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Taking them to task saying quote reporter john carl parroted administration talking points. the president portrayed his gun plan as a moral imperfect a tiff. the abc reporter then played two clips of the president, including one where he lectured this is not about me, this is not about politics. how can journalists allow a politician promoting legislation to get away with saying something isnt about politics. lets bring in judith miller a pulitzer prize investigator and author. kristen powers is...

Now the presidents new budget proposal getting a full hearing today by the house ways and means committee. even before lawmakers get through witness the presidents plan is facing a lot of heavy fire. "washington post" columnist robert samuelson says today in an, quote, there is something profoundly timid about president obamas proposed $3.8 trillion budget for 2014. the budget is a status quo document. it lets existing trends and policies run their course. this is not liberal, or conservative, s...

0 developed and tested the kind of nuclear weapons referenced in the passage. i would add that the statement read by the member is not an intelligence community assessment. so, again, members of the intelligence community, as well as pentagon officials pushing back trying to downplay this information that was released. its not new information but it was not -- its new that its in the public sphere. jenna: is if like splitting hairs? or is it like in a work community potentially where some people...

refused to hold a vote onll to n hurricane relief. they approved a smaller chunk on friday. 9.7 billion and promising to hold more votes and this is how the media jumped on that. newark star ledger. christy rips gop on sandy bill delay. from the philadelphia inquirer. christy, shame on congress. cnn, called it a bomb shell. is that too much dralm ajim? >> well, i mean, it works for christydoesnt it? the governor of new jersey set himself up as a figure looking down with mostly scorn at...

refused to hold a vote on a bill to spend 60 billion on hurricane relief. they approved a smaller chunk on friday. 9.7 billion and promising to hold more votes and this is how the media jumped on that. newark star ledger. christy rips gop on sandy bill delay. from the philadelphia inquirer. christy, shame on congress. cnn, called it a bomb shell. is that too much dralm ajim? >> well, i mean, it works for christydoesnt it? the governor of new jersey set himself up as a figure looking do...

Look, its not just a liberal conspiracy to call this confusion when in fact, eric rudol rudolph-- eric ericson talking, on this vote. >> and the g.o.p. in disarray, it wasnt what did or didnt get done in this fiscal cliff deal which was more can kicking. >> jon, i think that was the mean, if i can use jims word. this is the political story that comes out of this debacle. there was only one column i saw that was really thoughtful by robert samuelson and real clear politics that said this is a fai...

of representatives refused to hold a vote on a senate approved bill to spend 60 billion dollars on hurricane relief. now, they did approve a smaller chunk on friday. 9.7 billion dollars and they are promising to hold more votes, but here is how the media jumped on this. newark star, christy rips g.o.p. on sandy bill delay, cnn called it a bombshell. is that too much drama, jim? >> well, i mean, it works for christie, doesnt it? the governor of new jersey has now set himself up as a sor...

>> howard university, student aid campaign. i want to give a shoutout to my mother, nesta bernard. they are raising money like rabbits for deserving kids to be able to finish school. >> raising money like rabbits. >> we need money. >> youre raising a lot of money. >> robert samuelson op-ed today about a lost generation. look at the unemployment numbers. 41% are people who are under 30. this is a serious problem that i think we havent committed enough attention to. >> mr. shapiro. >> bloomberg hi...

erskine bowles on debt deal making, whether he wants to work for the obama administration and his pal simpsons newfound love for deficit hawk gangnam style. plus, what will had hillary clinton do next. the secretary of states future. some of clintons closest allies are keeping very quiet which actually was surprising. good morning. from washington its monday, december 10, 2012. this is "the daily rundown." im chuck todd. were in double digits in december. what does that mean? it means ...

>> well, president obama campaigned on it. he was not shy about that at all and he beat mitt romney. everyone who ran for the senate on the democratic side campaigned on it and they picked up five seats. so, there is a mandate there. i think what everyone has to agree upon if you dont agree on the 250. lets compromise. we have to raise taxes on those who can afford it we have to do cuts. we have to do reform. we have to do investments we have to do it all. the last thing everybody needs in this ...