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Heavy lift. well, in addition to the white house meetings with law enforcement and the speeches and the roundtable discussions in places like richmond, and in addition to all of that stuff, the way the white house has said that they were going to try to get around what has made this too heavy of a lift for previous presidents is that they said they were going to play the outside game. they were going to go outside washington. they were going to get the grassroots involved. specifically, they wer...

Elected senator, joaquin castro. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> i want to ask you about the reports youve seen this morning on the bipartisan immigration proposal, four democratic senators, four republican senators, heavyweights in both parties coming together on this. are you comfortable with what youve seen so far? >> i think that its a great start and i think it bodes well for the issue. as you know, chuck, its hard to get to this point with any issue in washington these days. s...

Several times within -- we can think of the fiscal cliff. then youve got bill clinton who has come to the presidents aid consistently for four years now. thats got to be a bit of a tear for the president. >> you know, i dont -- i dont think its going to be up to barack obama after eight years who the democratic nominee is going to be. its going to be up to democrats who are in that nomination fight. we know theres a rising generation of democratic hopefuls that may well run as well. but you cert...

Towards vice president biden, but i think in the end the president might play the role of talking to the vice president and saying, look, you cant stand in the way of history. this is history. its a tidal wave. you have done a great job, but this is not something you should get involved in because its pretty hard to beat back history. >> i think youre right. i think everything you said is right, but the timing is so tricky here. at some point joe biden has to get the heads up hillary is running ...

Towards vice president biden, but i think in the end the president might play the role of talking to the vice president and saying, look, you cant stand in the way of history. this is history. its a tidal wave. you have done a great job, but this is not something you should get involved in because its pretty hard to beat back history. >> i think youre right. i think everything you said is right, but the timing is so tricky here. at some point joe biden has to get the heads up hillary is running ...

Out of libya? >> to turkey? >> anyway, i dont know what that exchange was about except she knows what shes talking about, and i dont think the member does. let me go back to ron on this. it seems to me it was a sparring match, a warm-up. i have to tell you, they werent the heavyweights. the heavyweights on the committee, like corker, who does have some nuance, and the democratic members showed some respect for the office. the back benchers acted like the characters in "gullivers travels," the li...

Will be for her? no. president obama also feels a terrific debt of gratitude towards vice president biden, but i think in the end the president might play the role of talking to the vice president and saying, look, you cant stand in the way of history. this is history. its a tidal wave. you have done a great job, but this is not something you should get involved in because its pretty hard to beat back history. >> i think youre right. i think everything you said is right but the timing is so tric...

Involved with any procuring of weapons, transfer of weapons, buying, selling, anyhow transferring weapons to turkey out of libya? >> to turkey? >> anyway, i dont know what that exchange was about except she knows what shes talking about, and i dont think the member does. let me go back to ron on this. it seems to me it was a sparring match, a warm-up. i have to tell you, they werent the heavyweights. the heavyweights on the committee, like corker, who does have some nuance, and the democratic me...

China, europe and being a global leader as well as an american leader. >> ive got to go. but jonathan, did we see a tougher president obama in his second inaugural address? >> oh, absolutely. we saw a tougher president obama in the inaugural which makes me look forward to the state of the union address to see if that toughness is actually even tougher. >> douglas brinkley, jonathan capehart, thank you both for your time. >> thanks, rev. >> ahead, biden might want to and hillary might, too. the 2...

>> reporter: more than ever at christmas she remains a symbol of longevity and tradition as the windsors look forward to kates first child and heir to the throne at next years christmas reunion. jim meceda, nbc news, london. if you plan to head to the movie, you better make sure you have a little extra time because many of this seasons blockbusters are clocking in at almost three hours. a report from hollywood. >> reporter: they are epic productions, earning oscar buzz. >> shall we stop this b...