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Seems as though the ice was thawing, we have a long way to go. house republicans less the white house after a negotiating session with the president say the broader part of an agreement was taking shape. they would raise the debt ceiling the president would agree negotiating budget terms that could lead to reopening the government. it sounded like things were on track. >> if they were to send a clean debt ceiling extension, no partisan strings attached he would sign it. >> but then problems if t...

>> you know -- >> killed at a negotiating session. >> its just -- the symbolic -- symbolically and actuality is as bad as it gets right now. >> chuck todd, seeing you later, thank you very much. >> all right. rick perrys accusations against the presidents israel policy highlights the political and diplomatic tight rope that president obama is walking in new york. the presidents relationship with israel the cover story of this weeks "new york" magazine, written by john heilemann joining us from...

Afghanistan. youve got to talk about public service and american heroes. this is a man who finally refire tired from government after taking every tough job, iraq, beirut, every war zone as ambassador. now hes signed on to come back and go to afghanistan. youve got a lot going on behind the scenes as well. >> reporter: thats right. but politically, the thing that is front and center is the debt. these debt talks because its so tied to the economy. and while he does want to support a vote on liby...

Finished basement magazine. >> good evening from new york. 33 billion is not enough. thats the verdict from house speaker john boehner after being invited this morning to a negotiating session with president obama and congressional leaders at the white house tomorrow. boehner released a written statement this afternoon saying i made clear that their 33 billion is not enough and many of the cuts that the white house and senate democrats are talking about are full of smoke and mirrors. this is the...

Shutdown of the federal government, and there is no compromise agreement yet. president obama just finished a negotiating session with republicans at the white house. afterward, the president came to the briefing room and gave an update on the negotiations. >> we just had a productive meeting with speaker dinner as well as majority leader read. we discussed the impasse that we are currently at. i thought the meetings were frank and constructive. what they did was a narrow the issues and clarify ...

Invited this morning to a negotiating session with president obama and congressional leaders at the white house tomorrow. boehner released a written statement this afternoon saying ive made clear that their $33 billion is not enough and many of the cuts that the white house and senate democrats are talking about are full of smoke and mirrors. this is the first time boehner has publicly rejected the 33 billion number. as of friday he was still not publicly taking a stand on the compromise democra...

>>reporter: robert gibbs said it was not a negotiating session, there is a long discussion ahead, and obviously ahead of the budget release next monday there is a lot to be fighting over in terms of spending priorities but here is what gibb was willing to say. >> they agreed on cutting spending and reducing our deficit; that we should have a broad discussion about it with the american people the size and scope of the problem we face. and giving our fiscal, getting our fiscal house in order. >> w...

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