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I would hope that others would also agree. Mr. Grassley i ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer the clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, the judiciary, james donato of california to be United States district judge for the Northern District of california. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The yeas and phas nays are orde. Under the previous order, all postcloture time is yielded back and there will be two minutes of debate equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. Order, please. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley for the benefit of the people of this country that have been listening to the complaints in the senate from senators about not approving judges, let me remind everybody that at this point, weve ap ....
President obama and the first family are back in washington tonight. After wrapping up their holiday vacation in hawaii. Air force one touched down at joint base andrews in maryland earlier this morning. The president interrupted his vacation by flying back to washington to settle the fiscal cliff negotiations. Now. Hes back to face new battles over spending cuts and raising the countrys debt ceiling. The president could also announce nominees for key positions in his cabinet as soon as tomorrow. With the fiscal cliff beginning to fade from the minds of Many Americans a new fight is heating up on capitol hill. A new deal over the debt ceiling is looming in the notsodistant future. We go now to elizabeth corridan to check up on both sides and how theyre preparing to get a new deal in place. I believe we need to raise the debt ceiling, but if we dont raise it without a plan to get out of debt, all of us should be fired. Reporter str ....
Weve been at war for 1 years constantly. Two wars. Were out of one war, iraq. And were coming out of the longest war weve ever been, afghanistan. Not unlike after every war the United States has been in, you reset your posture. You reset your assets. You reset your whole enterprise based on the new realities and based on preparing that institution for the challenges of the future. To answer your question, how do you adjust to the dangerous complicated world that were in, weve increased, for example, cyberassets. Increased special operations. Were focusing on readiness, capability. Our capacity. Our ability to do the things that we need to do in the Strategic Interests of the strategic guidance that the president laid out in 2012. Schieffer you say were coming out of two wars, yes, thats true. But were not necessarily coming away victories just coming out of those wars, th ....
And on sunday night, were going to experience both of those great emotions. Who has it better than us . Nobody nobody on cbs this morning. Nearly three in ten americans say god plays a role in the outcome of sporting events. Of course god cares about football. He created a girlfriend for manti teo out of nothing. Captioning funded by cbs welcome to cbs this morning. Were in super bowl park at Jackson Square new orleans, our broadcast home for the next three days and we are thrilled to be in new orleans. Its a beautiful set and we have lots of news ahead in this broadcast. And a great game coming up on sunday. Great game. We begin in alabama where a hostage drama has been going on for more than 36 hours. A man took a child captive after shooting and killing a School Bus Driver and manuel bo or jorques is in midland, alabama. Reporter so far authorities are tightlipped theyv ....
Cutting very popular social insurance programs. Medicaid, medicare, Social Security, health care. There is another economic reason why we need reform. Lets help to build the greatest economic engine the world has ever known. As Congress Gets ready to tackle the immigration, there will be a snag. The Republican Party cant move forward. Doesnt want to do anything on comprehensive Immigration Reform. What would you do about immigration . How to deal with Border Security. First we strengthen the borders. They have to be reasonable how they do it. We define ourselves as a nation of immigrants. The economy is back in the spotlight. Government does help the economy. It keeps our country on the cutting edge. Hel ....