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And finally, a postscript to a story made famous in the movie "the soloist." >> you've only got two strings. >> reporter: nathaniel ayers, a one-time child prodigy who dropped out of the juilliard school. he was a homeless schizophrenic and later landed on the dangerous streets of skid row in los angeles. and that is where "l.a. times" columnist steve lopez met nathaniel ayers. >> i apologize, though, for my appearance. i've had a few setbacks. >> me, too. >> it became a deep but difficult friendship. ♪ this week ayers was part of a white house program marking the 20th anniversary of the ame...

And finally, a postscript to a story made famous in the movie "the soloist." >> you've only got two strings. >> reporter: nathaniel ayers, a one-time child prodigy who dropped out of the juilliard school. he was a homeless schizophrenic and later landed on the dangerous streets of skid row in los angeles. and that is where "l.a. times" columnist steve lopez met nathaniel ayers. >> if i was judged by my appearance, i've had a few setbacks. >> me too. >> reporter: it became a deep but difficult friendship. ♪ this week ayers was part of a white house program marking the 20th anniversary of the ...

Party being a strong force in american politics. what i'm not comfortable with is saying -- pointing out problems without solutions. now, the tea party, what i said to the reporter, was that the tea party is expressing anger that a lot of average americans feel we are spending way too much money. we've lost our way. it really was started as a reaction to overspending. there's some signs in these rallies that i think is to stir up a lot of americans, but i'm not going to label the whole group by that. what i worry about is that the public is rightfully upset about their congress not delivering,...

Senate. we had a republican president. you can look back and say we were not the best stewards of government spending. i think what we need to go forward as a party is an agenda that gives us resonance with a broader group of people. what are we going to do if we get the congress back on spending. so i would suggest to my colleagues in the house and the senate that we come up with a common agenda for both bodies to say if you give us power back, not only will we check the obama administration, we'll try to turn the country around. >> you once said that ronald reagan wouldn't recognize this par...

story in the yays and nays. last year, on a similar funding measure, 221 democrats voted yes, 32 no. but this year, 70 democrats switched their vote from yes to no. just 148 of them voted to fund the wars. 102 said nay. >> it seems to me that it is inappropriate for us to vote yes on a blank check. >> the afghanistan government is failing to have any competency. >> i cannot look my constituents in the eye and say that this operation will hurt our enemies more than it hurts us. and so i will reluctantly vote no. >> most republicans support the war, most americans do not. and it is har...