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President's address when he was citing bridges. bill shuster, who is taking the committee on transportation has talked about the importance and need for this. and i think there is a great opportunity for congress to come together. in my own district, it's not only roads and bridges, but dike systems that we have identified since katrina that need to be addressed. and as you know, ed, and so eloquently say, this is what can put america back to work immediately. and addresses these very important and critical issues of infrastructure right away. >> you know, we've got the firearms issues. we've ...

Green ribbons. and when the president got up to speak in the chamber, i was there in the chamber too, ed, and it was very emotional. the thing took on the atmosphere of a revival meeting there at the end, the kind of call and response thing that even got speaker boehner up out of his seat and got most of the reluctant -- not all, but most of the reluctant republicans up out of their seats. now, you can't equate on a one to one basis the hetheatrics on the state of the union night. but the fact that it got the speaker up out of his chair is significant. >> is the sentiment on this issue too muc...

Harry reid scheduled the vote to end the filibuster for friday. >> this is the first time in the history of our country that a presidential nominee for secretary of defense has been filibustered. what a shame. >> howard, is hagel, is the nomination in trouble? >> a little bit. i think in the end it will get through. but i think this a way, chuck hagel has kind of become the pinata for republicans, because he is within reach. president obama is not. president obama is on the right side politically on most of these political issues. the republicans can't touch him, and they know it. the only per...

Weapons ban, but do you want background checks? do you want to close the loophole of the gun shows? this is republican leader mitch mcconnell reacting to the speech today. here it is. >> last night's speech was pedestrian, liberal boilerplate that any democratic lawmaker could have given at any time in recent memory. >> howard, your response to that. >> well, i spoke to mitch mcconnell yesterday. i think that's what he was expecting and he got -- he heard what he was expecting to hear in his own mind. but i think even in kentucky, believe it or not, where mitch mcconnell is going to be up for ...

could be smuggled in undetected. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." it's one of the more mundane documents americans have to deal with, but for president obama, the tax return is politically charged in this, an election year. the white house released his 2011 files today along with that of the vice president, joe biden and there are some surprises in both documents. as lisa sylvester has been carefully going after these tax returns, what do you see? >> first off, the obamas, like the romneys, gave generously to charities. the president's income, which was $1.7 millio...