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Mueller fired last year. why he didn't do it. and white house immigration plan on the table and it includes a path to zcitizenship for nearly 2 million. it toughens up immigration policies. one calls it ransom for d.r.e.a.m.ers. can i get an apology out of you for the retweet? it would go a long way. >> here's what's fair. >> wait until you hear how the president answered that question. he is set to take the stage in two and a half hours at the world economic forum. welcome back to "early start." ie i'm christine romans. >> that speech will be overshadowed because of the news last night. i...

Kind of means testing. you're going to have to look at age. you're going to have to look at lowering the price we pay the drug companies for drugs. look at paying for quality instead of quantity. you're going to have to have some kind of tort reform. and we've got to do something about the whole end of life scenario without talking about death panels. we do these kinds of things, we can bring down the cost of health care. >> senator simpson, tactics and strategy are part of this. to achieve goals, you heard leader mcconnell, he is not ruling out a government shutdown. he wouldn't do that in th...

Kind of means testing. you're going to have to look at age. you're going to have to look at lowering the price we pay the drug companies for drugs. look at paying for quality instead of quantity. you're going to have to have some kind of tort reform. and we've got to do something about the whole end of life scenario without talking about death panels. we do these kinds of things, we can bring down the cost of health care. >> senator simpson, tactics and strategy are part of this. to achieve goals, you heard leader mcconnell, he is not ruling out a government shutdown. he wouldn't do that in th...

Is using the debt ceiling, holding it ransom, even though our credit rating suffered as a result, to force spending cuts. what do you think of those strategies or tactics? >> i've been on a lot of commissions, and a lot of them worked. i was on the iraq study group. i did other things. the issue is, what happened in the past, that doesn't matter a whip, or who said what. it's what the hell do you do now? and right now, i can't imagine a worse place for mitch mcconnell. he apparently can't deal with reid, and that's a sad thing. i know them both. but let me tell you, when i was in the u.s. sena...

Others leave the country. some observers are asking is the money really aid or is it ransom. our chief washington correspondent james rosen is live in d.c. >> reporter: egypt remains have much a country in turmoil. demonstrations held there last week saw hundreds turn out to protest the military rulers after a military court freed a doctor who was accused of mistreating female. some of the military hardware manufactured in pennsylvania and florida -- quote, egypt has made significant progress towards democracy in the last 15 months.