david axelrod, thank you for talking with us. >> good to be with you, judy. >> woodruff: you were in the meeting today. did it accomplish the goal the president had set out? >> i think it really did. you know, we've had an election. i think the american people want us to work together to try and solve some of the big challenges facing this country. this was an opportunity to sit down and talk things through, and the tone was very good. it was positive. it was constructive. i think strides were made. and, you know, we'll see what comes of it. but it certainly was for the kind of meeting that it was, the first meeting after the election of all the leaders, it was a good one. >> woodruff: you said it was positive, constructive but we gather no real differences were bridged today. the president wasn't looking for that? >> well, i think that there was... i think there was a significant discussion outlining a way forward to solve some of the things that are in front of us right now. as the president mentioned and you know, he's designated his treasury secretary tim geithner and the new bud

. >> woodruff: we have a newsmaker interview with white house senior advisor david axelrod. >> lehrer: margaret warner examines the decrease in schools known as "dropout factories" and the rise in high school graduation rates. >> woodruff: and gwen ifill talks to marcia coyle about today's supreme court arguments over moving inmates out of california's crowded prisons. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: 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. >> lehrer: the long-awaited pentagon study on the effects of ending "don't ask, don't tell" was released today. it concluded there could be initial disruptions from dropping the ban on gays serving openly in the ranks, but there would be no long-lasting problems. the pentagon study began ten months ago. the question: what happens if congress repeals the policy that forced more than 13,000 pers

but first, david axelrod on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs "face the nation" with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. and now from cbs news in washington, bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning again. david axelrod is in the studio with us. good morning, mr. axelrod. >> good morning. >> schieffer: so the president says the only way to get republicans to go along with extending unemployment benefits and keeping the same tax rates for middle and lower income people is to also extend those rates-- what some people call tax cuts-- for the upper income groups as well. the republicans, most of them seem to love it. the liberal democrats are in a rage. what do you do now? >> first of all, let's be clear that what we agreed to is not just extending the tax cuts from the bush era, but also some tax cuts that we passed two years ago that go right to middle class families for college, for a child tax credit. it also includes a payroll tax cut of 2%, so people will have more money to spend in the comi

joining me now, white house senior adviser david axelrod. thank you for joining me. >> good to be here. >> you've heard as we started that some of your congressional democrats are saying they're not going to be held hostage to this and that they will not submit to it. will they? >> well, look, i don't put it in those terms. i think every single person in that building does not want taxes to go up on january 1st. does not want to see 2 million people lose their unemployment insurance. everybody understands what the implications for the economy would be and economists have spoken to it if that package doesn't move forward. so i believe that there will be a coming together around it. >> where is the room to negotiate? what can you offer them? >> i'm not -- first of all, i'm not here to negotiate and, secondly, we have a framework. we have an agreement and i don't anticipate that it's going to change greatly. there have been some changes that folks in the house were concerned about the absence of an extension of an energy -- renewable energy tax

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. >> because as david axelrod said on cbs's "face the nation," in the end very few members will want to vote against it. >> i don't think anybody wants to be responsible for taxes going up on january 1st because we couldn't come to a resolution. >> reporter: but even if that's true, it tbloses over the anger of many house democrats, who argue the president got rolled by republicans and gave away too much to high-income taxpayers. >> open pra winfrey and santa claus, everyone gets a tax cut. >> some house democrats have vowed a challenge. >> we're going to change this and hopefully the president will back us up as we try the take out the worst things that are in it. >> the worst thing to democrats is the deal reached on the estate tax. estates below $5 million would be inherited tax-free, but above that would be taxed at 35%. democrats would start taxing at $3.5 million in inheritance with a rate of 45%. it's a change worth $4.5 billion with some in the house saying this is amendment number one. >> the most egregious provision in this deal relates to the estate tax provision. it did n

