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Between both parties. it may be short-lived with a potential fight over the debt ceiling looming, but if we look at how the chips are falling, we see the "usa today" -- we see in the papers and how coverage of this is going today. do you expect that there is going to be the support necessary to get through the senate? >> thomas, im not paid as a vote counter. dick durbin is our whip who takes the roll, so to speak, on votes. but i believe that well get it passed in the senate. i think it will be...

Senator reid said no, was to say okay, what about a one-year delay? >> well, i think the original demand was viewed by the american public as unreasonable, and as a result kind of armed harry reid and president obama to dig in their heels and to continue to point to republicans as being utterly unreasonable no matter what we proposed later on. >> reporter: but george will says democrats didnt seem particularly reasonable either. >> the president followed his sequester folly, the sky is falling, ...

Its legislation, the next negotiating ploy, once senator reid said no, was to say, okay, what about a one-year delay. >> well, i think the original demand was viewed by the american public as unreasonable. and as a result, kind of armed harry reid and president obama to dig in their heels and continue to point to republicans as just being utterly unreasonable no matter what we proposed later on. >> but george will said democrats didnt seem particularly reasonable, either. >> the president follow...

Trying to determine what led an 18-year-old stupid to open fire at his school. the shooter to died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound has been identified as 1-year-old cakarl halverson pierson. he is believed to have been targeting a teacher. on the "today" show this morning, a student zrubed what she saw as she tried to three the school. >> i made the way out through a side door. i hopped over as many desks as i could and went out into the hallway where the victim was shot and i walked out and i...

Negotiating ploy, once senator reid said no, was to say, okay, what about a one-year delay. >> well, i think the original demand was viewed by the american public as unreasonable. and as a result, kind of armed harry reid and president obama to dig in their heels and continue to point to republicans as just being utterly unreasonable no matter what we proposed later on. >> but george will said democrats didnt seem particularly reasonable, either. >> the president followed his sequester falling, ...

Almost liked the poison. it was clearly a blunder by the president. it was just a complete misreading of the opposition. >> job creating investments in education and energy and medical research. >> the president tried to convince the public that the sequester cuts would be too painful to bear. >> border patrol agents will see their hours reduced. f.b.i. agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. >> the president went into full chicken little mod...

Amounts of money and people getting passive incomes that are coming in because of shareholders. when people go into debt, that enriches wall street. the old american dream was owning a home and the new american dream is simply getting out of debt. we need to raise the minimum wage to change that. >> president obama wants to change the minimum wage. but he will face a tough battle in congress. do you think that by putting more wages, higher wages into low-income people that are earning. do you th...

The difference between the republicans an the democrats today and their philosophical approach. but at the beginning of the panel, i think there is one incentive for barack obama to agree with this. he is free falling at the polls. and part of it is the chaos sense in washington and if there is the sense things are getting a little bit back to normal, we will get some credit for that by being there and being -- not the head of a crazy house but the head of something working the way it is suppose...

I know there has been a lot to do with this blindfold evidence. >> yes. >> the federal judge might not let it in. >> they dont need it. they have to prove premeditation and intent. you dont need a blindfold. all you need is her behavior. >> what about this element. they will dissect how he fell, the question of did he fall face first? backwards? they say he fell face first, how can that be happening in the middle of an argument? >> the defense will say, she admitted she pushed and he was face fi...

Decisions. and obviously, it didnt pan out the way i wanted it to. i was hoping to miss it, but i didnt miss the trailer. >> april 30, 2011. high above colorados fremont county airport sky diving instructor tommy ferguson is preparing for his third and final jump of the day. >> i had already put out two loads of students. the day was going great. this was my third jump that day. i tell the other two jumpers that i will film them coming out. >> ferguson gets out on the strut of the plane to captu...