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Continue to knuckle under to the nra. for example, theyre running ads against kelly ayotte in new hampshire where i think it can be terribly damaging to her. shes lost ten points or more in her favorable rating -- >> is that a pro gun or middle of the road gun state? sfwl the southern half of that state is in the boston media market. >> i know. >> i think its more and more becoming -- >> is that a live free or die state in terms of guns? >> i think it is. especially in a republican primary. >> s...

0 security committee. lets listen to him. >> when i was briefed by the fbi, they told me they had no knowledge of his overseas trip to the chechen region. when, in fact, the secretary then testifies and says that they got pinged, that there was a flag that went up that did indicate that he was traveling to russia and to the chechen region. you know, we talked a lot about connecting the dots and stove pipes after 9/11. and here we are 12 years later, and the fact remains that its still not -- its...

Would suggest its going longer in the sense theyre kicking proposal back and forth. the previous meetings between the president and speaker seemed seemed -- if this goes longer its a sign theyre trying to work it out. senator max backus said today this meeting is what will decide it. he put that much pressure on both sides. he said theyre running out of time. the bottom line of what the president is doing, hes going through three points that are basically his plan c. he had plan a, the 4 trillio...

0 those are the suvs that likely boehner, mcconnell, pelosi and reid will come out of. lets talk about the deal. what if theres a deal, craig, for, i dont know, say 4 hr $500,000 the threshold of who gets taxes and who keeps -- everybody under that number keeps their tax cuts. everyone over pays more and theres spending cuts. is that a bad deal? >> yeah. i think it is. let me tell you why. because you cant get everything out of this deal that you want and frankly, all were doing is kicking the c...

here, a gorgeous, dry, comfy 88. 6:00 a.m., heres angie with your timesaver traffic. >> all right, ready to kick off this new hour. unfortunately, were doing it with a couple of new accidents. thats why we keep the yellow light on. first, we want to take you out live to southbound 29 at fair road. according to our view from sky 9. looks like the situation is were still losing a left lane of traffic but it looks like theyre letting people turn around the corner there. overall volume lig...

>> a year ago tax relief was said to be a political impossibility. six months ago it was supposed to be a political liability, today is becomes reality. because of the bipartisan leadership of the members of you states congress. members like bill thomas of california, ralph hall of texas, charles grassley of iowa. max backus of montana. zell miller of georgia. john breaux of louisiana. some democrats, many republicans, who worked tirelessly and effectively to produce this important result. >> ne...

That money from wall street that washington could have -- coffer were enjoying. parties on both sides of the table knew what they were facing and they had to goose the economy, huh? >> yeah. one of the reasons president bush never blamed his predecessor is first, its not his style but he felt that would poison the political atmosphere. americans want the president to muscle up and take care of their watch. bush knew if he criticized clinton for the drop in the stock market or recession, it would...

Deals had to be made, clearly. so that was then. now go back to february 8th february 8th, 2001, and this quote from democratic senator max backus. during those negotiations. there are lots of ways to do a tax cut and we want to do it in a way that is fair and that makes the most sense. and a size which fits it other needs. so, expiration in, deal on, to get the votes through. dont believe me? thats what happened then to a guy who was instrumental in making it happen then. karl rove. the former ...

he went to the hospital with injuries, basically the jail staff it waiting to take custody of him when he leaves the hospital. and as you mentioned, theres a debate about exactly whether he should have been in jail and if i.c.e. has the bed space to hold these folks and what the policy is for the level of previous criminal activity before somebody should be held rather than released. >> neil: janet napolitano of homeland security is releasing this statement, why is it this individual w...

Matchmaker and more that i dont have time to tell, including jerry lewis. >> a good friend of mine. thank you very much. >> thank you. okay, listen to this. >> not willing to meet his request for passage of the bill. >> not if it increases deficit -- >> containing the section -- >> not if it increases deficit $108 billion a year, no, sir, im not. american people are getting fed up with it. >> mr. president -- >> is did. >> im con strained to object. >> max backus appearing to laugh off concern...