federal workers are being told to expect to return to work. mr. obama spoke with reporters after the senate vote. listen. i have got some thoughts about how we can move forward in the remainder of the year and stay focused on the job at hand. because there is a lot of work ahead of us, including our need to earn back the trust of the american people that has been lost over the last few weeks. and we can begin to do that by addressing the real issues that they care about. now, this 11th hour compromise came after talks between senate leaders on tuesday night. and it is a process that the majority leader, harry reid says he never wants to go through again. let s be honest. this is pain inflicted on our nation for no good reason, and we can t, cannot make the same mistake again. we have this story covered from all the angles, from the
tonight, a republican campaign blockbuster. ten states and hundreds of delegates on the line at the same time. it s our time for choosing. and this time we got to get the choice right. will this night bring any clarity to the most unpredictable presidential race in memory? we just need to stay on the island, not get voted off. voters are deciding in vermont, virginia, and georgia. it s very important for to us do well in georgia. in ohio, massachusetts, and tennessee. we feel really good about tennessee. in oklahoma, idaho, alaska and north dakota. i want north dakota s votes. it s america s choice. and it s super tuesday. mrz mo mitt romney needs to finally prove he can close the deal with voters and rick santorum needs to move prove he can stop him. everyone is going out here scrapping and clawing. and we re doing all right. this may be newt gingrich s last chance for a campaign comeback. i m not a team player. i m a change agent. and ron paul
hill for the reaction from congress. and dana if i may pull back for a moment, and we went through a massive, massive battle over making sure that the government is funded through september which finally reaching the 11th hour compromise, and now we are talking about reducing the nation s deficit in a decade or 12 years and bigger fight, and how is that going to work? well, bigger is a great understatement, brooke. look, no question about it that this is going to be a gargantuan fight, and we are already seeing the outlines of it. we are already seeing the both sides of the battle. but how is that going to work? the question is whether or not there is some sliver of hope that they could thread the needle down the middle, and whether or not you can take the lines in the sand from the president to let s say on medicare and medicaid and even tax cuts and the republicans on the same issues and try to find some middle ground. they have kind of been lobbying back and forth, and there has b
down. the bill eliminates about $2.9 billion for high speed rails, priority of president obama s. the house is scheduled to vote on president obama s 11th hour compromise tomorrow. the senate shortly after. d.c. mayor vin gent gray released from jail after arrested on capitol hill yesterday. he was one of about 40 people protesting a part of the budget deal struck on the weekend which bans the district of columbia from spending its money to provide abortions for low-income women. he sent out a tweet yesterday saying i am calling on all residents of d.c. to join us now at the hart senate office to stand for our freedom. then he tweeted, getting arrested on the hill for d.c. autonomy. here he is after he was released early yesterday morning. he paid his $50 fine and then he spoke to reporters. the importance of this, to me, is that we needed to make a statement that what has happened in this budget process and what has happened repeatedly to the district of columbia, is just