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So as you say. there is clearly a lock step belief among the top republicans that it is smarter for them to vote no for this if they want to run for president in 2016. but it is leading them, in a way that i dont think shows great leadership chops. leading at least a couple of them to make votes, or to take votes, that go against, not what they believe. actually what they were actively strategizing for and encouraging other folks in the house conference to do. so not exactly a profile in courage...

This is the fiscal cliff part two. this is exactly what happened to john boehner when we had the fiscal cliff at the end of last year. people make demands, and youre entitled to make all the demands you want, but at the end of the day, if you wont give them 218 votes, youve surrendered the majority and turned him into someone whos powerless. >> chris, speaking of demands, theres this conventional wisdom out there. we heard john mccain saying it, that the democrats have the republicans cornered. ...

Situation and figure out what i need to do. in my head i was thinking, there needs to be an answer to this. for me it was like this is not it. keep on thinking and find a way out. so im behind the counter. it was actually around this time that i see my friend aleem, and i see him get up and go like this. thats all i see, i hear him go like this and i see him walk away. >> he put his hands up. >> yeah, he put his hands up. so i was thinking, oh, my goodness, if i surrender, if i apologize or do w...

Were you thinking -- >> yeah, my first instinct i was shaking and panicked but i felt like i need to focus and i need to assess the situation and figure out what i need to do and in my head i was thinking there needs to be an answer for this. for me, this is not it. i need to keep thinking and find a way out. so im behind the counter. i want was actually around this time i see my friend and i see him get up and go like this. thats all i see. i dont see him go like this and walk away. >> he put h...

Suspect it would not be successful. i voted to repeal, delay, defund obama care. i have all sorts of problems with the law. i realize its not going to be changed between now and the end of the day. its imperative to get on with the business of governing. there are probably 190 members of the house republican conference who have a very sense of governance. we have a few dozen who dont have that same sense of governance. we have to get on with the business, pass a bipartisan bill and keep the gove...

With a party fighting for its soul. theres everything wrong with the party emerging from the battle with no soul. because as reagan proves, accommodating the times were in is one thing. surrendering to those times is quite another. reagan believed that the republicans forgotten their core. they shouldnt accommodate government. they should afly late the government. he said it much better. im not taking to ted cruz with the reagan thing down. im saying a party that tries to alienate ted cruz and o...

>> well, let me say three things. number one, i know for sure that you lose 100% of the battle that you begin by surrendering, and all these republicans who say we cant win, if they want, these rarous pundits want us to surrender, that will make sure we cant win. number two ill point out, in many ways, were winning right now. look, this vote today was historic, and two weeks ago people thought it would be impossible. it was a bipartisan vote in the house to defund obamacare. you look at polling ...

Surrendering chemical weapons. >> in the flash floods sweeping colorado 80 people are missing. experts from the epa heading to hawaii to clean up a massive spill there. 1400 tons of molasses in honolulu harbor killed 2,000 fish. back to "lockup." >> everything that i have, and everything that i ever will have is in this cell. this is the rest of my life. look at this. i have my sink, my kitchen, my toilet, my bed. thats it.

New developments today in a domestic dispute between george zimmerman and his estranged wife. florida police said just a short time ago that zimmerman will not be charged. and tell investigators recover this video from a smashed ipad. shellie zimmerman, his wife, told police she used to ipad to record this confrontation but george zimmerman broke it after he was hit on the back with it. now, police say it could be quite a while until we see what is actually on it. >> we had an opportunity to tak...

Story we brought you last weeking about matthew cordle who had the video confession that his drunken driving killed a man. he went online with it, and it went viral. it got more than a million hits on youtube. he is going to be arraigned this afternoon on a charge, including homicide. pamela brown is outside the courthouse in columbus, ohio. >> actually, just days after releasing that youtube connings, iffal that has garnered more than a million views, path thu turned himself into authorities on...