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Shannon: a lot of folks raising questions. thank you very much. we are getting word that president obama is planning a public push for his deficit reduction plan that included spending cuts. the president's senior strategist david axlerod and lindsey graham discussed the plan on cbs's "face the nation." >> it's obvious we can't resolve the challenge simply by cutting the budget. we have cut by $1.1 trillion. but you need new revenues. every objective person who looked at this agrees on that. the question is where is that revenue going to come from? >> no republican will vote for higher tax rat...

Porter than he did sternly about domestic abuse. there was not really a public push to say we have zero tolerance for this. it was just like oh, yes, it is abhorrent, but he is so nice, too, it's sad this came together. unfortunately with where we are in history, this is a moment to have some clarity. >> it also sounds like we got caught, is what is sounds like here. we'll get to the time line lather, but they we-- later. i have no problem with the president saying rob served me well. i hope he gets the help he needs. zero empathy for the wiem --

The justice department only has this to apply to the federal law enforcement agencies. it doesn't apply to state and local police who do most of the stops of this kind. will pull people over for traffic stops and so forth. the attorney general's urging local police to follow these same rules and hope the federal government will be a model here. but by its own terms, this new policy only applies at the federal level. >> and does the a.g.'s office have any authority to push beyond just making suggestions to local law enforcement or is it just a suggestion, no strings attached? >> it's just the p...

Event with first responders, the president intensifies his public push to avert the automatic budget cuts that come next friday. he's doing interviews today with eight local tv anchors from around the country. charleston to wichita, cloak city, honolulu. arguing that investment is needed to grow the economy. those are big military towns. he wants to talk about infrastructure in what he talks about in the state of the union address. note that most of these markets are about military presence, so he wants potential questions about furloughs. white house is calling it a fix it first policy. the p...

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