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Republican party's search for itself. plus same-sex marriage and faith versus obamacare back to the supreme court. and ready, set, go. our panel ponders the decide youing issues? politics this year. 302 days until the mid terms. this is "state of the union." good morning. from washington i'm candy crowley. the white house and its allies have launched a full-court press for extension of los angeles-term unemployment benefits. the senate takes up the measure top, providing relief for the jobless for up to 73 weeks. it's not certain to pass, but democrats are certain the politics of the iss...

Looked at the record. >> reporter: jay carney said it was when he asked the president about staying with his uncle. the white house was asked about the relationship a couple of years ago after the uncle was arrested for drunk driving and it came to light he was fighting deportation. that has given ammunition to republican critics. >> it goes back to the thing of the white house not being completely forthright with facts with the public. it is what has contributed to his trust worthiness numbers going down. >> reporter: and political observers say something else could be lingering. >> it raises...

Democrats reaction to all this? reporter: senator harry reid said that they want sessions in terms of raising the debt ceiling and increasing the governments authority. here is senator harry reid on that subject. >> we are not negotiating on the debt ceiling. the president said this, i have said it, and i don't know how many more times we need to say it. reporter: but the push continues here on capitol hill. martha: thank you. we will see where it goes. bill: what will the republican strategy be an all of this? earlier we talked to kevin mccarthy about all of that right here. kevin mccarthy is...

Tooth and nail in iowa, you really did not want him to -- to see him as the party's nominee. why is he losing in that state according to the new polls to president obama? >> for all the reasons he lost the two iowa caucuses. he's not offering the country a stark difference in terms of its governing vision compared to the president. in fact, the president's the one doing a better job of defining mitt romney as a conservative than mitt romney is. he's taking issues off the table and he's removing reasons for people to vote for him. i think that's why he's behind right now. >> let me play -- we s...

They've had a strange relationship with the army, they've had an understanding of what each is allowed to do. i don't discount the possibility that ultimately you can see the million tear row and the muslim brotherhood cut a deal to share power, and i think that's what worries people most of all in the pro western community because they are got to get the worst of both worlds at that point, especially the coptic christians. megyn: [speaking french] that's all i know how to say in french. see you later. house minority leader nancy pelosi the push to eric holder hold in contempt of congress is t...