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plus -- ♪ they tried to make me go to rehab ♪ ♪ i said no, no, no ♪ yes, i've been back, but when i come back ♪ ♪ no, no, no the rapid rise and fall of soul prodigy amy winehouse. good morning, everyone. i'm alex witt, and welcome to "msnbc sunday," where it's 10:00 a.m. on the east coast and 7:00 a.m. out west. this morning the white house is standing firm that a debt deal must raise the ceiling through 2013. house speaker john boehner says he aims to unveil the framework for a new shorter-term deal this afternoon. speaking on "meet the press" white house chief of staf...

♪ yes, i've been back, but when i come back ♪ ♪ no, no, no the rapid rise and fall of soul prodigy amy winehouse. good morning, everyone. i'm alex witt, and welcome to "msnbc sunday," where it's 10:00 a.m. on the east coast and 7:00 a.m. out west. this morning the white house is standing firm that a debt deal must raise the ceiling through 2013. house speaker john boehner says he aims to unveil the framework for a new shorter-term deal this afternoon. speaking on "meet the press" white house chief of staff bill daley said they will not accept a short-term deal. >> this has to...

kennebunkport fine living amer this nightmare even before the relief wells are completed? >> wolf, a lot of talk and a lot of questions today about that static kill. it's a process by which bp would pump mud into the well, effectively killing that well and improving their odds once they finish the relief well. they say they're studying this idea, they're coming up with a plan and they'll present it to government scientists for final approval in the next coming days. at this point that static kill sounds a lot like the top kill procedure they used before, only this time it will be eas...

>> can i speak first and let carte follow up on that. there's no litmus test, when you worked side by side for four years, day and night, and you know a person -- i have said this about west virginiaian, we could look at your eyes and see your soul. but when you spend 24 hours a day, you get to know them. that's what i knew. that's where i started making my decisions a based on a person that i knew would be impeccable as far as in the decision making process. uncover any stone, do all of the research it would take. bring me the pros and cons, i know he'll do it more so for himself. ...

abraham lincoln. here's part of what he wrote. he said we colored people have taken a vote and decided that we don't cotton to the whole emancipation thing. freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves and take consequences along with the rewards. that is just far too much to ask of us colored people and we demand that it stop. williams remained why he wrote the ert. >> what i did was successful. i'm sorry i had to go to the lengths to slap sense into a lot of people who are so afraid of politically incorrect language that we can't get a conversation started. williams l...