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When you have leaders of parties and people from the administration saying i think it will be to the advantage of the democrats to go off the cliff or i think it will be advantage to the republicans to go off the cliff or the president to go off the cliff, thats like betting your country. Theres stupidity involved in that. Willing to go over the cliff, i guess they are but they also dont believe republicans are going to go over the cliff. He can win politically but the costs, doesnt you agree, w...

Carolina governor nikki haley to take the seat left by tim demint. demint left to run the heritage foundation. scott is the first black republican senator. he will also be the lone african-american in the senate. scott will serve out the remainder of demints term. we are watching as he takes his seat. historic, although i think for a lot of african-americans, karen, maybe not -- maybe some mixed emotions. >> mixed emotions. it will be interesting to see how senator scott sort of nav gates being ...

0 through the house of representatives that everyone thought were impossible. john boehner, from the moment he became speaker has never been able to get anything through the house without it failing, without it failing before it could fail or without it being some slippery sloppy mess as we saw at the fiscal cliff. >> or without independennancy p. consider just in terms of leadership style. pelosi had as diverse a caucus as john boehner has had to deal with, and, yet, as speaker, she was very pr...

the senator later in the show. the sandy hook elementary school massacre that left 20 children and 6 adults dead began burying the littlest victims as funerals were held for two 6-year-old boys including one whose twin sister survived that rampage. connecticut stit police lieutenant sadie tails were quote too difficult to discuss fktd they could hold the school and the home of adam lanza accountable. they pledge to seek change as he slowly recited the firs names of the victims. today w...

More support for minorities and republicans will continue to lose and their candidate will be on vacation with mitt romney. >> gentlemen, we have to leave it there for now. i really appreciate your time. thank you. >> we do have an update on a developing story that weve been covering through this story. republican congressman tim scott releasing a statement thanks senator tim demint for his service to the nation. scott will be the 113th. considered as a replacement for demint.om le, their very f...

0 quite there yet and also to have all the moving parts of the deal on the table at the same time. >> so procrastination rules the day then. we just got this breaking news that senator jim demint is going to leave the senate in january to become the president of the heritage foundation. demint had been holding boehners feet to the fire on these tax cuts. whats your reaction to that and this on the heels of reports that boehner is getting strong backing in the house? >> let me start with senator ...

weve got talk about it. ill tell you the lies that theyre pushing about the president. and of course, well have that in "the playbook." but this is the story that has he fired up tonight in the nations capital. now, at this hour, the republicans are down the street and theyre cooking up this scheme, lets say they want to cut social security, so were all straight on this now. if they get the majority, they want to cut social security. they want to protect the tax cuts for the billiona...

makemaker senator tim demint. christine odonnell admitted she dabbled in witchcraft and once had a picnic on a satanic altar soaked in blood? am i reading this correctly? what were they have done with barack obama if this was the case? weve got talk about it. ill tell you the lies that theyre pushing about the president. and of course, well have that in "the playbook." but this is the story that has he fired up tonight in the nations capital. now, at this hour, the republicans are ...

that business, and theyre moving everyone back out to the main area where the ticket counters are that kind of thing until they can rescreen them. >> it is all happening on the same day they announced enhanced security measures for people coming into the country. a very busy travel day for people coming back from the holidays. susan candiotti on top of the security breach at newark international airport. we will follow it here on cnn. i am don lemon. meantime, "state of the union" star...

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