my life. you know, regardless of what congress does, ultimately i am the president of the united states and expect me to do something about it. so in terms of how i intend to going to keep'm on working as hard as i can around the priorities that the american people care about. and i think it is legitimate for them to expect me to have to win back some credibility on this health care law in particular and on a whole range of these issues in general. that is on me. we fumbled the rollout on this health care law. int: president obama back november accepting blame for healthcare.gov. is that your top news story of the year? that is our question for all of you this morning on this december 31st, but he 13. -- december 31, 2013. tweet from house speaker john boehner and what he had to say about the affordable care act. the speaker saying you can see the different tweets and the new debates that will be happening in 2014 as we close out onto 13 here on the "washington journal." susan in sarasota florida, an independent caller. susan, what do you think? what is the top story of the year?

. otherwise he is basically taking the side of iran against the united states congress. >> i guess the question the white house would ask you, and i will ask it to you, what's wrong with giving this a chance? hold off on passing additional sanctions, give this opportunity, this diplomatic opportunity, you will always be able to pass additional sanctions if there's a collapse. that would zip through the house and the senate. why not do what the president of the united states, the secretary of state, are asking you to do? just hold off, be patient and give these negotiations a chance? >> the fact is, we have been strung along by the iranians before. they have strung us out and the fact is i think it's important to have this in place now so that after six months, there could be a question are they in compliance or not and then it could be harder to get it through. the president, it would put the iranians in stronger position. i think right now, we should deal from strength. our position of strength right now is to put these sanctions in and saying if iran does not comply, the sanction

? >> she's wrong. my -- >> i'm not. >> yes, the plan i drafted, which i would love to have congress and other people consider, would not actually affect the vast majority of people in employer based coverage because it wouldn't change the exclusion. >> that's true. millions of people would lose coverage. >> i'm sorry. i want to talk about obamacare. i don't want to talk about capretta care. >> i just think it's not -- it's unfair. >> let's turn -- because you brought up, and it's an important thing. this isn't just an insurance issue, it's the coverage issue. it's the health care that you're getting in the end. jim, is it true that the cut costs that many of these new plans under obamacare will sharply limit your access to doctors and hospitals, as much as medicaid does today? >> that's correct. most of the plans, especially the silver plans and lower cost plans in the exchanges have very narrow networks. some in los angeles don't include the most visited commercially based hospital systems that are used by commercial insurance. so, yes, the answer is this is going to feel a lot more li

both sides within the actual congress, not the outside groups, you heard it is time to start pushing forward. we cannot keep having this delay anymore. both sides recognize a stalemate didn't do anyone any good for different reasons. >> i feel like this is christmas come early for me. how do you not love john boehner standing up and saying this has to stop, left and right, we have to find ways to do the work of the people. >> right. >> i know that that will mean there will be waves of hate toward boehner and social media and the blogs that make money off of it but that's what he's supposed to say and do. nancy pelosi, you must embrace the suck. >> quote of the year. >> not going to look great on a kid's t-shirt but yes, you are supposed to. that's compromise. this should be embraced and supported. the idea that what we have to do this deal because it avoids shutdowns for two years, that's bad. when that is the motivation, right? what's your take on that, mag e maggie? they're thinking that way like that's an acceptable end in politics. >> because i think there is a war mentality at t

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now, breaking news. budget vote. the bipartisan spending bill, the first to pass a divided congress in almost three decades. i'll talk about that with republican senator rand paul. why is he against it? nsa review, independent report on the controversial sfans programs leaked by edward snowden has just been released. does it vindicate him? an olympic surprise. the white house send a message to russia with who it will send and won't send to the olympic games. president obama snubbing vladamir putin. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following the breaking news up on capitol hill where the senate has just approved the bipartisan compromise budget that had earlier been approved by the house of representatives. it funds the government through next year's congressional elections, averting the chance of another government shutdown. our chief congressional correspondent dana bash is here. dana, pretty impressive vote if you support this compromise. >> reporter: that's right. 64-36, so it passed with some cushion, to say the least. there's certainly a lot of cumbay

contrary to claims by some members of congress, it was fueled by islam. two key points. how do you know it wasn't al qaeda? >> well, i don't think i'm out on a limb there. i think honestly if you asked anybody in the u.s. intelligence business, they would tell you the same thing. i've talked to some of the people who i believe were lead perpetrators, and it's just obvious from them and the people around them, they're purely local people. their pasts are known, their records are known, when they were in prison, who they hung out with in prison, who their associations are. there is just no chance that this was an al qaeda attack if, by al qaeda, you mean the organization founded by bin laden. i've tried to understand some of the statements coming out of congress blaming al qaeda for this, and the only way they make sense to me is if you're using the term al qaeda a little differently. if you're using the term al qaeda to describe even a local group of islamist militants who may dislike democracy or have a grudge against the united states, if you're going to call anybody like that al

