0 >> and with that senate vote, chuck hagel came up short of a 60-vote filibuster roadblock that senate republicans demanded, delaying what could still be hagel's eventual confirmation vote by at least two weeks. four republicans, mississippi's thad cochran, susan collins, mike johannes, and lisa murkowski voted. president obama was emphatic during a google plus question and answer session. >> my expectation and hope is that chuck hagel, who richly deserves to get a vote on the floor of the senate, will be confirmed as our defense secretary. it's just unfortunate that this kind of politics intrudes at a time when i'm still presiding over a war in afghanistan. >> interestingly, some republicans acknowledge yesterday that it's just a well, that's not the rule. >> i guess to be able to run for the senate as a republican in most places of the country, you need to have a resume that says, i helped filibuster one of the president's nominees. maybe that helps. maybe that keeps the tea party guy from running against you. >> here's the bottom line, and the message was delivered by mr. straight talk, john mccain, yesterday. ultimately, hagel's issues with his former gop colleagues are simply personal. >> there's a lot of ill will towards senator hagel, because when he was a republican, he attacked president bush, mercilessly, at one point said he was the worst president since herbert hoover. said that the surge was the worst blunder since the vietnam war, which is nonsense. and was very anti-his own party and people. people don't forget that. >> there you go. a delay is never a good thing, because it does give hagel's opponents additional time to try to torpedo his nomination. the fact that hagel essentially got 59 votes, including four from republicans, suggest that he's likely to be confirmed when this vote comes up again on february 26th. the fact is hagel's going to be a weakened secretary of defense in all of this. is that damage temporary or permanent? yesterday also highlighted a growing problem with the gop, that they are dealing, and one many republicans outside of d.c. fret about. it's clear what the gop is against, but the question remains, what are they for? by the way, the hagel fight, that's also demonstrated the degree to which some republicans will not give up the benghazi fight. the white house provided more information about benghazi in a letter to senators, mccain, graham, and ayotte on thursday, but the questions are not likely to end here. >> one of the pieces of this puzzle that we haven't gotten, of course, is the talking points. that will be a subject that will be -- must be addressed for mr. brennan's confirmation. >> so we move from hagel to brennan now with the benghazi issue. in his google chat, the president was asked about transparency and unsolicited, brought benghazi up. >> there are a handful of issues, mostly around national security, where people have legitimate questions. benghazi, by the way, is not a good example of that. that was largely driven by campaign stuff, because everything about that, we've had more testimony and more paper provided to congress than ever before, and congress is sort of running out of things to ask. >> senate democrats rolled out a plan yesterday, in a more important piece of news that was going on, to be honest, to replace the cuts in the sequester, which will go into effect march 1st, if nothing is agreed to. and to temporarily halt the sequester, they're calling for permanent tax increases. the $100 billion plan, the $120 billion, if you count saved interest payments, would replace across-the-board spending cuts passed during the 2011 debt limit showdown, then the cuts would kick in again for the rest of the decade. the bill is equally divided between revenue and spending cuts, a one-to-one ratio. remember, the president has not put a ratio on the record of what he wants on this. he wants some tax increases, but doesn't say how much. senate democrats establish a 30% tax rate on incomes over $1 million. additional tax increase proposals include getting rid of some of the loopholes that have to do for that oil and gas companies get. an end to the business deduction for the cost of moving equipment overseas. then the remaining $55 billion comes from spending cuts, evenly divided between cuts in defense from 2015 and cuts in farm subsidies. no other domestic programs are cut. house democrats rolled out essentially the same bill yesterday. clearly, this is a negotiating tactic. there's no way republicans are going to support a permanent tax increase to temporarily halt the ideas, president obama will take up the more deeply divisive issue of gun control. he'll do it in his hometown of chicago. a city that saw more than 500 murders last year. on thursday, he tried to ease the fears of gun owners, telling that google audience that he's focused mainly on what he described as weapons of war. >> people are going to be able to buy all kinds of guns and use them legally for protection, for sport, for hunting. what we're saying is, there may be a small category of weapons that we think really can drastically increase the incidence of gun violence. >> the head of the national rifle association, wayne lapierre, isn't buying it. he says the president's gun control effort is a charade, a political effort disguised as a public safety issue. >> they only care about their decades long, decades old gun control agenda. ban every gun they can, tax every gun sold, and register every american gun owner. >> david gregory is moderator of nbc's "meet the press." david, you're going to have a big, actually, subsection of guns in america on "meet the press" today. the president going to chicago. he supposedly going to talk about some economic stuff, but he had to deal with this gun issue, especially in his hometown. >> but that's a question of how guns get trafficked, how they get into the city, as well as which guns. the reality is, what does the president say? you pointed this out on state of the union. the white house is not confident they get a ban on assault weapons or magazines, as you well know. background checks looks better. look, wayne lapierre is getting ready for 2014 and the midterm elections and making this much more about government overreach than solving real problems. he says, where were they talking about school safety. why aren't we talking about hardening the targets. the president has been very skeptical about that and didn't say anything about it in his state of the union. >> you've got a packed "meet the press." you've got john mccain, denis mcdonough, the new white house chief of staff, and i want to start with sort of some obvious questions that mcdonough's going to face. chuck hagel watching this. the president is not going to get forced to pull back on this. >> he got re-elected and he wants his guy. the guy he wants is someone he's sympa sympatico with. he'll have to deal with these republicans who have this personal vendetta against him. he does carry this baggage. and i think these performance issues have not helped. his performance in his confirmation hearing did not make people inside the white house more confident about him. but, again, second term presidents, their level of confidence, who they want for the reasons they want them carry the day. >> john mccain, we saw all sides of him this week. "meet the press," exclusive interview with captain mark kelly, denis mcdonough, the new white house chief of staff, and john mccain. all right, on the road, president obama touting manufacturing's comeback. but are the rust belt residents feeling the resurgence? our meet the new members series continues with a michigan democrat with congress in his blood, congressman dan killdy joins us next. and president obama puts his two cents on future of the penny. but first, a look ahead at today's politics planner. you know that the president's headed out there. there's a house committee on drones today. don't miss that one. and the president has some medals he'll be awarding. and of course, there's senator lautenberg's retirement. you're watching "the daily rundown," only on msnbc. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 seems like etfs are everywhere these days. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 but there is one source with a wealth of etf knowledge tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 all in one place. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 introducing schwab etf onesource™. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 it's one source with the most commission-free etfs. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 one source with etfs from leading providers tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and extensive coverage of major asset classes... tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 all brought to you by one firm tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 with comprehensive education, tools and personal guidance tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 to help you find etfs that may be right for you. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 schwab etf onesource-- tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 for the most tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 commission-free etfs, tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 you only need one source and one place. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 start trading commission-free with schwab etf onesource. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 call, click or visit today. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 investors should carefully consider tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 information contained in the prospectus, tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 including investment objectives, risks, tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 charges, and expenses. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 you can request a prospectus by calling schwab tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 at 800-435-4000. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 please read the prospectus carefully before investing. mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. 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