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The border security parts of the bill right. and if you look at whats being proposed here, this is a dramatic expansion and improvement in border security that i hope will allow, finallle support it needs. martha: youre hearing it from both sides on this. i asked people on our twitter feed what i should ask you, you know, what was on their minds, they said, you know, why is he in favor of amnesty? why is he not tough enough on this issue? why is he allowing people to get through? why isnt he pro...

Is that they have a chance to essentially shift the focus of their annoyance at the irs from this scandal, the vague word scandal. its going to take a long time and a lot of effort for them if they are able to to prove what they suspect, which is that this was run out of washington, that the notion of targeting the tea party groups, and instead make the irs soert of their example, exhibit a. >> exhibit a is airing next to you, the line dancing video. >> yeah. thats certainly strong evidence that...

A lot of folks are going to need a lot of help. i hope you get it. >> we are getting it. were very grateful to other states that have come to help us. were certainly grateful to the federal officials that have helped us with our emergency declaration and were going to get back on our feet. were going to get this community what it needs, get people what they need. its going to take awhile to recover but we will come back strong. >> mr. mayor as well, wish you the best. thank you so much. thank yo...

System. it can launch from any location. all it needs is a piece of level terrain. >> lets talk about the capability of this, as well. fairly big and a lot of different ways which it can be presented. >> this is about 40 to 60 feet length, a payload of 2 1/2 tons. but whats important is the warhead. we do not anticipate that it has a nuclear warhead at all. we think its high explosive. >> so he high explosive is the concern right there. when you talk about a high explosive weapon like this, the ...

About it because 1 piece is the mobility. why does that matter? >> this is a mobile missile. it can go anywhere and it can launch from any location. all it needs is a piece of level terrain and within minutes, it can launch. >> lets talk about the capabilities. fairly big and a lot of different ways in which it can be presented. >> this is about 40-50 feet in length. a payload of 2.5 tons. we do not anticipate it has a nuclear warhead at all. we think it is high explosives. >> when you talk abou...

States presence in the renl and allies, japan, south korea, certainly. they didnt put it on the west coast because theyre not trying to threaten china. >> well bring in a model of the type of missile were talking about that barbara mentioned a moment ago. this is really designed to be used by soviet submarines. the iranians have a version of this. it doesnt look like much of a missile. there are no fins on it. lets talk more about it, because one of the keys is the mobility. >> absolutely. >> wh...

Barrels of oil. thats right, two tons of oil sand makes one barrel of oil. but at todays oil prices, its wildly profitable. thats why major players like exxonmobil, shell, chevron and others squeeze one and a half million barrels of oil out this land every day and send most of it to the u.s. its costlier than a simple land well because the tar-like oil has to be separated from the sand. that uses lots of natural gas and warm water. the result is a heavy, molasses-like oil which has to be upgrade...

Fact that the president is lining up chuck hagel and a republican to get into the defense department to get red for the cuts to come. its a bad business to get in for job creation because dollar for dollar it does create a lot of job. so the country needs as much defense as it needs, but its not where you want to invest. we node to invest in infrastructure, space, telecommunications, broadband and education. there are so many needs that this country has and weve actually got less revenue coming ...

Needs to be brought home. >> senator blumenthal, i know time is short. youre on your way back to connecticut. i novey know youve been in the state a lot since the incident happened. do you feel that the community is getting the support it needs, the resources it needs from the federal government and any other aspect we need to be tapping here beyond our sympathy and our prayers? >> there has been an outpouring across the nation. and newtown, you know, is a very strong, resolute, resilient commun...

>> senator blumenthal, i know time is short. youre on your way back to connecticut. i know youve been in the state a lot since the incident happened. do you feel that the community is getting the support it needs, the resources it needs from the federal government and any other aspect we need to be tapping here beyond our sympathy and our prayers? >> there has been an outpouring across the nation. and newtown, you know, is a very strong, resolute, resilient community bound by faith. and the pres...