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Theres the senators up there. all part of an effort to work around mitch mcconnell and john boehner who are committed and have said so to not making any deal involved in not raising revenue. but to no avail. and this time hell skip them out of the whole thing and right into the rank and file for compromise. at least thats what it looks like. lindsey graham commented on putting the group together. lets listen to lindsey graham. >> how do you say no to the president of the united states who would ...

Constituents from back home. they dont like doing that when they ask for a tour of the white house. next, we know even with all the infighting democrats know spending cuts should be a top priority. so its no surprise a budget release by house gop this week is chock-full of them. none of the fends made available in this act may be distributed to the community organizations for reform now. that groups also known as acorn. but heres why it wont make an impact. it wont have anything to do with bud...

Think you can get a call from or answer from at 10:15 tonight when theyre out of the room. you probably got corker ready and lindsey grahams ready. youll say who was the friendliest? who talked revenues? right? >> absolutely. >> nia. youre going to try to catch somebody. >> yes, yes. ill be staking it out. i got to leave in a couple minutes, as a matter of fact, to start staking out the territory. but yeah. i mean, i think people like johnson, thats why this group has credibility. it does repres...

Meeting at the white house? >> i think there are a lot of neutral things going on here. number one, graham is the one who assembled this group. and the other being the white house extended the invitations. its away from the white house. its in d.c. obviously this is a really swanky hotel. >> i would invite a guy -- i would invite another member of the senate if i were the president, i would invite them to go bowling in the executive building. hes not that great at the game. hed have some fun. at...

Youre going to try to catch somebody. >> yes, yes. ill be staking it out. i got to leave in a couple minutes, as a matter of fact, to start staking out the territory. but yeah. i mean, i think people like johnson, thats why this group has credibility. it does represent all of the wings of the party. somebody like johnson, somebody like kelly ayotte, somebody like coburn whos got i think both moderate tendencies but also some leverage on the right side of the party. so you know, maybe its because...

>> nia, i think theres a part of this that bugs me a bit which is sort of the staging of it. if you want to make friends with somebody, you have to say lets meet for a drink after work or however its done. i dont do this anymore. lets meet and have a hamburger somewhere. do you stage it with such pretense, such ruffles and flourishes? it reminds me of the henry gates beer time. it was so choreographed you wonder how they can speak without being ratted out. dont they want to talk off the record? ...

White house. taken them on a tour of the white house. >> they are so neutral territory. >> this is the way you look at things, the new journalists today. what in the world besides metaphor does neutral territory mean? its a metaphor. what does it mean neutral? how is a hotel more neutral than meeting at the white house? >> i think there are a lot of neutral things going on here. number one, graham is the one who assembled this group. and the other being the white house extended the invitations. ...

Flourishes? it reminds me of the henry gates beer time. it was so choreographed you wonder how they can speak without being ratted out. dont they want to talk off the record? it seems to me they would. >> thats true. and the white house is the sort of background, off the record conversations the president has been having with people behind the scenes. not necessarily of the press getting readouts of the meetings. this is much more formal and close to what he did in the first months of his presid...

Around mitch mcconnell and john boehner who are committed and have said so to not making any deal involved in not raising revenue. but to no avail. and this time hell skip them out of the whole thing and right into the rank and file for compromise. at least thats what it looks like. lindsey graham commented on putting the group together. lets listen to lindsey graham. >> how do you say no to the president of the united states who would like to have dinner with some of your colleagues? you dont. ...

Hearts and heads because he was helped by a group called acorn that doesnt exist. is that insanity? finally. shaq and john kerry are in agreement on. it comes in this snapshot. dennis rodman pretending to play diplomat in north korea. >> dennis rodman was a great basketball player. and as a diplomat, he was a great basketball player. thats where well leave it. >> i think we as people should understand our roles in life. i think people -- certain people should leave the diplomacy to diplomats. ...