country and 19,514 have been wounded. the time has come for congress to understand history. from the days of alexander the great to the british to the russians, no one has ever changed afghanistan. the american people are tired of the cost of war, both life and money. as i said yesterday, it is my hope that in early 2014, the leadership of the house will permit a debate and a vote on the agreement that will obligate our country to afghanistan for at least 10 more years. i realize that the vote will not change the agreement, because the president does have the authority, but this will give us a chance to represent the people of america who the majority are opposed to this agreement. it is unacceptable that we will continue to spend billions of dollars at a time, according to special inspector general, the waste, fraud and abuse is worse in afghanistan today than it was 11 years ago. we in congress continue to cut funding for programs for the american people, but we refuse to hold one single dollar from karzai in afghanistan. no wonder the american people have given congress an app

not such a big deal? >> it is all about the timing. he says he will leave the congress by the end of the term. people knew that already, but that meant he would be around and would have time to deal with his big issue, tax reform. he has been the point man in the senate and there were ideas that he would have the opportunity to nail that down as a legacy issue, but now he is off to china. the next question is who will take over the issue of taxes in the senate. the man to replace ammonia ron wyden. chairman of the energy committee. it is a seismic sit in washington and nobody believes the wyden will have opportunity to cut the sort of tax deal that max baucus could have. now it means that all of the lobbyists will need to be not max baucus. you could call the musical committee chairs. more is moving to the powerful finance committee, giving up his seat to energy committee. that means mary landrieu is in lace to take over for ron wyden. that boosts her presence as she is running for reelection in louisiana. a tight race, tenderly considered one of the most vulnerable democrats. aut

. the employer mandate was exempted for a year, pushed back for a year, but when congress, one of the other branches of government has suggest ad delay or a change, the white house is not willing to listen to that. what does that do to his negotiating position? >> right. it certainly weakens his negotiating position with congress and what we're seeing this is actually frustrating democrats immensely because senate democrats are doing all they can to hold on to their majority in 2014 and they're proposing fixes to the law and trying to do this through the normal legislative process and white house goes, doesn't tell them they're going going to make these changes in advance or any sort of advance notice how to message it. then the democrats have to learn at the same time everyone else this has happened. so they're immensely frustrated. they have been meeting with the white house to try to find some better way of dealing with this law but it is something that will be very difficult for them in the election. jon: cheryl, what about the politics of that? how nervous are democrats as we kno

put in, otherwise, there is not a vehicle to make sure it gets through congress. republicans have been opposing now. it is not clear that that will get included. host: talking about $26 billion for the unemployment benefits extension. is there any word as to where that money would come from? guest: they have not come up with the specifics or have not released them. that is not an issue that is going to be included in this package. if it is not included, it will be extremely hard for democrats to get it through. $26 billion is a hard number to offset. there are not many things that move through this congress, if you do not jump on the train, it is not sure when the next one is coming. host: shane, thank you for getting up with us on "washington journal." thank you. train station in plains, georgia. off andphones going letters going in and out of the area, and rosalynn was here running the campaign from this building. this is where rosalynn carter helps organize her brigade. how hean off shshoot of had run for governor, how he was spreading the word. it was a message so defective that it

commonsense proposal. for example, mr. speaker, a member of congress now must complete only five years of credible service to become vested. now, i know of no plan other would be one that invested in five years. my bill would have you complete 12 years of service prior to becoming vested. i figure by now i would have -- strike that -- i figure after four, five weeks i would have attracted at least 20, 25 co-sponsors. today i have no co-sponsors. to walk you through how it would work if my plan were adopted, a member of congress must complete not five years but 12 years of service and that can be done through six wo-year house terms or two six-year senate terms or a combination thereof. it's a commonsense proposal. meanwhile, mr. speaker, i will anxiously await the knock on the door for co-sponsors willing to sign up. the welcome mat is out and it's a good proposal and i thank the speaker and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. lumenauer, for five minutes. mr.

