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And democrats that they wanted to avoid this big blow up. i wasn't necessarily one of them that thought we should avoid it but that's clearly where the group wanted to get to. and that was the result. i mean, there is this emerging group of republicans that really don't like the place that paul and ted cruz and mike lee are going. i mean, there is a group of reasonable republicans that want to reach out across the aisle. i think meetings like that empower them. because they see that, you know, the democrats don't have horns like we may be portrayed in their caucus sometime. i think there may b...

Wounds that were seen happening i think because of lack of willing to compromise by some of our republican colleagues. first, by continuing to allow the sequester to stay in place that most economists think will cost up to 600,000, 700,000 jobs this year at a time when we should be trying to get this recovery gaining momentum. and then also just the uncertainty, the sense of manufactured crisis, of unavoidable or, excuse me, unnecessary conflict. and so what you see the president doing today is making clear once again that he is willing to compromise on behalf of the american people. that he i...

Republican congressman paul ryan go at it thursday night. while it was one of the better watched debates, it still couldn't hold a candle to 2008. more than 73 million watched mr. biden and alaska governor sarah palin, making it the most-watched vice presidential debate in u.s. history. now, we have two reports. first on the president's agenda for today. nbc's mike viqueira is joining me live from the white house. >> hello, alex. >> let's get what the president's doing today. studying, i believe. >> yeah, training camp, debate camp, call it what you will. you remember he went for three days ...

as we await jim acosta's interview with mitt romney, there are important new developments in a search for a running mate. we're seeing reports that there is now a short list of possibilities and the biggest name on that so-called short list is the former secretary of state, condoleezza rice. let's bring in dana bash. she's working the story for us. the name has been floated out there for a while. but all of a sudden it's getting a bit more imptous. >> interesting you used the term floated. there's no question this is a trial balloon and a clever way for the romney campaign to chang...

new york stock exchange here. they said they'll also be listening for any possible stimulus that the fed could hint to. it's something that the market points to a lot. when you see the markets tumble as they are doing, you know, the fed has done this before where it's bought up government bonds in great numbers, basically pouring a lot of money into the market and giving that kind of shot in the arm to the market. there are definitely two sides of the fence as to whether it's really helped the economy. at least it's done so in the short term. so once again, you are seeing stock futur...