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A long time. it didnt start two years ago. frankly people across the whole spectrum use colorful and sometimes a language that might be considered incendiary. >> your administration was a past master. >> we used pretty rough language for people who committed the act of war against us on september 11th and i have no regrets for using very tough lang about them. >> what about the oh opponents. >> let me just say, a all of that said i would like to see the politics cool down, id like to see us cool...

>> so a very big thanks to lang lang for giving us a glimpse into his world and a very big thanks to the hey adams hotel, we were right across the street from the white house for that interview. they have a brand new venue on the top floor called "top of the hay" that opens later this month. they let us in before anybody else. thanks again for that. >> great job, peter. very nice. >> amazing talent from lang lang. lets go to steve. >> thank you much. gretchen, brian prchlt sti-- th president mak...

Invited i met up with him a few hours before he played and got a special preview of his big set. >> meet 28-year-old lang-lang. born in china, he now lives in the u.s. and "the new york times" called him the hottest artist on the classical music planet making him the perfect person to perform for the president. >> its going to be quite exciting. >> for this state dinner, he performs with an american jazz legend. >> two months ago, i got a letter inviting me to play with my great friend, herbie h...

International ambassador of chinese culture. lang langs life has always been filled with classical music. its mom listened to it while she was pregnant and dad bought him his first piano at age 2. he started young. >> i dont remember when i was in my mothers stomach, you know, i really dont remember it. but i do remember since i was born, all this music. >> is it safe to say, then, that you would be like the justin bieber of beethoven? >> fine way to put it. >> when hes not performing for heads ...

east. can we survive? lets hope our kids have school. thats all i care about. >> it is about 50 now, though. its warm. >> i got the sense maybe i should rip off my sleeves and we should go with a sleeveless -- >> another storm moving into the northeast and gretch, guess what? another storm after that on tuesday. >> oh! >> its winter, folks. >> ok. >> meanwhile in washington, d.c., the u.s. house of representatives succeeding in its vote to repeal president obamas health care overhaul b...

Our people over at the white house, that among the performers that are confirmed for this thing, the well-known, almost legendary jazz performer herbie hancock. >> oh, wow. >> something like 12 grammys i think, as well as lang-lang. a lot of buzz out there about a very, very well-known jazz performer. diane reeves is the name that everybody will know along with pianist peter martin who apparently posted a tweet. not confirmed, posted a tweet earlier today about how he was getting a tuxedo for th...

Going to see this reasoned conversation? >> well, i think its regrettably at the end of the day, it begins to marginalize some of the good work the naacp does. i think people who are part of this movement know who they are, know where their heart is. i think if nothing else -- certainly as ive talk to some of my members and received e-mails -- there is a great energy afoot to repudiate first of all this position, and secondly, to get the vote out and change the makeup of congress. were focused o...

Allies and we want them to do what we want them to do. but we focus on kabul and the real action is down at the local levels in places like kandahar, thats where the real fight for the hearts and minds and control of afghanistan will be not in kabul. >> openly its part of this counter insurgency strategy. theres now another report that the u.s. military has overestimated the preparedness of the afghan military, the security forces going forward. so from the folks that you speak to right now, whe...

No recourse. thats what happened to 3400 dealerships across the country. thats one example of gangster government. >> i think it was the consumer that decided which -- >> if gangster government means that the government picks winners and losers, then i dont like gangster government. im not sure what it means. >> she managed to slander people from chicago and african-americans at the same time. its -- >> and italians. >> it may be clever, but its insin wous. >> i think were mispronouncing the wor...

Left over on new entitlement. >> bret: long-term objection. cbo cant do 10 years. they say it reduces the deficit by more than a trillion. 1.3. >> over 20 years or something. >> i will believe a prediction of the weather on the first of january 2020 before i will believe a projection of deficits in 20 years. its absurd. and its meaningless. >> bret: steve, last word it looks like now that the lang is out there. 72 hours. you do the math. sunday afternoon to evening, a vote on this? >> yeah. that...