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the secretary of state s future. some of clinton s closest allies are keeping very quiet which actually was surprising. good morning. from washington it s monday, december 10, 2012. this is the daily rundown. i m chuck todd. we re in double digits in december. what does that mean? it means we re finally at the serious phase of the fiscal negotiations. three weeks to go before the proverbial fiscal cliff. actually it s not proverbial. so-called, right? let s not hope this becomes proverbial. anyway, the president s photo-op of the day will be at a suburban detroit auto plant. if we re serious about protecting middle class families and we re going to have to ask the wealthiest americans to pay higher tax rates. that s one principle i won t compromise on. the. the president is in detroit, daimler will announce a big $100 million investment to expand u.s. production in jobs. it s the real reason he was invited to michigan. with time running out for a deal before the h ....
nadler is firing back. -what could be better than being a mo-tour? this is the white house claiming that the president is a the real question is. king. do you mind not being a mo-tour? this is the white house saying that the justice department said they can t hold the president accountable because you can t -i do. indict a president and now they re saying another can for those who were born to ride, there s progressive. congress. so the president is totally unaccountable and above the law. no president, no person in the united states is above the law. this is preposterous. manu raju is our senior correspondent who snagged the interview. in talking to the congressman, he also talked to you about how else they may respond to the these continued denials. reporter: on all front, namely the latest effort to understand what happened as part of their investigation. the democrats investigation into potential obstruction of justice. just moments ago jerry nadler told me ....
demands for records and testimony from current and former white house staff. it also says congress has no right to do a, quote, do-over of the special counsel s investigation. let s get to cnn s senior congressional correspondent, manu raju, on the hill for us. what can you tell us about this letter, manu? that s right, that white house counsel is essentially rejecting a request for information as part of the house judiciary committee s probe into potential obstruction of justice. back in march, the committee launched a pretty expansive investigation. they asked for documents, testimony from current and former white house officials, a range of other people within president trump s orbit. and today, the white house responded with a 12-page letter, telling jerry nadler that it will not comply with this request for information. this letter from pat cipollone says in part, congressional investigations are intended to obtain information to aid and evaluate in potential leg ....
And in his first sit-down interview with CNN since taking office, Biden was pressed Tuesday by Jake Tapper on foreign policy, the economic outlook and his son. ....