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Martha: yeah. hes enjoying every minute of this, it appears. >> he is. martha: steve, thank you so much. bill: were going to get a response in a moment on putins new warning, just minutes away. also, brand new video of george zimmermans latest run-in with the law. we will show that to you next.

Number of reasons. listen. >> it is a face saving measure for the president after he drew the red line. thats what im concerned about. once were in, were in. this is an act of war. little wars start big wars and we have to remember that. >> i wish the president had laid this out better. i wish he would back away from his own red line and i wish he was more of a commander-in-chief than a community organizer. >> the congressional debate begins as early as monday in the u.s. senate. jaime? >> steve...

Holes in the act. when the act was put together, it wasnt thought completely through and so we work on a daily basis. im hopeful well get something done in very near future. >> reporter: trumka says, it was mistake to take the public option off the table in the health care debate, martha? martha: steve, thank you very much. a lot of unions have been very upset about the disappearance they say of the 40-hour work week. >> reporter: that too. martha: that is their existence. they have been very up...

Seeing. sort of declaration by the president he can delay employer mandate, verification difficulties that that presents. and then secondly the questions of implementation. the white house can spin these premium numbers as much as they want but ultimately when the law is implemented if it is implemented as we think it will be people will see the differences. white house will not spin it if people are paying more for health insurance. bill: that is fact, the white house saying there will be bumps...

Happened last time, bill, we went right to the edge, and the stock market fell a little bit -- bill: that is true. >> -- as people got nervous about paying off that debt and whether we would actually honor our debt agreements. bill: whats the deadline now, and do you see that happening? >> we dont know exactly what it is. what we do know is the treasury department has a lot of flexibility in borrowing from other trust funds. so, bill, when that drop dead moment is, we dont know. the treasury sec...

Girlfriend. coming up also this, americas largest collection of unions just got a little bit smaller. this is a fascinating piece of information this morning. 40,000 members of the international longshore and warehouse union have quit the afl-cio. they say it is just too conservative. the longshoremen decided on differences on health care and immigration reform. steve centanni is in washington. steve, a lot of groups have been disgruntled with the health care plan, their take is quite interestin...

An affair of her boss who was convicted of killing her husband. the defense could rest today. jon: some new information for you on the controversial "fast & furious" gun-walking scheme. three more guns have been found at recent crime scenes in mexico. the justice department says, those can be traced back to the u.s. operation. steve centanni is in washington with the latest. what do we know about these newly recovered guns, steve? >> they were rifles made in romania, all sold at one gun shop in ...

Well the sales took place but authorities lost track of 1400 weapons. two of the guns were sold to a man who is believed to have purchased 700 weapons as part of "fast & furious" the other rifle bought by sean steward, who was convicted on gun charges in 2012. we dont know the exact locations where these guns were recovered, jon. jon: so what is the status of the "fast & furious" investigation right now? >> well, it is ongoing. the house oversight committee suing for the release of certain docum...

Bill: steve -- >> filing charges doesnt solve the problem. bill: youre right about that and that last point has to be taken very seriously. why make the charges a headline? go and get these guys? thats the story. >> i think thats right. there was a briefing on capitol hill i think about six weeks ago where the fbi in effect was saying, look, we cant work on the ground there because the security situation has deteriorated so badly it would require much more of a u.s. presence than we want to have...

Student loans last year than exxonmobil made in the private market around the world selling gasoline. from student loans. put that in perspective, that is outrageous. >>steve: by the end of 2013, the federal government will make $51 billion off the backs of our students and their loans. if they took that $51 billion and zeroed it out, didnt make money on it, that would be $51 billion to help those kids go to college. >> or help them after khrepbl. maybe you want -- or help them after college. ma...