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He doesnt get to the appointments until after he goes through layer after layer of legislative problems, which to me signals he intends to unwind the entire filibuster by the time its done. doesnt it bother you the institution has suddenly changed toward a house-like institution and one of the great defenders are slowing things down just disappeared? >> it does. but i think the problem began a lot before today. the problem began the day after obama was elected, where the republicans clearly made...

Look at it. when you seive it at $1,015 a share at its highest point today. we also talk about larry page and what we have done with google. it has easily surpassed other big tech companies in the 15 years, with sales and more from amazon to more, dell, oracle, and we watched technology overall on this day, where the nasdaq moved to the highest levels in 13 years, we watched some of the other technology companies, such as facebook, hitting new highs. we also saw intuit and western digital and ri...

Extraordinary way -- >> have you voted to raise the debt ceiling? >> i have. >> you never voted against it. >> i never have. >> have you voted to raise the debt ceiling? >> i voted against it several times. >> during the bush administration. >> yes. >> why would you vote against it then and say the republicans now cant vote against it? >> because i was concerned that we continue to pass supplemental appropriations for the war in iraq without sufficient oversight. so in that case, i felt the pres...

One republican talking point was that the president was unwilling to have a conversation with republicans. but with the president meeting with republican leadership late last week, that line is now bankrupt. so the new talking point is this. the president and the democrats are not willing to negotiate on a deal. yes, a fair deal is all the republicans want. you give us a bunch of stuff we have asked for and you can have your country back. for the latest, peter alexander live at the white house. ...

Welcome back to "weekends with alex witt." 32 past the hour. now to capitol hill. clock is certainly ticking. look at a live shot of the capitol. at some point today, the house is expected to vote on a measure that puts obama care language back into the spending. this as white house officials work behind the scenes in a different attempt, desperate one to keep the government running. kristen welker is at the white house for us. what is the white house strategy over the next 48 hours with word th...

Russia at the security counsel and assad denying he had chemical weapons, that we would be at this point today. >> the russians obviously have a lot of positive reaction from the americans today and last night by suggesting that they were going to be orchestrating some kind of deal over these weapons, but then late today, they make it pretty clear they would votto anything that did not involve america saying we will not use any military action regardless. i -- america cant sign up for that and y...

Movement forward. and so, i dont think that that should be a deterrent to our effort to get a binding u.n. security counsel resolution. the real question is whether russia, which i read some reports today is beginning back off a security counsel resolution that would have the force of the international community and i believe would probably have sanctions for serious unwillingness to compile to what the counsel pass would be very significant, and i believe the only reason were even talking about...

And so, i dont think that that should be a deterrent to our effort to get a binding u.n. security counsel resolution. the real question is whether russia, which i read some reports today is beginning back off a security counsel resolution that would have the force of the international community and i believe would probably have sanctions for serious unwillingness to compile to what the counsel pass would be very significant, and i believe the only reason were even talking about the possibility o...

Welcome back to "the lead." the president said it himself, getting congress to back him on action in syria will not be easy. >> i knew this was going to be a heavy lift. i said that on saturday when i said were going to have to take it to congress. >> a heavy lift. well, lift with your knees, mr. president, because with each passing day that lift is looking more and more hernia inducing. dana bash joins me from capitol hill. by cnns latest count, there are only 24 yes votes in the senate right n...

To weekends with alex witt. 1:00 here on the east, 10:00 out west. the crisis in egypt remains relatively calm today but theres still a large military presence in the streets of cairo. joining me now from cairo, our foreign correspondent. good evening your time. we know that yesterday the muslim brotherhood called for this coming week to be filled with protests. but were hearing there are only small gatherings at this point today. what your seeing there on the ground? >> reporter: thats correct....