Done. As president , i have a unique responsibility to try to make this town work. His party stung and in the minority, the president said hes ready to compromise with republicans on road repairs, reforming the tax code and brokering new trade deals. But as quickly he says hes going it alone on Immigration Reform. Im eager to see what they have to offer. But what im not going to do is just wait. My executive actions not only do not prevent them from passing a law that supersedes those actions, but should be a spur for them to actually try to get something done. The vow to act is pitting him against the new Republican Senate leader, Mitch Mcconnell. Its like waving a red flag in front of a bull to say, if you guys dont do what i want, im going to do it on my own. Aides to mr. Obama saying the president is bullish about his final quarter in the white house, devising new ways to go around congress to build up his legacy and hes not letting the countdown clock stall his agenda. What do you
Moving more easily, but hes moving against his political rivals. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following two breaking stories, hours after republicans seized control of the senate and padded the house, the president saying to voters i hear you and hes also saying to republicans lets find ways to Work Together. Meantime, tensions are exploding half a world away. Hamas is blessing what israel called a terror attack. A van driver plowed into a jerusalem crowd killing a Police Officer and then swung a metal bar at bystanders before being shot dead and more graphic video here. A hunt is right now under way for another driver who ran into a group of soldiers in the west bank. Our correspondents and analysts are standing by and ill speak with republican senator Lindsay Graham. Hes standing by live this hour. Lets begin with our White House Correspondent michelle kosinski. Hi, wolf. The president acknowledged last nights tough loss. At times he s
Other side. Thanks for joining us. Barack obama has a couple of tough years ahead of him as voters took out the anger on the status quo on his fellow democrats. Tuesdays elections gave the democrats the upper hand for the First Time Since 2006. Leaders say they will look for Common Ground and republicans say theyre eager to get to work on what they see as the Biggest Challenges ahead. Some of the message also is a message that the American Public is tired of gridlock, theyre ready to see something happen and i want to be part of that. The American People put a stop sign out in front of the oval office. The president obviously cant see it. So i dont say this as people in america becoming republican. I see this as telling the president stop, reconsider where youre going. Theres such anxiety in the country about whats happened in washington and how things just havent gotten done. And i think what they were doing with governors was rewarding the governors they believe get their job done an
Groups most senior commanders and our pop culture lead today, americas favor rid fake newsman jon stewart steps out from behind the fake anchor desk to let me ask some questions. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Well begin with the world lead and a renewed sense of crisis in ukraine. It seems while Vladimir Putin was supposed to be practicing diplomacy and maybe trying to defrost his icy relationship with president obama he might have also been busy brokering back channel deals and plotting his next land grab. First, russia announced a deal to construct eight Nuclear Reactors inside iran. Iran which wants Nuclear Weapons according to the u. S. Government and could be on the verge of a Historic Deal with the west to not build them and now nato reports a convoy of russian tanks and 43 unmarked troop transports have crossed into neighboring ukraine. The ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine, nato says, is basically over and since crimea is now a repository for all thi
Collects could provide clues about the origins of the earth and our solar system. Our correspondent, Fred Pleitgen, is over at Mission Control in germany. Also joining us, the former u. S. Astronaut ken bauersox. Fred, why is this such an important moment for them over there at Mission Control . Reporter because theyve been waiting, some of them 20 years for this. This has been traveling through the air or ten years to make it to this point. So i have a replica here of the comet that it landed on. This is a replica of the philae lander. Its about here on this comet. I also have a guest with me right now. Hes a flight dynamics engineer for the European Space agency. First of all, i have to ask you, how excited are you . Im excited, elated. Im happy. Literally had tears in my eyes. Im overwhelmed. Reporter tell me about the status of the lander right now, because it was supposed to fire off harpoons to pull itself onto the comet. Those didnt fire. Whats the status now . We know that the