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>> is he briefing somebody else after that? >> meaning what? >> like you, like me. >> we will certainly endeavor to provide a read-out of that briefing. with regard to the first part of your question on which humanitarian agencies under -- humanitarian agencies under the u.n. umbrella, unicef, and others and i will endeavor to provide a more detailed list. obviously, we're not going to get in to staff numbers and so on, of each individual agency. but simply say critical staff who provide critical assistance will continue to do so. >> are they international or local or both? >> they are u.n. st...

Republicans. republicans just had to vote for a tax increase, so they're dealing with all the internal dissent over that. there is a kind of symmetry, if you go to the last battles much the budget control act. there were spending cuts to now revenue being increased, but the reality is that nobody is really dealing with entitlement programs. the big drivers of the overall debt. the president, you know, offering an opening today. republicans would certainly like to discuss that and talk about modifying medicare. the question is how far along can they get to try to decouple that from this idea of...

Magazines, et cetera, these are necessary things that we need to go after because they're not necessary. however, they're necessary, but the question is are they going to be sufficient to really reduce the gun violence? >> we know that there's been a raft of legislation been put on the floor. senator gran has issued a bill stopping gun trafficking. and background checks and high capacity magazines. jonathan, we word from a read-out at the white house that the president is going to be introducing his proposal to the president on tuesday. you know, how optimistic are we that we can tackle this p...

Here we are at the 11th hour and the president still isn't serious rabbit dealing with this issue right here. it's this issue. spending. >> how are you feeling about a deal? optimistic? >> still a work in progress. >> speaker ban boehner says he s waiting to hear more from you. >> merry christmas. >> bret: "merry christmas." the white house, president invited speaker boehner to the white house. they just wrapped up a meeting at the top of the show. we're just getting a read-out. apparently treasury secretary was in the meeting as well. this is the statement. the president and the speaker had a...

Last summer? unlikely. a contentious white house meeting with the president and speaker john boehner. it doesn't bode well. both sides insist when it comes to the budget, they are the only adults in the room. >> we're not going to recreate the debt ceiling debacle of last august. it is simply not acceptable to hold the american and global economy hostage to one party's political ideology. >> we've kicked this can down the road so many times it's -- it ought to make people throw up over it. we know what the problem is and we know what the menu of options are. what we need here are leaders with ...