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that was a part of the deal odious though it may be that we had to accept in order to get all the good things that come along with that. that s the nature of compromise so i m sure there will be those who have a hard time getting over the hump. others we ll see that this is extraordinarily important for our economy and for people across the country that we not let this get to a washington-style standoff. of course, if the house does hold it up entirely the tax cuts expire for everyone at the stroke of midnight on december 31st including for the middle class thatter s trying to protect. it an interview with 60 minutes, john boehner accused president obama of showing him disrespect by calling him and republicans hostage-takers as you remember during the tax cut negotiations last week. he basically called you a hostage-taker. excuse me, mr. president. i thought the election was over. you know, you re not allowed to
acknowledged that in an interview with the weekly standard saying he had serious back pain and instead of painkillers, he smoked pot. you can read more about that. get the link to the original story. but gary johnson already heading to some of the really important states including new hampshire as he tries to, you know, get some support for a presidential bid. kyra? did he inhale? did he admit to that? i think he did, absolutely. okay. thanks, mark. next political update in an hour. for the latest political news, go to cnnpolitics.com. many congressional democrats unhappy with the tax cut negotiations. they think that the president caved in to republicans rather than putting up a fight to reach a better compromise. democratic congressman anthony weiner made his argument on cnn s parker spitzer last night. look at the lessons. they did it in the stimulus bill. they shaved it down to smaller because they thought the republican votes, got none. accepted republican amendments
our own budget, but i m not going to i m not going to get ahead of the president and i m not going to get ahead of our budget process right now. all right, gene sperling, economic advisor at the white house and a man in the room for these tax cut negotiations. thanks for your time. we appreciate it. thanks, gene. thanks for having us. all right. coming up it s the biggest job discrimination case in u.s. history. so big that wal-mart says it shouldn t be allowed. plus, coming to a campus near you, it s a new movement. forget co-ed dorms. how about co-ed dorm rooms? parents, lock up your daughters and your sons. this is scary stuff. how do you feel about that as a father? first, let s do our washington speak. 99ers. now, these are the long-term unemployed who have exhausted the 99 weeks of eligible unemployment benefits from the government. the labor department estimates about two million americans are in this category. that number could rise to as many as four million next
i guess the show s always in the afternoon on the east. in the morning on west. reporter: sorry. did we wake you up early? mondays are hard to get back into the swing of things. good to see you. it is crisp and cold in washington as in atlanta and the north carolina. what s the president talking about today? reporter: jobs angd the economy. at a community college talking for just about all of the first two years ar trying to pour more money into community colleges. some can t afford four-year colleges right now. some unemployed looking for retraining, learn new skills, and the lying. they can do that in community colleges. at the same time he was there to talk about the tax cut negotiations. it was interesting, you just heard him say, look, i m not going to get 100% of what i want. the republicans aren t going to get 100% of what they want, but democrats on the hill are nervous that republicans are going get more towards 100% than the democrats are in these negotiations. that s r