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Rachel, the president says he will not treat an increase in the debt ceiling for equal spepding cuts. speaker boehner has so far maintained, well, that's exactly what republicans are going to demand. who blinks first? >> that's the key question. president obama has shown new toughness in his negotiations with congress since his re-election, coming off a stronger than expected victory, of course, and also feeling like he learned some lessons from past fights with the congress. he has said he will not negotiate around the debt ceiling. at the same time, republicans feel like they have much more ...

>> i think a lot of senate democrats would like to see that. i also bring up social security. jay carney mentioned social security could be part of some grand bargain. senate democrats especially harry reid do not want to such social security. so i think there will somebody road blocks there. it will take negotiation through all three chambers to get something done. two chambers, excuse me. >> andy, who blinks first? >> i would say the president has more leverage at this point. after the election, there's been a lot of soul searching on the republican side about can we not appeal to latinos, a...

researchers believe you may be doing yourself more harm than good. it is tuesday, october 11th. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." i'm carol costello joining you live from new york. president obama's $447 billion jobs bill faces its first vote in the senate later today. in a warning to republican critics, the president's senior campaign strategist says that voting against the measure could cost them the election. next year in a member row release the by the obama campaign david axelrod wrote "the more people know about the american jobs act, the more they want congress to pass the pla...

spill off its island is the worst maritime disaster. oil is gushing from the container tank rena which ran aground on wednesday. the man who some call the merchant of death is facing trial in new york this week. suspected russian arms dealer ric viktor bout has been accused of transporting arms around the world. bout has pled not guilty. the iranian government sentenced an actress to a year behind bars and 90 lash force her role in this film "my tehran for sale." the film criticizes the islamic republic for limiting artistic expression. those are the headlines from cnn, the world...

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