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D-day for president obama and congressional leaders. automatic tax cuts and smaller paychecks hang in the balance. american military hero, four-star general known as stormin norman schwarzkopf has died. a fiscal milk cliff is looming. bears over the bruins in the holiday bowl. good morning, even as the finger pointing continues on capitol hill this morning, new hope on a deal to avoid that fiscal cliff. president obama will be meeting with congressional leaders later today. danielle leigh jo...

Staff. joining us from dallas, the author of the book 50 things liberals love to hate and first amendment attorney lawrence walters. i must say i smiled when i learned about what the blogger did and mad that i didnt think of it first. good for the goose good for the gander gallagher? the move to publish the names of the gun permit holders set the blogosphere on fire and twitter. trying to intimidate the people clearly who are lawful gun other thans. go ahead. >> i understand the merits of his ar...

Now speaker boehner is pointing towards the senate and the white house is pointing towards the senate as a place where we might get bipartisan cooperation. they think they have 10 republican votes for some kind of a plan that the president would propose that democrats in republicans in the senate could get together on and then ask speaker boehner to have a vote on it in the house. that could be a problem for speaker boehner because he could get a bill passed with that splits his republican caucu...

Life in prison. and i did everything i can. i mean, ive talked to him, ive tried to get him come clean with us. ive kicked these guys out of seg. hopefully that lessens some of the impact on him. >> oh, im sure it will. >> lieutenants piper and fox have decided to question laudone again. but first, laudone asks to speak to piper alone. >> im feeling that nobody is on my side. i understand the predicament i put myself in. at the time i thought i did the right thing going to the officers and layin...

Should be second in consideration. >> yeah, lets switch gears. i want to ask you about the benghazi hearing. what did we learn from the hearing on thursday? does it settle the debate? >> no, i dont think it will completely settle the debate. in the military, i learn to respect what you inspect. this is the third time weve done this in the last decade after embassies or consulates have been overrun. another step to improve. the state department mismanaged it, and where the rubber met the road wit...

>> so the problem with this debate is were really still talking relatively small ball on both sides. >> right. >> one to one revenue. >> right. >> pointing to run revenue cut. it is not going to fix the problem. that is why republicans arent going to take the hit. >> one other thing i note is, you know, the last 48 hours not with standing, it doesnt feel like where details are that far apart. >> here is the irony for republicans who voted or rebuked boehner last night. were going to have a worse...

Jenna: oh, but the finger pointing is fair and balanced. democrats complain that boehners plan doesnt do enough to protect the middle class. >> we are calling on our colleagues to work together to achieve a tax system and fiscal compromise that protects americas middle class families and cares for all of our communities. the american people have been clear, they will not economic approach that places too large a burden on the middle class, on seniors, on students in the most vulnerable americans...

Make a move. we saw this announcement and behind the scenes, some of the main objectives are to focus on high capacity clips. nancy pelosi wants a vote as soon as possible, maybe this weekend having the republicans bring something on that loophole that we discussed and assault weapons. the president taking a big step in pointing out this is not just another commission that will look at ideas. he wants to see action here. >> part of the reason for having these task forces is because they want to ...

Negative video games negatively influence impressionable young men. dick durbin and lieberman suggesting a national commission on mass violence to find ways of preventing future tragedies like this. and some are pointing to a better mental health and better mental health screening as part of the answer. >> i think we have to be careful about suggesting new gun laws. we need to look at what drives a crazy person to do these kind of actions. make sure that we are enforcing the laws that are curren...

You are talking to, this gunman acted alone? >> it may be a little too soon to say that definitively but things are pointing in that direction, yes. >> this morning, parent of the gunman killed, found dead inside their home in new jersey. and then hours later the gunman thought to be the gunman involved here. correct? >> yes, exactly. >> we have heard reports that he was wearing all black, heard reports perhaps he was wearing a bullet-proof vest. can you tell us more about that s ? >> yes to all...