chief political adviser david axelrod will return to chicago to run the 2012 obama campaign. 's likely to be replaced by david plouffe, the president's closest outside adviser. the cabinet will see changes, too, with defense secretary gates expected to leave early next year and a shake-up on the economic team. with top adviser larry summers returning to the private sector, one candidate to replace him, former clinton adviser, gene sperling. >> so we acted immediately and aggressively. >> reporter: at his state of the union, the president will lay out his agenda for 2011. at the top, jobs and the economy. education and job training will be a focus. the president will also address debt and the deficit. that could be coupled with the overhaul of the tax code. with mr. obama's recent and unexpected success, many wonder if the bipartisanship of december's lame duck will carry over into the new year. >> so if he approaches the politics, both of dealing frankly with the democrats and those republicans willing to do a deal, he may be able to get some things done. >> reporter: with con

on face the nation, david axelrod defended the compromise. >> in exchange for that, we demanded that we extend the child tax credit, the college tax credit, the earned income tax credit and we got these additional tax cuts that are going to be very helpful to people across this country. >> reporter: democrats still want to debate, however. on fox news sunday, representative chris van hollen took issue with the estate tax. some believe the parties are playing ideological chicken. republican representative paul ryan of wisconsin ups the stakes. >> if the democrats in the house scuttle this deal, that will be the first thing we do is prevent these job-killing tax increases and we'll do it retroactively after the first of the year. >> on meet the press, austin goolsbe. made the case that you can't reduce the deficit unless the economy is growing. he believes the republicans won't be able to renew high income tax cuts in 2012. >> i believe they will have to stand up and defend on their own merits that they think these work and they will not be able to do that because they don't. fox news

paul ryan, wisconsin, the new chairman of the budget committee and white house senior adviser david axelrod made the rounds on the sunday talk shows to defuse anger from progressives and democrats in congress over the deal. >> i respect people who are unhappy. we share their view on upper income tax cuts on the estate tax. 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 n

we'll ask presidential adviser david axelrod. >>> rough seas. a cruise ship in antarctica. it takes out an engine. the 30-foot waves all caught on tape. >>> and oprah opens up. her candid conversation with barbara walters about her next adventure and what we still don't know about her. >> shoot. i'm going to cry here. tissue, please. now, i need tissue. i've never told her that. >>> okay. barbara walters, oprah winfrey. something is going to happen. >> but you knew she didn't want to go there, oprah, with the tears but it's great to have you back. >> it's great to be back, but coming home to some sad news. >>> we both knew elizabeth edwards. and she is being remembered as a courageous and passionate woman. inspiration to all who knew her. and the funeral is now being planned for this weekend. her family surrounded her as she died yesterday morning at 10:15. and we know now that her oldest daughter cate had been there in the home since thanksgiving. >> she died in peace. >>> also this morning, a frantic search for a 12-year-old girl, brittany mae smith. missing after her mot

russia before wrapping up for christmas according to a senior advisor to the american president david axelrod claims there's enough support on capitol hill for the crucial start agreement to be passed distance for a moment because we get it signed the treaty reducing the two countries atomic by thirty in april by the u.s. republican senators who made significant gains in the recent midterms have been far from favorable in giving their support to the pact instant a woman has called ratification his top foreign policy entity the new congress convenes next year democrats will lose their current enjoy writing in the house making it tougher for them to cross. some other international stories in briefly the south. police in the u.k. have searched of property in connection with saturday's twin blasts in store credit reports suggest the bomber was an iraqi born swede who lived just outside london stockholm has called the attack which killed one person injured two others tara crime swedish news agency says it received a ruling before the bombings it confirmed that a suicide attack this will be the fir

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you've about got david axelrod. here you have -- it's like a two-year time lapse where barack obama has learn oefrd two years what we've been saying here for two years which is it's james madison's washington. how many times have i said that? >> it's james madison's washington where you've got to compromise. they've figured it out. john boehner is riding herd over 80-plus new members. can't run around saying compromise because they'll get skittish, won't they? >> so far they didn't have to. his word "common ground," that might be too generous, seriously. >> i'll tell you what. there is, of course, the conventional wisdom which is that republicans won overwhelmingly and they certainly did ideologically. there is -- i oemt heard two people, myself and charles say, wait a second, republicans have sold out the very principles that got them elected. did you see the column on friday? this is like a stimulus package. $900 billion, we're borrowing from the chinese. this is like a disaster for the conservati conservatives. >

