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Leaders and all think that we're poised to grow in 2013 as long as politics in washington don't get in the way of america's progress. >> president barack obama yesterday warning about the very real impact that fiscal cliff could have on this country's economy. prior to the president's statement, the gloomy outlook for a deal was evident on wall street. the dow fail 158 points or 1.2% to settle at 12,938. fifth straight day of decline on the street. i would like to bring in david nakamura of "the washington post" and david jackson of "usa today." how conscious are our leaders in d.c. of the rip...

As the president is alluding to on the hill and will be monitoring, and because there are reports of progress, that is why the president has not seen the need to call another meeting here with the congressional leaders, but jay carney says if there is a halt in progress, if they see it, the president is open and ready to call a meeting at any hour of the day, today, tomorrow or friday in order to get this deal done, and that is really what they are pushing here right now. they are not talking about the ifs of a shut-down publicly right now, because they are pushing this right to the wire. the ...

>> if they start saying that suddenly we will have a shutdown of the government, that may halt momentum when we need to build it up, all because of politics. i do not want to see washington politics stand in the way of america's progress. at a time when you are struggling to pay your bills and meet your responsibilities the least we can do to meet our responsibilities to produce a budget. that is not too much to ask for. that is what the american people expectf of us, what they deserve. we want everybody to act like adults and quit playing games and realize it is not my way or the highway. how...

Does not fly too well with the democrats in the house. and another one de-fund planned parenthood to make sure federal dollars don't go to abortions, and that is what the democrats say they don't want at this point, and there is a provision that says to the environmental protection agency, that you cannot regulate gas emissions, and you can see how the democrats are not on board with that one, randi. >> well, kate, first off, where is the president? >> well, randi, the president is right now in the philadelphia area, and i think i heard in the ear that he is walking out, speaking at a town hal...

Suddenly we may have a shutdown of our government that could halt momentum right when we need to built it up, all because of politics. i do not want to see washington politics stand in the way of america's progress. at a time when you're struggling to pay your bills and meet your responsibilities, the least we can do is meet our responsibilities to produce a budget. that's not too much to ask for. that's what the american people expect of us. that's what they deserve. you want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize it not just my way or the highway. how many folks are marrie...