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There was no notable disruption in the audience this year, no moment like a republican congressman yelling you lie the way congressman joe wilson did during the joint address to congress back in 2009 there was no moment like a Supreme Court justice muttering a rebuttal to the president from the rows up front the way Justice Samuel alito did in 2010. There was one moment of the speech, though, last night where you heard something from the room. You heard a gasp from the room in response to someth...

Congress. And the republican ruckus over karl roves conservative counterstrategy is reaching a bit of a fever pitch. But is the core of this fight really about the messengers or the message itself . Good morning from washington and happy valentines day. Its thursday, february 14th, 2013. This is the daily rundown. Im chuck todd. Lets get right to my first reads of the morning. It may be valentines day, but not a lot of love for chuck hagel. Next week a nato meeting of defense ministers is schedu...

Planned by harry reid, so tomorrow the majority leader has scheduled a cloture vote, or if we go to the rule video, the only procedure by which the senate can vote to place a time limit on consideration of a bill or other matter and thereby overcome a filibuster. The procedure requires 60 votes, so now democrats will need support from 60 senators just to overcome the filibuster and schedule a vote on chuck hagel. There has never in the history of the country been a filibuster of a defense secret...

You may have noticed the cameras. Cspan this will be broadcast. We can have a debate, a conversation like this where differences of opinion get raised. Figure out complexities. We do not need to shout each other. I assume that bill oreilly would say this evening was a failure because you are not going away angry or upset. It very encouraging and reassuring for our democracy that we can come together like this and share differences of opinion and understand that in those differences, we have a co...

Turn around every now and then i get a little bit hungry and theres nothing really good around turn around every now and then i get a little bit tired of living off the taste of the air turn around, barry i finally found the right snack with our new, improved Peanut Butter chewy bars. Developing tonight president obama says hes ready to punish syria for its Chemical Attacks on civilians. But his first battle is much closer to home. Its been 2 years since the president said Bashar Alassad must le...

Reporter the president says he will attacking syria whoosh whoosh reporter at the niners game . Reporter coach harbaugh on the offense tonight after what many of you are calling a cheap shot. Reporter the mount diablo fire. Doubling in size in just a few hours today. Prison inmates joining the fire crews in what has become an uphill battle in very steep, very rugged terrain and pam no containment is expected for days, thousands of residents watching the spreading flames. Its just sad to look up ...

Reporter thats right pam, this fire continues to spread. Crews are working tirelessly to get it under control. Although there is some progress its very little because of how much the fire has spread. Over 700 firefighters are out on the line tonight. All during 24 hour shifts to cover the fire that has now reached 3,700 acres. One stumbling block is the fires location. The downside is that its dark out there and the country is very, very steep. Very dangerous so some areas we wont be able to get...

A fire on mount diablo is threatening homes. As hot temperatures and wind gusts make the blaze even harder to battle. An update, ahead. A vote on syria stalls in Congress Ahead of the president s speech. Why the Obama Administration is being cautious about a potential diplomatic breakthrough. And could there be a new iphone in the making . Well take a look at what we could find out today at apples latest conference. Good morning everyone im james fletcher. And im anny hong. Thanks for joining us...

In counterterrorism strikes around the world. Look at this. Ever since anybody knew such a document existed, this is how the administration has been coping with requests to see this document. This is a letter from the Justice Department telling the aclu that they neither confirm nor deny the existence of the documents described in your request. Quote, the fact excuse me, the very fact of the existence or nonexistence of such diagnostics is itself classified. Thats what theyve been saying for mor...

Ever since anybody knew such a document existed, this is how the administration has been coping with requests to see this document. This is a letter from the Justice Department telling the aclu that they neither confirm nor deny the existence of the documents described in your request. Quote, the fact excuse me the very fact of the existence or nonexistence of such diagnostics is itself classified. Thats what theyve been saying for more than a year. But now as of tonight, the administration admi...