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But as you see, with the ceremonial duties with the commander in chief, he was honoring the victims of the september 11th attacks. he was helping the chronically ill, bagging lunches. and the president is not setting a time line on when syria has to give up the chemical weapons, something that was asked today. theyre not giving a time line. but you really got the sense, anderson, that the white house is setting expectations for this russian proposal. they were saying at the press briefing earlie...

White house. what is the latest on this proposal from russia? is happening? >> reporter: the white house wont get into a back and forth with the senator but the president is getting back to the ceremonial duties that you see with a commander in chief. hes honoring the victims today. he was at a volunteer event for the chronically ill bagging lunches for them. as for the russian proposal, jay, first of all, the white house is not setting a timeline as to when syria will have to give up its chemic...

Visit the west bank city of ramallah. while the white house is setting expectations exceedingly low, there is some hope the u.s. and israel could start down a path with peace talks with israel and the arab states. the president said this is the first step, listening is the first step, and thats what the president plans to do when he visits the head of the palestinian authority tomorrow. even made a joke saying, his mother caught him, you never start a process without listening to the parties inv...

Editor and co-founder of "one thing new" a media startup fresh approach to women content. and great to see you both. this piece was big picture, and so he had a hard time doing it himself and he got new people, and it worked out fine, but finding people to replace you when the clients are so used to working with you is hard, right? so how do you make that transition? >> you know, i think that part of it in his case comes from setting expectations. right? he is meeting the people who have a lot o...

And thats why he hasnt shut him down. this is the biggest step they have made yet toward the president. >> yeah, i think thats right and frankly, their position is untenable because it put them in a very difficult position of saying look, lets all agree that we want to keep the rates where they are for the middle class and we can talk about this other piece. how can you defend holding hostage the middle class tax cuts? so i think youre right. tom cole not only needs to signal that republicans ar...

Boehner needs him saying this and thats why he hasnt shut him down. this is the biggest step they have made yet toward the president. >> yeah, i think thats right and frankly, their position is untenable because it put them in a very difficult position of saying look, lets all agree that we want to keep the rates where they are for the middle class and we can talk about this other piece. how can you defend holding hostage the middle class tax cuts? so i think youre right. tom cole not only needs...

Preparations for biden. good news for biden, you know, we all talk about setting expectations. but the truth is, hes a fantastic debater. david plouffe -- no, david plouffe in his book said one of the reasons they chose biden in 2008 is because he won all the debates. hes a great debater. hes debated 14 times in 2008. you know, hes run for president twice. >> sam, youre laughing -- >> no, no. >> but joe biden -- >> joe biden is a very good debater. >> have you ever seen joe biden lose a debate? ...

The national intelligence said, the intelligence committee believes at first that this was a spontaneous mob action, and that it was communicated to the obama administration, then later revised to say that it was a, quote, deliberate and organized terrorist attack carried out by extremists. its unclear, though, when that assessment was revised, because ambassador rice was still describing it as spontaneous five days after the attack. >> molly, thank you. well, governor romney is spending his wee...

The owner needs to make a decision as to whether he believes this so strongly he needs to say it and it doesnt matter what happens to the business. but if youre going to say it, say something inclusive to attract consumers thats not going to turn them off. >> i think its more than that. i think the number one and most important in your company is your employees. and by saying what you say could be hurting your employees. if you want to ruin your business or give up a segment of business, thats o...

56 percent to almost 71 percent in florida in the last 10 years. while graduation rates nationally have struggled. former governor jeb bush says theres a formula to floridas gain. bush fought the educational establishment to implement gold reforms that are now being adopted in other states. >> the florida formula is focused on accountability and the way we do that is we rate schools a, b, c, d and f. >> there are politicians they dont know anything about education. >> most of this is not about d...