apartheid. as a young lawyer in the 1940s, mandela joined the african national congress, an organization that peacefully pursued rights for south africans. staging mass rallies and strikes against apartheid's unjust laws. but by 1960s the harsh right's resistance to the peaceful process, caw caused mandela and his colleagues to form a military wing operating underground. their cause was called spirit of the nation, aimed at civil installations and not soft or human targets but in times can, the anc their acts bore no comparison to the thousands murdered in otherwise disappeared by the regime. >> there are many people whofeed futile for us to continue talkintalking peace and nonviole against a government whose reply is only savage attacks. well i'm on the defenseless people. >> in 1962 a vishz crack downwas caught up in the regime's wide net. his anc colleagues were rounded up and jailed. in 1963 during what came to be called the ravonia trial, the government tried and convicted mandela and seven of the top command of the anc on charges of sabotage and fomenting revolution. a capital offe

more. but the bad news, he says, is congress ordered the faa to let more drones start flying by september of 2015. he thinks that may be too soon. >> what's a reasonable timeline for this? >> i think reasonable timeline is the one that's the safe timeline. i don't think the tactical and safety work that's required is going to be accomplished by then. >> we have to be compliant with the faa's rules and regulations. >> colorado drone entrepreneur alan bishop says he's sympathetic because he's a private pilot. he says there are already devices that the invade the public's privacy. >> we have initial negative things about things we don't understand or we feel we can't control. and drones or uass clearly fall into that category. they're high-tech devices. they have extraordinary capabilities. they fly. >> more than anything, alan bishop just wants to be allowed to let his drones off their leashes so they can prove to everyone they're as useful as he thinks they'll turn out to be. aerospace engineering professor brian argro can already do that. the rules don't apply to researchers at

, mr. speaker. congress returns for the final days of this year's session facing the same conundrum. people here and back home are divided over the direction of our government. they don't agree on how to fund what a growing and aging america needs. a year ago we were engaged in a vigorous debate on taxation. then, more recently we survived the controversies surrounding the government shutdown, and we still are at logger heads. there are strong feelings by some now is not the time to raise taxes, yet the house budget cannot produce spending bills from the appropriations committee that can actually pass on the house floor. in some cases, they appear to not even be able to pass from subcommittee. all the while we're looking at a sea of unmet needs and face a floundering economy. there is one area that can help break the logjam, not solve all our problems, certainly, but help us significantly along the way. congress should address the critical needs of our nation's infrastructure deficit. roads, bridges, transit systems are all increasingly at risk. we are facing an inadequate state of

start with the men and women in uniform. we start with the promise congress made them. we start by taking care of the people that have taken care of us our entire lives. >> what about starting with the defense budget itself? there is no line item in the budget i would submit that is more capable of being slashed, cut, than the defense department budget. but not with veterans and veterans benefits, pensions, medical care. not with that. >> for four years we've been complaining about this war in afghanistan that has droned on, which paul ryan was afraid to come out along with every either in congress, was afraid to come out and say as we were saying in 2010 it's time to get out and stop spending $2 billion. think about that. we have been wasting $2 billion a week in afghanistan for years now. and from 2009, 2010, it was obvious that it was a waste. how much would $2 billion a week for military retirees add up? >> how many defense contractors are there? >> it's nonsense. it's absolute nonsense. i talked about it last week. the process for passing thoe those budgets wasn't based on nee

question is it possible that congress will step in and doing something? >> no one is counting on that. amazon wanted that to happen. they're like why did they want congress do this. they wanted this national e-mers tax for one specific reason. they thought it would be lower than what they would pay at the state and national level and that would keep their competitive advantage around price. they as no longer wanted to deal with this bure aboutaucracy where they had to hire a lot of people. >> how significant was the tax differential in terms of what consumers were buying? in other words as an incentive to buy was the reduction in price because of no tax significance? >> yeah let's just say new york city here. new york city your tax rate is all of your christmas shopping et cetera, that makes a difference. that's another gift. you know that's real money. >> ew technology along thousands of lines. as ben tracy reports many could fail to meet a federal deadline created after another tragedy. >> reporter: when a commuter train slammed head on to a freight rain in chatsworth california, in

with congress going forward. what he has really god to do is to work on the things within his power to do within his executive authority and implement what he has already done. >> you don't want to become a lame duck too soon. but you look at immigration reform and gun control and two issues that fell short in between. does he need another significant issue? >> i think the one that he has the greatest possibility of achieving is immigration reform and the reason is that republicans have a very strong self-interest for making that happen politically speaking. it is not certain that that is going to happen. the senate has passed it. the house has sort of slow walked this debate but still a chance that they are going to look at what they need to thrive as a political party in the long term and make this happen in 2014. if not, democrats are pretty happy to run on that as an election issue. this election is important for the president. he needs to hold on to the senate to have a beach head in the congress and not have republicans controlling the entire legislative aejgenda. >> how might it

