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Debt. it's a separate funded operation. and we can do things that i believe we should now, smaller things, play it out over the long-term that gives it solvency. >> despite the truth, president obama has never been shy about reforming social security. >> we're going to have to take on entitlements. and i think we got to do it quickly. we're going to have a lot of work to do, so i can't guarantee that we're going to do it in the next two years. but i would like to do it in my first term as president. >> the president aligned himself with mitt romney, who wanted to raise the social security elig...

Out pretty soon. >> bring entitlement reform into the conversation. social security, set aside, doesn't add to the deficit. medicare and medicaid, protect the integrity of the program but give it solvency for more years. >> what's the integrity of the program? we have a lot of questions about where this is going to end up. republicans are also giving off clues about an upcoming deal. several house and senate republicans are rejecting an antitax pledge of grover norquist. but rejecting the pledge comes with strings attached. >> i will violate the pledge, long story short, for the the good of th...

Martha: a compromise possibly in the works on the so-called fiscal cliff as several top republicans say that they would be under certain circumstances willing to break a long-standing pledge on raising taxes. the move comes ahead of a second meeting expected this week with the leaders from both sides and potentially president obama as well in that meeting. so the democrats have suggested a little bit over the weekend they might be willing to concede on several key issues in return for higher taxes or revenue. watch those words though. listen to this. >> let's make sure that revenue is an integ...

Things, played out over the longer term that gives it solvency. medicare is another story. >> there's still staff level discussions going on. and, by the way, as much as washington gets caught up in the conventional wisdom of what senators are saying, remember right now the senate are 100 ehechted pundits. the game is between the white house and house republicans for now. at some point the action could move to the senate. but right now it's about the house. it's a possibility at some point folks on capitol hill expect the white house to call another meeting of boehner, mcconnell, reid and pelo...

Signed the declaration of war against japan. we're not going to attack japan today. the world has changed and the economic situation is different. >> he's certainly going soft on japan. >> as for the democrats, senator dick durbin says entitlement programs like medicare and medicaid are fair game in deficit negotiations but insists social security should be left alone. >> social security does not add one penny to our debt. not a penny. it's a separate funded operation, and we can do things that i believe we should now, smaller things, played out over the long term that gives it solvency. medic...