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Congressman stutzman and he said it is going to be tough. maybe he hasn't got the talking points or is reflecting the tea party. >> a little bit of both. everyone knows the majority of americans want congress to come together. on the talking point you noticed this week, we're not talking shut down, of course we'll compromise. at the same time there are strong disagreements. that's part of what david was talking about. democrats believe you don't start by asking the middle class to sacrifice more when they have sacrificed so much already. that's where there will be tension. there is an agreemen...

The average senior would pay $6,000 more for health care. it cuts our energy investments at a time we are dealing with high gas prices by 70%. so we are not going to sign on with that approach. >> karen finney is a political analyst and former communications director for the dnc, robert trainham hosts roll call tv and hosts on the comcast network. is this what we'll hear for the next few weeks and is it sellable? >> yes, because republicans and democrats came together to make lipstick out of -- nothing. >> that sounds tough, those numbers. $200,000 and $6,000 more for seniors. >> look. everybo...

Validate that the requirements are appropriate, but i think the nuclear regulatory commission is going to take a very measured approach, which is appropriate. when i was a commissioner during 9/11, that's what we did relative to the plants at that point and i think that's the same philosophy we should be using relative to the events coming out of japan. >> okay, jeff merrifield we'll speak with you next hour with a few more questions. thank you so much. msnbc is the place for politics and it's a big week ahead for president obama domestically as well in the eyes of the world. he'll deliver a...

We're going to do because why would we want to tell gadhafi our strategy. but the big idea is to give the libyan people a chance for freedom. >> robert, if the mission is completed, let's say just in a matter of weeks, is all the criticism going to go away then? >> sort of. look, if the mission is completed, thank god it was completed. but members of congress on both sides of the aisle, they have a legitimate point. hey, mr. president, pick up the phone and just let us know what's happening. >> but that's not as easy -- but that's not as easy to do -- it's not as easy in this political climate...

They dislike this guy so there is a unique set of circumstances in libya, particularly because of the kind of violence that he was willing to engage on his own people, even a step beyond what we're seeing in some of the protests in the other countries. that being said, i think we don't yet know the answer to that question, alex, because i think we'll have to see what unfolds in some of these other countries. it may be that the conditions are set where once again you have u.n., nato and the arab league coming to the united states and saying we've got to get together and do something. >> you kno...