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losing some support, but will his emotional moment in iowa humanize him to voters? >> dealing with, you know, the real problems of real people in my family. and so, it's not a theory, it's, in fact, you know, my mother. >> we'll break down the state of the race, and the impact of the caucuses with the chairman of iowa's republican party matt strawn and nbc news political director chuck todd. plus, full analysis from our political roundtable, columnist for the des moines register kathie obradovich, republican strategist mike murphy, "new york times" columnist david brooks, "time" maga...

that are difficult on the spending side in terms of health care and other mandatory programs. in the debt bill we agree to discretionary cuts that put us back with the tightest discretionary spending since eisenhower was president. the challenge is to get the full job done and put us on a path where we're dealing with the debt and deficit so we get to a place where the deficit is truly sustainable and that means under 3%. our plan would get us to 2.3% of the economy. i think that the challenge is now to work together to put together something balanced. there's a joint committee that ...

the economy. i think that the challenge is now to work together to put together something balanced. there's a joint committee that has a goal of $1.5 trillion of deficit reduction. the president upped the bar. he said let's get the job done and get to a total of four counting spending cuts we agreed to. we think we should work together to get that done. >> the buffett rule, tax on millionaires, that doesn't raise that much money in the overall scheme of things. is that really a populous ploy to get the democratic base energized? >> at its core it's about fundamental fairness. we're t...

not as widely covered but it gives you an idea of what the gop is looking at and taking on. we'll have all of it cered for you here toght. our team is in place. here in the sdio and across washington. we'veoined the event in progress as members of congrs are walkingn prior to the president's announcement. membersf the supreme court have already come down and taken their seats with members of the joint servic. with us here in the studio, the moderar of "meet t press" david gregory. and david, it sounds from all the advan briefings tha have been given out andll the information not ichb...

desperate hours. the struggle to help earthquake victims in haiti. >> no phone, no food, no water. nothing. there are too many people die. >> a massive response from the u.s. and around the world, but thjob is monumental. the need is severe, and it's a race against time. >> to the people of haiti, we say clearly and with conviction, you will not be foresaken, you will not be forgotten. >> from haiti, our special covege tonight. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening from port-au-prince, haiti, where we are relying on a satellite telephon...