Hi, don. Hi, suzanne. Thank you very much. Im don lemon. Brooke is off today. The eyes of the world are focusing now on the white house. Within the next hour, congressional leaders will begin to arrive for what is likely to be a very tense meeting with the president. This is perhaps the final effort to avert the tax increase that is expected to cost the average family several thousand dollars a year. Four days remain to reach an agreement, get it passed by the house and the senate and signed into law by the president. Were talking a long shot here. Now, want to show you the players. President , there in the middle, democrats nancy pelosi and harry reid. Republicans Mitch Mcconnell and john boehner. Those four members of congress are expected to make the drive from the capital, which you see on the right, down pennsylvania avenue, to the white house, there on the left. And we expect them to enter through a side door on the west side of the mansion. Thats the entrance right there. And th
You literally sat in that chair 30 seconds ago. Im wearing my union hat. Go union [ applause ] stephanie and i have a booked a new guest. Since i am your bff i should be the first to know. Stephanie you are going to say squee in such a huge way. Im excited. Is it dick morris . Stephanie no its going to be the liberal orgasm of a lifetime. Chris, jim, and jacki, and then two huge celebrity guests on panel. Ill call you during the break. Here she is with news Jacki Schechner. Good morning, everybody. The obamas are giving their first joint interview since the election today. It is going to be with barbara walters. The president is going to sit down by himself first and then michelle will join them. Afterwards the obamas and dog bo will give a tour of the white house. Hundreds of people are already gathering at the state capital in lancing, michigan as the city prepares for what could be the largest demonstration in history. The legislature has now rushed through right to work legislation
Im excited. Is it dick morris . Stephanie no its going to be the liberal orgasm of a lifetime. Chris, jim, and jacki, and then two huge celebrity guests on panel. Ill call you during the break. Here she is with news Jacki Schechner. Good morning, everybody. The obamas are giving their first joint interview since the election today. It is going to be with barbara walters. The president is going to sit down by himself first and then michelle will join them. Afterwards the obamas and dog bo will give a tour of the white house. Hundreds of people are already gathering at the state capital in lancing, michigan as the city prepares for what could be the largest demonstration in history. The legislature has now rushed through right to work legislation, and Governor Rick Snyder is expected to sign it today. Police are on hand and limbed the number of people allowed in the common areas of the capitol. President obama said the right to work bill is not about economics and has everything to do wi
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And president obama took time to talk to the nation about his agenda Going Forward. As for republicans, well, they tried to figure out just how they blundered themselves into the disaster they engineered. And today, theres plenty of blame to go around. This morning, the crisis is over. We fought the good fight. We just didnt win. Folks said we were going to lose turned out to be correct. I cant argue with that. It was a fools errand. We were not going to defund obama care. Instead of bringing people through crisis, we are creating it for them. Republican senator burris said, its the stupidest idea ive ever heard. And i think a lot of Establishment Republicans really never thought it would come to this. In the last 24 hours, conservatives tried to come to grips with the depths of their defeat. I was pondering if i can ever remember a greater political disaster in my lifetime. All this crap about the law of the land. The law of the land is the constitution john boehner was never going to