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Having said that, is it a type of progress, particularly in getting rid of some of those damaging sequester spending cuts next year? >> yeah, sort of meets the definition of compromise, right? like, both of them -- everybody on each side is a little bit upset. yes, it does. the great thing is, it restores some of the deep spending cuts. but i think one of the things we forget to do is step back in the midst of these really pitched budget battles. the reality is, though, ari, we are still at a re...

Its magical, the thinking is that the president. the next round will drive people to come up with a solution. but we know reality is that real deadline for washington is mid term election coming up in november what. well see is more stumbling and bumbling up to november. >> what about that list? some saying this their one victory. if they had one. which was keeping the sequester cuts, decreases to the increases they kept those in place. because democrats also wanted to put those on, in the mix r...

Its magical, the thinking is that the president. the next round will drive people to come up with a solution. but we know reality is that real deadline for washington is mid term election coming up in november what. well see is more stumbling and bumbling up to november. >> what about that list? some saying this their one victory. if they had one. which was keeping the sequester cuts, decreases to the increases they kept those in place. because democrats also wanted to put those on, in the mix r...

Its magical, the thinking is that the president. the next round will drive people to come up with a solution. but we know reality is that real deadline for washington is mid term election coming up in november what. well see is more stumbling and bumbling up to november. >> what about that list? some saying this their one victory. if they had one. which was keeping the sequester cuts, decreases to the increases they kept those in place. because democrats also wanted to put those on, in the mix r...

While a majority of republicans would vote against the bill which would pass with some democrat and republican votes. that doesnt mean they would vote against boehner, he would allow them to vote no, and then survive. that doesnt mean he is going to be in a strong position, but my guess is that he would survive. >> now what about the discussion at the last minute, the democrats got greedy. they were getting the opening of the government, saying oh, and we want the sequester spending to go back u...

Maybe both sides can he address the problem with sequester spending both on defense and spending side and in return there is conversation about entitlements that gets rolling in a way it hasnt all year long. jenna that is an interesting scenario if it comes out that way. seems based on your description there might be sunlight for it to work that way. the question of the new health care law keeps popping up. >> yeah. jenna it is noticeable you dont have that in the scenario. is that something you...

In john boehners heart hes not going to let this country default. but i was listening to john feehery a little earlier. the president needs to get a little bit off his high horse. he voted against raising the debt limit when he was in the senate. and there are some things, specific things that he could give up, wouldnt cost him anything, that would allow boehner to save face so we can get this thing done. >> give me some examples. can you think of them? >> yeah, sure i can. the medical device ta...

Time. in john boehners heart hes not going to let this country default. but i was listening to john feehery a little earlier. the president needs to get a little bit off his high horse. he volted against raising the debt limit when he was in the senate. and there are some things, specific things that he could give up, wouldnt cost him anything, that would allow boehner to save face so we can get this thing done. >> give me some examples. can you think of them? >> yeah, sure i can. the medical de...

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Business. >> as you and i are speaking, vice president biden is speaking to the aim aipac convention you spoke to. he said, make no mistake, we will not allow iran to get a nuclear weapon. how could he be so sure? >> talk is cheap and secretary hagel, recently con as secretary of defense you recall during the confirmation hearing had a little problem saying what the policy of the u.s. government was. finally the third try said our policy was not to try to contain a nuclear weapon but to prevent ...