game of chicken, the u.s. versus russia and iran and the u.s. trying to speak to two different segments of the global population. the assad regime and russia and domestic operation that doesn t want a significant operation. right. steve, you wrote a piece in january 2012, where you said and i m quoting you, if the international community wants to see the end of the assad regime, as virtually everyone claims, then it s likely going to require outside intervention. now that was at a point when assad had slaughtered, and i don t mean this insultingly, but only 5,000 of his own people. that s right. so my question is, both why did it take so long for others to come round to your point of view and is a limited action enough to achieve what laura has just suggested needs to happen? well, it is striking that it s taken two-and-a-half years and ultimately the use of chemical weapons to bring the international community around to this point. anybody who knew anything about
be true yes or no, playing for a majority in the house? yes i do. one of the key things to me is sequestration. the way that he played it which was, game of chicken. let me try to force the republicans right up to the end to sort of the unilaterally capitulate and give me taxes. he was never very clear what taxes. never laid out a plan saying vote for my plan. i want the republicans admit that we need to raise taxes. it didn t work. and his job approval ratings plummeted. but the other thing is, the republicans said, mr. president you keep painting this dire picture how the sequestration cuts are going to hurt. why don t we give you flexibility to cut less important things and protect the more important things and president said no. if you were presidency sitting there saying i m trying to focus on the in issue, you would say yeah, give me the flexability and we ll manage the problem. bill: if you re right and believe this reporting then you have a stalemate for 18 months yet again i
don nol and the last word. how out of touch are the republicans? a new poll actually shows that the majority of republican voters support the president. i know what you are but what am i? congress has not been able to compromise. congress has to act. this was the president s idea. i know you are but what am i? the fwam game of chicken. over the $85 billion see quester. this was the president s idea. where is this plan? the blame, they say lies with the president. ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. he has the upper hand on public opinion. 49% would flame congressional republicans. we have a strong leader.
could get better. after church today, both shoppers and stores may be playing a game of chicken. consumers waiting for big deals in the past few years, stores have delayed until right before santa comes, plus, remember, an early thanksgiving means there s a longer than usual holiday season. and investors also did some shopping and buying on black friday, and major stock indexes closing one of their best weeks of the year. but keep in mind, the wall street and main street had a strong start to the season, the fiscal cliff is closer as christmas draws near and buyers and businesses may get more worried holding on to their wallets in the shadow of that cliff, harris, back to you. brenda, thank you. brand new video after pretty nasty mall brawl from black friday. this was the scene shortly after midnight as shopping mall here sacramento, california, you ve got to be kidding me. fists flying, here is why. apparently it was over women s underwear and an employee at
just on the off chance that he d make a bid for the presidency some day. the name barack hussein obama obama of course being hand-selected for the perfect name for a presidential candidate. the more likely scenario, congre congressman king realize d he better not disappoint those crazy birthers whose votes he s counting on. jeez. what a country this has become. up next a game of chicken. the ceo of chick-fil-a is against same-sex marriage. you re watching hardball, the price for politics.