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Joining us is cnn national politics reporter eva mccann. as one of my colleagues described this morning, this is a chainsaw, not a scalpel to apply, getting a child tax credit down to a one-year extension, thats a major concession. transitions from coal-fired plants, et cetera, i wonder if this enough to make a deal, but are democrats satisfied with it? >> likely not. there are likely a lot of progressives angry about this. the longer this drags on, the more tortuous it becomes. it doesnt make t...

Situation setting. recognizing that our kids are so insulated from work that parents have to do the hard work of figuring out how to plan to get them work. our kids dont know a distinction between production and consumption like their grandparents did. we have to do that work. i think a lot of parents want to be having this conversation. we are hollowing out local community and so much of our national conversations are so politicized, there are a lot of parents who say that i know my kids are to...

Wessington springs, south dakota which is not far away from that, too. the storm that spawned all of these hasnt moved at all. its been remaining in the same location. let me take you to the weather map and show you where the storm is. its been spinning over the montana border over idaho. that stormed combined with the high pressure and the humidity, all the collisions of the air masses have been in the same spot. when you get three days of this, not only do you get the severe weather and the ba...

Occasions to fit publicly on behalf of the benghazi terrorist attacks. >> you know that argument about the fiscal cliff is raging here in washington. another potential show down is underway. this one is about how to fund the recovery from hurricane sandy. the senate gandhi bait over a suppleme -- senate debated. house republicans and fiscal conservatives are resisting saying sandy relief money needs to be offset with cuts elsewhere. as the fracking revolution continues to boom here in the u.s....

Cross-border criminal activity. im not just really focusing on the mike grant illegal worker that is trying to come in our state to find work. do you understand that the human smuggling element, the criminal element is making $2 billion off of this, this industry? that is not even counting the billions that theyre making off the drugs. this is very dangerous situation setting up. we also have tell expense -- intelligence telling us middle eastern groups like hezbollah is joining with cartels hel...