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Have been doing your job. you say we have got to get back to work. honestly if i had run the joint you wouldn't have gone home. >> i am not in charge. >> what did you say? >> i would be glad to say that's why we came back early. it is a major budget issue. as congresswoman issued the wars were 88 million, $1 trillion single year deficit. we are spending 88 million on the war but we have a trillion dollars deficit in a single year. a lot bigger issues than just the war. we are over spending in a lot of areas. they have to be addressed. we will deal with duplication and fraud in government. it w...

Well with each other, talking to senator mcconnell about that relationship before. he talked about how well he can pick up the phone and call vice president biden. it happened back in the debt ceiling issue in 2011 and they worked well together over 23 years in the senate. but that aside, whatever they agree to together on the phone behind closed doors. you still have to have the votes in both chambers. in the senate it's complicated because you have to get over that 60-vote flesh hold. republicans could say this is a fiscal issue and the minority concedes you can deal with this budget issue o...

Decades. >> shannon: he won't have to face the voters again. so in that case, there are a number of things he has promised, some in his first term, leftover into the second term, immigration. he says he will make that a top priority. recent events, making gun control issues a top issue for him. but he has taken a lot of heat from those who thought he didn't do enough the first time, pushing him on issues of gay marriage, the environment. which of those do you think he will give the most attention? will he feel the freedom of his firstterm nmany ways to act nonlegislatively, with executive orde...

Looks increasingly like where we're headed then we come back in january and have to negotiate again and a political advantage for both sides if that's the case. >> her's the thing. even if a deal does get done at this point, it's a small deal. much smaller deal than both sides said they wanted several months ago. the debt ceiling, will be back in two months. there's a good chance we are going to be revisiting a budget issue in march, as well. is this the new d.c. zachary? >> well, it's kind of an old d.c. and the current version, you know, 4.0. and you're absolutely right. it's convenient beca...

A reconciliation and on the other hand gaza the palestinians there controlled by what is essentially a terrorist group, hamas? >> some optimism. second term presidents turn to foreign affairs especially if they aren't going to get a lot done in congress. after we get this budget issue, i don't their president obama will. unfortunately, the factors in israel are going in the wrong direction. i think hamas lost in the war. they wanted to bring egypt in directly. they wanted to end the peace agreement between them. but they liked to reward the palestinians for the war they started the week before...