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Month ago. >> thats a friday. im going to go with january 10th. the speaker is doing what hes -- what republicans and democrats when they run the house do what they always do. its just a little late in the game for this. they are trying to let some steam out of their caucus or conference. >> its a little late in the game for this because its partly a negotiating ploy with the white house. as you -- as you pointed out before. to demonstrate to them theres very little give and the white house is g...

>> eric: why wouldnt? they proposed $1 million. i think there was 50 something democrats who said yeah, a couple held out but yeah. moving to 2010. now no way will it fly. >> bob: its negotiating ploy on everybodys part. i dont think boehner think he is will get away with $1 billion. it will be lower than that. they cant take -- >> eric: how democrats bring it to republicans to say do this and make it $1 million. >> eric: we move the goalpost again. the stock market knows you will get a deal. be...

>> well, they put on $400 billion in medicare cuts. so there were some specifics in there. but was it a hardball opening? yeah, of course it was. the question is, whats the counteroffer, right? theyre trying to not just provoke a no. they want the counteroffer. and the counteroffer is, what is it? there isnt one. >> it looks like right now it will probably come back now as $800 billion in new revenue, probably higher specific cuts. >> you forget one extra demand, of course, which is ban the debt...

Wake of the shooting which killed 16 afghan civilians by a u.s. soldier says the relationship has been damaged, and this needs to be done. now, president karzai cant actually enforce these demands under the current agreement. he is somewhat powerless to enforce this, but u.s. military officials have to work with him, and these are demands that he is saying time and time again. now, the taliban also saying they have suspended all talks with the u.s. government in the oil-rich nation of qatar, the...

Officials here in kabul who have reconciled with the afghan government, they say this is more likely a negotiating ploy as opposed to a long-term suspension, they think the talibans just trying to gain more ground in the negotiations than really truly suspending it. but the other blow to the mission here is that president karzai announced today he wants u.s. troops to pull out of the rural afghan villages where a lot of u.s. troops are stationed, supposedly trying to provide security to afghans....

im candidate crowley, and youre in "the situation room." just coming in, a new snapshot capturing the big picture, a cnn lorcp poll shows support for president obama up slightly from last month 67 this new poll shows a five-point lead over romney, though still within a sampling error. the same poll shows a seven-point lead for the president over rick santorum. that is up only slightly from january. we want to bring in cnns chief analyst gloria borger. so i look at this and think mayb...

Finally, house republican leaders made what is a cut fight. the three house leaders, boehner, cantor and mcconnell announced they have not allowed conferees to support a responsible bipartisan agreement, house republicans would introduce a backup plan that would simply extend the payroll tax who will date end of the year while the conference negotiations continue. extend the tax for a year without paying for it that move would decouple the very popular payroll tax from an extension of unemployme...

jim what is the latest on this search? >> reporter: hi, fredricka. thats right. the national guard with the fbi, local police have been researching this wooded area here. just around the bend is the neighborhood where baby lisa lives, where she was last seen. thats just around there. this is the road that leads out of the neighborhood, back towards downtown or on to the freeways and all of these areas have been searched already. this pawnshop and the area around it have been searched. ...

Happen but he said it will be bittersweet for him. also his pr rep jumped in. oh, no, no, just discussing his contract. it could be something where theyre trying to get a little more cash. >> maybe a negotiating ploy going on. lets move on to lady gaga who says she actually went bankrupt. she was $3 million in debt after extending her monster ball tour. you see an artist who is clearly so successful you think how can they be in debt? >> she spent it on bras and panties. >> the outfits do cost ...

>> quote, this is going to be my last season. i dont know when it is going to happen but he said it will be bittersweet for him. also his pr rep jumped in. oh, no, no, just discussing his contract. could be trying to get a little more cash. >> maybe a negotiating ploy going on. lets move on to lady gaga who says she actually went bankrupt. she was $3 million in debt after extending her monster ball tour. you see an artist who is clearly so successful you think how can they be in debt? >> she s...