ropes with two freshmen, democratic senator democrat heidi heitkamp and republican congressman richard hudson. plus, can either party compromise and keep hard core supporters on board, neera tanden of the center for american progress, "the wall street journal"'s jacqui kaums and "the new york times" and our own dana bash. i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union." you knows what happens when sisyphus rolls that boulder to the top of the hill, it rolls back down, a piece of greek mythology that brings to us the reality of the u.s. congress. it got a deal for now that raises taxes on the upper brackets and prevents for now huge spending cuts. it's moved on to the issue of avoiding a u.s. default. >> the president needs to show up early this time. >> republicans say they are done raising taxes. they want the president to agree to spending cuts in exchange for raising the amount of money the u.s. treasury is allowed to borrow. the president wants the debt ceiling raised without debate. but be serious, this is washington. >> any future budget agreements must balance the need for thoughtfu

first republican congressman richard hudson. then north dakota democratic senator heidi heidkamp.m not a big believer that this is a one size fits all. what can you actually get passed? what can you actually get done that's going to make schools and communities safer in america? i don't think that that proposal necessarily, as you described it to me, fits the bill for me. >> i will not support any of the measures i'm reading about. you look at places like detroit, new york city, places that have the most stringent gun control laws in the country are some of the most violent gun crime areas. >> obviously, we played those sound bites in reverse. how much of a battle do you expect from capitol hill on this? >> as i listen to the references they use in chicago, for example, we don't have gun sales in chicago. we don't have gun ranges here. they make the guns in the suburbs, barrington and rock island. so guns are coming in as a target market, and drugs are coming from mexico. so guns in and drugs in, and for the fact of unemployment, jobs out. in that battle zone, chicago becomes a th

eastern with the democratic senator and richard hudson and the senate majority whip and lindsey graham. then "face the nation" with mcconnell, house minority leader nancy pelosi and jeff blake of arizona. the sunday network tv talk shows re-air on c-span radio brought to you as a public service by the networks and re-air. that is "meet the press," this week, fox news sunday, cnn state of the union and "face the nation" from cbs. you can listen to them all on c-span radio, at 90.1 f.m. in washington. on xm satellite channel 117 on the smart phone or online to c-span radio.org. >> the big discussion i remember was what is richard nixon going it do. >> i remember going home that night. we were scared to death. this was laike a time bomb. this gets in the press it is a disaster. >> johnny walters came to me and said john dean, the president's counsel has just brought me a list of 50 names of people and want as full field investigation. that is a very unphrfpbt thing to have happen. it was shortly after the farewell speech. al haig, schaefer of staff, called me and it was to the effect davi

hudson bay over a pod of killer whales in grave trouble. >> the awesome sight captured on videotape is drawing an army of supporters around the globe. richardadden of canada's ctv, reports on the efforts to save those whales. >> reporter: the dramatic video shows about a dozen killer whales, gasping, even jumping for air through a tiny opening. they've been trapped under thick, arctic ice for days, in a remote corner of northern quebec. a view from above, shows that small opening is in the middle of a giant ice field, prompting fears the whales could suffocate. so, the town's mayor sent an urgent plea, for the coast guard to send up an ice breaker to free them. but ottawa says, ice breakers are too far away and an unlikely option. but the international attention caused by the viral video, has forced government officials to send a crew of scientists and biologists to see what can be done. but time may be running out. >> the video is very dramatic. you see a very small body of water with some very agitated whales. >> reporter: local residents don't appear to have the proper tools to cut through the ice. and the small patch of open water is sh

richard ellis. the news is that we believe they're okay. do we know for sure they are? >> no, we don't. we have no idea. hudsonry, very big body of water. they can go in any direction. they just have to find another breathing hole, or set of breathing holes. >> alisyn: sadly, they haven't been spotted for the past several hours. there are aerial crews that are out looking for them. but we can't tell if they've come up or found a breathing hole. how does something like this happen that a family of whales gets so offcourse or trapped under the ice? >> we're not sure they're offcourse. they may have ended to be there. the thing is the ice blows around until it solidifies and closes what holes there were, what breathing holes there were. so in this case, they found this breathing hole, people began to worry about them 'cause the hole was getting smaller. and then when the wind changed that hole and opened it up, they took off. i'm not sure we should really be worry being them yet. nothing would happen to them if they were under water. >> eric: as long as they had air? >> sure. >> eric: do we know the extent the ic