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Shared pain. i hate that that's what it took to come together. but i honestly believe it will change the world. i'm so hopeful right now and so inspired. >> what's the solution? i mean, in real terms, we're talking about ar-15s. we're talking about hardening schools. >> it makes no sense. there's no other country in the nation that's talking about arming teachers. that's just not the answer. this is a made in america problem. we can ban assault weapons. we can have background checks. we can make sure high capacity magazines aren't available. brian, as you know better than i, those are weapons ...

The get go, i want people to have medical care and access to it so, you know, that's where i am. i'm trying to sort through possible solutions. i suspect the republicans would say in part what they want to do is block grants to states in lieu of the federal payments and let the states take care of it. is that something you're opposed to? >> i am opposed to it, but here's the problem. states have to balance their budget, and they have got heavy burdens already, so if they have a bad budget year, medicaid gets cut more than in recent history. this is just a washing of the hands to make it a stat...

Was, therefore, predictable. that's not true. it is insulting and doesn't stand up to any kind of measurement and obscures an actual point that people like me who want to reduce the size of government want to make. which is that it is more that it is politically difficult to cut back on things that you can give to taxpayers and this is a bipartisan issue. the single recipient of giveaways or whatever you want to put it, benefits, from government, are the elderly. retirees and they are republicans. vote republican by a large amount. so -- that is an interesting issue to talk about. going after ...

of epic proportions. wolf blitzer is off today. i'm candy crowley and you're in "the situation room." all eyes on the supreme court and congress with a potentially historic day on tap tomorrow. one that could be especially bad for president obama. we're expecting the justices' long awaited ruling on health care reform. the president's flagship issue in one that impacts virtually every american. at the same time, eric holder could become the first sitting u.s. attorney general ever held in contempt of congress. the planned house votes stems from accusations the justice department is...

we want to kel come our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer you're in "the situation room". ment obama sounding an urgent note about the u.s. economy and the new risks it faces from europe's growing cries. he warns that so-called head winds from europe can setback the recover in the united states. he says the u.s. businesses are improving and creating jobs but he's pressing congress to take action on the public sector. >> the big challenge we have in our economy right now is state and local government hiring has been going in the wrong direction. you'v...