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charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. the first congressional vote of 2012 is worth $1.2 trillion but doesn't amount to anything. as part of last summer's ex cruise ating debt ceiling drama, the house gets to impose another which the senate will ignore. and as per the earlier agreement, the deal also called for more than two trillion in spending cuts over a decade. we could be hearing from the white house about their decision in the keystone pipeline despite pressure by the republicans according to a democratic source. the obama administration is expected to reject fast tr...

Country is the president. >> back to the panel here, guys. there is a lot of, i think, analysis in terms of why the president is doing what he's doing of late in the last couple of months, and i want to play jay kearney's response, again, on the supercommittee versus the white house stance. is this political calculation on the part of the white house? listen to what kearney said yesterday. >> let's be clear about what the supercommittee is. it's a congressional committee established by an act of congress written by members of congress to include members of congress, not administration official...

then heading to asia and indonesia. joining me today on "now" are john heilman, new york magazine, and senior writer for politico, maggie haber man. thank you, guys, for coming on the "now" show. let's first check in with senior correspondent chuck todd who is traveling with the president in honolu honolulu. chuck, how is the weather? can i ask you first -- >> it's always good. >> it doesn't look bad over there. can i ask you first, in between meetings, has the president been sitting on the beach writing po postcards like this to congressional republicans? >> not much. what he did wa...

indonesia. joining me today on "now" are john heilman, new york magazine, and senior writer for politico, maggie haber man. thank you, guys, for coming on the "now" show. let's first check in with senior correspondent chuck todd who is traveling with the president in honolu honolulu. chuck, how is the weather? can i ask you first -- >> it's always good. >> it doesn't look bad over there. can i ask you first, in between meetings, has the president been sitting on the beach writing po postcards like this to congressional republicans? >> not much. what he did was on the way on friday, w...

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com he's plunging in the polls and in need of a boost. will a new plan help rick perry climb back to the top of the republican race? his rival, herman cain, is leading the pack according to a brand new poll and perry is a distant fifth with cain apparently benefitting from his 9-9-9 tax plan, perry today unveiled his own new tax plan and 20 is the magic number. he proposes a flat tax of 20% for individuals and corporations, but in a twist, perry would let people choose to pay his flat tax rate or fi...