movies with award potential. this morning the library of congress announced the latest films to be honored with an official spot in american sin oh mattic history. bill plante shows us which movies made the final cut. >> reporter: among this year's selections, the whimsey of everyone's favorite singing british nanny captured in 1964's " "mary "mary "mary poppins." >> and the movie "the right stuff." this year's additions to the national film registry bring to 625, the total number of films that the library has put on its list since its beginning in 1989. they honor movie of historical cultural, or aesthetic importance to american cinema. >> there really is looking back over the incredibly diverse history of motion picture production in the united states in all of its forms. >> reporter: the library not only recognizes movies of significance, its works to preserve them as well. at the library of congress in culpeper, virginia they maintain 750,000 films in vast temperature-controlled vaults and technicians work on films dating back a century in an effort to preserve it for ta'u futu

important to remember was that this is congress and the house not being able to agree on something that really -- they were both willing to take the american people hostage for a little while for 16 days to come to some kind of an agreement. it all seemed -- i think to most of the american people, it seemed like a pr push. no one knew who won, because the american people lost. they couldn't go to work. >> we are having some technical difficulties bringing up the photos, we should point out. also, we also celebrated the birth of a new prince, prince george. i was there for it. >> yeah. >> you were there. you were waiting with everybody else. i, unfortunately, i wanted to wait. i wanted to sort of be a royal watcher. i couldn't get down with it. were you at the end of it, you have to remember? >> i was there for 12 full days. >> you know, that means it went well said. >> it was actually a great time and just to be able to have something so positive and fun to be able to reflect. >> i was so fascinated. they were talking about the betting pool that they had going for the different nam

about whether the cia misled congress about the state fate of robert levinson working for the agency, we now know, nearly seven years ago when he disappeared in iran. chuck todd is nbc's chief white house correspondent and political director. chuck, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. robert levinson is now the longest held american hostage ever. and while the u.s. government has denied to this day that he was working as an employee of the cia or any government agency, the revelations about levinson's role as a cia contractor have caused increased criticism and distrust of the intelligence community at a time when trust is already not high whether it's the nsa or the cia. america's intelligence apparatus is coming under more fire. in the wake of revelations about robert levinson's role as a cia contractor, the intelligence community is facing new scrutiny this morning. >> the cia did not tell the truth to the american congress about mr. levinson. if that's true, then you put this on top of things that our intelligence committees didn't know about other activitie

, that there were anti-government protests that came very close to toppling the national congress party in sudan. and you saw protests earlier this year as well. and so sudan may also destabilize its oil. >> now we saw various steps being taken at the u.n., or at least discussion and in africa, what kind of leverage does the outside world, including the u.s. have if any? >> the outside world especially the u.n., the african union, the intergovernmental authority which is an east african regional skument,-- community t this he have a bit of leverage because of the role, the instrumental role they played in brokering the peace agreement between sudan and south sudan signed in 2005. however at the same time while they have diplomatic leverage, it is important to note they don't necessarily have the military leverage to back that up, which is, it is potentially problematic. >> and briefly does the u.s. have any particular interest at this point? >> the u.s. has an interest because of the role that it play add long with other members of the international community in brokering this pea

, both to the american public in hearings in congress and to the fisa court. >> rice: there have been cases where they have inadvertently made false representations. and they themselves have discovered it and corrected it. >> stahl: but when you have so many phone records being held, emails, heads of state's phone conversations being listened in to, has it been worth our allies being upset? has it been worth all the tech companies being upset? has it been worth americans feeling that their privacy has been invaded? >> rice: lesley, it's been worth what we've done to protect the united states. and the fact that we have not had a successful attack on our homeland since 9/11 should not be diminished. but that does not mean that everything we're doing as of the present ought to be done the same way in the future. >> stahl: susan rice works 14- to 16-hour days. she's not the first woman to be national security advisor, or the first african american, but she is the first mother. she has two kids-- jake, 16, and maris, 11. see anybody you recognize? a rare afternoon off is sunday when she go

congress will lead on transportation funding. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. holding, for five minutes. madam speaker, the disastrous rollout of obamacare has shunned those who are quick to sing its praises we're not actually prepared to implement it. it quickly became apparent after the online exchanges were open that healthcare.gov was unworkable. ople that were trying to get accounts got error messages only to be sent to the beginning and got glitches. the agencies responsible clearly were not prepared for the launch of healthcare.gov. they blamed issues with the website on unexpected volume, which simply does not make sense. obamacare requires all americans to have health insurance or face a fine. there are over 313 million people in the united states, so how could they not expect a high volume? madam speaker, the american people are paying for web -- for a website that doesn't even work and they are paying an outrageous amount. in her testimony before the energy and commerce committee yesterday secre

