About his election loss blaming what he calls gifts thats a quote, gifts, the president people gave to people who voted for him. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Mitd romney speaking out about his election loss for the tempers flaring on capitol first time and blaming it in part on gifts that the hill. Senator john mccain lashing out president gave to supporters. At one of our cnn producers who lets talk about that and more questioned why he was missing a with the republican governor bobby jindal of louisiana. Key hearing on the attack on the hes the new chairman of the republican governors u. S. Consulate in benghazi, association. Libya. Mccain has been a sharp critic congratulations by the way. I guess i got to say of the president and his congratulations on getting that job, governor. Thanks very much for joining us. Administration complaining lawmakers are not getting enough information. Thank you, wolf. And when asked why he missed great to be back on the air with tha
With jacki healthcare corner in addition. Thats the plan. Stephanie because shes the spokes model healthcare geek. Good morning everybody. Happy friday. Its busy day for general David Petraeus who is testifying at this hour in closed door meetings. What comes out of that is up to the Committee Members and what they want to share with you. Lawmakers want to know why there wasnt tighter security in benghazi when it was attacked on september 11th, they are also looking for initial explanation to the attack and why it was relateed to an antimuslim movie rather than a preplanned act of terror. There are talking poison but u. N. Ambassador susan rice. There were notes made four days after the attack and made no mention of terror top chair woman feinstein said shes interested in what general petraeus may have learned when he went to libya after the talk. General petraeus went to tripoli and interviewed many of the people who were involved. The opportunity to get his views is very important. G
Things, you know, id threat cant agree with all of your points but i agree with your basic will go because there is always a disconnect between what is provided to folks, whether it is the gas tax that goes to building roads and highways that people use every day but not realizing that they are paying for that. A variety of other things that people use that the tax system paid for but not realizing that connection. So the whole idea you bring up, stephen, that you believe that to connect the taxes they are paying with what they are getting in some respects, i agree with you and that is one of the challenges. On the first point, i take exception to you saying that my request for raising the cap on Social Security is a kneejerk reaction. Kneejerk reaction is a description of Somebody Just sort of making a decision without thinking about it. I have put a lot of thought on the issue. You and i may disagree on the best solution but i put a lot of thought into it and i think it is the best s
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions brown after talks between president obama and Congressional Republicans stall, the house moves toward a vote on Speaker Boehners planb for limited tax increases. Good evening, im jeffrey brown. Suarez and im ray suarez. On the newshour tonight, we sort through the state of play and the latest political maneuvering with congress watcher Norman Ornstein and Political Editor christina bellantoni. Brown then we look at the suspension of the u. N. s Polio Eradication Campaign in pakistan, after the killings of nine aid workers. Suarez from capitol hill, ame lman repor on two congressional hearings today where state Department Officials accepted blame in failing to protect the u. S. Diplomatic mission in libya. We have to do better. We owe it to our colleagues who lost their lives in benghazi. We owe it to the Security Professionals who acted with such extraordinary heroism that awful night to try to protect them, and we owe it to thousands
Moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Brown the u. S. House of representatives headed toward approval this evening of a tax plan that republicans backed and democrats said was a waste of time. The division demonstrated that efforts to get a bipartisan agreement and avoid the fiscal cliff are stuck in stalemate. The house will be in order. Brown House Republicans pushed their plan b. Despite a veto threat from the white house and the strong opposition of senate democrats. Speaker john boehner insisted the president had left him with no alternative. For weeks the white house said if i moved o