Have meetings here at the white house, lunches or official meetings, where the president is not invited in. Our cameras are not allowed in. Sometimes our cameras are allowed in but no editorial presence. This one of those where no cameras allowed in, were hopeful the white house will take a pick pur and release it to us, but at this point no plans for us to sort of get a peek inside that room and listen in on that conversation. Although we hope that there will be some kind of a readout to give us some indication as to what the two politicians discussed. You know, dan, oftentimes people say these meetings are just to make nice or to have a good photo op. In this particular case, not unlike other cases, theres talk about the potential of a position, maybe a highlevel position, maybe cabinet level, in the Obama Administration for governor romney. And thats not so far off base. I mean, we have plenty of history to show that politicians have crossed over. Just take a look at your screen. This is a great example of former president s who have reached across the aisle to take highlevel members of the opposite party into their very close cabinet. So we have any idea if we might see one more of these screens added today with governor romney . You know, no, not as far as were hearing from those close to governor romney, and, of course, aides here at the white house saying absolutely not. This is not an attempt for the president to bring him here to the white house to talk about a potential job. This is pretty much a courtesy call. The president made the invitation during his victory speech, said he wanted to sit down and talk with mitt romney about moving the country forward. He also said there was some things that mitt romney some ideas he had on the campaign trail that were not partisan ideas, but were smart ideas. Ways to create jobs for middle class americans, so he wanted to talk to him about that. And the president specifically pointed to the fact that mitt romney did a good job in turning the olympics around and thought that some of what he did with the olympics could translate to making the federal government more efficient. So it really is all about sort of talking about ways that they can perhaps, you know, use ideas together to move the country forward. But no indication at all that theres some other kind of job hanging out there, that the president plans to offer. I know that the governor also has a meeting with his former running mate, paul ryan. But i think what i think a lot of people want to know if were going to hear from governor romney today. Oftentimes we have a stakeout, microphone or Camera Position outside the white house. Is that the case today . I know we cant get into that private dining room. What about outside after the governor leaves . Reporter we have cameras everywhere, to not only get a shot of the governor going in, but also if he wants to say something, well be there, as well. As you pointed out, my colleague, jim acosta, said about a half hour ago, according to a republican source, governor romney was meeting with representative ryan at a hotel here in it d. C. And so its unclear. We have located where that hotel is, and if well be staking that out as well. But we just want to be able to hear a little bit about what is in governor romneys head, what is he thinking, what does he hope to accomplish by this meeting . At this point, were watching and waiting, but so far, nothing. Weve got to make sure that microphone and the hot mic position is in on position. Dan lothian, thank you so much. Unlike governor romney, paul ryan does have some other pressing government business to actually tend to today. That former gop running mate did hold on to his house seat in this election, and hes going to keep his chairmanship in the budget committee, as well, in the 113th congress. So that will put him front and center in the fiscal cliff debate. Also earns him a meeting today with the current treasury secretary, tim geithner. Cnns kate ballolduan on capito hill, day 33, eek, 33 days, tim geithner kicking into this process. We would assume possibly pushing into high gear or more of a photo op or a little bit of both . Reporter it remains to be seen. I hate having to say that for our viewers, but were waiting to hear exactly what comes out of these meetings. Important, nonetheless, because these are facetoface meetings with principle players, timothy guide next the treasury secretary, tapped by the president to be the point person to spearhead the negotiations with congress over these fiscal cliff negotiations. We had had a brief shot of him arriving this morning as he was coming into the capitol. Hes being joined by rob neighbors, the white house liaison to congress. Hes a man that has long standing relationships with folks on capitol hill. Series of meetings, all individual meetings, senator reid, told by my colleagues hes in a meeting with House Speaker john boehner and mitch mcconnell, Top Republican in the senate, as well as nancy pelosi, the top democrat in the house. Now coming out of the meeting with senator reid, im not getting much at the moment from sources but one democratic aide tells me the following. He says that we this aide told me, were all on the same page today. Its more about republicans. That goes without saying, because these negotiations really were focusing on the negotiations between the white house and Speaker Boehner, even before the meeting, which the treasury secretary and Speaker Boehner, a spokesman gave us this following statement, ashleigh. I want to read to you. He says, we accepted this meeting with the expectation that the White House Team will bring a specific plan for real spending cuts, because spending cuts that washington democrats will accept is what is missing from the balanced approach that the president says he wants. Clearly, what that tells me, republicans are putting the ball in the white houses court, and Democrats Court to come forward with spending cuts. Ill tell you just as quickly, ive been told by Senate Democratic aides all week they believe its absolutely the opposite. That democrats, the white house, theyre waiting for republicans to come forth with a series proposal of revenue, and specifics on that, theyll be putting on the table. We are obviously eagerly awaiting to hear what comes out of these meetings and eagerly awaiting to hear from Speaker Boehner, speaking to cameras in just about a half hour and ill be there. Thats a good