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Afghanistan approved a new security pact keeping u.s. troops there past the 2014 withdrawal deadline, afghan president hamid karzai is refusing to sign it. now in a snub for leaders on both sides, karzai is making last minute demands that could put the whole deal in jeopardy. our national security correspondent be jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with more, and it's really becoming a very big story, jennifer. what does president karzai want, why is he doing this? >> reporter: well, jenna, in a word, to remain relevant. april is when he is slated to step down. he also wants to extract a...

Needs fixing. >> there is no question harry reid acknowledged that. so does dick durban and others. but you don't negotiate under blackmail. >> but the problem is, it is what i said before, we've lost the bipartisan negotiation ability. >> i understand. you say the republican and democrats working together. >> they are produce an immigration bill. >> if you say they haven't produced anything but a plan that isn't going anywhere -- >> that's not the point. they met and tried. >> that was the one shining moment of bipartisanship in entire -- >> i don't agree. >> okay. >> you say republican and -...

Economically, we only had 48 states at that time. next to the last. after almost a half a billion dollars, which in today's dollars is almost half a trillion, they went to 50th. they added another state so they could be last instead of next to last. so, you know, that's kind of like two ole boys in georgia, bought them a truck and selling watermelon. went to georgia, bought them for 50 cents apiece and went back to atlanta and sold them for 50 cents apiece and said dear lord, we need a bigger truck. give him a b-d. >> the audience likes what larry is saying. >> we were talking about climate ch...

>> this will be the year congress finally gets it done. today, a ray of hope, possibly. >> four democrats and republicans will lay out a framework. >> this bipartisan blueprint is a major breakthrough. >> a major breakthrough on immigration reform. >> it shows momentum. >> momentum is on the side of comprehensive reform. >> we welcome movement and progress. >> republicans have to deal with the facts of life here. >> when we see an opening, however small, we should take it. >> they're doing it for election returns. >> look at the last election. >> president obama did win seven in ten hispanic...

Fact check. >> andrea: beckel almanac? >> bob: no, this is fact check. factoid is correct. >> greg: you can't arrest yourself. >> bob: i congratulate the obama administration. >> kimberly: down to five seconds. thank you for watching. see you tomorrow. ♪ >> bret: a bipartisan plan for immigration reform. is this the one thing washington can come together on? politics and the policy. this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier. almost everyone in washington agrees the immigration system is broken. and needs fixing. but forget the small print. no one could even agre...