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>> reporter: the public comments from the french have been this has been a positive step forward, but like here in israel, secretary kerry will meet with the french foreign minister in paris, and the saudis and turks. the syrians have one week to give a full accounting of the chemical weapons, and we are six days away from that and that will be the first test to see if the syrians are keeping to the word and the russians as well, because the russians are the key enforcers, so there will be a lot...

>> translator: i want to clearly express to everyone that these mechanisms will not be carried out unilaterally. this does not mean that syria will sign these documents, carry out the conditions and thats it. this bilateral process is based first of all on the united states stopping its policy of threatening syria. also to the degree that the russian proposal is accepted. >> thats what the russians want, too. for the u.s. to remove the threat of force. but the goal posts for american and russian...

Cbo just produced a report that said, if we dealt -- if we actually took those cuts off the table we create 1.6 million jobs. >> and that was -- and that i thought was like the most hypocritical part of the sequester. theres so much hypocrisy in and around the sequester. the notion that the president somehow wanted the sequester to go through and because it at one point was on his drafting table, it was his policy that he was pushing. he is now pushing for an alternative to the sequester in the ...

>> theres legal problems on the horizon. you have the civil suit and also the get of justice is investigating. any thoughts on the attorney general, what youd like to say to him? >> if i had the opportunity to have mr. holder here, i would say, at some point we have to quit moving the goal posts. people clamored for an arrest, when there was no indication there should be. then they clamored for georges fair day in court. then they asked that the verdict be respected. and when it was not the verd...

Thats 19. had he only, and he was disarmed. putting the second magazine in. had he only had a 10-bullet magazine, the worst he could have done is hit 10, not 19. so nine people might be alive or not critically injured. gabrielle giffords might still be in congress. so dont tell me that it wont be effective. i forget who it was, but someone testified before congress and said, high-capacity magazine ban will take the "mass" out of mass murder. >> thats also a question, wes. now the goal posts have...

Found suitable to put into his own law. 99% of the bush tax cuts based on the fiscal cliff deal have been codified into law so obviously tease policies work and raised revenue for the government and help economic growth which we all agree he is the only way to solve the economic problem. >> jamie: tony, hold on, let me ask you this and then sally respond. where the republicans are concerned and where youre speaking for them. is anything short of a balanced budget going to be acceptable? >> i thi...

Now. >> wait, wait, whats the benefit if its not this presidency? >> if its hillary clinton or chris christie implementing this plan. exactly. exactly. you know, this is you look at what the president did on gun control, right. he went big on gun control and it looks like maybe nothing will pass. or at least maybe it will be some watered-down version of what he wanted. you mention maybe thats what he should have done here. gone bigger, in terms of what progressives wanted to sea and whittled it ...

Overhaul entitlement programs in exchange for increasing tax revenue. obamas aides have not been optimistic about the prospects for a deal but they argue that his strategy of outreach coupled with public events offers the best path forward for progress. the white house may see the con sill terry approach as the best path forward, but what is the end game when the goal posts are set in the middle of the field. ezra klein writes notice "washington post," the upside of the strategy is clear -- obam...

Happened now, i blame to some degree democrats for this the goal posts on the right are the paul ryan budget. the senate democrats plan isnt even taken that seriously by the white house because its too extreme. its too left. if were really looking at this in sort of a fair playing field, we should be looking at the house progressive caucuses budget and the paul ryan budget. if you want to start where, in a sort of like -- >> and now the criteria. >> either sides budget. you should be looking at ...

Be reduced, as percentage of gdp, it will be increased. so we have done nothing yet to deal with a very serious long-term problem. guys, if you dont see it, its whats wrong with progressives. >> everybody has got some good points. we need growth right now. were going to need some debt reduction a little more medium to long-term. alex, i think you made a really important point, is that, because -- >> you sound surprised. >> the goal posts have moved way over here and i think that thats really int...