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Can get someone progressive and who can bring in young people. jon: shepard smith live from rome as lent begins on this ash wednesday. shepard, thank you. jenna: from rome euplt lee to washington d.c. right now the president's pick for treasury secretary on the hot seat at his confirmation hearing, that of course being jack lew, you're not seeing him on the screen right now. he's there in that room taking questions and giving answers. mike emanuel is live covering this. >> reporter: white house press secretary jay carney told reporters a short time ago that the white house does not have concer...

Been the guide for the last six months as the debate has come slowly and painfully forward and we know that speaker boehner needs 216 votes, and does he have them? >> as of right now, it is difficult to tell whether or not he has 216. what we can tell you though is that all of the momentum and the enthusiasm seems to be going in that direction and this morning the conference that you are referencing is a raucous affair, and the message from john boehner is that you are with me or president obama. if you vote against me, you are voting for president obama, and resonating if you don't vote on th...

And smack people and you have been the guide for the last six months as the debate has come slowly and painfully forward and we know that speaker boehner needs 216 votes, and does he have them? >> as of right now, it is difficult to tell whether or not he has 216. what we can tell you though is that all of the momentum and the enthusiasm seems to be going in that direction and this morning the conference that you are referencing is a raucous affair, and the message from john boehner is that you are with me or president obama. if you vote against me, you are voting for president obama, and reso...