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It could be weeks until the sinkhole is fixed completely. a vote on health care bill could come as soon as this month. the white house wants a vote by the easter recess which is just four weeks away. the president will outline details of his $950 billion proposal next hour and while he will reach out to republicans one more time, he's also trying to shore up support from democrats who are worried about how their vote could affect their re-election bids in november. senator sharon brown, democrat from ohio, joins me from capitol hill. senator, we are getting new information here on what obama...

System in the united states in which you should expect that you need 60 votes to do anything in the u.s. senate. so in those circumstances, i think the idea of going through reconciliation, you still need a majority. it seems to me pretty reasonable. the president has come out with what he calls a compromise health care plan. does it really actually break the log jam in congress. does it address the issue of cost, which is what this is supposed to be about to begin with? >> when you look at why americans who are opposed to health care are opposed to it, cost is one issue, access quality of car...

Expensive, he's not doing a lot to address that. $950 billion is the president's estimate. the congressional budget office, the nonpartisan congressional budget office, which has offered estimates of what this health care will cost over time. he's put out an estimate on this and won't, unless it becomes a bill. or at least becomes the makings of a bill. the president said his proposal will actually save $100 billion, but again, no independent measure of that just yet. on monday, we thought this was the first effort at a compromise. and as dana reported early on monday, there was just no sign t...

President will go before a congressional panel investigating his company. toyoda is expected to apologize for a number of deaths in the u.s. and mastiff -- massive recalls of vehicles he will meet with transportation secretary lahood. the chief said the recall may not solve his company's problems. homeland security officials saying the first of 150 full body scanners will be installed at us air pores. three in logan in boston and another at o'hare. privacy concerns have delayed installing those scanners. all are expected to be up and running by the end of june. scanners are considered a key pa...

The president has come out with what he calls a compromise health care plan. does it really actually break the log jam in congress? does it address the issue of cost, which is what this is supposed to be about to begin with? >> when you look at why americans who are opposed to health care are opposed to it, cost is one issue, access quality of care, choice, things like that. but in terms of cost, the president in his proposal that he put on the internet doesn't bring down the cost. in fact, if your opposition is that health care is too expensive, he's not doing a lot to address that. $950 bill...