economic council director larry summers, defense secretary robert gates, senior white house adviser david axelrod and the president's chief of staff, rahm emanuel, who has already left to run for chicago mayor. but the white house says the president is not completely cleaning house, like president clinton did after his mid-term losses in 1994. >> i would be survived if we had dramatic, out of the box shifts of wholesale moving of people out of the administration. i think it's going to be more of a slow walk than a dramatic facelift. >> reporter: and aides point out that the halfway mark is a typical time for this kind of change. >> it is the natural course of the way this town works and that administrations work. >> reporter: white house aides say the changes will be more of a course correction, but they do signal a shift. the president has said one of his major shortcomings has been his inability to communicate with the american people and that will be one of the first things he aims to change. david? >> all right, change to come. many people envious of your backdrop there, yunji. >>> one more h

before wrapping up for christmas that's according to a senior advisor to the american president david axelrod claims there's enough support on capitol hill for the crucial start agreement to be passed presidents barack obama as we can get it signed the treaty reducing the two countries to keep atomic consuls but in april. u.s. republican senators who made significant gains in the recent midterms have been far from favorable in giving their support to the pact president obama has called the cation his top foreign policy priority the new congress convenes next year democrats will see the current majority in the senate shrink making it tougher for them to pass the deal. a top afghan drug lord who's been in the u.s. . prison since two thousand and eight was an informant for the cia and the drug enforcement administration for years current and former u.s. officials told the new york times that khan was on the payroll to provide data on the taliban and other drug traffickers ortiz which a contributor says the political elite in washington is working against its own military forces. couple of courag

before wrapping up for christmas that's according to a senior adviser to the american president david axelrod claims there's enough support on capitol hill for the crucial start agreement to be passed president's barack obama and to me to me to find the treaty reducing the two countries strategic atomic arsenals by a third in april however u.s. republican senators who made significant gains in the recent midterms have been far from favorable in giving their support to the pact president obama has called ratification his top foreign policy priority in the new congress convenes next year democrats will see their current majority in the senate shrink making it tough for them to pass the deal. kosovo's prime minister is claiming he's won the nation's first parliamentary election since it declared you know a lot of real independence from serbia three years ago official results haven't yet been announced in the poll triggered by last month's vote of no confidence in the government but the region's authorities see the vote as proof of kosovo's political maturity but critics point out that several ke

because they feel that the white house basically telegraphed a compromise several weeks ago when david axelrod had made some comments. they've done so in private meetings ever since. this is sort of inevitable. you had that feeling with the senators today. they both felt like this is inevitable. >> i would not be so quick to rule out the start treaty getting done during the lame duck session. this is a huge priority for the white house. it's unlikely they would negotiate this kind of deal without a promise on start. when the senate wants to do something, despite what senator kyl said, it can be done very quickly. >> schieffer: they figure out how to do it really. when you come down to this, this has wide bipartisan support. you can get a list this long of republicans-- former secretaries of state, former national security advisors-- who say we really need to do this. and so it's not like it's without republican support. but it's in the senate where it's hung up. >> it's got all the hallmarks of a negotiating tactic. basically, they are not going to compromise on start until they know that they

presidente obama y los Íderes del partido republicano segun dijo hoy el asesor de la casa blanca, david axelroda "peor" que hace dos aÑos desde ayer se encuentra en haiÍ, la ex candidata republicana a la vicepresidencia, sarah palin, como parte de una misÓn humanitaria coordinada por una organizacÓn caritativa.y en suecia, el par de explosiones que hirieron a dos personas en estocolmo se atribuyen a un acto de terrorismo, al parecer por un atacante suicida que murÓ en la escena, revel hoy la poliÍa.regresamos al punto de la discusÓn y el deabte. ramos. siga usted con univisiÓn, gracias. ♪ >> por supuesto continuamos aquÍ en washington, cruzar desde los estados unidos a mÉxico no es poca cosa, a pesar de lo que diga el gobierno mexicano hay partes que estÁn controlados por los narcos, hay muerto cerca de 30.000 personas, ¿quÉ pasa cuando los mexicanos en los estados unidos quieren ir hacia mÉxico? gisell ortiz es la coordinadora del programa "paisana" nos dice que esta haciendo el gobierno mexicano para evitar que cuando los mexicanos regresen a su paÍs no los roben, no los secuestran, y no los

