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Greenhou greenhouse gases. and two amendments that would bar funding for the epa to regulate fossil fuel, combustion waste, or revoke work cleanups for water polluters. those are exactly the issues that harry reid told me last week would be unacceptable to house democrats. >> if that was in the house bill, would you and the senate be able to accept that? >> the bottom line is that whether its the planned parenthood or epa, we will not accept those riders. and any thought to the contrary is wrong...

You want to say senator reid, mr. president, what part of broke dont understand? >> i did express to the president my disappointment that he suggested he would veto that bill. >> reporter: the office of house majority leader eric cantor expressed alarm the white house statement that referred to the stopgap bill as a, quote, distraction from the real work that would bring us closer to a reasonable compromise. but white house spokesman hardie defended the defendants posture expecting all sides goa...

Guerrilla-style conflict. jim maceda, nbc news, reporting from tripoli. congress is set to take two important votes this afternoon. the house is scheduled to vote on republican measure that would block funding for npr. meantime, the senate is peck exed to give final congressional approval to the latest stopgap bill to fund the federal government for three more weeks. luke russert joins us like. npr, thats where the heat is right now. the white house coming out with a statement condemning this ...

Bussed out of sendai, a city in the north. 14 buses were sent overnight and should arrive in the next few hours to take the 600 americans to safety. we understand president obama will speak from the rose garden at 3:30 p.m., megyn. megyn: you can catch those remarks on shepards show. jennifer griffin, thanks so much. back here at home, folks there are new developments in the budget showdown. that could ultimately still prompt a government shut down. 30 prints from now the u.s. senate is expected...

Wifes disappearance? a college athlete, very good college athlete, suspended from his team after having premarital sex. vice president biden is scheduled to head to capitol hill. trying to broker a deal to fun the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year, after president obama signed a stopgap bill yesterday that keeps the government running now for two more week through march 18th. nbc news capitol hill correspondent kelly odonnell joins us live. early on, there was speculation as...

Of the week, friday at midnight, its unclear if lawmakers will be able to come to a consensus on the issue of immigration, if we may see potentially the passing of another continuing resolution, a stopgap bill that would keep the government funded and then kind of punt this debate further down the line, or if as some democrats have threatened, we may see a government shutdown, keep in mind, that some like congressman john lewis has said that they will simply not vote for any kind of budget unles...

Others, like republican senator lindsey graham said in a statement that he confronted the president about his remarks, though he didnt specify what those remarks were. reportedly, he did tell fellow republican senator from south carolina tim scott that the reports about the presidents conversation was accurate. beyond that you have senator dick durbin confirming that the president made those remarks, and saying that they were hate-filled. all of that the backdrop of this not only a disagreement ...

Me today covering every angle of this story. garrett haake is with us from the white house. lawmakers want to get out of dodge, they want to get out of town, back to their families. but what are they going to do in order to make sure that this stopgap bill gets passed so they can leave? >> as one senior republican aide said to me this morning, theres a little bit of christmas margic in the air. the pull of peoples home districts and states. they want to get back. they have stripped out everythin...

Leland. >> a lot of mid thooit oil burned up on capitol. thanks, peter. >> it took post democrats to help pass this one week stopgap bill in the house and among those democrats california democrat john garamendi who voted for the measure. welcome, great fofr you here today. >> always good to be with you. >> did you decide to support this extension over after my yort leader pelosi gave the green light to reverse course or were you already on board to find a way out? >> we have to find a way out. ...

>> here we are in the house, being blackmailed, being blackmailed to vote for an appropriations bill. this is a moral hazard. were being asked to vote for a moral hazard. why is this an appropriations bill? because it was the price to pay to get an appropriations bill. im enormously disappointed the white house feels that the only way they can get a bill is to go along with this. >> blackmail or compromise, it passed. but many are crediting senator elizabeth warren who has been urging lawmakers ...