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Up ahead was pandora. i grew up hearing about it but i never figured i'd be going there. >> with "avatar," james cameron wants to bring back the spectacle of a 3-d movie and it's geared towards the theatrical experience which i feel like is part of james cameron's genius is he wants to make a movie that makes you have to see it in a theater. >> you should see your faces. >> studios were really in love with pre-existing intellectual properties. "avatar" was an idea he had been ruminating on for a long time. it's original and that is a wildly risky thing to do at that budget level. >> i remember...

>> studios were really in love with pre-existing intellectual properties. "avatar" was an idea he had been ruminating on for a long time. it's original and that is a wildly risky thing to do that the budget level. >> i remember taking my then 9-year-old son to see it and we just sat there in 3-d awe. to be so immersed in that world was mind blowing. everything felt real. everything felt tangle. it felt like this world existed. >> "avatar" came out and became the highest grossi ining movie of all time for the second time in james cameron's career. and it's interesting that at the same time, jam...

So the reason rand paul got involved in this kristen gillibra gillibrand, new york center attempted to have a vote on the measure unanimously on the floor, which certainly would benefit her interest in shining a light on it. that's what rand paul objected to. as you heard from leader mcconnell, they plan to do a vote. mike lee of utah senator is saying he agrees with jon stewart, the, of course, comedian, actor and advocate for these 9/11 first responders who has so passionately put himself in the middle of this. he agrees about the budget level. he wants to be certain there is congressional o...

Seventh fleet? is this about training? is it about budgets? is this normal and we're just maybe focusing on it more now? what's happening? >> the training issue continually comes up. that is a continual need of the military and our navy training capacity continually needs to be refined. that's been cited already in investigations. at a broader level, the american military is stretched, overstretched frankly and has been operating at a pace for years now -- just as we saw in afghanistan, we've been in afghanistan for 16 years. it wears down the force, wears down the equipment. there's a signifi...

Let's look at the house floor. they are debating right now. the bipartisan budget bill. you see paul ryan, the quarterback for the house on this, as he's chairman of the budget committee. tom, how tough a vote is this going to be for the democrats to vote yes on this budget deal that leaves 1.3 million behind, dealing with unemployment benefits where the unemployment rate is over 7%? >> it's an incredibly difficult vote for democrats to make. this is a budget level below the original budget ryan that we considered far to conservative to be considered. you don't have the unemployment extension ...