david axelrod expects the president's deal with republicans to be approved before the end of the year. >> i think every single person in that building does not want taxes to go up on january 1st, does not want to see two million people lose their unemployment insurance. everybody understands what the economy will be if that package doesn't move forward. so i believe that there will be a coming together around this. >> axelrod made his remarks early this morning. >>> family and friends in north carolina said goodbye to elizabeth edwards. a woman that faced tragedy with tremendous grace and courage. john edwards did not speak at the funeral. the oldest daughter cate paid tribute to her mother. >> when she barely speak anymore she just kept looking at us back and forth saying, i'm okay, i'm okay. she was way more worried about us than we were about her. >> the funeral was held in the same church where mourners gathered 15 years ago to remember the teenage son that was killed in a car crash. >>> this weekend, demonstrators have gathered outside a british embassy in spain to protest the de

dijo que "de ninguna" manera se postulaÁ a la presidencia del pÍs.el asesor de la casa blanca, david axelrods de nuestra presencia. hoy hicimos un viaje al sureste de mÉxico en busca de respuestas. >> rafael de la parra vive en cancÚn y desde hace varios aÑos trabaja como responsable del proyecto dominÓ que consiste en estudiar al tiburÓn ballena. >> esta regiÓn del caribe mexicanos la que tiene la presencia, la mÁs grande de tiburÓn ballena en todo el mundo. >> el biÓlogo ha nadado horas con ellas. >> dicen que hay un sentimiento de afinidad. yo no lo siento asÍ. >> hace algÚn tiempo conocimos a daniela quien dice poder comunicarse de forma tripartita con los animales domÉsticos. >> no es mi interÉs convencer a nadie, la gente que se acerca es porque tiene una intuiciÓn que esto es verdad, de alguna forma se comunican con sus propios animales, que tienen esta sensibilidad abierta. yo soy una voz mÁs clara y contundente de lo que los animales estÁn diciendo. >> daniela me acompaÑÓ a las costas del caribe mexicano, a la isla donde asumirÍa el reto de comunicarse por vez primera con la fauna s

house democrats who think it was more about the starc treaty and again why they are so mad at david axelrod. >> you think it is it true dream act. >> it is on the edge. republicans there, i think what steve just told you is exact lye right. more republicans are saying they are amenable to voting to starc. >> don't ask, or don't tell. >> collins thinks that she has the votes. as long as she doesn't feel like reid is pushing something through, she thinks that votes are there. >> final word. >> don't ask don't tell could pass as a stand alone. starc i think it is a deal there explicit or a 10 percent difference. - gamble on national security. i wouldn't be happy about that. but on the tax cuts tharks is a done deal. >> dream act? >> i think it fails. >> do you think congress will pass the deal on taxes this week. next up. today's big ruling on >> this case is not about health insurance or health care. it is about liberty . the judge said as much in his order. by the end of january. i expect you will see for the first time in my knowledge overhalf of the states of the united states of america a

and david axelrod was cnn's state of the union with candy crowley saying what he said last week.is not a perfect deal, but given the time pressures to get this done by the end of the year, it's the best deal the white house could get possible. and they're hoping the house democrats will jump onboard, as well. take a listen. >> we handled it the best as we could given the time we had. i'm not looking for style points, what i'm looking for is progress of the american people. i'm looking at what is going to be devastating for the american people and the economy. and that's what we should be focused on. >> and the most important thing to take away from all of this is the fact that house democrats say, look, we're not completely happy. but we'll debate this, get this to the floor. hope to make it better, make changes to the estate tax provisions, and just a few days ago the house democrats were saying we're not going to bring it to the floor at all. now they're saying it's likely to come up, they hope to change it. that's a good sign for this president that it's going to move forward

also joining us from the white house this morning, david axelrod, senior adviser to the president. we saw the president really on the offensive yesterday and bill noted there's concern that the bill will, in fact, not pass and plenty of folks come out noting the resistance to it. senator bernie sanders saying0f he'll do everything he can to block it. senator reid said it's a framework. what's on the agenda today for the president and democrats to help get it passed and get the votes? >> well, look. erica, any compromise is by definition something is going to have things that each side don't like and that was true here. the republicans fought the thing they valued the most were the tax cuts for the wealthiest americans and wealthy estates. the vast majority of the tax cuts in the package are aimed right at the middle class and here's the reality of the situation. if we don't act, on january 1st, taxes will go up by $3,000 on the typical family in this country. if we don't act, 2 million people unemployment insurance as of the end of this month. that is just an unacceptable price to

