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Pragmatism. he said obama is not a liberal or conservative. he is a very practical guy who is playing it one shot at a time. obviously the two shared a mutual respect. heather? heather: what are others saying about mario cuomo if. >> reporter: of course you know, mario cuomo is a giant in democratic politics. so the reaction is going to come in from all over the place including from former president clinton who said in a statement marios life was the very embodiment of the american dream. when h...

And good evening from new yorks times square. >> i love that song, by the way. great lead-in. >> its the alternate game for match p.m. >> i love that show. underrated. underrated. >> i wish we had one of the long mikes. >> that was so offensive that you would say that ere. were starting the show and you would say something so controversial. >> place to be. come from all over the world to say by the end of the night and for years to come, that they were here and that they spent this year with us....

Speculation this thing hit this afternoon that this could have been some sort of a payback. it could be at very least a message sent of deterrence. north korea has shaky internet service all to begin with. something yesterday was a total crash. for 10 hours the government was off-line. state-run media was shut down. service is slowly coming back today. the white house will say nothing about the situation. spokeswoman at national security council said in a statement yesterday, we have no new info...

>> gretchen, i certainly think it will be back on the agenda. i think now, us a trail yaps are beginning to realize what it means to not have a gun in a time when a bad person does. and they realize that really, its enabling the bad people to be able to carry out their agenda a lot more ease lake, lot more freely than they may otherwise have. i cant predict whats going to happen but i can certainly sense a change in sentiment and let me tell you, gretchen, thats very big step, particularly for a...

>> senator mcconnell said that president obama has butt-kicked in the election. that was the lead-in for the meeting. which may have made things a little bit awkward. >> both of the politicians are sort of professionals and they have a sort of wink-and-nod quality about them, they get the game. probably did try to find some areas where they could get stuff done. its in both of their interests to get stuff done. >> if they can just even create a better line of communication down the road. when th...

Fighting fraud and waste in one of the most corrupt countries in the world. and joining me now is the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction. john, welcome to you. ive been looking forward to this segment because its the topic of much discussion in our newsroom. before we get into some of the specific cases, though, what is your overall assessment of the state of afghanistan development? >> well, its at a precarious point. with the troop drawdown, people think that reconstructi...

Mercy as he described it and i just think thats a wonderful thing to do because i think so much in this partisan era, we get lost and hooked up in the politics, bill, and sometimes we lose focus on other human beings and i think these are children and they deserve our compassion as americans. because thats who we are as an american people and i think these are good children. i think that we really need to focus on that. now, the other part of this, i think, is i think the president, when you are...

I mean, thats an act of mercy as he described it and i just think thats a wonderful thing to do because i think so much in this partisan era, we get lost and hooked up in the politics, bill, and sometimes we lose focus on other human beings and i think these are children and they deserve our compassion as americans. because thats who we are as an american people and i think these are good children. i think that we really need to focus on that. now, the other part of this, i think, is i think the...

Talent it can get." joining me now, connie schultz, columnist who used to write for the "cleveland plain dealer" and husband, sherrod brown, democrat from ohio, proud cleveland residents. its wonderful to have you two together. connie, ill start with you. your reaction to todays news. >> well, i know you were trying to bait us with that lead-in, but its not going to work, chris, because family forgives. thats how were feeling about this today. sherrod and i moved back to the city of cleveland la...

With the federal government, with the inability of congress to pass immigration reform, to drain our resources for a community, what do you see? >> i look at it, and it is unfortunate to see that type of hostility directed at women and children on a bus, frankly. i do not believe that that band of individuals that you showed in your lead-in reflects murrieta, california, and it certainly does not reflect the response weve seen across the southwest in general. >> does it reflect frustration at th...