senate would come around but in talking to some of the moderate republicans in the senate, they are not sold on the deal either. i think this will be an interesting week to watch on the senate on this. well the budget compromise highlighting a rift now criticizing the bill to reduce the deficit. paul ryan who wrote the deal sending a message of his own. read the deal and get back to me. look, i think that is people are going to do what they need to do in the minority you don t have the burden of governing. we are well aware of what is in the bill. even before they announced a deal. it has been review ed everythin and confirmed our fears. you have the senator who
he has been considered sort of the tea party darling. at least he s liked by the tea party, but his name is all over the budget compromise, and the tea party hates that, wolf. i want you to listen to him defending the budget from an attack from the lighright. you have said this budget deal, quote, advances our principles. marco rubio said this, though, last night. quote, your deal is going to make it harder for americans to achieve the american dream. well, what would you say to marco? read the deal and get back to me. listen, wolf, boehner says, tells the tea party, hey, are you kidding me? and paul ryan smirks and says get back to me. i guess they realize that they took their brand took a real hit in this government shutdown. and this is the turning of the corner? i m assuming. yeah, paul ryan and john boehner, eric cantor, they didn t want to go through that
in this country legally do, that s an issue that could potentially hurt governor christie on the campaign trail. it would certainly hurt governor rick perry in 2012. so democrats always excited to knock down a republican star, but they re not really concerned because they don t think that he would be able to make it through iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, et cetera. wolf? jake tapper, we ll have more on this and a bunch of other news 4:00 p.m. eastern on the lead. a brutal consolidation of north korea as kim jong-un s uncle is executed. from drugs to women to millions of dollars in secret cash. that s next. [ male announcer ] this is jim, a man who doesn t stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation an irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. for years, jim s medicine tied him
no, not at all. oh, come on we have cameras following you around and you are telling people to opt out. you are going to opt out of obama care, right? that is the best possible decision about their health care. fox reporting about behind the obama breakdown. it is a great hour. we ve been working on it, right after special report. on tuesday, january 28th, the president will give an honorable state of the union. chief congressional correspondent is here to tell us more. senate democratic leaders don t seem worried about passing the budget compromise, expecting strong democratic support, that
we turn now to a bombshell in intelligence circles. a new report says robert levinson, the longest held american captive overseas was indeed working for the cia when he was captured in the iran. the news comes nearly seven years after he was taken and after nearly seven years of denials from the cia. susan candiotti is join us now. what was he doing in iran for the cia? to hear david magee tell it, he is a family friend and a former federal prosecutor who has been trying to help the. levinson family throughout. he says that levinson was under contract for the cia working to try to get information on nuclear program and also on hezbollah s work in iran for the cia and for other reasons, as well. but that time and again, the family was denied information, denied confirmation from the cia that levinson was actually