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>> unfortunately, the president wants to put off the decision on the keystone project until after next years election. not only that, he now says that hell reject the houses jobs bill if it includes support for this project. now, this is no time for the same old my way or the highway thee tricks. >> ezra kline is the columnist for "the washington post" and bloomberg, and im old enough i say radio address because thats what it used to be. now we actually get to see them talking. what are the expe...

freelander and assistant managing editor at "time." stephen, lets start with you. we know europes debt crisis has a very direct impact on the u.s. economy. with europes future still uncertain, how much influence do americans, does congress and president obama have on whats really happening around the world right now. >> not so much. look, a lot of people probably wondering how can a small country like greece and a bigger country like italy throw the entire globally economy into this tu...

the long-term care program to be implemented in a way that would make it financially stable. congressional republicans say good riddens. they wanted to repeal that program any way. shifting to major new developments in the occupy wall street protest and rage in cities across the country today. protesters vented anger and frustration and police responded in riot gear. 24 people arrested in denver. in new york city, police detained 14 people for blocking traffic overturning trash bins ...

>> they want to assess the costs of the keystone xl pipeline in terms of the carbon pollution it will produce. its clear that we should not allow it to be built. >> reporter: republican lawmakers and a number of red state democrats who want the pipeline approved are blasting the administration. earlier in the month, 11 democratic senators urged the president to make a final decision. louisiana senator mary landrieu reacting, quote, saying the decision is irresponsible, unnecessary and unacceptab...

Re-election in 2014. mark begich from alaska will be outspoken on this. and there will be effort on any climate change regulations that republicans and democrats will team up and try to overturn these regulations. now, it could pass the house, probably not the senate. and obama would veto it, that will put pressure on the white house especially when the economy is so fragile. i think the obama administration is going to approve the keystone project. so they will have to throw something to the en...

Latina, maria teresa kuma. adolfo franco. ado adolfo, is the republican candidate the ideal man to go out in many key states when obama is in the lead? >> absolutely. hes the best candidate i can think of. hes a candidate about reducing the deficit and about free enterprising, creating jobs. boy, id like to have a show, since the democrats dont want to talk about barack obamas record. id love to talk about it. a record of 42 months of consecutive unemployment above 8%, gasoline prices at record ...

>> weve known that for a long time. we continue to know it. the president and the national security agencies know it and they have a contingency plan for us. >> wait a minute, wait a minute. >> let me finish. >> wait a second. i think youre finished. i think youre finished and are you saying that because the politicians know something that theyll make the right decision? are you telling us that? >> no, what im saying is that its easy for us to say, oh, this is another example of why the keystone...

Follows a decision by senate democrats to back away from their plan to fund that extension with a surtax on incomes over $1 million. house speaker john boehner says scrapping that proposal was the democrats only option. >> they never had the votes for their so-called millionaire surtax. they didnt even have the votes in 2009 and 2010 when they controlled everything. so i appreciate the fact they gave up on their millionaire surtax. they didnt give anything up because they never had it. >> house ...