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>> reporter: this is a tough situation, we are getting first pictures from this area of columbia. this mine explosion happened a short time ago. what we can tell you now they do expect a dozen to maybe two dozen people are trapped in the ground. some have perished here, we are working to firm up exactly how many people this involved. this is just an excruciating situation as they try to figure out where exactly these people are underground and whether they can reach them. this story is so famili...

Republicans this because budget cuts are the center what is going on this year. with the new estimate from the federal budget office that the federal deficit is $1.5 trillion right now. whatever president obama wanted to talk about it will be him versus paul ryan for a good bit. jon: were all trying to wrap our head around those numbers. i think well be seeing a lot of paul ryan in the future. >> you bet. jon: chris stirewalt, thank you. >> thank you. jon: you can get powered up every single day...

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Medicare, the democrats on the left scream youre depriving the lame, blind and sick and elderly and care and benefits of and income they need and youre cruel and heartless and it blows up politically. the question here is, i think, jon, whether the political atmosphere has changed and whether the level of public alarm over this, over this problem has reached a point where the politics are different. jon: yeah. >> and you could do it and the public would, with considerable noise being made about ...

Senate is going to depend on what the budget really is, how deep cuts really are. and if the republicans arent happy with his budget or him freezing things then they will have to come up with the cuts that theyll support and that is going to be a case that they will have to make to the american people. jon: all right, joe trippi who was howard deans campaign manager. joe, thank you. >> reporter: great to be with you, jon. jenna: right now a major recall, 1.7 million toyotas worldwide including a...

Like what he said so much he put this in terms no the why we need to save mon among any but why cutting spending relates to conservative principle. he hit all the buzzwords. he made beautiful music for republicans across the country talking about freedom and liberty and constraining government and opportunity. so he really hit all the notes they want to hear. jon: chris, our viewers would be interested to know how that person who delivers the rebuttal is chose own, who picks him? >> that falls t...

Is now ongoing, the nation is at a critical point. you think about governor cristie in new jersey, david cameron the new prime minister in england, even governor brown in california, they are proposing far more spending reductions than the president is talking about, and our economy and our nation is on the wrong road, we are heading to a cliff, the right road will be a tough road, but it will lead us to prosperity and thats what weve got to get on. jenna: we look forward to checking in with you...

Several months ahead. thank you very much. jon: president obama sounding like hes ready to move closer to the political center calling on democrats and republicans to rise above their differences and work together. >> new laws will only pass with support from democrats and republicans. we will move forward together or not at all for the challenges we face are bigger than party, and bigger than politics. jon: lets talk about it with joe trippi, howard deans former campaign manager and a fox news ...

To the defense her criminal background, the statements that shes made to the statement and give them a sufficient amount of evidence and the judge has given them a week to kind of run this thing down. theyve had ample opportunity to do that. i hear what youre saying and i guess that is a good appeal issue but ultimately the prosecution -- >> there is clearly one way to describe this and that is desperation. this is the third attempt to prosecute this gentleman. the the previous trial there was a...

Some of his words were reassuring. as chairman of the house budget committee, i assure you that we want to work with the president to restrain federal spending. jon: well delivering that rebuttal can be a launching pad for future political office. chris stirewalt is fox news digital politics he had sore. -- editor. so is paul ryan on the launching pad? >> well he is certainly prime for takeoff. the biggest thing about this rebuttal just as it can be a launching pad it also can be a dead end. jon...