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The people does not make the reconciling of political differences any smoother. with the lifting of a ban of political organizations like the anc and the release of political prisoners such as mandela, the government of south africa kb t commits itself to change and a new chorus of the country must be charted. >> they set out in a filmsy little rowboat to cross this ocean, and there was no turning back. >> reporter: the various political factions must go about the difficult task of dismanltsidis...

Peaceful solution. and this agreement has the potential to do that. the american people do not want a march to war. >> i know senator you have said that you are deeply troubled with secretary kerrys rushing into a deal with the irp yanian >> you have to remember who we are dealing with here. these are people who we should deeply, deeply distrust. the world has said letsds s dot they have used the negotiating process to further enrichu urani uranium. the current president in his book bragged that...

Iran should make significant concessions but that the west should make none at all, thats not negotiations. thats a requirement that the other side surrender which makes one wonder, do the critics of this negotiating process want a better deal or do they really want no deal at all so that it opens up another path to deal with the problem, which is war. in that case, the danger for those critics was not that geneva negotiations were failing but that they were succeeding. lets get started. you j...

Proposing relief of very small kinds. the argument is that iran should make significant concessions, but that the west should make none at all. thats not negotiations, thats a requirement that the other side surrender. which makes one wonder. do the critics of this negotiating process want a better deal? or do they really want no deal at all? so that it opens up another path to deal with the problem, which is war. in that case, the danger for those critics was not that the geneva negotiations we...

Certainly the president could come out and show leadership and say, were putting this committee together. whatever they come up with, bipartisan coming out of that committee, i will implement. that is something i think the american people would like to see. >> speaking of bipartisan politics, its been eating away at me. why is it if many in your party have felt that as though youve been held hostage by a very intransient wing of your party, many say the tea parties have been dictating the politi...

>> they were actually falling during the shutdown. >> but after the shutdown, he went on to easily get re-elected. >> we were the first re-elected majority since 1928. >> for republicans. >> i think. >> with a smaller number of seats than you had. >> six fewer while we gained two in the senate. heres the key thing which nobody in the current generation remembers. there were 12 shutdowns under tip oneill. suddenly it was all right for democrats to get involved in shutdowns, it was part of how the...

Chemical weapons? >> well, i think the russians drive a hard bargain. they always do. i think there is a way. but i think its going to be a tough negotiation. its going to take maybe a little more time. were going to get frustrated at the pace of things. and the thing that really concerns me is that syria and russia may introduce some conditionality into this. >> like what kind of conditionality? >> well, commitments to no regime change or desisting from the threat of violence before weve even g...

Filibuster the bill before it comes to the floor. folks, my math is, you know, pretty basic. i think were getting close to over60 votes to prevent a filibuster. senate aides say that debate will go all next week. frankly, it could stretch into the following week. the understanding is that the manchin/toomey compromise would be offered as the first amendment to reids gun bill. reid has pledged votes on both an assault weapons ban, a ban on the high capacity magazines, and theyre still trying to d...

The secretary of state is trying to inject a new dynamic, create some new energy and see if he can find a new basis on which to resume a negotiating process. its going to take some effort, its going to take some time. the level of disbelief and distrust on each side is so great that you dont want to launch a process thats going to fail as soon as you get it under way. so it takes quite a bit of preparatory work and i think thats what the secretary of state is trying to do. >> laying the groundwo...

Eligibility age. he doesnt do that in the budget. so theres going to be a negotiating process here, but there are some republicans and the -- in the senate on record saying you give us reform and giving us political cover by explaining why its necessary, and well-under and squeeze the republican party on revenue. >> adjustments in the cost of living for social security would save a load of money in terms of reducing the measure of benefits. so is that an attractive measure that both sides could ...