. >> white house advisor david axelrod says the administration, tax compromise that gets both tax cutss the highest level since he man brothers fell apart. and they have found more than $50 billion trying to get back money from investors from bernie madoff. this was the second anniversary of madoff's arrest and also saw mark madoff kill himself. he was named in some of those suits. >> astronomers have a new theory about the origin of the famous rings around the planet saturn, a researcher in colorado he thinks about four and a half billion careers ago, saturn was surrounded by gas. it pulled one of moons out of orbit and sent it spiraling toward the surface. awaiting down, the icy surface was peeled away and those icy chunks formed the rings. >>> just ahead, tagging terror on youtube. a new reason to block videos. plus the crackdown that has bicyclists crying foul and why police say they'll change their rules to help. >> i'm terry mcsweeney with a story of trouble on the border, not that border, i'm talking about the san francisco and san mateo border and how each entity búbúbúbúgtoaoa

david axelrod described him yesterday as fighting for his life.y he had more surgery in an attempt to improve circulation. kwoelting he's surrounded by his family, friends and colleagues and staff. that was yesterday at the state department. they've now confirmed to fox news channel of his death. holbrooke is survived by two sons, david and anthony, plus his woof of 15 years the journalist and author katie martin. saturday the president described him as a towering figure in american foreign policy. critical member of his afghan and pakistan team and tireless public servant who has won the admiration of the american people and people around the world. holbrooke well none for decades has helped broker peace in bosna, key policymaker on the afghan-pakistan situation. his death came before the administration was to release this new assessment on the war in afghanistan. richard holbrooke was taken to george washington hospital while working he became ill. according to one report he was in his office, or in the office of the secretary of state hillary c

david axelrod was the senior adviser. i think it is more political and more involved in looking at how the world sees the president and wanting to change that. it was more of that effort to get the president out of that bubble. they tried to do away with some of -- this president and cabinet are not listening to businesses and that is why business is not hiring and not investing. in new research and new facilities. i think that some of this change is coming. the media is part of the story. there is so much liberal media. oftentimes, people tune in to hear what they want to hear. >> how much do you think there might be between those coming into the house that were elected because of the tea party? especially long term members? >> in terms of a jump boehner's view, i think that a lot of the incoming freshmen related to the tea party movement. they did not have a lot but to have a lot of urgency and passion about them. for the republican leadership, even for some of the young people, who thought of themselves as radicals not

some house democrats have criticized the deal but white house adviser david axelrod predicts the billl eventually pass. >> at the end of the day, no one wants to see taxes go up on 150 million americans on january 1st. no one wants to see 2 million people lose their unemployment insurance. and everybody wants to understand what it would mean for the economy if we don't get this done. >> reporter: a final vote in both houses is expected by december 31st. that's when the tax cuts are set to expire. >>> the maryland man accused of plotting a terror attack on a military recruiting center heads to court today. the fbi arrested antonio martinez last week. he's accused of trying to attack a recruiting office and kill military members. the whole time he was communicating with under cover officers. today's hearing will be heel in baltimore. >>> in a few hours the u.s. district court in richmond will be issuing a ruling on virginia's health care lawsuit. attorney general, a republican, called president obama's plan unconstitutional. he is trying to block it. he will talk about the decision afte

. >>> white house adviser david axelrod sat down with cnn's candy crowley to talk tax cuts and believesmework of the obama tax plan will pass congress, but he admits it will come with compromise. >> it would be a great boost to our economy, but understand that this is a compromise. there are elements of this plan that we didn't particularly like. we didn't particularly like even temporarily even extending the high-end tax cuts which cost money that we could apply to our deficit. we didn't particularly like the treatment of the estate tax for wealthy estates, but compromise by its very nature includes things that you don't necessarily like. >> in other news, new york mayor michael bloomberg says he's not going to run for president in 2012. in his own words he says no way, no how. bloomberg, an independent, said on "meet press" he already has a great job. just this week bloomberg gave a speech on national political themes sparking new speculation he might be plotting a run for a higher office. >>> twin explosions that killed one person and injured two others in stockholm were an act of te

