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Political. >> let me play the bite. all right. lets hear what you had to say. >> you want them to actual lay chief strong deficit reduction in this country weve known for the last eight years you have to make tough choices on defense, entitlements and taxes. the problem weve had in this town for the last ten years is a political logjam, one party saying you cant cut defense and you cant raise taxes and the others saying you cant touch entitlements, until both sides are willing to put everything ...

>> reporter: harris, what we are likely to see on sunday and tuesday, are, perhaps, massive street protests, not just by those who want to oust mohamed morsi, who think hes trying to become a dictator but those who support him, who think he is trying to do the right thing to dry and break the logjam and get rid of the old regime, we could see tens of thousands of people marching on the streets of cairo with opposite points of view, really, close problems im to each other. we have seen violence i...

Looming fiscal cliff. joining me bill burton former deputy white house press secretary and co-founders of priorities usa and michael steele msnbc analyst and former chairman. bill burton you were involved in one of theer pacs on behal of the president. its been very sides of advertising, both campaigns. what about the fact that somebodys going to be president, we hopenow tonight or tomorrow at the latest, and then how do you begin negotiating with the political opposition? well i think, you know...

With? they all sort of pile up like planes docking up at la guardia all at the same time. is it your thinking that everything is kicked down the road for another quarter? another three months? six months in until everyone can deal with this in a calmer fashion? a lame duck congress deals with it? what? >>guest: so much of the existence of the fiscal cliff comes from the difficult time that the country has been to and the disagreements this washington over the last two years. much of that has to ...

That talk about medicare or medicaid or, yes, even social security. >> donnelly also argued he has a history of reaching across the aisle, while mourdock has explicitly said he will not. this new ad uses paul ryan against mourdock. >> my way or the highway. >> i certainly think that bipartisanship ought to consist of democrats coming to the republican point of view. >> mr. mourdocks point is any movement that comes should not come from the republicans, it should -- >> i dont agree with that. >> ...

Economy in america? >>guest: i am running to fix our country, our economy, create jobs, do things differently. >>stuart: everyone can say that. let me tie you down. could you compromise on the issue of taxing the rich? the president wants to tax the rich. most republicans do not. >>guest: i am about the american dream. bob menendez is about distortions and distractions. he likes to put out press releases millionaires and billionaires. i know that people can move their wealth around. it will not ...

>> i know. >> tuesday for a hamburger today so the tax hikes -- >> except youre not going to get any other deals. just get rid of the democrats is your plan. >> they can stick around as long as theyre going to vote for bringing the budget back down. >> its complicated. youre talking about where you still need 60 votes to get anything done. if youre talking five, six republicans who are going to be playing this role, its going to be hard for mcconnell -- >> if romney wins, full puls a victory thi...

He understands the problem. >> well, it seems to me the problem really goes back to the budget act a year ago and then to the supercommittee couldnt reach a decision and it got into a logjam and now the automatic cuts go into effect. i dont know why the supercommittee didnt continue to meet since last september. theres no impediment for them meeting and now we are coming up with the cuts that are automatic. it seems to me if he can talk to both republicans and democrats and sort of get you toget...

Candidates but from the leadership on capitol hill, republican and democrat. >> one final thing. i know you need to go to get to your news conference. do you think that the concern that many conservatives, especially republicans on the hill have about the defense cuts that would be automatic, one thing that dick cheney is doing back on the hill today is trying to bolster support to fight those defense cuts, could that break the logjam on revenue, on the revenue side? >> well, i think everything ...

Logjam of continued decades long failed education policies and anybody who has a solution that will help our children learn better and grow better, thats what im looking for right now. >> reverend jeffrey brown thank you so much. appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> should note that were going to have a democratic leader congressman andre carson with the congressional black caucus. well joins in just a few moments. meanwhile mitt romney now finds himself confronting concerns that he hasnt been...