, and members of congress were concerned that huawei equipment could potentially intercept u.s. communications or be used by the chinese to wage cyber-warfare. congressman mike rogers warned customers away from the company. >> if i were an american company today, and i'll tell you this as the chairman of the house permanent select committee on intelligence, and you are looking at huawei, i would find another vendor if you care about your intellectual property, if you care about your consumers' privacy, and you care about the national security of the united states of america. >> kroft: now, the reclusive head of huawei has told reporters he's throwing in the towel-- the company will not seek any new american contracts. i'm steve kroft. we'll be back next week with i'm steve kroft. we'll be back next week with another edition of "60 minutes." we eased your back pain... ] ♪ ready or not. [ female announcer ] ...so you can be up there. here i come! [ female announcer ] ...down there, around there... and under there for him. tylenol® provides strong pain relief and won't irritate

sess what david is talking about. we need to see congress act on the tax code section 179, which is going to fall to $25,000 in capital spending for this year. it was at 500,000. small businesses need to be able to invest in their business, which has a trickle down theory. so we're hoping that in some of the year-end posturing in washington, that they right size that huge setback to 25,000, maybe back to even 125,000. it will get small businesses investing in hardware and other equipment, which will help create jobs and move us forward again. >> rule 179, all right, got it. if i get bumped from a plane, it's rule 240. right? do you remember, becky? it's 24 it's rule 240? >> rule 240, yes. if you get bumped from a plane, you complain and -- >> all these numbers are getting together. >> section 179 is the tax rule. but, joe, i get the jennings of this going here, so we know we're going to have a good year going next year. >> you've got a beard, a decen-beard? >> yeah. you can't go with november to build a beard, you have to go with december to keep the market gods happy. >> you're lat

. >>> from hawaii, president barack obama told congress he may take further action if necessary. chip reid is in honolulu. good morning. >> good morning jeff and vinita. as always this is a working vacation for the president. he's getting a number of briefings from susan rice on the situation in south sudan. last night the president sent a letter to congress house speaker john boehner and pat that he wanted to inform he may take further action to protect americans in south sudan. in washington the debate rages over the financial pattern that make recommendations on reigning in the nsa domestic surveillance program. during the press conference friday the president said what he's going to be studying that over the vacation is going to be evaluating the recommendations and would be able to make a definitive statement on them in january. despite all the work the president is getting in some play time. he played 18 holes of golf saturday and yesterday he and the entire family went to a college basketball game. it was a defeat for oregon state university which is coached by michelle obama's

republicans in congress we were talking. i was glad to see him. i said, you know, it was a good thing did inviting your jailers to your inauguration and the reconciliation stuff, but how did you get there? he said, i remember it clearly. one day i realized that they had taken ab everything they could take from me. they had abused me physically and emotionally. they had kept me from seeing my children grow up a eneventually destroyed my marriage. i realized they could take everything except my mind and my heart. he said, those things i would have to give away. i decided not to give them away. then he smiled at me and he said, neither should you. >> reporter: where do you rank him perhaps through the towering figures of the last hundred years? >> i think he and gandhi and in america martin luther king are in a category by themselves. gandhi and king were martyred. but the agonizing ordeal of nelson mandela for 27 years and how he came out of it a better man than he went in captured the imagination of people as nothing else had. his enduring power is that he showed us that there is true free

seeing, candidates and members of congress, when they go back to their districts, they're hearing stories about how their constituents got their plans canceled. when one lawmaker was asked about obama care, he no commented, didn't return the call. >> you say no government program works. i have spoken to people who were there when social security rolled out. >> it's going to need significant reforms. >> let's work together on it. >> we are out of time. thank you both very much. >>> this week's "out of the inbox" segment where we look at the stories you tell us you want to hear about is timely to this conversation. our question comes from take back america. he asked how can president, congress, and special interests be exempted from a law like obama care? take back america is right to some extent. the affordable care act doesn't apply to the president. the federal government pays for his health care, but members of congress are not exempt. lawmakers will have to get their coverage through the new exchanges but there's a big difference between you and them. the federal government wil

