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>> one thing our first team is putting out today is in reference to the speech. some hints saying, buried in this speech is something senate president didnt want to advertise but was placed in there where hes ready to compromise on the deficit. he called for cuts to medicare equal to what bowles simpson proposed. congressman, do you think thats where democrats are prepared to go? was that a hint to you directly face to face from the president on where he wants you to go? >> absolutely not. the m...

Would be for it. it would be important to do. its a problem that needs to be solved. so the republicans rhetoric is meeting up with the electoral reality. but the problem is getting enough house members who feel like an incentive to do it back home. so many members are from deep red districts. the president has done something and that is to put it up as one big bill instead of chewable bites. that means the house might choke on it. >> so we e had the gang of eight. rubio is the shining star out ...

It is about people like greg and charlene fletcher who are a married couple with two children who make $26,000 a year combined, and it is about wo workers in factories in bangladesh and the inland empire, but the whole economy, and there is a demos scenter wh put out a report that said if you raised wages at walmart and other retailers to $25,000 a year, it would have an incredible impact on the economy and lift 1.5 million worker os -- workers out of poverty. if they would make a change in the ...

>> greta: so the question is what would you do now because we are where we are. >> i think the american priority has to be in making sure that the chemical weapons dont get out of syria and become a threat worldwide. this is very dangerous stuff. the presidents already lost credibility by first telling assad it would be a red line to move the stock his arsenal. now its a red line to use them. im just not sure that were prepared to do what would be necessary to stop the first use, but what we can...

Adapting. but the ageing of the society, i dont think we have come close to thinking about what that will mean for our economy or the government or any of it it. >> the only discussion we have is were getting older so the entitlement programs will go bankruptcy. when you think about it, what does a mature society value and think about how you want to spend your marginal dollar. 25 maybe you want to buy an extra shot or get a video game system. >> i feel like youre making the 25-year-olds look a ...

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Therefore, the speaker could claim some credit. the president could get the revenue that the country needs. so there are many ways to skin the cat. i dont think were going over the cliff. i think youre seeing the kind of dance that goes on in the negotiation when people dont want to disclose too early what their bottom line is. >> so you can say theres no appetite to go over the fiscal cliff? >> there are a few people advocating lets go over the cliff. well have a stronger bargaining afterwards....

Most people given the economic circumstances right now. talk to me about who could replace timothy geithner or what kind of person. >> well, you know, treasury secretary is, you know, equal, at least equal to the state department in the importance of the role. so especially in the negotiations that are coming up. i expect timothy geithner to stay through most of the negotiations and i hope they conclude soon. i think this is an area where the president works extremely closely with the treasury s...

Hard. in 2008 northern vi which is the moratic party of the state provided obamas entire victory margin in the state. it took the whole downstate sely and a tie between obama and jo mccain, northern virginia did it. so, there is concern, obviously, among s, that northern virginia might see their polling places knocked out, early absentee balloting--. >>neil: but what do they do? a lotf voting machines are hooked up to outlets, right? they need power, so, you cannot vote, is it conceivable, and i...