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The president hopes he is right. >> he said well fund plan a and b and c. whoever wins, wins. go for it, guys. >> and we will succeed in this tremendous effort. >> plan a is drilling with tool did dig for minerals. plan c is working with machinery that drills for oil. plan b is using an air percussion drill that normally finds water. this one is made by two american drillers who like jeff hart, believe they can free the miners in weeks. >> to plan to utilize one of the hole that they were able t...

What exactly went wrong, what was the second plan, did they have a plan b or a plan c? we thought they were so smart, and here they are only 20 30 mimes from the prison after three weeks. now we hear theyre believed to be headed for the -- have been headed for the canadian border. they would have walked to can dat first night when nobody was looking for them, wouldnt have been a big deal. three weeks later theyre a few miles from the prison. its astounding to me. if sweat gets killed overnight w...

And if thats the case, then they do need to get another piece of equipment out there. if they cannot find what theyre looking for in less than 15,000 feet, theyre looking at all the high probability areas in the search area. but if they determine that its too deep for bluefin, there are other pieces of sonar equipment that they can send out there. there are several pieces that are tethered that will go up to 20,000 feet. then theyll have to bring that out if they exhaust all the other areas. >> ...

Certainly a lot smaller than what we were looking at last week. no question about it. but getting one extra ping and being able to triangulate down, to make it smaller and smaller and smaller will be a huge benefit. but my guess is that they are now very much looking at plan b, plan c, and plan d for what happens if they never hear another ping. >> miles, we heard from the new zealand wing commander. he said that they have basically given up on the chinese pings. they are not even searching in t...

What this is broadcasting on, youre not throwing your hands up and saying thats not it, youre saying this very well could be it, right? >> were on tptimistic, but cautious, we dont think its dolphins. >> thats a big statement. people have been very worried thats what we could have picked up. 300 miles away you have the chinese picking something up, as well. >> yes, and the discrepancy between what the chinese heard, the equipment they were using, and the inability to replicate it, and also the v...

The past couple of months. lets bring in our gaggle, angela, kristen and anna. kristen, your firm does a lot of polling of both the senate and the house. clearly boehner was in one place on this and you cant help but see his hand was forced. this was not the strategy he believed was the best strategy. >> hes got a very diverse group of voices in his caucus. they have stayed united through plan a, plan b, plan c and plan d and thats to his credit. whats fascinated me most about this dynamic thats...

Crisis, it has to come to an end. >> they understand that what theyre doing is nuts. >> im alex wagner. if at first you dont succeed, try plan b, then plan c and now plan d? that is the latest reporting after the senate just rejected plan c, the third attempt by the republican led house to defund the health care law by shutting down the government. to plan c, a one year delay of the individual mandate with a bonus amendment that messes with health insurance employer. this afternoon, president ob...

I think a delay is is a reasonable expectation. i believe the obama administration unilaterally and multiple times have cherry picked which parts they are going to delay. this is my opinion. i dont care what john mccain thinks. >> hash tag awkward. demonstrating how broiken the republican party is, 12 house republicans voted no on advancing the latest spending bill. also among the no votes because they dont think this bill is extreme enough our members like michelle bachmann, paul brown and stev...

To try to maximize their position as john kerry goes in to his discussions with lavrov and create the maximum ability to get the result that they want. >> is that a yes or a no? >> well, it means that theyre going to maximize their position. and if maximizing their position is taking efforts to try to divide the american public and try to undermine the very efforts that the americans are in a weakened position, but i dont think hell achieve that. its very clear that were going to insist on a ver...

>> theyre not sympathetic at all? >> he wanted the death penalty. he seemed to be wanting to negotiate that with you. tell us about that aspect of it. >> well, that was just another strange turn in this case. but fairly early on, he communicated to us that he was actually seeking the death penalty. and thats something that he, you know, wanted to talk about. >> like i said, you want to have the death penalty, you think the more information the judge and jury has, the more likely that would b i g...