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Iran, iraq, israel. he, as colin powell said, can defend himself very well and he has been talking to as many as 30 senators in advance of the hearings that he hopes are going to take place fairly quickly once the senate comes back. but that's after the inauguration. and meanwhile, the opposition could build. >> andrea, i'm going to let you go here in just a second, but do you want to give us a quick preview of what you have coming up at 1:00 on "andrea mitchell reports"? >> we're waiting as you are to hear what the president has to say because we know he wants to outline the view on the debt ...

Makes sense. will all of them get had through this congress? i don't know. what's upper most in my mind is making sure that i'm honest with the american people and with members of congress about what i think will work. what i think is something that will make a difference and to repeat what i have said earlier. if there is a step we can take that will safe even one child from what happened in newtown, we should take that step. >> i'll present the details later in the week. chuck todd, nbc. >> as you know, senate democrats, harry reid sent you a letter begging you essentially to take -- conside...

Your job to give folks financial advice. so give the country some financial advice. if john boehner were to call you, barak obama were to call you, our elected leaders in washington said ed, what should we do about this, what do you tell them? >> we have to have a long-term plan to cut our spending. investors need to get out of all their fixed income tax investors because when interest rates rise, it hurts them. i would tell all of the people who would call me, be very careful about fixed income. let's get our spending under control. >> rick: on the debt ceiling issue, if washington were to ca...

Should gear up and be prepared for the brink of a government shutdown, being pushed to the edge once again? and if you're saying that wall street is causing this, aren't you guys sending wall street the message of the fact that the government is going to be shut down, the debt ceiling issue is going to be a problem, we're not going to pay our bills and we're going to potentially have more damage to our credit rating? no. that's not my point. absurd that any republican or anybody united states absolutely right. off of the a, how we create the millions of jobs that this country desperately needs...

So it's clear he wants to increase spending he's willing to give a nod to a cut here and there but wants more spending and more taxes that. is what he said again and again. we have to raise revenues, close loopholes so he's going get a seconds shot at raising taxes. that, i think is his objective. he repeated this idea i'm not going to debate. speaking about raising the debt ceiling. i think that is a bluff he cannot keep. he's going to put the economy in jeopardy. last time we had a debt ceiling issue his pop lrt sank. sank from republicans in the house i'm not sure he wants to carry that ris...