people are looking for is an alternative. we think its a bipartisan ticket, running in 2012, talking about the issues that the american people care about, not,...

It was a matter of paperwork and someone dropping the ball. >> its a matter of something, but the issue in realtime professional politics, you want candidates who want to be president of the united states to be able to meet deadlines. >> heather: it may be an indication what is going to in capitol hill right now. they are waiting for the two month extensions and things like that. >> heather: so the u.s. justice department reject ago voter i.d. law, passed by the south carolina legislature signed...

>> greta: but -- yes, but heres one of the problems. you and others dont like it. you know, everybody knew this deadline was coming up for about more than a year. everybody was well aware of t. your partys in control in the house. you knew about it. and so it gets pushed up to the line and everybody says, well, its too late, everybody went home. where i am from, i cant show up at 10:15 for my job. i have to show up on time for my job. i cant ask for an extension. have you extensions and have you...

>> greta: but -- yes, but heres one of the problems. you and others dont like it. you know, everybody knew this deadline was coming up for about more than a year. everybody was well aware of t. your partys in control in the house. you knew about it. and so it gets pushed up to the line and everybody says, well, its too late, everybody went home. where i am from, i cant show up at 10:15 for my job. i have to show up on time for my job. i cant ask for an extension. have you extensions and have you...

And congressman chris van holim and others who are fuming mad. but they are placing the blame on very different people. congressman michael grimm is here. good evening, sir. how do you like the deal? >> good evening. obviously, i dont like the deal because its bad policy. but at this point, its all we do. the reality is, i went into this trusting the president. i really thought that when he said that we needed one year and all of those in industry said one year made sense and stop doing the band...

Businesses are struggling and they are making sacrifice and i think this agreement will help our economy. >> i want to be really clear about this. i know speaker boehner was trying to make it sound like something changed, like the house republicans won something in this six-day stand off they started. it was the same deal what senate republican leader mitch mcconnell told boehner do in the statement he released today. the house should pass this as an ex-steps that locks in the thousands of keyst...

"outfront" tonight, a deal. finally, a deal. the house republicans agree to the senates two-month payroll tax cut extension. the house added one small tweak thats going to make it easier for employers to actually process the tax breaks, since this really is the final hour before midnight on a tax change. the gops image has taken a beating. a cnn/orc poll found when it comes to handling major issues, people have increasing confidence in president obama. look at him now, 50% have more co...