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Do you see either one happening now to get that big deal? >> well you know what? the president he already took $600 billion, every single viewer that is watching today that has a job, is getting less coming home because the president took 600 billion out of their paycheck. so you have the taxes. so you have the revenue. what you need now is to curb the spending. this is a spending problem. in washington, d.c. thats why the republican plan when you look at what john taylor says, lets you grow the...

Balance for like 40 years. it was one of the more underreported aspects of the 2012 campaign. you play that clip, it almost looked like martha rad its put it to them like you agree with president obama, he was like wait a minute. i followed that track. he had no choice but to say yes. i think well hear we have a spending problem, a huge spending problem and greece, i doubt theyre dropping that argument any time soon. >> krystal, i wish martha said you agree with paul krugman, one of the rotating...

Thinking. its a reminder that while republicans may embarrass on a daily basis -- >> yes, we do. >> many progressives have lost touch with what actually produces growth and prosperity. >> yes, they have. >> he writes a lot of good things. hes on point. >> thats a great point. >> everyone -- >> i talk about my party who has been captured by extreme voices that dont represent the majority of the party. there is an extreme element now in the democratic party that actually gives me hope as a republi...

Spending problem, a huge spending problem and greece, i doubt theyre dropping that argument any time soon. >> krystal, i wish martha said you agree with paul krugman, one of the rotating regulars on that abc show. paul has been a lonely voice trying to talk sense now for years about austerity, why we shouldnt be going there, the difference between deficits and debt and exactly what the weight is of each, when we should take action on these things. to see the republicans lining up not just with t...

The 1st. the talk about raising revenue is over. time to deal with the spending problem. >> why dont both men come out and say the debt is an issue? you have to handle it right now. that is what they were implying but seems almost as if they were backing away from it. and either of these two men talk like that before. what was your take on that? >> i think in part because, you know, the house leadership i think bought into this ten-year balance idea. which a lot of conservative activists, a lot ...

Secretary. he is enthusiastically backed by unions. he could face a tough pass to confirmation in the senate. congress down to the final days to come up with a plan to fund the government operations beyond the deadline. so far no deal in sight. >> the president doesnt believe ought to be the balance of the budget over the next ten years i am not sure we are going to get very far. we have spending problem. it is time to solve the problem. is there time for the president to solve the problem. they...

Plans this week. take a listen. >> i think republicans if they saw true entitlement reform would be glad to look at tax reforms that generates additional revenues. and that doesnt mean increasing rates. that means closing loopholes. it also means arranging our tax system so we have economic growth. >> but house speaker john boehner is digging in, not showing any compromise of taxes. >> president got his tax hike on january 1st. the talk about raising revenue is over. its time to deal with the sp...

And a 23-year-old museum mystery. the feds think they finally cracked a case of the boston art heist. im wolf blitzer. >> im brianna in for kate baldwin. >> youre in "the situation room." it is one of the great debates in washington right now, can president obama and republicans reach a long-term agreement on reducing the deficit? >> the answer, different depending on which republican you ask. house speaker john boehner doesnt sound very hopeful. hes standing firm against the idea of increasin...

That you lean republican? >> if i were asked to come to a democratic convention and to give my views, i would be happy to do so. >> be careful what you say, dr. carson, you may show up there. tell me, one of the things that were awaiting is a republican look at what went wrong in 2012. as a voter, as someone more than interested in politics as an observer right now, what would you say the republican party did wrong? >> well, i dont think that they were able to connect with the people to create t...

There is obviously a disconnect. the there is a crisis. the president keeps saying if we dont figure out how to shuffle out trillion necessary u.s. economy and fight global warming because it gets one degrees warmer in the next hundred yearings. the clock never stops moving and it is an immediate crisis and high should be honest about that. >> dagen, he saying in and of itself, the balanced budget is not the goal. it is getting to that, but not at the expense of bla, blarks. >> and in saying t...