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Cuts with promised reductions in spending that never happen. >> sean: why arent we talking about the moral imperative? i think this is a moral imperative. were borrowing 46 cents of every dollar. were robbing our children and grandchildren. >> right. >> sean: why isnt that the debate thats front and center? everyone says we ought to raise taxes on the rich. that lasts 8 1/2 days a year. >> obama has co-oped the message, lets raise taxes on the rich, which actually brings very little money, does ...

Whats changed is in the province of the political scientists, its not in the province of we the parliamentarian. >> wait a second. i want to press you on this. you have seen what has happened. i want you to tell me, is it correct that the norms of what gets filibusters have changed over your time in the senate? >> it does appear that the norms have changed, yes, but there is an underlying principle of empowering the minority of restraining the majority that i do believe is consistent with the fr...

>> we continue to believe that there is still a window of opportunity to reach some kind of resolution over irans nuclear program. now, im not, you know, a wild-eye ed optimist about it, t i think its imperative that we do everything we can unilaterally, bilaterally, multilaterally to test that proposition. >> the u.s. energy department figures show that irans oil exports last month were down 1 million barrels a day. compared to the same time last year. a scathing new report out in the uk is c...

Thinks it will a boost for the morale of the middle class. with all due respect to warren buffett, a boost to the middle-class is raising tax rates on the rich? >> sean: why dont they give it to the government if they think its a moral imperative? >> i dont know what hes trying to drive in this country right now. businesses are unwilling to spend, capital expenditures are down, people are unwilling to hire. the level of uncertainty in this country is downright scary. >> thats right. its not goin...

The bigger issue is raising tax an imperative? absolutely. thats something he saw as a mandate coming out of the election. but absolutely, the spending cuts will be an issue and it will be his responsibility to strong arm some of the democrats who are putting their feet in the and. but i think he acknowledged a willing news to compromise. spending cuts have to be part. megyn: he did say at that press conference he held 10 days ago that spending cuts would be on the table and he did want to look ...

It needs to have parity, and it needs to be nominal enough to where it doesnt have an impact on investors. and certainly investors are looking at it and saying, well, if i spend a dollar on a dividend, if i get a dollar dividend return and right now i get 85 cents on that dollar after taxes, i dont want to go, you know, to 64, 65 cents. thats something dramatically different. and i think thats the issue that needs to be dealt with in the overall context. keep in mind, too, that our business and ...

The whole notion is if youre a woman of color on the right, you overcome your lack of intelligence -- the republican party. carmen, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> the rest are staying around for a bit more. well talk about the turn away study. the first study of its kind and shows us how reproductive rights are part of an economic imperative. were going below the line next. [ male announcer ] this is sheldon, whose long dy setting up the news

Imperative the president has to respond to. >> which is the model of the civil rights movement. even if you go to the model of montgomery and birmingham, you end up with local policy fights that end up leading to that 65 voters rights. not because king went and made a speech to johnson and said, you need to do better but because. >> he rose from underneath. >> thats it. >> clearly, this family has a lot of thanksgiving politics. we are going to stay on exactly that topic as soon as we come back....

My understanding is there are protocols that the fbi follows with regards to these kinds of notifications, and i would refer you to the fbi and the department of justice for an explanation of those protocols. again, what the president is focused on is the work that we have to do right now to help our economy grow and help our economy create jobs, and, you know, there are obviously a whole host of other issues that are out there, and that he and others have to contend with, and he and others are ...

What we dont know. >> hi alex. >> what we dont know is how this what we know is the upper chamber may be even fyhrier --fierier -- youre of words. its cruz will be legislating alongside e warren as a denison of washington, d.c. politics, what do you think the implications of that are? >> well i mean look every senate and every congress has its own sort of ecosystem and its own person and harry reid will still be in charge but i think that calculus of one president obama not being an incumbent an...