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offer the spending and deficit cuts that republicans thought it would. cnns chief white house correspondent jessica yellin spends the next 18 seconds giving us the big picture. >> reporter: whats happening now is democrats are waiting. theyre just waiting to see what happens with the republicans bill before making their own move in the senate. the big picture here is neither the republicans bill in the house nor the democrats bill in the senate seems to have the votes to get through bo...

campaign. im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." but, first, breaking news this hour. congressman anthony weiner flatly denying that he posted a lewd photo on his twitter account but tells me he cant say for sure if the image of a mans underwear is him or not. weiner sat down with me a short while ago up on capitol hill in his office as part of his attempt to move beyond the controversy and his testy exchange with reporters yesterday. heres part one of the interview. >> tha...

Growth, of course, which means what? a devaluation of egypts currency, possibly, the reduction of subsidies, the privatation of industries, anything to get the fiscal house in order and generate new economic growth. the problem is that economic reform is now a tainted idea. in the peoples minds here, its a phrase associated with gamal mubarak, hosnis sons and his businessmen friends. those policy changes made by gamal triggered strong growth and charges that it unduly profited friends of the reg...

ironic story about egypts plummeting economy. and finally, the two top presidential candidates in egypt, two former office mates now rivals. let me first give you some of my own thoughts, having spent some time in cairo and actually listened to president obamas speech from here in tahrir square. the presidents speech was remarkably comprehensive. it described the events that we now call the arab spring, explain their causes and consequences. he placed the united states squarely beh...

>>greg: this put a lot of focus on the international monetary fund, and there have been a lot of calls, now, for the united states to stop supporting 17 percent of the budget that comes from the united states. >>reporter: we are the biggest contributor. people are not happy about what is going on with the i.m.f. and the taxpayer is footing the bill. >>greg: some of their loans have allowed them to require certain policy changes of other countries and entities which are not necessarily useful and...

National journal editorial director ron brownstein takes us on a tlip down memory lane to the 95 shutdown that led to welfareç reform and the capita gains tax cut. if you dont think the shutting the government leads to policy changes, think again. well get into it with him after this. hey, pete. yeah, its me, big brother. put the remote down and listen. [ male announcer ] this intervention brought to you by niaspan. so you cut back on the cheeseburgers and stopped using your exercise bike as a...

Surplus. when bush left office, had e had a $1.3 trillion deficit. these guys dont know what theyre doing. theyve never balanced a budget, so they have no credibility. when you come to the present, the president gave them 40 billion, then 4, then 6 billion, 20 billion. we were up to $73 billion and page theyve offered a couple more billion and its still not good enough. a.b., how can anybody think the democrats have not compromised enough and not ready to govern? that defies all sense and reason...

Signature by the president of the united states, completely ignore action by another body, and the most shocking thing about it, you know him better than i do, he seems to believe this is possible. >> well, i think he is smarter or at least better informed than youre asserting, but less straightforward. i think hes playing a game here, although if you interpret it, it is possible to take him literally. he says this will become the law of the land, you dont understand what land hes talking about....

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Thanks for being up on a saturday morning. >> the dogs are starting to arrive in the capital to protest the insurance bill, led by buddy the dog here. >> all dogs are not covered. >> dave: that dog is not covered, its okay. >> its a question of solidity among the dog community. its the bill is going nowhere, down, dead, out of here. >> clayton: overnight 61 billion dollars john boehner says the peoples house was able to work neared the vote at 4:30 this morning. it looks like it could be headed ...