thing. And one thing quickly that it seems to signify as well, what you just read, that statement also signifies maybe that phone conversation yesterday between Speaker Boehner and the president might not have been as productive as we would have liked. Were all trying to read between the lines. No one has a full readout of the call. We know from sources that the president and Speaker Boehner did speak yesterday. But i want to point this out, as were all trying to read the tea leaves on progress, is there progress, is there not progress, we have had no public evidence of progress for sure to date. And my colleague, jessica yellin, got an Important Note from a source said in the call the president stressed to boehner that rates were going up on the wealthy, and there was no deal without it. That is a major sticking point, ashleigh. You know that. Has been all along. And ill tell you, theres no indication from republicans right now theyre moving off their position. They dont think thats the right path to go. Theyre sticking to their guns so far. As you can see, as weve been saying all along, it appears and well see what comes out of these meetings, both sides are staring each other down and doesnt look like theyre off the starting blocks yet. I have a son in kindergarten, and his teacher is very good at negotiating people who are intransie intransient, maybe they should call her. Kate bolduan, look forward to better news. Back in a moment. L. L. I need to rethink the core of my portfolio. What i really need is sleep. Introducing the ishares core, Building Blocks for the heart of your portfolio. Find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. Ishares by blackrock. Call 1800ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Read and consider it carefully before investing. Risk includes possible loss of principal. Social security are just numbers thinkin a budget. D. 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We usually just shy away from this, because its become a bit common place, by at this point, mug shots of lohan or video of her sitting in a court are starting to become so familiar, theyre common place, and now another round of allegations just about to be added to this bad girl image. It actually could end up added to her criminal rap sheet, too. This time it wasnt drunk driving, it wasnt a hit and run or a jewelry theft. This time she was arrested early this morning for allegedly punching a woman at a new york nightclub. Howard bragman is the founder of 15 minutes pr, vice chairman of reputation. Com. Boy, she needs some reputation. Com work, howard. I want to ask you a serious question about this young lady. It was just about four or five days ago, i was watching her in her first what was supposed to be comeback role as liz taylor in the lifetime movie liz and dick. It didnt do as well as they expected, but it did well, 3. 5 Million People watched. A lot of people thought this was her big chance, yet again, another big chance. How do you read this latest fias fiasco . Actually, it wasnt a huge success, with all of the hype and attention, lifetime has had three or four other movies that have done better this year. And more importantly, the critics savaged savaged her performance. So i was kind of expecting another fall from grace from lindsey. Not that we dont expect it, you know, pretty much every week. But [ phone ringing ] that might be her calling, howard. By all means, youre going to have to take that call. She needs a lot of help. Let me ask you something. You said that you didnt expect Lindsey Lohan to actually reach age 30. Shes a bad girl, and she has been convicted of all sorts of things. And we know she has had problems with substance abuse. Do you think its really that bad, that this girl may not make it . I really do. Because what we see with time and time again, this is a girl who doesnt understand how deep trouble shes in. I tried to google on the internet how many times she has been arrested. I got the number 16, but it seemed to be a few months old. And were between 15 and 20 arrests. Thats just not normal. And what people do what ive learned from clients and talking to a lot of psychologists who deal with this, is people get worse. They get more of themselves, not better, unless they acknowledge they have a problem and they get some help. And this is clearly a girl who has not acknowledged she has any problems. Every time we see her, its someone elses fault, someone else did something to her. And personal responsibility and acceptance and understanding is the basis of recovery. One of the other things i found from some of the notes that i read on your thoughts about this, howard, was that she shouldnt have in your opinion, she shouldnt have taken this latest movie, even though everyone was suggesting this was her shot. This was her ability to prove herself again after so much trouble. Why do you think she shouldnt have actually made a go at this and tried to make right . Because i think i think its one thing to be in a movie and act and be a character. Its another thing to come out and be a beloved legend. And those are very big heels to fill. And she clearly didnt fill them that well. Its a really daunting acting task. And you set yourself up for failure by being on this huge pedestal. And this is a girl who doesnt need a failure. What i think she needs is a number of small successes to feel better about herself. It just didnt work. I kind of saw this coming as and it was not at all surprised by the reviews, by the performance, and the movie was, you know, watchable in that it was amusing, but kind of sad, because i knew elizabeth, and i spent time with elizabeth. And she was not elizabeth taylor. I mean, thats a really big and tough role to take on. A titan of industry in her own right who has had her own troubles. So they could have had she could have had some kismet with that role. But its troubling to see her being brought out of the cop shop with a coat over her head. I hope the best for her. Howard, thank you. Its nice to see you. Do appreciate it. Howard bragman with reputation. Com and 15 minutes pr. We want to also mention that police have declined to say whether Lindsay Lohan is actually going to face Assault Charges after all of this. Well be right back. I love em even more. I earn 1 cash back everywhere, every time. 2 on groceries. 3 on gas. Automatically. No hoops to jump through. Thats 1 back on. 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