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moammar gadhafi's grip on libya appears to be ending. rebels say they control 80% of the libyan capital today, pockets of gadhafi fighters are holding out. they still control this hotel that's home base for foreign journalists. gadhafi's whereabouts are unknown. his loyalists continue to defend his compound. rebels keep rolling with no major resistance. they pour into the street to celebrate after they have taken much of tripoli. >> we were outside the windows screaming. everyone realized no one wants him. no one wants the dictator. most of us had our homes closed because there was f...

With the tea party pressuring republicans to make big cuts in those programs, as one democratic aide put it, they painted themselves into a corner. the obama budget, though fully detailed as all presidential budgets are, is only a negotiating tool which leaves republicans now asking themselves do they really want to go first on proposing specific cuts to social security and medicare when only 13% of americans support cuts to social security, and only 21% support cuts to medicare. joining me now, utah congressman jason chaffetz. thanks for joining me. >> thank you. >> the government has to choo...

>> republicans continue to criticize the president's budget for being too timid and not cutting medicare, medicaid, and social security. with the tea party pressuring republicans to make big cuts in those programs, as one democratic aide put it, they painted themselves into a corner. the obama budget, though fully detailed as all presidential budgets are, is only a negotiating tool which leaves republicans now asking themselves do they really want to go first on proposing specific cuts to social security and medicare when only 13% of americans support cuts to social security, and only 21% supp...

Social security. with the tea party pressuring republicans to make big cuts in those programs, as one democratic aide put it, they painted themselves into a corner. the obama budget, though fully detailed as all presidential budgets are, is only a negotiating tool which leaves republicans now asking themselves do they really want to go first on proposing specific cuts to social security and medicare when only 13% of americans support cuts to social security, and only 21% support cuts to medicare. joining me now, utah congressman jason chaffetz. thanks for joining me. >> thank you. >> the gover...

Be the speaker of the house, he is plenty tough. >> bill: yeah, but the reason they are asking you on these affiliates because it makes some people uneasy. >> there is no question about that and we'll talk about that. look, we will also talk to about, you know, i see the possibility of a deal here. i think there is a real possibility that you will see a significant spending cut and that what obama with the five year freeze was proposing was simply a negotiating tool. they have got to come to an agreement. they did during the lame duck. i think they will. i think that the price is that obama is...