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Help us if he gets to be anything more than the senator from texas. >> lets bring in amy holmes and jason stanford. amy, what do you think? does he have plans to be more than just a senator here, ted cruz? >> he says he is focusing on the job. lets face it. hes gone to some early primary states been to iowa and south carolina and new hampshire. all of that stuff. it looks like somebody is trying to build a national profile. lets face it. he has been a very vocal proponent of his ideas as a tea p...

first up this evening, the director of the national security agency said today that its controversial surveillance programs have helped stop dozens of terrorist attacks. and tonight u.s. officials could be close to filing criminal charges against the 29-year-old behind the biggest intel leak in u.s. history. nbcs chief justice correspondent pete williams joins us now with all the details. good evening, pete. >> reporter: well, they are close, larry. what theyre trying to do is thread a...

0 offensive. >> with due respect, you didnt answer my question. what did the president do that night? >> he was in constantd touch with the national security team and kept up with events. >> was he in the situation room. >> he was kept up to date through the the day -- >> do you not know. >> i do not remember what room the president was in. thats a largely irrelevant fact. >> the republicans, such as republican paul ryan says the american people dont have all the answers and disputes pfeifers cl...

0 the book "its the middle class stupid." and margaret carlson from the bloomberg view and the great willie geist as well. a lot to talk about today. greg walden, man, we will talk about that in a second. he kind of got it from both sides. >> started with you and heard it j john boehner and about everybody else in his party. >> he did not have a good day. the gun control debate is officially on the senate floor. 16 republicans, thats a pretty big number. 16 republicans joined 50 democrats and ...

>> is that the miscalculation here by the white house, chuck? >> i think the miscalculation was they didnt understand for some reason that john boehner, mitch mcconnell, and jon cornyn, what president obama was asking them to do was, will you risk your political career, will you lose your job in exchange for doing a deal with me that includes taxes? the president never says, will you lose your job in the middle, but that is the fact. they would have lost their jobs. john cornyn would lose in the...

>> is that the miscalculation here by the white house, chuck? >> i think the miscalculation was they didnt understand for some reason that john boehner, mitch mcconnell, and jon cornyn, what president obama was asking them to do was, will you risk your political career, will you lose your job in exchange for doing a deal with me that includes taxes? the president never says, will you lose your job in the middle, but that is the fact. they would have lost their jobs. john cornyn would lose in the...

0 showdown and some other debates this week. the future of the voting rights act and whether working from home is still ok. from nbc news in washington, the worlds longest-running television program, this is "meet the press." good sunday morning. so sequester is in effect. but the impact have yet to be felt. one thing is clear, frustration with washington has never been higher and both sides are still dug in on how to solve our debt crisis. more taxes versus more spending cuts. we have both ...

0 happened. spending cuts now take affect across the board. what will the impact be as washington stumbles along to the next fiscal crisis? >> the president and congressional leaders meet, but no deal. >> none of this is necessary. its happening because a choice that republicans in congress have made. >> should the president have done more? >> i am not a dictator. im the president. >> any chance that the gop will cave on more taxes? >> theres no one in this town whos tried harder to come to an a...

Do better in the off year. theres higher turnout. so the president is trying to buck an historical trend. and i suspect too thats what happening with the sequester and the cuts, the results of yet to be seen, will play pretty well in the congressional districts hes aiming for. >> is that the miscalculation here by the white house, chuck? >> i think the miscalculation was they didnt understand for some reason that john boehner, mitch mcconnell, and jon cornyn, what president obama was asking them...

0 and later, insights and analysis from the roundtable. the politics of the budget showdown and some other debates this week. the future of the voting rights act and whether working from home is still ok. from nbc news in washington, the worlds longest-running television program, this is "meet the press." good sunday morning. so sequester is in effect. but the impact have yet to be felt. one thing is clear, frustration with washington has never been higher and both sides are still dug in on ...