them another year if you re following me. the president met with the industry executives friday in order to persuade them to go along. his capitulation on canceled policies heads off a legislative fix by congress, at least for now. i completely get how upsetting this can be for a lot of american, particularly after assurances they heard from me that if they had a plan that they liked, they could keep it. and to those americans, i hear you loud and clear. i said that i would do everything we can to fix this problem and today i m offering an idea that will help do it. viewpoints now from a couple of xen commentators, maria cardona, democratic strategist, ben ferguson, conservative radio show host. i m glad we have the two of you together. these are always lively conversations. i want to start with the president trying to fix one problem but have created another. because there are 45 days until this deadline.
also an msnbc contributor, and villa skype as you can tell from our shot there, steve, conservative radio show host. you have the visual disadvantage because you re skype. i ll let you start off first here. let me play what paul ryan, completely opposite of what chris christie said this sunday. his assessment of the debates. let s play ryan, please. i don t think one event is going to make or break this campaign. look, president obama s a very he s a very gifted speaker. this is mitt s first time on this kind of a stage. it s no secret, steve, you are conservative republican. you are not a fan of mitt romney. is this a make or break moment for his campaign on wednesday? who s right? chris christie or congressman ryan? well, if my head is twice as big as everybody on the panel does that mean i m twice as smart in that s the question. you have to take that up with them. i think that they re both right in a way. i don t think one singular event
and good morning to you. it is tuesday, december 13th. i feel like it s a homecoming. a long time since the three of us have been together. good to see you. as usual a busy, busy news morning. breaking news now. four soldiers are dead after two army choppers went down during a training exercise. it happened a joint base lewis-mcchord in washington state. crash investigators are trying to find out what went wrong right now. pliv on the pholive on the phon crash site. what do we know? i m watching the lights of the recovery teams that have been looking throughout the night to go in the grim task of recovering those bodies of the four aviators that lost their lives. still don t know what went wrong. at about 11:00 p.m. eastern last nim, sometime after 11:00 p.m. two helicopters crashed killing everybody aboard both helicopters. these are small observation helicopters, ali. the eyes and ears of what s on the ground. flying maneuvers over a training area when this crash to