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There would be no more extensions, or blame for a shutdown would rest with democrats who were supposed to have passed a budget last september. >> bret: well watch it, carl. thank you. french president nicolas sarkozy will travel to japan on behalf of the g-20 group of nations to offer support after that countrys earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis. japans government today vowed to overhaul the safety standards once its radiation-leaking nuclear complex is under control. admitting safeguards w...

Open mike and the reporters were listening. john boehner held a news conference, this he is, said maybe what they ought to do instead of issuing marching orders is get to work passing a budget. and a representative is concerned and is revealing that senate democrats instructed the mens to use extreme language and the number two house republican today said that he cannot think there was any way there could be extensions but something had to be done dead and it was clear democrats have revealed to...

Taxpayers. so far the president got international support and other countries are stepping forward. thats what we needed to see. >> is anything short here of 100% clearly defined description of what we are doing in libya and operation there and the exit strategy specifically? anything short of that, is that acceptable to you? >> well, i mean, i think the president has to lay out the strategies here. he has to explain to the american people why we are joining the international community and, yes,...

A lot of house republicans on the conservative side said they dont want to vote for anything temporary because they view it as kicking the can down the road. one other caveat that we havent talked about that relates to libya, thomas, mitch mcconnell and john mccain have said they dont want to approve a temporary budget solution, temporary budget spending bill until the defense department is funded for the rest of fiscal year 2011. why is that? they say its not fair for the defense department to ...

Weapons, stood up. this is not a comment on their{ courage, and not a comment on good faith effort, but the reality is that they have very limited capabilities. this is not a military well equipped, doesnt have a large amount of ammunition or weaponry and doesnt know how to use it. i mean, we can see evidence of that by looking on television. we can see these folks shot down their own aircraft, one of the few aircraft they have. even foreign fighters, al qaeda types trying to join the folks are ...

Context of the united states because there are new questions obviously being raised. this is reawakening a discussion about the safety of nuclear power. one of our earlier experts made the point that these reactors are the older reactors in the japanese system than the others that were able to essentially take the earthquake without damage. let me ask you about giving extensions. tell me what your concerns were as you watch whats happening in japan about the potential safety risks? >> the 20 yea...

Agreement and avoiding a government shutdown? well, times up. congress has five days left to figure out whats next. to keep the government up and running through september, lawmakers needed to approve a series of spending bills for fiscal year 2011, which, by the way, began five months ago. but they have been punting since october, passing five temporary extensions, keeping the government in business while democrats and republicans fought off where and by how much to cut federal spending. if you...

With is creating jobs and as long as we say we cannot use our own oil or energy sources we will not be growing jobs and were spending a billion dollars a day to other countries to buy their energy. we cant lose jobs while that situation lingers on. >> gregg: democrats had all of last year and controlled both houses to pace budget and you didnt get it done and since the october deadline there were five extensions and now a 6th. is it understandable if americans have lost faith in your party, and ...

Should be able to get this completed. because, i think, neither republicans or democrats were in the mood to compromise until their 100% maximum position was voted down 1 the senate, we may have lost some time. and we may not be able to fully resolve this and meet next weeks deadline for the continuing resolution, which means there may be one more short-term extension. but let me make some broad points about this. number one, we cant keep running the government based on two-week extensions. that...

>> i have. she works in san diego. she lives a block from the beach. and i asked her what she was doing today. of course i warned her, please, dont stay near the water but shes texting me back today that in fact she has. everybodys going to work as usual, according to her. i talked to her several hours ago and she just texted me again there are surfers out there everywhere. >> in addition to the events in japan, i know there are other stories that you have for us. let us know about those. >> we ...