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Relative to the "bomb, bomb, bomb iran club"? >> yeah. i think in many i ways this is about iran and israel politically and substantively. it is about isolating iran. changing the paradigm and saying the russians and the americans and the chinese and members of the nuclear club are standing together to try to control proliferation around the world, lock up loose nukes and prevent other countries from getting weapons. that is designed as a prelude to putting global pressure on iran. thats part of...

To the south, the eastern track of the gulf of mexico and northern coast of alaska will also be open for drilling. the new plan includes a new ban on drilling in the environmentally sensitive bristol bay area of alaska. lets bring in cnbcs correspondent john harwood. john, to be fair, president obama has talked before about having to make tough choices. explain the relevance of these choices this morning. >> reporter: there are a couple of points, david. substantively, this is a vindication of w...

There is a petition drive in pennsylvania signing a petition to urge attorney general corbett not to go forward with this suit and not to waste taxpayers dollars. i hopes he listens. tom corbett is a decent guy. he has been a moderate before. he doesnt need to do this to win the primary. he is pretty home free. i think the republicans are making a big mistake. i think the mean spiritedness -- i happened to be on the air and listened to the boehner speech and pelosi speech, the mean spiritedness,...

To do this substantively, there is no question at this point, when you walk the halls of congress, people are pretty candid about it. theres no question at this point that they are making their arguments for political gain. >> i see you shaking your head. >> heres the thing. the bill happens in a bigger fiscal context, right? so sanjay gupta has earlier on talked about the doc fix. this is a separate issue not in the bill but it is a big issue that shape how much well spend over health care over...

>> so you think this could still be overturned? >> i think it is unlikely but it at least possible. i think folks who believe this will worsen our fiscal situation over time are now betting that we can trays temperature and maybe get some kind of reversal rather than talk about compromising now. whether or not thats a good idea over the long material is up for debate. >> what he is essentially saying, the focus is on whats best for mid-term elections rather than what may be best for the deficit ...

Political wedge issue for them, and the line-item veto. so it is absolutely correct despite republicans screaming, which weve heard all day today, they used it when they were in charge also. >> you spoke with the chair of the house rules committee, congresswoman louise slaughter, what does she say? >> she is very much defending this idea, it was hers. she was pretty can kid in explaining why democrats are doing it. that is, from her perspective, to protect house members from voting for the senat...

Dont get out in five years. >> geraldo: tonight john celebrates the 1,000th he did seed of -- episode of "americas most wanted". that brought him to the white house. the fifth president you have worked with, ronald reagan twice. here the president spoke with you and he spoke substantively, not just to merely congratulate you, but said he wanted what you want. tell us what we need? >> i was honored to go to the white house. i thought he was just going to give us a nice shout-out congratulations o...

>> geraldo: tonight john celebrates the 1,000th he did seed of -- episode of "americas most wanted". that brought him to the white house. the fifth president you have worked with, ronald reagan twice. here the president spoke with you and he spoke substantively, not just to merely congratulate you, but said he wanted what you want. tell us what we need? >> i was honored to go to the white house. i thought he was just going to give us a nice shout-out congratulations on the 1,000th episode. nothi...

>> geraldo: tonight john celebrates the 1,000th he did seed of -- episode of "americas most wanted". that brought him to the white house. the fifth president you have worked with, ronald reagan twice. here the president spoke with you and he spoke substantively, not just to merely congratulate you, but said he wanted what you want. tell us what we need? >> i was honored to go to the white house. i thought he was just going to give us a nice shout-out congratulations on the 1,000th episode. nothi...

>> there an objection to the request? objection so ordered. >> how much time do i have remaining? >> the gentleman from oregon has three minutes remaining. >> you can have them. >> gentleman from new york is recognized. >> make no mistake about it! every single republican i have ever met in my entire life is a wholly owned subsidiary of the insurance industry. that is why americans each and every year -- >> mr. speaker, i ask the gentlemans words be taken down once more. >> will suspend. from ne...