Conservatives on the hill are counting on us. And the Supreme Court court takes on dwa marriage. Well break it all down with george will, James Carville and mary matalin. Paul krugman of New York Times and abcs own matthew dowd. Hello, again, just over three weeks away from that fiscal cliff, we gave off a week of press conferences, symbolic votes in senate, less than an hour of serious negotiating. What will it take to break the stalemate . Well get into that this morning. With two big roundtables of elected officials. The lawmakers. Senator tom coburn for the republicans and Deb Jie Stabenow for the democrats. And congressman hen sarlg. He said that for there to be a big deal, tax rates on the wealthy are going to have to go up. Again, as the speaker has said, unfortunately what we see out of the president my highway or the high wway. One dollar revenue for 2. 5 of spending reductions. Now, after the election, its a little bit of bait and switch. Now hes asking for 1. 6 trillion. For
The end of the month. Well tell you b about what this latest dump reveals. Preparing for another big debate. This one in greenville, South Carolina. They had exactly one week to convince voters in the state to vote for them. The primary is set for february 20th and millions of americans deal wg the big chill on the east coast. Teps are falling below zero because arctic air is belowing wind gusts as high as 45 miles per hour. Very latest forecast. More of these and the rest of your top stories coming up at the top of the hour on americas ne news headquarters from washington. Welcome to the journal. Editorial report. In New Hampshire, voters took their dissatisfaction to the polls. Hand iing victories to socialis senator, Bernie Sanders and billionaire business man, donald trump are still so, will their outsider appeal endure as the president ial race moves south . Lets ask wall street journal columnist, dan headinging and assistant editorial page editor, james freeman. Dan, i think we s
But she needed to do that. I mean, theres a lot of alarm. And granted they dont vote and this is part of what and mates the trump voters, its our race, its our choice. But i think she was very aware of that, i think she had to have heard that being secretary of state. She wasnt addressing them without their wanting to be addressed and reassured. It also goes to a larger point about what exactly theyre offering. Trump is basically saying take a leap with me, lets break this. Stability is overrated, lets throw it all out the window, the system weve got stinks. The g20, they dont put out the red carpet, lets pull up the wheels and skcrew it, lets fly home. She says things need to change but there are certain thing about the way we work, about our democracy, about our place in the world. One thing to point out from something we just saw, trump in the spin room already, the candidate in the spin room tends to suggest that that candidate doesnt think he did that well and that the verdict is
All week, all the worlds leaders were all here all week last week. Across the street. We all got our steps in last week. But she needed to do that. Theres a lot of alarm. And granted they dont vote, and this is part of what animates the trump voters. Its our race, our choice. But i think she was very aware of that, having been secretary of state. I think she wasnt addressing them without their wanting to be addressed and reassured. It also goes to a larger point as to what they are offering. Trump is basically saying, take a leap with me, let as break this. The system that weve got, it doesnt work. He really says, like im going to go fishing with dynamite. And shes saying, you know what . Some things need to be changed, but there are certain things about this system which weve got which we need to preserve and things about americas role in the world which are not only worth preserving but worth defending from the threat offered by this guy on the stage with me lass being a major candid
Since the senate couldnt pass a fourweek resolution to fund the government, they are trying is set for threeweek resolution. Republicans are betting that among the ranks of their democratic colleagues, there is enough support for the six years worth of funding for the chip program. They could get some democratic votes in the house, and the senate if leader pelosi and schumer free them up to go. I spoke to greg walden, the republican from Washington State. He says if the democrats freed up they would vote but their leadership has been constrained. Nancy pelosi meanwhile, has signed off on this threeweek long continuing resolution only if if daca is attached. It is in right now. Paul we will go to the republican leaders. Okay. The shutdown of the government is completely unnecessary. Last night, the Senate Democrats chose not to join us in funding the government in providing support to our military and reauthorizing chip. They made the choice to shut the government down. To deny our troo