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Last week, but it sure had a mellowing effect on their members. maybe there were deep breathing exercises, soft jazz music. something happened. either way, we welcomed the outcome of their retreat. the bill represents a huge change on the debt ceiling issue, and hands the president his second major win in a month. and it shows that the republicans are in full-on retreat on fiscal policy. >> joining me now, msnbcs ezra klein, ezra, i didnt see this one coming, did you? >> im going to say i actual...

Decisions people make. secretary clinton decided to accept the nomination for secretary of state. had she stayed in the senate, she would have probably overshadowed schumer. its interesting how all these things worked out well for the democrats. >> except for the reigning of the democratic governors for the cabinet positions, which as much as they have been extraordinary cabinet members, some of those women, we are also in a situation in the u.s. state where an insufficient number of democratic ...

The country that have consealed carry permits, you know. to push something that would really be dramatic is just a huge policy haul. i think reids interest in trying to get something going has to do more with the something than the broader politics. >> im confused. it might have more to do with the something than the actual thing. >> yeah. with that kind of comparative modesty of the actual proposals. >> this is why we have you on the show because you draw phrases like comparative modesty. >> me...

Have with these press conferences and then that horrible ad, which clearly had no women at the table when they were making it, they werent thing about aiming it toward women, they werent thinking about bringing swing voters or anybody, really, into the fold, no wonder that polls show that their favorability is dropping. its a problem for them. >> and david, theyve not, sure how to respond. theyve acted more like a partisan conservative ideological organization, rather than what they had become, ...

Coming up -- >> it brought me to tears. my heart wept with pride as i opened each fold of that quilt. >> the mother of a slain soldier expresses gratitude. and -- >> demetrius? >> yes, sir. >> im tom hanks. im a detective with the indiana state police. >> demetrius burks gets more bad news. right in the old bucket. good toss! see thats much better! that was good. you had your shoulder pointed, you kept your eyes on your target. lets do it again -- watch me. just like that one... [ male announc...

My heart wept with pride as i opened each fold of that quilt. i want you to know you made this mamma look up that day and thank god for wonderful people such as yourselves. a lot of us are here because we messed up our freedoms and for people are over there fighting for those. and to support them in this right here, its awesome to be a part of something like that. >> its too early to tell if demetrius burks will have such a revelation. but six years into a 55-year sentence for murder, burks has ...

Considering an admission to doping. those close to him say he plans to open up in an interview he will do this week with oprah winfrey. first a fox news alert on the serious concerns today about the flu outbreak our country is seeing. it is gripping most of the country. take a look at this map. according to the centers for disease control, 47 states are reporting widespread flu activity, up from 41 states last week. 20 children have lost their lives to the flu so far. and the cdc says the flu ou...

>> reporter: the epidemic is two fold, a stronger than normal strain and the dreaded flu season started one month early in december. and the c.d.c., centers for decemb disease control. estimates they kill many over year. employers are doing whenever they can, handing the out masks and encouraging employees to wear them. boston has been hit particularly hard and the death toll from the flu hit six. state you believe public health officials say the early arrival and symptoms have been causing pati...

Aspects of the obama administrations counterterrorism policy. >> as "the washington post," a little disenginous saying its on the-- >> they were getting access to the top secret information. >> its clearly not a documentary, its extraordinary bit of film making, but this kind of mixture of fact and fiction, weve seen this. oliver stone has been doing it for decades and other film makers, take a real situation and fold in fiction and make up characters and composite characters. its always sort of...

Coming in, and there are tax refunds sent out, it creates a balance of how much money the treasury can keep going and the government coffers and not precisely clear when that will basically run out we hit the debt limit on december 31st and the treasury using special measures to get it through until march 1st. it could come a week or two before that. it wont be clear for a few more days or weeks. >> we talked about global ramifications. if the u.s. defaults. explain that. >> right. so the ramifi...