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Afghanistan approved a new security pact keeping u.s. troops there past the 2014 withdrawal deadline, afghan president hamid karzai is refusing to sign it. now in a snub for leaders on both sides, karzai is making last minute demands that could put the whole deal in jeopardy. our national security correspondent be jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with more, and its really becoming a very big story, jennifer. what does president karzai want, why is he doing this? >> reporter: well, jenna,...

Needs fixing. >> there is no question harry reid acknowledged that. so does dick durban and others. but you dont negotiate under blackmail. >> but the problem is, it is what i said before, weve lost the bipartisan negotiation ability. >> i understand. you say the republican and democrats working together. >> they are produce an immigration bill. >> if you say they havent produced anything but a plan that isnt going anywhere -- >> thats not the point. they met and tried. >> that was the one shini...

Economically, we only had 48 states at that time. next to the last. after almost a half a billion dollars, which in todays dollars is almost half a trillion, they went to 50th. they added another state so they could be last instead of next to last. so, you know, thats kind of like two ole boys in georgia, bought them a truck and selling watermelon. went to georgia, bought them for 50 cents apiece and went back to atlanta and sold them for 50 cents apiece and said dear lord, we need a bigger truc...

>> this will be the year congress finally gets it done. today, a ray of hope, possibly. >> four democrats and republicans will lay out a framework. >> this bipartisan blueprint is a major breakthrough. >> a major breakthrough on immigration reform. >> it shows momentum. >> momentum is on the side of comprehensive reform. >> we welcome movement and progress. >> republicans have to deal with the facts of life here. >> when we see an opening, however small, we should take it. >> theyre doing it f...

Fact check. >> andrea: beckel almanac? >> bob: no, this is fact check. factoid is correct. >> greg: you cant arrest yourself. >> bob: i congratulate the obama administration. >> kimberly: down to five seconds. thank you for watching. see you tomorrow. ♪ >> bret: a bipartisan plan for immigration reform. is this the one thing washington can come together on? politics and the policy. this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening. im bret baier. almost everyone in washington agrees the ...

Law and adhering to the reality of the day. and i think marco rubio probably touched on it. i support and agree with the principles he laid out as far as earned legalization. making sure people dont cut in line but fixing the problem. we did reform in 86 and again in 96. its a system thats broken that needs fixing. and many of us who have been involved in this issue over the years. immigration is a good thing. were here because immigration. thats what america is. its a melting pot. we think this...

u.s. he simple hasnt aktd. that trade debt is choking the economy, theres not enough demand for what americans make and the economy doesnt move forward. >> he doesnt have a compliant congress, specifically the house of representatives. >> thats true. the reason he doesnt is because he squandered his first year. now as a consequence, the country elect add congress that wants a change in direction. the congress for its part doesnt seem much capable of providing it. to say mr. obama is al...

President obama is trying to defuse criticism of his health care overhall saying he is -- overhaul saying he is willing to let states opt out of certain requirements earlier than he previously said. in remarks to the national governors association, obama said he would support the move with states finding their own ways to accomplish the laws goals. >> i am not open to refighting the battles of the last two years or undoing the progress that weve made. but i am willing to work with anyone, anybod...

Room, democrat or republican, governors or members of congress, to make this -- this law even better. to make care even better. to make it more affordable and fix what needs fixing. many of you have asked for flexibility for your states under this law. in fact, i agree with mitt romney who recently said hes proud of what he accomplished on health care in massachusetts and supports giving states the power to determine their own health care solutions. hes right. >> wow. >> oh! ouch. >> so every da...

Ways to lower cost and improve the quality of care for these americans, and if you can come up with more ways to reduce medicaid costs while still providing quality care to those who need it, i will support those proposals as well. so heres the bottom line. once fully implemented, im convinced the affordable care act will do what it was designed to do -- cut costs, cover everybody and the worst abuses in the insurance industry and bring down our long-term deficits. i am not open to refighting th...