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conference. had just been in the press conference. the finance, commerce moniinist said spain is asking the european union for financial help. calling it a loan. not using the word bailout. specifically used a fwhord spanish that means bailout. he said this is not a bailout. below market value coming into an official government organization in spain and be directed only at the banking sectors. hes trying to show this is a very limited operation but an unprecedented operation for spain ...

>> romneys sudden focus comes on the heels of two polls released this week by abc news and "the washington post" which show romney 57% of women say they prefer president obama while just 38% were in governor romneys corner. will, this 92.3% stat has everyone all fired up. thats a pretty dramatic statistic. >> he flipped the script. >> it turned right around didnt he? it is obamas policies that are the war on women, not the war on women that people have been saying is waged in the repub...

obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu are going to great lengths to look and sound like theyre on the same page. today there were handshakes, there were photo ops, there were a whole lot of cameras in that room. the two-hour meeting followed by a working lunch and lots of friendly language. >> the bond between our two countries is unbrackable. >> iran viewed the united states and israel as one and the same. >> you know, for them, youre the great satan. were the little sat...

stalling israel. when it comes to iran, president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu are going to great lengths to look and sound like theyre on the same page. today there were handshakes, there were photo ops, there were a whole lot of cameras in that room. the two-hour meeting followed by a working lunch and lots of friendly language. >> the bond between our two countries is unbrackable. >> iran viewed the united states and israel as one and the same. >> you know, fo...

were picking up new information and hes also getting a nut ew endorse. . im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." hes not just the new republican presidential front-runner, newt gingrich is leading the republican pack by double digits in several brand-new polls. a gallop national survey of registered republicans shows him 15 points ahead of mitt romney. 37% to 22%. less than a month away from the iowa caucuses. a new cbs new york times poll has gingrich 14 points ahead of romney...

Biggest driver of the future debt. >> ryan laid out his plan to have private insurance companies compete for business of seniors with the government paying a set amount of the cost which is called premium support. but congressional budget office says when the plan takes effect in 2020, even with the government contribution, seniors would have to pay $6,400 out of pocket but ryan says he would give poor people $7800 to cover expenses. >> we say since only so much money can go around, dont subsidi...

With a lot of older voters. are you prepared to stand up to them and say, sorry, folks, weve got to do this? because a lot of republicans think this is handing something to the democrats that will be potent against republicans. >> the ryan plan doesnt cut medicare, it actually increases funding to it and the only people that have voted to cut medicare supported obamacare, which cut trillions out of medicare and is using it to fund a science experiment somewhere outside of medicare. the only peop...

>> the house republicans just passed a proposal and their main plan to reduce our long-term deficits and debts is to turn medicare into a voucher program. what would happen under this proposal is youd get a set amount of money. you could then go out on a private market place and buy insurance but if the voucher you were getting was for $6,000 or $7,000 and the insurance company said its going to cost you $12,000, well, youre going to have to make up that difference. now, i think that is the wron...

Were going to reform it. were going to save it. bologna. president obama is not falling for it. here he is. >> the house republicans just passed a proposal and their main plan to reduce our long-term deficits and debts is to turn medicare into a voucher program. what would happen under this proposal is youd get a set amount of money. you could then go out on a private market place and buy insurance but if the voucher you were getting was for $6,000 or $7,000 and the insurance company said its go...

Would give bloc grants to the states and pay the insurance providers and seniors would have a list of insurance providers to choose from, and the republicans are saying that this would rein in the cost, but the critics say it would slash benefits to the lowest incomes and states are left with a set amount of money for growing p ing beneficiaries the republicans see it as the first step to gutting the program. there is a fight ahead. >> well, when you go to the hospital, medical care is not cheap...