step toward final approval in congress today. the senate voted to limit debate on the measure that's already passed the house of representatives. >> on this vote, the yeas are 67, and the nays are 33. >> woodruff: with that critical procedural hurdle cleared, the only question left for the budget deal is when-- not if-- it will pass. a dozen republicans joined all 55 members of the democratic caucus democrats to move forward with the bill. the chair of the senate budget committee, democrat patty murray, helped craft the measure. >> mr. president, this deal is a compromise. it doesn't tackle every one of the challenges we face as a nation, but that was never our goal. this bipartisan bill takes the first steps towards rebuilding our broken budget process and hopefully towards rebuilding our broken congress. >> woodruff: georgia republican saxby chambliss agreed with that assessment. >> the legislation we have before us today is the embodiment of compromise, something that has unfortunately been absent in washington as of late. >> woodruff: the agreement would roll back $63 bill

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before congress about the health care website and security. so you're the one to talk to about this, morgan. when we watched the sunday shows, one republican did bring up security concerns. the response was, this is about politics. you're making this political. this is a political fight. and let's face it, there are politics involved in the conversation about this website. if we stride to strip that away, though, how safe is the site? >> when we testified in front of congress, the question was asked, and this was all the witnesses, do you think the site is secure? all four said no. they said would you use the site? all four of us said no. computers are about runs and zeros. they don't care what your politics is. right now the site is still not secure. jenna: what makes it vulnerable? >> they still have not done an end to end security test so as they continue to roll out all of this code, this is opening up pando pandora's box of problems. they can't manage what they currently have and because they don't have it all built yet, we're talking about payments and financial transactions,

president obama is withholding from congress under executive privilege. >> what are those documents? what do they say? what is in there that won't be turned over? >> reporter: after two transfers dodson is now working out of atf's tucson office. they tried to block it saying it would hurt morale but would eventually clear it. he said the only danger of the book is it empowers other would-be whistle blowers. >> it tells people out there you know what, you can make a decision, you can make a choice. you can say no and stand up and take a stand against the agency. and they don't want that to get out there. >> atf says it encourages anyone who sees wrongdoing to report it through the prop everyer channels but had no comment on dodson or his book. the justice department says he's free to speak out about his experiences and publish his book but is forbidden from accepting compensation for it under ethics rules. dobson says the book will be published with or without compensation. norah and charlie. >>> florida state is the new number-one team in college football this morning. top-ranked au

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thing. they desperately want to make it happen. there are a lot of people in congress who desperately want it not to happen. it will be top or it >> of course, israel called the six- month deal a historic mistake. could a deal be reached that meets its legitimacy -- legitimate concerns? >> i think that is impossible. the concerns which they have, which i think the concerns they have come at it has a red line which cannot be met. that is why they're so upset. another the basis of this deal is that iran would continue nuclear fuel ability. it would be reduced, but it would continue. the israelis don't want iran to have any ability. >> turkey has had a difficult year. out dangerous is it their? >> not dangerous in the same sense. no one is going to war. it is dangerous to the prime minister. it is a huge development. turkey has been an absolute rock in the region for the last decade. you have very strong growth, up to 10% or more. you had a leader who was absolutely unassailable. you had protests in the summer, which some people that about as the turkish bring. it wasn't, never was, neve

library of congress reported 70% of the 11,000 feature-length movies have been lost or destroyed. only 14% still exist in their original format. that's due in part to the nitrate film stock, which was especially vulnerable to decay and fire. >> woodruff: still to come on the "newshour": negotiating with iran; the battle over public pensions; a warning of genocide in the central african republic; capturing war, poverty and culture on camera. plus, how young people view the affordable care act. >> ifill: now, to an insider's look at the interim agreement over iran's nuclear program and the uphill battle facing the obama administration. ever since foreign ministers closed the nuclear deal with iran, ten days ago, the obama administration has been trying to win over a skeptical congress and stave off new sanctions. today, wendy sherman, the lead u.s. negotiator in geneva, held a closed briefing today for members of the house. republican trent franks of arizona is among the lawmakers who have called the agreement a bad deal. >> seems like there's general notion that we're afraid to allow ir

