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is this a bad sign? they are debating about the president's jobs plan but they can't agree on when he should deliver the plan. that's where we are now, folks. the president asking to address congress on one night. the republican speaker of the house says that night doesn't work for us. you know the story by now. obama requesting the joint session for congress on wednesday but the same night the presidential candidates, the republican presidential candidates are holding a debate so speaker john boehner says do it on thursday, mr. president but we have a problem there too. that is the ...

complicated partisan bickering. the senate went o recess without giving the agency a short-term funding extension. president obama believes the issue will be resolved by the end of the week. the transportation secretary says you have nothing to worry about when you fly. i'll be speaking to him later on "american morning." president obama turns 50 today. he qualifies for a free scoop at baskin-robbins. and he got a surprise in chicago ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday -- >> jennifer hudson much better singer than rahm emanuel. 26 seconds of the...

to send it to the senate where it can receive action. >> well, the vote was scheduled for yesterday, rescheduled for early this evening and then put on hold again so the leadership could wrangle votes. they're going that literally as we speak. still promising a vote sometime tonight. we'll be live when it hams. yesterday speaker boehner told the troops to "get their asses in line". apparently not enough republicans have, and now his credibility is on the line. most of the opposition coming from tea party supporters, raw, open, direct rebellion. >> we want to make sure we never get he...

Mission the french and the british saying, we need more help here. >>shepard: thank you from the message, jennifer. now the battle over the deficit, and what a battle. more partisan bickering after the president laid out his vision for cutting the ballooning debt. his vision as he calls it calls pore slashing $4 trillion over 12 years and including spending cuts and tax increases on the wealthy americans and "our efforts can't exempt everyone." but republicans are not holding back and the republican congressman paul ryan took issue with the president's comments. >> i expected pelosi and harry ...

But rather than turning it back and going for another year or two of endless partisan bickering, this was a critical piece of legislation. not a pretty process that passed it. but i would stand for it and implement it responsibly. >> we're now into the part of the discussion on it. the issue was brought up about malpractice reform. democrats are often accused of being too close to trial lawyers and republicans say that's why there's not been the opportunity for reform in this area and why it was not included in the health care bill. if you were elected, would you work to amend that bill to inc...