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rights. i have a more specific policy question. the payroll tax cut is set to expire at the start of next year. this would result in $120 million of higher taxes for working americans and. my question is, how will the house leadership respond to the presidents call for a payroll tax cut extension? >> republicans in general do not believe taxes should of on everybody, especially in an economy like this. that provision is a priority for the white house. it is part of the discussions on g...

to understand that and i think a clear message going out of this house and from the government can make them think again. >> mr. speaker, building on the last answer the prime minister gave, given the fact italy is now on a credible fiscal putt in the words of the prime minister, will he assist the group of 20 finance ministers to meet to help create the europeans financial stanlt in such a way that it helps the euro zone? >> the honorable gentleman makes an important point. what i wou...

the time has come for us to be politically mature enough to have great comfort in the fact that we can do this challenge if we have to. we cannot do this in silence. we cannot represent you in silence. as a matter of fact, the reason the tea party is so strong is because they stepped up, they talked up, and they worked it. they are not nearly the numbers that we are, but look at the force they have been able to yield in this country. they have influenced the decision of the bill that l...

cleaver. thank you for being with us. in our studio here in washington, two journalists, jonathan alan and cut -- peter ralston. congressman, thank you for being with us. i want to ask you for about the last few months when congressional black caucus members have been openly critical of obama, and especially focused on the lack jobs in black commities. do you think you will have accomplished anything yet in terms of getting specific action from the it ministration? >> the main reason f...

its friday, august 26th, 2011, 51 in the general election, and this is "the daily rundown." barack obama, 43. rick perry, 46, barack obama, 45. you know, the layman, i look at of course well have the it and i say, well, geez, mitt mornings top political news as well for you this hour. the president is expected to romney looks like a stronger candidate. deliver a statement on hurricane we know 04 is going to be a irene at 11:30 a.m. eastern swing state. i dont want to read too much time...

it weakened slightly overnight but could be re-energized in the warm waters of the atlantic today. nbc meteorologist bill karins joins us now. bill, whats the latest? >> well, chris, it doesnt matter if it weakened overnight. this storm is huge sizewise. the incensety is not going to vary much until it makes landfall. we have about 24 hours before we start to see the devastating winds on the coastline of north carolina. let me show you what the storm looks like right now. this black li...

For them. thats not public yet. >> jonathan, where do you think this is going to actually, you know, hit the floor? how quickly are they going to move on this? >> well, right now there is a billion dollars tucked into a homeland security appropriations bill but no indication that will move anytime fast. i think what youre seeing right now is congress wants the president to make a request, not only for a dollar amount, but for some amount of time in which it is needed to get that money out the do...

Billions, billions of dollars in reconstruction and relief efforts. usually disaster relief is an automatic yes vote on capitol hill, no questions asked. not in an era of the tea party. some republicans are insisting that any money that is appropriated for missouri or elsewhere must first be offset by budget cuts. lets bring in jonathan alan, who has written the story for politico this is an interesting political quandary because people automatically vote for disaster relief, but now not so fast...

Sunday. he comes back from his week in europe of summit meetings and saturday and sunday he goes to joplin, missouri, to view the devastation from the storms there last sunday. i know you updated the numbers, 132 killed in that three-quarter mile wide tornado. >> jonathan, its just devastating. we really hope that they can have some better weather and some better news in the next couple of days. >> yeah. >> i dont know how they get over the shock of what they have -- the loss that they have incu...

in france with russias president medvedev who offered to do try to get moammar gadhafi to step aside in libya. chuck todd joins us live from warsaw. could this russian offer be real and where would they get him to go and what is the latest that youre hearing about the efforts to try to get gadhafi out? >> well, the offer is real. look, they signed on in the g-8 declaration. as you know, this has to be agreed upon by all eight countries. this is the wording in the declaration. it says g...