david axelrod proved it on sunday. >> the nature of compromises means that you have to accept some things that you don't like in order to get the things that you do. >> the nature of compromise is that you have to accept things that you don't like in order to get things that are very important. >> we didn't particularly like the treatment of the estate tax for the wealthiest states but compromise by its very nature includes things that you don't necessarily like. >> interesting point there. what is it about this whole package that the republicans don't like? they like it all. they've got everything they want and then some on the estate tax. if the house doesn't move. liberals want president obama to fight the bush tax cuts as hard as senator bernie sanders did on the senate floor on friday, but the white house wants to move past this issue and go on the attack against republicans next year. robert gibbs talked about sanders' nine-hour friday filibuster today. >> i think the president will be the first to agree that there are there are aspects of this that he doesn't like as i've said befo

i think david axelrod's job will be taken over in the white house. the washington post has a story about an offensive to be launched by the obama white house, more of an effort to get him talking with people. i think you saw a little bit of it with the business community to try to do away with the sense that this president, this cabinet is not listening to business, not hiring or investing in research and new facilities. i think some of this change is coming, but you are right in that the media is a part of this story. telling stories to people that oftentimes people host: what about those coming into the house because of the tea party and those with this other person? guest: i think the reaction to michelle obama efforts to get a leadership role, i think there is a sense that -- half the incoming freshmen are related to the parties on the republican side. they have a lot of energy and urgency. there is tremendous passion. before the republican leadership and even some of the young people who thought of themselves as radicals not long ago, you will h

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. >> we heard david axelrod is leafing, possibly defensive secretary robert gates. how important is this in the coming year? >> it is important for him and his team. they had two years on the campaign. two years in the white house. new faces, new energy, that's important for this sort of momentum inside the white house, but it is important for the politics. we saw a flurry of the activity at the end of the section in the last congress, but coming into the new one there's all this mood of change, the sense of change, the newly-empowered republicans are going to bring that, the staff changes are a way for the white house to get ahead of that and say, we are adapting to the new environment. we are moving ahead with the voters as they wanted us to from the last election. >> so it is not uncommon for this to happen. and one of the new names coming into the house will be david plouffe. here's obama's former campaign manager. you covered that cam pan extensively in 2008. tell us a little about plouffe. what does he bring to the table here? >> plouffe has a singular focus.

to watch christiane later on "this week" when her guest will be president obama's top adviser, david axelrod. >> thoughts and prayers go out to richard and his family. >>> more than a thousand people packed a church in raleigh, north carolina, to remember elizabeth edwards. they paid their final respects to a woman whose grace and strength through a lifetime of tragedies has made her a hero to many and so much more than just a politician's wife. here's jeremy hubbard. ♪ >> reporter: even at her own funeral, elizabeth edwards' words stood out the most. >> for many years my mom's been writing to her children a letter with words of wisdom for us when she passes away and we live on. i've loved you in the best ways i have known how. i will admit my shortcomings more than you know, for when i was less than i could have been, should have been. you did not get all you deserve from me. for all i said about life i want you to know that all i ever really needed was you, wherever i am, wherever you are, i have my arms wrapped around you. >> reporter: for family and lifelong friends, edwards has been a p

he is calling it the top foreign policy initiative, and david axelrod said he is confident it will beatified. >> they will help us enormously on the cooperation of iran and north korea, and we cannot delay that. i am hopeful we will get a vote for that, and the support is there for it. >>> former senator sam nunn is former ceo of the nuclear threat initiative and also co-wrote the n nunn/lugar treaty. what do you say to senator kyl and others who say that this is not conclusive and much more needs to be studied about this treaty before it is ratified? >> well sh, first, it is thorouy studied and unprecedented number of hearings and the chiefs have testify and the lar toir drbora directors have testified and all of them favorable to the treaty, and so it has been studied. andrea, we have to back off every now and then and say, what is this about? russia and the united states have a unique relationship, because we are the only two countries who can destroy each other while the program lasts an hour. that is an acute danger and responsibility on both of the countries. when you have that

