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Fallback resolution. is that what you get going in, so both sides can claim victory and lets go to the next step after that? what do you think? >> i think theyll get that. end the war, put on the table a proposal for a peace treaty north korea, south korea, china, the united states. whats good about that. at some point those two armies facing each other could pull away from each other on the dmz and that would be very significant. also i think they can agree on a process to bring north korean an...

Actually think you can get movement on? >> well, weve already seen movement, because the original proposal was to completely eliminate the state and local tax deduction. it was good progress to get to this -- keeping the property tax deduction up to 10,000, but you still have on the table a proposal to completely eliminate the state and local income tax. its not lost on me that one of the reasons why our state and local tax deduction is as high as it is is because our state and local taxes are a...

Tax deduction. it was good progress to get to this -- keeping the property tax deduction up to 10,000, but you still have on the table a proposal to completely eliminate the state and local income tax. its not lost on me that one of the reasons why our state and local tax deduction is as high as it is is because our state and local taxes are as high as they are, it is important for all levels of government to be working on tax relief. for those who say theyre stsdsing new york city, new york is ...

Table a proposal that has been discussed by the president and others over time but now has muscle because of the prospect of a threat, is something that i think the president deserves a great deal of credit for. i hope that it works. >> let me bring back our guest from the center for american progress and robert trainham, former bush/cheney senior adviser. your reaction first, robert, to what youre hearing. >> they have every right to be skeptical. they have every right to ask the tough question...

Authority to use force but only after the united nations passes a resolution acknowledging syrias use of chemical weapons. it will withhold force unless syria refuses to turn over its chemical weapons by a certain date. in a few minutes president obama will head to capitol hill to meet with senate democrats and republicans. so far the signs look good, even in the presidents own party where tensions over syria had been running high. following a meeting with white house chief of stat dennis mcdono...

Neighborhood of revenue on the table. kelly ayott said if were going to increase revenue, its going to go to the debt with real entitlement reform and real tax reform. a grand bargain? >> i agree that that is ultimately the way out of this mess. >> so how do you get there? >> well, the way you get there is you sit down at the table, you figure out how much more deficit reduction you want to achieve to hit your targets. and how youre going to get there. and the president has still standing on the...

Table a proposal that now has more in the way of spending cuts than it has tax increases on the wealthy. look, it is a talking point. i dont fault terry for using it, that you hear out of the republican party that the president is somehow unwilling to bargain. again, i think -- >> but thats then reported. thats true fact. he said from the beginning that he wasnt willing to discuss entitlement reform. in fact, today when david gregory asked the president what his first priority was he didnt say s...

Jet fumes from the national airport and people get out of school and the holidays come and people will sit down and -- >> look, heres a fact. the president has on the table a proposal that reduces the deficit by $4 trillion. that is substance. so he has not waited for people to start smelling the jet fumes at national airport. he has actively put forward a plan. >> okay. welcome back to "morning joe." welcome back. christmas is coming. >> all right. >> can you believe it? >> yeah, the christmas ...

Congress and the white house is only going to become more of a white-knuckle moment. >> jim, lets stay on this topic. and i can see grover norquist out there. whats the deal with him and the strength that he has had in past congresses, with past people in public office and his strength or his perceived strength today on this debate? >> theres no doubt he has strength and has perceived strength. its weaker today than it was before the election. i think the republican party from bobby jindal on do...

September. >> lets talk about this sequestration and the dod. studies out from trade groups related to defense contracting and say if these cuts go forward you could see about a million jobs lost. you know as well as i do that would affect jobs in maryland, swing states like virginia, florida, ohio. are you worried that the threat of possible layoffs in swing states will force your party to compromise early on this, to avoid the president losing those states? >> once again, luke, we actually alr...