Thousands of protesters crowding the streets, troops firing tear gas, many people mad about the president s recent power grab. The country is less than two weeks away from voting on a new constitution. A controversial one, to many people. Reza is in the middle of it in i can propose the demonstration had been unfolding for a while. Whats happening in the last half hour or so . Reporter yeah, lets get you up to speed, michael, on new information that weve gotten over the past hour. According to witnesses on the ground, protesters have broken at least one barrier, set up with barbed wire that was arranged by police to keep protesters away from the president ial palace, another witness telling us theres been one clash between protesters and police after demonstrators started throwing rocks, debris, other objects, at police and Police Responded by firing at least one round of tear gas. For the most part, these demonstrations near the president ial palace have been peaceful, but with this c
Benjamin netanyahu. Tomorrow, she is scheduled to meet with the Palestinian Authority. Mahmoud abbas. Hes in the west bank. Thats on the opposite side of israel from gaza. Hes going to be talking talking to the Palestinian Authority, it is a way really to communicate with hamas. Now, clinton cannot speak with hamas directly because the United States considers it a terrorist group. So by talking to palestinians she can reach hamas. Talking to egypts president is going to be her last stop. As we see here. So by talking to egypt, thats another way for her to communicate with hamas. The region is watching her every step. Not only for a ceasefire, but perhaps also for a longterm resolution. A member of hamas told cnn by phone today how his organization is looking to see what the u. S. Does. I think the egyptians are waiting for some support from the United States in order to make an we expect to have an outcome of this today. You have so many moving parts in all of this. There is a discrepa
White house consistently, which is they arent moving until they hear the republicans agree to raise tax rates on the wealthiest. Listen to what the president had to say. I think that, you know, we have the potential of getting a deal done, but it is going to require what i talked about during the campaign, which is a balanced responsible approach to deficit reduction that can help give businesses certainty and make sure the country grows. And unfortunately the speakers proposal right now is still out of balance. He talks, for example, about 800 billion worth of revenues, but he says hes going to do that by lowering rates. When you look at math, it doesnt work. Reporter so unbalanced approach is the white houses nice way of saying you got to be kidding me. Jay carney used the phrase in the briefing just now that the proposal from the republicans was a bunch of magic needs and fairy dust and the current standoff is continuing with neither side talking today, brooke. Magic beans, fairy du
Im melissa harrisperry. After weeks of republicans making a series of desperate plays to score wins, the democrats unwilling to give a single inch of ground and with the clock running down on the United States deadline to repay its financial obligations, game over, an 11thhour vote in the house of representatives wednesday approved a senate plan to raise the debt ceiling and finally reopen the government after 16 long days of being out of business. President obama made it official with his signature just after midnight on thursday. And waking up the morning after the news of the nights big event, everyone really just wanted to know one thing whats the final score . Because if americans understand nothing else about the events of the last few weeks, weve all been watching a big bill penalty kill game. Now that its all over we want to know the answers to the two biggest questions on everyones mind after game day who won and who lost . Unfortunately, these political news guys do love noth
There is a lot that you need to know. So lets go to the phones. Eric, whos our first caller . Melissa, our first caller is jim from oklahoma. Caller, youre on the air. Caller i think its really important, and dont you agree, that people of this country have to know what this is really all about. This is socialized medicine. Now, a lot of them didnt believe that. Well, there is a reason a lot of them didnt believe that. It is not socialized medicine. Health care will continue to be administered by the private sector and paid for by private insurers. Actually, the real goal of obama care is to expand Health Insurance to some of the 48 million people, thats 16 of the country, who do not have it. So first, lets back up and talk about how insurance works. Preobama care, if you dont have insurance through an employer, then you have to buy your own policy, and that really sucks. Especially if youre sick or have anything that an Insurance Company could call a preexi preexisting condition, like