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Unfunded portion of the pension liability. which is still significant. but the funding piece is safe. the real question is, how do we address the unfunded piece. if you go back in history, its an ugly history of how this pension fund was managed. >> as is the case in a lot of cities. the role of the federal government is a big question here. the federal government intervened when the auto industry needs a bailout. here are some of the facts about the auto bailout, and about the current debt that...

Eight in the senate that are all geared around waste and efficiency in government. they are going to gather before the capitol today. 70 or more will make a statement and throw a big rock in the pond to let everybody know that they can and are working together and are getting stuff done and are solving problems.

>> thank you for being here. otherwise i think it would be a completely liberal bill and this would be completely president barack obama. immigration reform is a critical issue. i want you to talk with or address how this is a conservative issue and why conservatives should be behind this? >> conservativism is about solving problems. taking the time tested principles and applying them to the issues of the day. this is a major issue of the day. other issues bigger and more threatening. the nation...

>> thank you for being here. otherwise i think it would be a completely liberal bill and this would be completely president barack obama. immigration reform is a critical issue. i want you to talk with or address how this is a conservative issue and why conservatives should be behind this? >> conservativism is about solving problems. taking the time tested principles and applying them to the issues of the day. this is a major issue of the day. other issues bigger and more threatening. the nation...

Why are we in this position? members of congress should be scored based on the vote that matters. and the vote that matters in the senate often is the procedural vote. weve done that a lot. >> you think a procedural vote to start debate is what matters? i can at least buy the argument, the one at the end. but why the one that starts. >> this is a bill about optics. its been interesting, weve seen in the last 24 hours, people on the right and the left, this is a bill that does nothing to stop wha...

Whfs the bulk of the conversation about? what did you talk about? >> well, the bulk of the conversation was driven by the members of the president allowed to come. most of the conversation was about debt, deficit, our growing national debt, our fiscal policy and reforming entitlements. it was a very meaningful three-hour discussion, free flow exchange of ideas from both sides. >> during the first meeting the members came out and said they were struck by the fact the president really seemed willi...

Hard on the other extreme that, again, were going to see the american people doing what theyve been doing but even in greater numbers, which is saying a pox on both your houses. im going to become a registered independent because i dont think what other party is doing. thats very dangerous for a democracy. we need an engaged two-party system where we can come together, look at things through the policy prism, not the political prism, and start solving problems for the american people. >> jonatha...

Helicopter, dont know where they are. in quebec, canada. well update you as we get more. >> president barack obama, talk of politics. about to take his first trip to the middle east since taking office. hell arrive in israel on wednesday where hell meet the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and hell also visit with mahmoud abbas, and hell make a 24-hour stop in florida. achina jones has more on what the president faced on his trip. >> barack obama last visited israel as a candidate during his ...

Freshmen, which i would say across board very interested in solving problems, vent interested in practicality, not as ideologically rigid as former classes and what we are saying to the folks higher up than us is actually, you know, what we heard from the american public is they dont care about your ideological fights or who is at fault or who is the anchor. >> i see the -- problem is we can even take this a step further. the problem is not congress per se. problem is that the electorate that is...

Hold these principles that are based, frankly, on something thats -- the reason why we see more to the extent we see any -- more compromise in the senate is not necessarily because of the 60-throat threshold. it is because they are running statewide. they do not have the deep constituent. >> i want to put this on the table. i want to talk about in this context. solving problems. you hear this a lot. it is -- you cant poll people on do you want to make it worse? solve problems. there is this idea...