. >> bloomberg's kathleen hunter joins us from washington with more reaction. what are we hearing from the white house at this hour? >> from the speech we saw from president obama, the comments he made, one of the most striking was when the president talked about his own influence, the influence it had on his own life from nelson mandela specifically hisrencing the fact that first political act, his first act of political activism dating back to 1981 was when he helped lead and make a speech at an anti-apartheid rally at occidental college. 19-year-old barack obama with the beginnings and the roots of his political career being inspired by nelson mandela and it talks about the responsibility he feels going forward to emulate and live up to the example that he set. >> who are we hearing from him and he'll? what did they have to say? aboutce the news broke his death, there has been a real out touring of statements from every possible corner of capitol hill to imagine everyone from republicans, democrats, ted , dickmitch mcconnell durbin, nancy pelosi. regardless

let's go to kathleen hunter in washington. what does this vote mean? >> this big bipartisan vote favors this to budget agreement that was worked out between a republican budget committee chairman in the house, paul ryan , and a democrat in the senate. it is a dramatic departure from what we saw during the government shutdown. i think it shows that there is a different feeling in washington, particularly among house republicans. not want to be seen as intransigent when it comes to spending issues, they want to be seen as willing to compromise even if it is a all scale agreement. -- withall of the greek all of the gridlock in washington, should we be surprised that this path? >> it is surprising in some ways. in spite of the gridlock that led to the shutdown in october. when you dive deeper into the nuts and bolts of the deal, it becomes less surprising. with manyoes not deal of the issues facing government entities in congress. it is silent on entitlements which is the biggest contributor to the deficit and it doesn't do anything about changing the tax

kathleen hunter joins us. what does it mean?st a few minutes ago, the first budget in four years. it is a two-year agreement crafted by the house of representatives and the senate. one more step in the process, the senate will approve it next week. and we will have some sort of bipartisan agreement on spending. >> it didn't seem possible. is this bipartisan stuff a thing of the past? as part of thep agreement to reopen the government in october when there was a government shutdown. this budgetary framework was set up. both sides kind of had a stake reaching an agreement. it was surprising they were able to, but in other ways, it's not. the scope of the agreement is much smaller than people worst imagined. it doesn't change entitlement programs or taxes. it is progress, but smaller progress than some people initially imagine. >> it looks like a big number. where is the focus? is the house giving money back? are there programs they want to continue? >> dealing with the tax question at all, we looked at the supercommittee and there

and after the health care controversy how is it kathleen sebeliuos may be the person of the year. really? and at six years old, hunter has been named a sexual harasser. next. >>> president obama taking flak for a photo open at at memorial for nelson mandela. the commander in chief posing for a selfie and critics started in on whether this was appropriate. danish prime minister and david cameron of great britain. so the critics are saying who takes a selfie at a funeral? a memorial service and they say it was disrespectful. david? >> it was. and i mean, whether you're a head of state, megyn, cameron, danish prime minister and president obama, better places to do this. this is going to get picked up. i've been worried about what michelle says with the danish pastry next to him. >> he looks unhappy. >> apparently she's unhappy and sat between them. i think he might be chilly. >> might have been rude for the danish prime minister saying let's pose. what is he supposed to say? >> supposed to say, i've been racking my brain when it is ever okay for the leader of the free world to take a selfie? the answer is, never. save m