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Timi timing, it was me observing this out of washington in terms of what i expected. did people expect that tonight would be the night we would get a whole bunch more republican senators saying no? >> there wasn't the expectation that this is going to happen tonight. i think that there was an expectation that most of these republican senators who were on the fence were waiting on the cbo score and now that had been delayed we were expecting the announcements to happen once that came out. but there was also an expectation that folks, they didn't want to be the one senator one the one that doome...

What i'm worried that they will do now is modify the resolution in some way and bring it back again in the days between now and january 20th. so the threat has been averted for the moment, but i don't think it is over yet. >> okay. beevert very quickly, about half a n minute or 'tso, whatç is our foreign policy in syria look like, and it is a big, big e. picture thing, very quickly with what is going on with russia, russia, p turkey, iran meeting talk, syria, left us out. quick thought on that? >> under barack obama in syria and the middle east russia has a bigger role, more influence in s...

chicken with the fiscal cliff. today the senate appeared to take action on extending the bush era tax cuts. appeared being the keyword. senator majority leader mitch mcconnell announced he would not filibuster the measure. instead he allowed a straight up-or-down majority wins vote. the republican plan, extend the tax cuts for everyone. and president obama's plan, extend the cuts for 98% of americans, how olds making under $250,000 a year. why would senator mcconnell do such a thing? >> the only way to force people to take a stand is to make sure that today's votes truly count, by se...

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