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Calling for a 120-day pause. and now 132 days later, it's heading to the supreme court. >> reporter: what do you say to the folks who say nothing is getting done. there'a lot still to do and we look forward to working with congress. the signing of 36 executive orders -- >> it's dawning on a lot of republicans that unless things change radically, you can go through this entire first year without any major legislative accomplishments. >> reporter: heading into the summer, the pressure to deliver heating up. peter alexander, nbc news, the white house. >> that was peter alexander. these are live p...

>> she hears him cry. she feels his agony. and somehow knows that this is all for love. >> i didn't think that anyone wants to die alone. and i know that jesus didn't want to die alone because the stories of the crucifixion asking god why he's been abandoned. so, having mary and the other women there, that has to be a comfort. that has to be reassuring. it has to be good to know that when you've been a ban dodd there a -- abandoned, there are still people there who care.

Russia. $54 billion would be just a 10% spike for the pentagon, but it's more than the entire defense budget in moscow. now, generals there asking the kremlin for more cash. cnn's diplomatic editor nic robertson live in moscow. nic, what's the russian reaction here? >> reporter: dave, the perspective from here is certainly for the generals and russian military, for the last few years they have been going through a massive overhaul and spending more an new tanks and aircraft and on new cruise missile systems so what we had last week in the state duma, the parliament, you had the defense ministe...

>> it started under them, it was wrong now, it's wrong now. >> it's not an example of an entitlement president, welfare excess, it's a good program started by a republican president that had some fraud and has to be addressed. >> it's not the point of the government to provide people with all their wants and needs. i know people who have a house phone, a cell phone and this obama phone. there'a lot of waste, fraud and abuse going on, and we're paying for it. >> it's not we the taxpayers, it's a separate program for people. >> it seems it's coming out of our hard earned money. >> let's -- >> we...

American people. >> greta: i'll switch gears a little bit. the jennifer griffin reported yesterday that there are 18 people the white house is aware of, that are in libya, and they've not yet green lighted to go in and seize them with military action of any sort, or any action. i don't know what they should do. >> i've heard there are people we know were involved. we know where they're at. i've heard that the leader of this al-qaeda affiliate, we know where that person's at. and one of the arguments is, well, we don't have enough evidence to convict them in civilian court, but could hold them ...