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The end of the year. the nearly $140 million extends cobra benefits and staves off medicare cuts to doctors and extends $26 billion in tax breaks for businesses and individuals and conservatives say that the price tag is too high. and teen actor corey haim died today. the l.a. coroner said it appears accidental and may be due to an overdose. they said he died after having flu-like symptoms. his famous role was in 1987 in "the lost boys." we will look at the weather across the country when we come back. jacqui is getting the information and will join us in a moment.

Board both conservatives and moderates. i think this is going to pass on thursday. >> given that they've been running on this for seven years, should they have more of their ducks in a row if. >> the dynamics have changed. yes, running on it for quite some time but obamacare is now at 53% approval rating. trump's approval rating is 37%, 38%, whatever. so if you're a republican, put the conservatives aside. if you're moderate republican in the house or the senate and you're looking at the politics of it, you're looking at the fact that not only are the politics questionable but people will lose...

Skepticism about our political institutions doing anything worthwhile right now is warranted skepticism? >> well, skepticism's warranted of course. and questioning what we're doing and pushing republicans to do the right thing. we've seen this in ohio since the first of the year. the elections last fall were all about lost jobs. and in ohio the republicans went after collective bargaining. they went after women's rights. they went after voter rights. in washington. they're going off medicare. now they're talking about abortion again. they're going after pell grants. and the focus needs to retu...

Institutions like the one you work in can do anything to fix our problems. do you feel like their skepticism about our political institutions doing anything worthwhile right now is warranted skepticism? >> well, skepticism's warranted of course. and questioning what we're doing and pushing republicans to do the right thing. we've seen this in ohio since the first of the year. the elections last fall were all about lost jobs. and in ohio the republicans went after collective bargaining. they went after women's rights. they went after voter rights. in washington. they're going off medicare. now ...

Smaller $2 trillion to $2.5 trillion debt reduction package. the president said now is the time to pull offer the band-aid, now is the time to eat their peas, they'll be meeting again this afternoon. back at the table, have to see if anyone is picking up their fork. last night on "hardball," congresswoman donna edwards, a democrat from maryland, talked to host chris matthews about the debt debate and about what she thinks about republican proposals to cut entitlement programs like medicare and social security. >> we can't have a conversation about seniors and those on disability and poor peo...