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try to use the maxine waters investigation for political reasons? that hot story tonight. welcome to the show, i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, president obama is vowing to veto what some are calling the republican's worst idea yet. it's the so-called cut, cap and balance bill. a tea party plan that's even more extreme than the ryan he budget. here is the -- >> classic washington posturing ka bookie theater. you know, this is a measure that's designed to duck, dodge and dismantle. duck responsibility, dodge on obligations and dismantle, law, which would require the dismantlement of...

security checks and blow up the economy with the debt ceiling thing. after all these months and weeks of fighting about it and republicans saying we won't do it, we won't do it, no way we will do it. you wanted to know what happened today? ding. actually doesn't look right without a breeze i don't think. hold on. that's nice. that's better. what an amazing turn of events today in washington. here's the back of the envelope basics on what just happened today. it's kind of incredible. i think it's been easy to lose sense of the big picture here, but the further you get away from what j...

fault on our debt on purpose, whether or not we're going to throw the country back in recession, whether or not we're going to stop sending social security checks and blow up the economy with the debt ceiling thing. after all these months and weeks of fighting about it and republicans saying we won't do it, we won't do it, no way we will do it. you wanted to know what happened today? ding. actually doesn't look right without a breeze i don't think. hold on. that's nice. that's better. what an amazing turn of events today in washington. here's the back of the envelope basics on what j...

Mind of a man who is that good of a memoirist. >> how is that different from doing an op-ed and putting it in "the wall street journal" or "the new york times"? >> op-eds and the way most politicians use twitter or facebook is very canned. you know, it's very much either written by someone else or has a very stentorian feel to it. this is a guy who has an ability to actually reflect on his and it to people in plain language. there would no end of an audience for people to understand what that inner life of president at certain moments alongt way is like. >> what i thought you were going at is ...

does the white house care? and three days of rioting in egypt. a president under pressure. where is this going and what does this mean to the u.s.? good morning, it's thursday, january 27th, 2011. i'm savannah guthrie. >> and i'm chuck todd. just got through my commute from last night. thanks to everybody on twitter who -- >> kept you company? >> kept me company last night. it was the good side of twitter. anyway, if you woke up in the northeast and looked out the window and wanted to go back to bed, we wouldn't blame you. millions of people are digging themselves out again this mo...