. appreciate your time, evan. rebecca. have a great new year's. >> thanks. >> thank you. >>> congress gets back to work on monday. topping the agenda, renewing unemployment benefits for millions of americans. can lawmakers get the job done? i'll talk with democratic senator bob casy. and protect financial futures. to help communities recover and rebuild. for companies going from garage to global. on the ground, in the air, even into space. we repaid every dollar america lent us. and gave america back a profit. we're here to keep our promises. to help you realize a better tomorrow. from the families of aig, happy holidays. >>> the safety net for more than a million unemployed americans has disappeared. but prospects for new jobs is dim. it affects 1.3 million unemployed for six months or longer. the obama administration estimates if nothing is done a total of 5 million americans could lose their benefits by the end of 2014. the cost to put long-term unemployment benefits back in place here about $19 billion a year. republicans say that's too much and without finding cults to balance it out

street. add to that congress' projection of record federal deficits of $1 trillion. and it turns out not even the industry that warns of the end of our way of life is paying for it. how much as duke energy invested in carbon sequestration technology so far? >> we have not invested any dollars in the technology, per say. we have spent a lot of time and money reviewing and analyzing the various technologies. >> but come on. you admit to being the third largest carbon producer in the united states. you tell me that carbon sequestration is the future because we can't afford to live without coal. but then you tell me you haven't invested any money in carbon sequestration. >> while we haven't spent the money on sequestration technology, we've spent the time and energy, and that we're gonna co-invest with the government when this technology evolves. >> if capturing carbon in the u.s. is decades away, consider that china and india now put more carbon in the air than we do, and the chinese are opening coal-fired plants at a rate of one a week. none captures its carbon. now rogers has broken g

. >> christmastime is no time for congress to tell more than one million americans that they have lost their unemployment insurance, which is what will happen if congress does not act before they leave on their holiday vacation. >> so sort of painting republicans as ebenezer scrooge there, wolf. then the other thing you heard and you mentioned this as you were tossing it out to me, the president did offer again another stout defense of obama care. he said that republicans owe it to americans to say not just what they're against but what they're for, and on that front, wolf, we should also mention that i an source familiar with enrollment numbers did confirm to cnn within the last couple hours that they enrolled 29,000 people in the first two days since december 1st when the website was supposed to be working for the vast majority of people. 29,000 people. that's more than the number of people that enrolled in october. it's an indication the administration says now that they have the website working at least better, that that enrollment number is starting to accelerate rapidly and

congress next year. the starting point is a bill that would increase the hourly salary from $7.25-into double- digit. alix steel has been looking at the impact on companies. which companies are most at risk? >> it is all about location. states are increasing the minimum wage on average nine percent irrespective of what congress does. california is up almost 13%. sector, it isant actually franchisee stores like mcdonald's that are best insulated. actual franchise stores will take a hit but corporate will be fine. stores that manage all their businesses like a starbucks or panera or chipotle or pjs, these are the stores most at risk. one analyst said these companies have more than 20% of their stores in these states and are planning wage hikes. >> how do these companies mitigate the risk? if this law is coming, it is what it is. >> it's not like they have been weight -- raising their wages. they pay slightly above the minimum wage. you could fire people. some analysts say people will be as lean as they possibly can. >> i don't think chipotle has extra employees. >> the third option -- th

country. many lawmakers vow to roll back the cut when congress returns to work next week. >>> "the new york times" says an official who supervised the troubled rollout of obamacare is retiring. michelle snyder is the second administration official to leave in the wake of the problems at healthcare.gov. she was actively involved in efforts to repair the site. >>> the "los angeles times" said the state of california is running out of money to map earthquake faults. the maps are crucial for enforcing building regulations and new construction. the funding is expected to dry up early next year. >>> our new york station wcbs says horse-drawn carriages may ride off in the sunset. new york mayor elect bill de blasio plans to get rid of the carriages saying they're not humane and not appropriate. he wants to replace them with antique electric cars. this is the last full day in office for his predecessor, mayor michael bloomberg, who served for 20 years. >>> and the "usa today" says the census bureau predicts the population will grow by 3 million to more than 317 million. it's the slowest growth

to go anywhere in congress right now because, number one, nothing does, number two, house is controlled by republicans and you're seeing obvious opposition from them. kevin mccarthy came out and said yesterday, clearly they want to -- no, that was me making my note. >> what was your note. >> my note is more important. accusing the president of trying to change the subject, something we've heard over and over again. clearly republicans want to stay on one topic, look obama care. >> when anything happens in the world, a republican senator says this is a distraction from the real issue, which is the failure of obama care. the president would rather be talking about moral issues than the flawed rollout of his health care website. >> republicans must know or feel this issue is not good for them? >> i think it's more subtle. the president is trying to take the health care law and put it in the larger argument for what he wants to get done. it's a legacy item, a priority. the republicans are content to criticize the president on more americans being on food stamps. the question is w