. >> we know david axelrod is leaving. we know robert gibbs is leaving the post of press secretary.st don't know to what. larry summers is out. >> dave plouffe is in. >> and pete roust is still in. let's start with that. is pete rouse a permanent replacement? >> sure he is. this is the story of pete rouse. when he handled the transition of the new senator obama, it was, oh, just stay for a month or two, or six months and he kept streaming him long. this was senator obama stringing along pete rouse. pete is familiar with this game. you've got to think that he knows what the m.o. is here. >> and let's talk about the press secretary job, because as chuck said, everyone's understanding that robert gibbs is going to leave in some capacity, whether he stays in the white house or goes somewhere else, this remains to be seen. who are the potential replacements? people talk about bill burton, obviously the heir apparent, somebody who's briefed the press, so he knows the job. then you have jay carney, a big gig for a newcomer. >> he did a lot of tv as a journalist, but doing those briefings,

when david axelrod said the issue is the corporate money for foreign money, he didn't have any evidence beyond not having any evidence he didn't have anyone who much cared of the then some professional liberals. i say that not because there's anything wrong with being a professional level. i guess i'm sort of a professional moderate, but the average voter's attitude is, what are you going to do to change my life? maybe its bid for you, but it's run for us. and so john avalon is basically right. unless we can focus on common problems and provide some effort to create collegiality, agreement, or at the very least, a consensus i can assure you the net losers will be the broad mass of the american people even though those of us to make our living talking become enraged. >> let me just say on the money issue, first of all, i always tell my democratic friends when they stop whining choose to go raise your own money and spend your own money. outspend these other guys. that's just a temporary solution, but as long as the game is the way it is you have to play it the way it is. at the same time

win david axelrod said the issue is the coke brothers or corporate money or foreign money he didn't haveany evidence but beyond not having any evidence he didn't have anyone who much cared other than some professional liberals. i say that not because there's anything wrong with being a professional liberal. times sort of a professional moderate but the average over's attitude is what you going to do to change my life? maybe it is a good living for you but it is a route living for us. so john avlon is basically right. unless we focus on common problems and provide some effort to create collegiality, agreement for a least consensus i can assure you the net loser will be abroad mass of the american people even though those of us who make their living talking becoming rich. >> on the money issue first of all i always tell my democratic friends stop whining. dorr raise your own money and spend your money and outspend the other guys. that is just a temporary solution, but as long as the game is the way it is you have to play at the way it is. at the same time the amount of money and we see mor

robert gibbs in a strategic group with david axelrod, jim ma cena, now deputy white house chief of staffthey'll set up, organize the obama re-election campaign. gibbs also could go to a senior adviser role. he almost certainly will be stepping away from the podium. possibly stepping in, bill burton, familiar to us, his deputy, jay carney, "time" magazine, well known to "morning joe" viewers, who has been a communications director to the president. >> jay f you know your "morning joe" history is the one that goded me out. >> he's behind the f bomb. >> a special place in our history. >> we don't want him. mike, i saw in the graphic, tom perriello, he walked the plank with president obama and then loss in virginia. is president obama going to reach out and bring him along? >> the president instructed his advisors to look at possible jobs for some of the people who lost in the last election. so as they look at what new faces they might bring in, those include congressman perriello of virginia, a couple congressmen from ohio. another place we'll see a new face, at the national security counci

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appearing on cbs news' "face the nation" sunday, david axelrod predicted passage for the tax deal worked out between the obama administration and congressional republicans. >> this is going to help our economy move and that's why, bob, all economists that looked at this have said this will put a real charge into the economy. >> reporter: the white house is expressing optimism, even though the democratically controlled house refused to bring the measure up for a vote. and independent senator from vermont bernie sanders spent eight and a half hours railing against it. >> it's robin hood in reverse. >> reporter: behind closed doors, democrats that oppose provisions like a reduction in the estate tax rate get sweeteners. a tax credit for renewable energy and green jobs, tax relief for mass transit, a tax deduction for schoolteachers and tax benefits to landowners who set aside their property for conservation. not all democrats are on board with the add-ones. >> we shouldn't add to the cost of the bill. it is already too big already. i mean, we're -- we were headed toward a $1.3 trillion defi