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We will use super bowl sunday to talk about government regulations when it comes to the issue of steroids or head injuries. The phone lines are open. Lets begin with a look at some of the headlines courtesy of the museum. From the San Francisco chronicle from the Baltimore Sun lets turn to the politics and policy behind the nfl. This is a story a few days ago from the Washington Post. Outlining a plan and a letter to the executive director of the Players Union. They agreed as part of a 2011 coll...

On cspan. President obama announced his plan to avoid automatic spending cuts known as sequestration scheduled to begin march 1. It is including tax changes. The president spoke to reporters for just over five minutes. Good afternoon, everybody. I wanted to say a few words about the looming deadlines and decisions that we face on our budget and on our deficit, and these are decisions that will have real and lasting impacts on the strength and pace of our recovery. Economists and Business Leaders...

Supposed to happen march 1. Ifill and we look at the big money groups supporting and attacking hagels nomination. Woodruff we have two takes on the war in mali, an onthe Ground Report from the newly liberated town of gao. Ifill . And an update on the destruction of ancient manuscripts in the fabled city of timbuktu. Woodruff and we close with the story of a soldier who underwent a successful rare double arm transplant, after losing all of his limbs in the iraq war. I hated not having arms. I was...

The balance of government power. Tuesdays midterm elections put republicans in control of the senate for the first time in eight years and allowed the gop to expand its majority in the house. The republican takeover in congress has added president obama to the list of secondterm president s, including ronald reagan, bill clinton and george w. Bush who all spent their last two years in office with a congress in which both houses were dominated by the opposing party. Its an odd position to find yo...

Togeth together . Lashing out and digging in. And didnt the democrats shutdown the government over a bill they have no issues with. They opposed a bill they dont even oppose. Negotiating with this white house is like negotiating with jello. It is next to impossible. Hmm. All right. So let me start with what has been arguably the most interesting last couple of hours here, and we have chief White House Correspondent jim acosta standing by at the white house now in the Briefing Room, because surpr...

But that husband and wife who own a pest control business should be able to join with 100,000 people or a million people to buy their insurance and the government laws prevent that now. we need to expand this marketplace and let anybody that wants to group together to buy insurance as a group, we need to let them. this will fix the vast majority of the problem and for a few of the hard luck cases that it may not fix, i think medicaid is there as a backstop for those who cant buy insurance. >> is...

In eight months, the media facinfacing followups from its critics. >> exactly what do you envision is broad immigration reform? does that include a legalization program? and what lessons if any did the democrats learn from this election and the latino vote. >> what do you plan to do in a second term to tackle the issue of climate change and do you think the political will exists in washington to passa legislation that would include tax on carbon. >> two years ago you said i wouldnt extends the b...

People that we can focus on job growth. so that we are also investing in the things that we need. but right now i want to make sure of is the taxes on middle-class families dont go up. and there is a very easy way to do that. we could get it done by next week. >> thank you, mr. president. on immigration reform, the criticism in the past has been that you did not put forth legislation with specific ideas and sent it up to the hill. you have said that this will be one of the top priorities for a s...

Growth so that were also investing in the things we need. but, right now, what i want to make sure of is that taxes on middle-class families dont go up and theres a very easy way to do that. we could get that done by next week. lori muntsanythinggra, telemundo. >> thank you, mr. president. on immigration reform the criticism in the past has been that you did not put forth legislation with specific ideas and send it up to the hill. this time around you have said again that this will be one of the...

Never get you any votes so this is why politicians shy away from it. but i do think theres a chance with the thousands and thousands of new hispanic voters and the republicans mired in anti-immigration rhetoric, theyre going to have to look at the numbers in the southwest, in florida, across the country and theyre going to have to achieve a more moderate stance on immigration. its simple politics so i think the president is banking on that and i think its the right political calculation, but pol...