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16 trillion in debt. getting higher by the clock. senator mike lee has a vote on this from utah. thank you for coming here. no backup plan according to the white house. in addition the treasury department says there is no plan b. what do you think about that? >> well, thats a problem. too often in washington were faced between kind of a false choice. were presented with a choice that says, okay, you either take no cuts at all and raise the debt limit, or you raise the debt limit with the promise...

News conference of his second term, certainly of the new year, 2013, that will happen 11:15 this morning in the east room. it is an open press event. perhaps the reason for this is his push on immigration. we may hear some of that at the top of this news conference what he hopes to accomplish there in terms of comprehensive immigration reform. no doubt there will be questions though about the debt ceiling and how the president expects to make up those revenues, whether he will try to do that to ...

Spending cuts are not the way to go, raising more revenue, more taxes is? >> oh, look im certain that is coming. there is no question in my mind that is coming but i can also assure you, bill, what is coming from the other side in the long run that hurts economic growth. in the long run that will bring about less revenue rather than more. what youre doing there youre taking money away from job creators. ultimately you will kill jobs that will bring about less revenue and everyone hurts as a resu...

Previous month, and december was already a month of record sales, and for the year 2012 saw 19.5 million background checks for firearms. that is a new year le lee record. we can expect to see vice president bidens recommendations on gun concerns, that comes out tomorrow. and big concerns what gun advocates are having ahead of the announcement. bill: the u.s. is now helping france battle islamist militants in the west african country of mali. the u.s. is providing communications help and transpor...

Day. white house wants to raise taxes not cut them. we mentioned that with senator lee. states, some of them are starting to take charge. how some of you are looking to cut your taxes and you can thank your governor. martha: this is familiar scene, right? bill: oh, yeah. martha: people packing clinics. the flu vaccine is running frightening low out there. dr. siegel is next. he will tell us what you can do to get your hands on this