the january 6th documents. is that a blanket statement? are you evaluating the request from the investigation group coming in one by one? to not asserting executive privilege. obviously some of this is predicting what we don t know yet. that s his overarching view. is there something you would not turn over? i don t think i will get ahead of a hypothetical. that s important for people to know and understand. that s the principle with which we are approaching this. on the government shutdown any determination as to what happens to on-going covid related work during a potential shutdown? we obviously want to avoid a government shutdown. because it s public health work
i m joe johns in for candy crowley, and this is state of the union. the white house has led a very public campaign for the payroll tax cut extension which would save average and working americans $1,000 in higher taxes next year. after weeks of negotiations, a break-through. the senate yesterday voted to extend the tax cut and unemployment benefits for just two months. the house still has to act. president obama seems satisfied but he let congress know he is not backing off a full-year extension. it would be inexcusable for congress not to further extend this middle-class tax cut for the rest of the year. it should be a formality, and hopefully it is done with as little drama as possible when they get back in january. but he made no mention of the keystone xl pipeline compromise. to get republicans onboard, democrats agreed to a provision which says the president must make a decision within 60 days on extending an oil pipeline from canada to texas. the president had i