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Control ready to regain "the view" table. not surprising. i think this has been in the works for a long time. >> ann aldenberg, entertainment reporter at "usa today." you remember the ratings were hot, hot, hot, buzz worthy when rosie was at the table a couple years ago. good move for abc? >> people loved seeing the sparks flying, rosie stirring the pot, stirring things up. and i think that's why abc is bringing her back. >> here's the thing, though. i was watching cnn last night, don lemon, host at 10:00, joe behar on, and joy behar told don, there were all these hate-filled remarks against r...

It is a setback, but it's a setback that every administration for decades has hit. but what was interesting this week, is that the administration put on the table a potentially release for jonathan pollard, the israeli spy, who has been in jail almost 30 years up for parole next year, as a way of inducing israelis to perhaps release the palestinian prisoners. so that was a little bit of a new element. bottom line is, it has been an impossible situation that even the personal diplomacy of john kerry couldn't move forward. >> okay. let's go now to new jersey, because we are getting reporting fro...

Me about? >> we know you don't have health insurance. >> we love you no matter what, but it's time to get covered. >> reporter: today, even the white house admitted it was willing to capitalize on the first lady's popularity which is significantly higher than her husband's because -- >> she's just a great messenger. >> reporter: all part of an attempt to help save his legacy. now the first lady encouraged the mothers in the room to share their health care stories and also to make talking about health care around the table a, quote, christmas treat, and one more thing, wolf, the white house fou...

Feel they have been sort of burned by being so close to him. >> let's talk about the hill for a moment. if we were at this table a month ago post-shutdown, people were pronouncing the gop dead in 2014. now the pendulum has swung and for good reason. the signature legislative achievement of the president's second term, first and second term, having all this trouble. can it flip as quickly? >> yeah, but let's just look at the mathematics of it all. he doesn't have the house of representatives so he won't get any major piece of legislation through the house and he's got several democrats who are ...

>> right. well this is that different from the congress. they were afraid that somehow the terrorists would escape. this is not a profile of courage. you took nuclear technology is not proscribed by the treaty but weapons are. inspections are at if heart of how you enforce that. if someone has a better plan, then please bring it forward and not engage in knee jerk politics. >> what do you expect to see as congress gets more involved in this? >> i expect them to diter. ultimately the president is putting on the table a much more durable and important solution