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Programs or, you know, the n.f.l. season getting resolved. or, you know, unfortunately, this is what is on our plate. >> it certainly is. meanwhile, the top congressional leaders spent the arve behind closed doors trying to hammer out a plan to stop run-away deficit to put america credit worthiness at risk. but just under two hours the meeting broke and theyll try again tomorrow. dana, were you surprised that obama took to the podium today in advance of the meetings? >> i wouldnt advise it. im n...

Non-negotiable item is the time the debt ceiling increases. he wants it over this summer. he does not want to go into a presidential campaign with the debt ceiling argument still raging. that is the most important and the only non-negotiable item of the presidents negotiating position. he is obviously willing to negotiate on the deficit reduction package, including all the way to the position of negotiating away completely. since he started off with a negotiating position of not needing to do an...

Cards. republicans hoping they get close to the 2 trillion in cuts they want out of the senate. the hope is that senate democrats up for reelection, clare mccaskill, missouri, and ben-- theyre probably going to lose anyway, but definitely going to lose if theres no reform in this and they have to end up having to vote for it. >> that strategy is smart for taking-- >> it is smart. believe it or not, negotiating with harry reid and the democrats as opposed to the president is a good move here. pre...

Boehner thats the only way theyll get a debt reduction package, the big target boehner set weeks ago, so its boehner who is now giving up on the big package and saying maybe we should only try to get $2 trillion in deficit reduction. maybe the deficit crisis isnt so bad. now the harder president obama pushes for the $4 trillion package, the more boehner retreats from it. the president is finally capitalizing on a phenomenon thats been obvious from the start of his presidency, if hes in favor of ...

Monday, president obamas resistance on returning to the 1967 borders is a mistake and dangerous. gingrich, the presidents suggesting that 67 borders aught to be in the negotiating position because in essence he has to give up anything. michele bachmann saying once again president obama betrayed our friend and ally, israel. who is the constituency in support. we know there is a constituency against him when he wades into the waters. >> i think what he is hoping for is the people who believe in ge...

Monday. president owe bams resistance on returning to the borders is a mistaken and dangerous. gingrich, the presidents suggesting that 67 borders aught to be in the negotiating position because in essence he has to give up anything. michele bachmann saying once again obama betrade our ally, israel. >> who is the constituency in support. he know there is a constituency against him when he wades into the waters. >> i think what he is hoping for is the people who believe in genuine compromise. now...

Have to find some way to give people some exit. he may not take every one of the votes. michele bachmann may not give him the vote but he will have enough votes. but at the same time -- >> wait a second. if youre nancy pelosi then arent i right that you want to make him go get the most amount of votes? right? wont he do the maximum amount of damage to the republicans, larger number of republicans that have to vote for this in the house? >> i thought the whole premise of this thing is the republi...

Not dont ask, dont tell or the potential s.t.a.r.t. treaty. the governments spending bill that represents a major victory for republicans, because they once again outma youvered the democrats. after threatsening to filibuster the bill democrats backed down pulled it and submitted a continuation ever the old budget. >> so why is this is triumph for the gop? because this budget wont fund president obamas signature pieces of legislation, health care and wall street reform pap crippling development ...

Congress over mr. to raise taxes next year on high-income earners and small business o owners. correspondent james rosen has the story. >> reporter: president obamas senior advisor confirmed theyll accept extension of bush tax cuts for all brackets. interview with the huffington post, headline "white house gives in on bush tax cut." and david axelrod added i dont want to trade away security for the middle class to make that point. we have to deal with the world as we find it, axelrod sighed. >> ...

Palestinian palestinians have been killed and three wounded in israeli shl. that may have come in retaliation for five qassam rockets fired by militants in the gaza strip in israel. over the weekend, p israeli jets pounded hamas stronghold in the gaza strip in retaliation for other rocket attacks. this is the violence we saw leading up to talks a couple of weeks ago ago in washington. for hamas, they said we will continue the violence as they try to derail the peace process. encouraging news on ...