0 that regard. he may change that story over time. we ll have to wait and see. immediately that is one aspect of this. let me ask you about that because as mike was pointing out it doesn t seem to be in his interest. it could be a red herring the fact that he is telling authorities that he and his brother acted alone and said they learned how to make bombs on the internet. isn t it naive to take that at face value and not think they could be part of a cell. this is what the department of homeland security exists for. this is what counter terrorism experts like yourself exist for. he nearly died from a gun shot wound. he is heavily sedated. these statements are going to be kwaub rated and looked at based on and aligned with other information we are finding from communication and phone records and computer records and interviews. we will talk to the russians to see if they can do corroboration. i think we can conclude that this was self-generated and no outside influence. we will fin
this would be catastrophic for the country if we allowed it to happen. we have to have a deal in 36 hours. the people are committed regardless to doing the right thing for the country. it s what s most important. this is the way you wanted to go out with this mess? well, we could have handled it better. we are in this position because we mishandled it in the first place. we are where we are. i m hopeful we will be able to do that in the next day and a half. good luck up there. we ll check in plenty throughout the day. good luck. happy new year. 20 minutes past the hour now. at 1:00, a look at what s going on behind the scenes in the senate. senator debby stabenow of michigan is on the finance committee. she s going to join us in the next hour. but, up here first, number three on the first five web stories.
hill as the senate tries to strike a deal to overt the so-called fiscal cliff. it s come down to a matter of hours. midnight tomorrow, everybody s taxes going up unless something happens in washington, d.c. hello to you all and welcome to weekends with alex witt. i m t.j. holmes filling in for alex. a consequence of history in the nation s capital if congress cannot reach a compromise deal on tax and spending cuts. a short time ago, we were hearing from the president talking about the fiscal cliff negotiations. he spoke exclusively on meet the press and he had a message for congress. at minimum, make sure people s taxes don t go up and 2 million people don t lose their unemployment. i was modestly hopeful yesterday. now, the pressure is on congress to produce. the president responded to what would happen if no agreement is reached and the nation does fall over that cliff. if you look at projections of 2013, people generally felt that the economy would continue to grow
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pete hoekstra ran this ad in an attempt to paint democratic debby stabenow as a big spending. and thank you, michigan senator debby spend it now. americans spend more money to buy more and more for less. and your economy gets weak, yours take ours take jobs. and thank you, debby spent it now. to the pacific islander american vote group, it s disturbing that mr. hoekstra s campaign thought to use negative stereo types that encourage anti-asian sentiment. even republican consultant murphy tweeted the ad was really, really dumb and oak extra maintained, it was care. we have a growth rate at 2% and china is coming off the 9%