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>> source in the spirit of compromise, we started with a compromise position, where is where the house of representatives was, that it should be defunded. that went over, passed the house. >> failed in the senate. >> it went to the senate, and majority leader harry reid said, no, absolutely not, no discussion, we vote it down. it then went back to the house. the house compromised again. they then came back with a one-year delay. that was a promise from defunding. >> but it failed against in the senate. >> let's be clear, it didn't fail. >> you didn't have the votes. >> it didn't -- >> the repu...

Do you say to critics? that all they are doing is preparing these students baeltoe tests? >> i think that is part of a kid's education. you want to make sure if you have a fourth grader you know whether or not they can read and do math at grade level. i think the thing people are pushing back against and rightfully so the overemphasis of testing. some schools are test obsessed and instead of the tests being a means to an end, trying to determine where kids are and where they need help and how they can get better, they have just sort of become the end all be all and that is absolutely not how t...

It sounds like an easy way to get through security if you travel a lot. they require a sit-down interview. you would want to start with other countries to get you there the process. who knows, if somebody is sponsoring a terrorist attack in saudi arabia, steve emerson, noted terrorism analyst, just mentioned they could be helped through the process. gregg: you could bluff your way through the process arguably. tensions high on the korean peninsula. satellite images show the north could launch a missile any second. what is being done in response? we're live in seoul, south korea, just 27 mile...

Referred to, until there is such a freeze, then there won't be talks. so we may get to the phase where there are talks. but i think we need to put this in perspective. this is a president who began his administration making an idea of an israeli-palestinian side-by-side state achievable in one year. that's what he said when he launched george mitchell, the special envoy. then he gave this powerful speech in cairo that he referred to. but what he had never done until today, four years later, is make this powerful connection with israel for an american president. that is an absolute prerequisite...

Almost universally supported. they voted it through in the house. they paid for it to some extent withes their constituents in the mid terms. but i think that bringing that idea back is such a nonstarter that i can't imagine a compromise position between the white house, which is saying they want to protect medicare recipients, and vouchers. i don't think that will fly with democrats at all. >> what's striking to me is that these issues are still so hard and that the election didn't seem to solve them completely enough. >> well, that's a statement rather than a question. so i'll just talk abou...