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Are not a pawn in this and we do not balance the budget or, you know, move forward on this cliff. i call it a human cliff with them being at risk. so we have to make sure that the millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share and make sure the most vulnerable are protected. >> let me play devil's advocate here. a lot of things are ending up off the table here. the democrats want to raise taxes on the wealthiest americans. you don't want to hit social security, medicare or medicaid. where are you willing to give up? if unemployment benefits, if the weeks aren't going to be reduced, where w...

before the u.s. government decided to send a president to the country, we first decided we were ready to send a rock band to that country. the state department under a brand new president obama in 2009 authorized the great l.a. latin fusion band to go tour burma. a sort of ambassadors for u.s. culture in that part of the world. burma has only finally ended military rule there as of last year. after president obama makes his visit there this weekend, we have now learned we're going to be sending another american musical act to follow up the president's trip. this time it's jason mraz....

To to exercise their right to vote. florida's republican-controlled legislature cut down early voting days by almost half. rick scott broke with even republican tradition and refused to extend early voting hours even in the face of six to seven-hour lines in the state. now that florida's electoral college votes have been allocate ed, he's ready to address the state's problem saying "i have asked the secretary of state to review this and report on ways to improve the process after all the races are certified. as part of this, he will meet with county election supervisors, especially those who r...

important updates coming up there including what may be a deconcession by a democrat who previously thought he had lost in a big important u.s. senate race. that's all ahead. but we have to begin with breaking news out of washington. "the washington post" is reporting tonight that president obama is considering massachusetts senator john kerry as his new secretary of defense. that's right, defense. putting the decorated veteran and former presidential candidate in charge at the pentagon and not at the state department, as had been widely speculated. "the washington post" is sourcin...

there including what may be a deconcession by a democrat who previously thought he had lost in a big important u.s. senate race. that's all ahead. but we have to begin with breaking news out of washington. "the washington post" is reporting tonight that president obama is considering massachusetts senator john kerry as his new secretary of defense. that's right, defense. putting the decorated veteran and former presidential candidate in charge at the pentagon and not at the state department, as had been widely speculated. "the washington post" is sourcing its reporting to unnamed s...