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Amazing man. he doesnt get credit wrfrb. >> what about the credit. you heard lindsey graham saying he sees a grand bargain in the future. hes putting the revenues of the republicans on the future. >> the psychology has been all wrong. build a bunker is not how you change the psychology of a troubled economy. two things, let the republicans pulling him right toward spending cuts because thats the policy solution they need. and ill give him credit, hes read the clnten handbook and tried to triangu...

Bernanke, he understands theres bad unemployment, hes an amazing man. he doesnt get credit wrfrb. >> what about the credit. you heard lindsey graham saying he sees a grand bargain in the future. hes putting the revenues of the republicans on the future. >> the psychology has been all wrong. build a bunker is not how you change the psychology of a troubled economy. two things, let the republicans pulling him right toward spending cuts because thats the policy solution they need. and ill give him ...

Numbers. and -- and the key word there is balanced. if you actually run the numbers given what weve cult so far, weve actually cut $1.5 trillion in spending. that was part of the 2011 budget control act. dont let anybody tell you weve not cut any spending. we have. weve just increased taxes by 600 billion in the fiscal cliff deal. if you kind of put all the numbers together, we need another 1.2 trillion in deficit savings to get to a point where the debt is no longer growing faster than gdp. tha...

Negotiation will take place. but if boehner feels like he can accomplish something on the spending cut side in that negotiation, then hell come out a little bit just fine i think. >> you know, karen, do you think the presidents in a stronger position for having his vice president, joe biden, on his team? i mean, look at what he did during the fiscal cliff fight last weekend, do you think hell be used in the debt ceiling debate? >> absolutely. biden has on a number of occasion really been the key...

Theyre still wrangling on, and we wont know how that shakes out until maybe the end of tonight, maybe tomorrow, maybe wednesday. >> i want to bring the panel back in. weve just got tony one of the many ironies of this debate, and i want to go over to ben white. morning monday on twitter. republicans complaining theres not enough spending cuts in it, but, yet, they want to cancel the biggest chunk of spending cuts, which are the cuts to defense. thats where the money is. why is it that republican...

Couple of months ago. but they want real entitlement reform. they want not provider cuts, which are never followed through by congress. they want verifiable cuts. what you hear from republicans is we heard this before. we promise spending cuts that dont come through. they dont want an amount to replace the they want amount on top of the sequester and new cuts to replace sequester. not what the white house is offering. >> bret: the white house is not offering. they are saying they are willing to ...

Of these discussions because they bump up against the debt limit and not be able to go back this. there is executive power plea to be able to do that without going back to confess. republicans are saying where is the balance? where is the spending cut side of the equation. the president said he wanted it to be a balanced deal. watch. melissa: so right now all eyes are on the white house. the country doesnt need a victory lap, it needs leadership. it is time for the president, congressional democ...

im erin burnett. outfront tonight, iran. we begin with a new report on irans nuclear program. got our hands on it today. its an 11-page release from the international atomic agency. they reveal doubts and suspicions about what the iranian government is telling the world about its nuclear efforts. they say their nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. we read the report, and it does not say that iran is making a bomb, but it does say that iran is rapidly expanding its nuclear activity...

the most recent cnn o.r.c. polling says 51% of americans would hold republicans responsible if the debt ceiling is not raised. just 30% would find president obama more responsible. peter moresi joins us. i have to ask you this, you are an economist, youre a well-respected economist and we have spoken together for years. do you have any evidence of what so many conservatives are saying that if we were to increase taxes at all, at all at this point in an economic cycle, that it would act...