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Different situations that produced stand-offs, but they happened at a similar time. how much is this the government now sort of underreacting because of the fall-out from those two incidents? >> well, clearly, we learned a lot of lessons in both of those incidents for how these anti-government people react. they dont submit easily to lawful authority. most people when we go with a search warrant, they submit to authority when they know youre a federal officer, a police officer, they surrender. s...

Deliberately prof vocativeprovo. people are accusing him of say politicizing this issue. he said he would, that our inaction is a political decision and we must change the politics around this issue. but then he went back to the guns issue as an example of the differences between the two sides, of the fight in washington. he said in five weeks, well have a fight over the debt ceiling and i could say, congress, you give me gun safety reform legislation, or i will not sign the debt ceiling and wel...

Now, i guess, when he sends his cattle to slaughter, grab his profits. >> these are small victories for a large segment of society, but they are minor compared to the larger victories which are elections. the real war is the election. not stand-offs in nevada. they will come and go, and things will wurn turn out okay, but the white house who prefer you focus on that, rather than the bigger question how do you win 2016. this is just a distraction. >> remember, when they had a town hall, standing ...

Four checkpoints run by militias. two of them were armed with rifles and the mood is very tense. as you know, the president -- acting president of ukraine has announced a counterterrorism operation. we have just arrived where forces are now gathering to launch that operation. and there have not been any stand-offs yet in the region, but it seems like the movement of these forces is coming soon. >> ill just ask you, you say you went through military -- im sorry, checkpoints set up by militias. wh...

Now, i guess, when he sends his cattle to slaughter, grab his profits. >> these are small victories for a large segment of society, but they are minor compared to the larger victories which are elections. the real war is the election. not stand-offs in nevada. they will come and go, and things will wurn turn out okay, but the white house who prefer you focus on that, rather than the bigger question how do you win 2016. this is just a distraction. >> remember, when they had a town hall, standing ...

Way that washington works. and they know that only 11% of the country approves and they want things to change. unfortunately for them, they were opposed on policy grounds to an extension of the pay roll tax cut to begin with. then they changed their minds. now they want a full extension. this is very hard to break through. to explain to americans who hate the congress, are tuned into christmas and out of the fighting in washington. want to keep their thousand dollars or more in some cases and do...

To go to state schools. >> the republican race is intensifying, the debates are becoming more combative. in part because they think president obama is increasingly vulnerable to defeat. 49% of voters will never vote for barak obama. for an incumbent in the democratic party, thats frightening. republicans could hardly be more excited. >> bret: carl cameron, just outside. well find out what you want the candidates to answer thursday in orlando. your questions will be part of our debate co-sponsore...

Back to you. >> ron, regarding the military and the defections, there is a divide even within the military, though. >> reporter: there are reports of stand-offs and confrontations between militaryç units in the streets and around the capital today squaring off essentially. the militarys divided. loyalties divided. the defensemen said that the militarys supporting the president. earlier top generals including one of the most influential generals and ally of the president said, everybodys suppor...

Entitlements like social security and medicare and majority leader eric cantor says this. >> i would expect the house to continue its -- its process of cutting $2 billion per week until we can see where the -- the gentlemans caucus and then the democrat leader in the senate is. >> and the white houses line on that coming from national economic director gene sperling is "we are willing to cut spending further if we can find common ground on cuts that we can agree would help reduce the deficit wit...

Now 2,000 smaller ships, many of them volunteers following that inland. there is a slight switch in strategy and also an attempt to try to communicate better with the locals. over the past week we have seen stand offs between the coast guard and local officials with their own clean up operation. the locals often consider both bp and the coast guard as on stack cans for their own more aggressive approach to the clean up. >> shepard: steve, even today we are hearing new complaints from people ther...