neil: i did notice when it came to the irs that there s no delay in taking taxes out of your check, but if for those who pay quarterly or whatever are expecting a refund, that will be delayed. getting a refund but you also they won t be able to audit you. that may be good news. neil: you have a little more time to get your ducks in order. we told you at bit before that the president had a 4:00 p.m. cabinet meeting he put back to 5:00 p.m. ten minutes a. from addressing the nation. we re not expecting a big change in posture on the part of the president, about what die know? bret knows and is there. what can we expect? i think you re right. don t think the president is going to change his approach here itch don t think he is going to say to democrats, they should give in to what the republicans going to send over. obviously we have heard speaker
criticized. eric: specifically, how does he find his way out of this one? speaker baner says he speaker boehner says he won t negotiate with him and president obama seemed implacable on his positions. back to me, i think there is going to have to be a shift in how obama handles the hill. you know, when presidents win re-election, the air on top of mt. olympus is scbfl feels great. but it s very thin and it leads to you do things that can appear arrogant. that affects your approval rating and then your agenda can t get through. that s what has happened in second terms with presidents in america. unless obama can show the american people, on the big issues, like the budget and immigration and what he is talking about with guns, he can work with the republicans. let me ask you a question, can you name the one bipartisan accomplishment of president
got to leave it there. always good to see you. thanks. to ed henry in honolulu where the president is set to depart tonight. we got breaking news from the speaker and i believe they said we have a couple deals on the table. it s your turn, senate. yeah, eric, that s where the ball is going now. but what i think the speaker and maybe majority leader eric cantor are leaving out is the reason all eyes turned to the senate is the speaker can t get the job done thursday on plan b. plan a is essentially the big deal, the $4 trillion debt plan. i was speaking a short time ago to a white house official that happened they believe the president moved halfway towards the republicans starting at only want to go raise taxes on $250,000 and above. he moved that goalpost to $400,000 or more. speaker baner was far away
i don t know. i think the republicans are kind of going through their five stages of grief after the election. right now they re in denial and i think boehner is a little farther along. he s in the bargaining position. i think they re also looking at the next six to eight, ten months. robert and erin know this. i think there s some concern over potentially facing primary opponents. you had club for growth out there. i don t know if they necessarily want to. i think it makes their position harder. i think the president has more leverage if we go over the cliff. there are more senate democrats next year and more house democrats. i m not sure what leverage they gain. you can t tell me some republicans don t mind if we go over the cliff, at least for a few days so they can say they never had to vote to raise taxes, right? doug s talking about these primary challenges for some in the gop, so you could point that way. well, sure. but let s put this in perspective. speaker baner was onl
whatever, kyle. merry christmas in case i don t see you. happy holidays. piles of debris line the streets and are hit hard by superstorm sandy. more than one month after it struck. but funding could soon be on the way to help get things back to normal. now more from washington. in a letter to congress, the white house has requested $60.4 billion to help all states affected by superstorm sandy. the white house says these are funds necessary to finance a needed recovery effort and to help the region prepare for future challengeds including future challenges including future storms and coastal flooding as well as a changing climate. keep in mind that money is tight in dc right now. speaker baner says we have the request and will review it. the chairman of the house approprations committee and hal rogers said it is critically important for congress to fulfill its