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Outlined would be different. that somehow he didn't have to go to congress in the other scenario. he has set a precedent that's going to be hard to explain if -- >> here's where i disagree. couldn't he make the argument if all of a sudden we faced a threat from iran that america faces an imminent threat at any point because iran's nuclear arsenal would be capable of hitting us or could pose an existential threat to israel -- >> yeah, but that wouldn't be what he called -- the standard he set was pretty high. he said it had to be an imminent threat to us. >> right. that's what he said in 2007. ...

Is reporter for "the washington post," emily heil and contributor and editor of the grio. thanks for being with us. >> let me start with you. nancy pelosi thinks there enough votes. is she being optimistic? >> there enough votes in the house, but the question is are there enough republican votes? that remains to be seen. the pr issue is on house speaker john boehner to figure out what he is going to put on the floor. that's not clear just yet. he said he is not putting the senate bill on the floor. whatever the alternative is. it's going to have to take up or get the support of a majority of r...

Print, you only had to achieve modest performance gains to be eligible for $12.5 million in bonuses? it just doesn't seem to add up in our current times. >> i want to know who ok'd these salaries to begin with. for example, they didn't write them in themselves. it's not a private company so in 2008 when freddie and fannie were propped up by the u.s. government because it would be worst for the country if they collapsed, i'm sure somebody jotted that down. and this guy -- these guys didn't say it yesterday but they're saying overall, i need to make this much money but they didn't say -- >> what...

Actually does. >> these execs and new execs will be coming in there have to deal with this. bill was just approved through the house that will put the executives on a federal pay scale. mike williams, ceo of fannie mae and the other person we heard from is charles holdegren, they have to defend themselves. they were outraged in 2008 when everything started to crater and fannie and freddie was about to fold. president of the united states bought them, we'll bail you out. we'll get rid of the management and put new guys in there. in that deal evidently was this package and this is coming to frui...