have continued but congress couldn't agree on a deal in time and white house warns it could make unemployment worse. alison kosik joins us from new york to talk about this. >> reporter: the job market is getting better but the problem is not where it should be. what the white house is saying is that with these jobless benefits expiring that could hurt the recovery. now what's happening is 1.3 million americans are expected to lose their extended jobless benefits on saturday because what happened was congress didn't renew the emergency program and what the white house is saying is if these benefits aren't renewed that people are going to have less money to spend, that will hurt demand and ultimately according to the white house that would cost 240,000 jobs next year. democrats, they really want the benefits extended so we could see a vote for a three month extension when congress gets back in january. but some republicans are opposing this. what they are arguing is because the economy is getting better they are saying hey, it's time to start letting some of these emergency measure

a loss that is. should congress let the president go forward with the nuclear deal on iran? senators are speaking out on what they need to do to stop the deal cold. martha: this is our favorite story of the day. look at that. looks like science fiction, right? online retailers, one online retailer is turning to unmanned drones to drop off your packages at your door. how cool is that? how cool. bill: that might be a pretty good twitter question today. would you shop this way, america? i know one person would. martha: like the owls in the "harry potter" delivering the mail. bill: the first person who would is mccallum. martha: absolutely sign me up. ♪ pp ÷ó martha: well the investigation is now underway into the death of paul walker and it looks like speed was indeed a factor in this crash. boy, what a scene that is. 40-year-old actor riding in a friend's porsche after a charity event outside of los angeles, the driver loss control and crashed into a light poll. walker and the driver were both killed. there was not much left of that vehicle. today, fans have gathered at a makeshi

rough week for members of congress. they're under a lot of pressure with the shutdown mess. very, very unpopular. [ light laughter ] i've been using rosetta stone. i try to sneak one in there. word a day calendar. [ speaking spanish ] >> steve: exactly. muy populare. [ as mccartney ] >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. >> steve: "that's no good, jimmy." >> jimmy: "no, it means library." >> steve: really? >> jimmy: yeah. but, this video didn't help. did you see this? north carolina congressman george holding was overseeing a session in the house of representatives. and while one of his fellow congressmen gave a speech, holding fell asleep. [ laughter ] let's check it out. look at this. >> it's about trying to do what's right for the whole country. and if your heart -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what, huh? like -- [ cheers and applause ] like the dude in "rear window." you ever seen "rear window"? when the catches him murdering -- >> steve: yeah. raymond burr. >> jimmy: you know it's bad when even the dudes who are on c-span can't stay awake watching c-span. what was that guy's name in "rear window"? >> s

in the times and one of the republicans in congress who claimed there was indeed a cover-up. also, some of the key questions in 2014. will obama care survive in its present form? and how much does the u.s. have influence around the globe? and how much in exile for edward snowden? first the developments in the benghazi story. joining me here in washington on our set is nbc chief news foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. and from vermont, "new york times" cairo bureau chief. david, thank you for being here. it changes the narrative, it changes the report on benghazi, and let me lay out the context of what you conclude. months of investigation, you write, by the "new york times" centered on extensive interviews with libyans in benghazi who had direct knowledge of the attack there and its context, turned up no evidence that al qaeda or other international terrorist groups had any role in the assault. the attack was led instead by fighters who had benefited directly from nato's air power and logistics support during the uprising against colonel ka gaud i. and contrary to clai

beington scaled down to nonexistent throughout the week with congress in recess and the supreme court's on the break. president obama will also be out of town. he gave an optimistic outlook in the new year. is the final press conference of the year. breakthroughe a year for america. detail, there's a lot more that we can do to restore opportunity and broad- based growth. this is where he will be this week. this is for the 17 day trip. the air force flies in about 22 vehicles so the president can golf. you can visit his favorite restaurant. >> it is good to see some holidays there. speaking of some meters, mentions her off they came to power a year ago he declared japan is back. one of his key policies was to promote japan abroad and create new markets for japanese projects. this is how they are trying to revive the traditional media industry. girls support the 700 million dollar project to promote this abroad. the number of exhibitors hit a record at this years japan content showcase thanks to the government subsidy that began as part of this plan. at the venue, we met up with john. pro

business guys. >> single payer. as i talked to democrats in congress, they mostly say this thing hadn't worked. they're not moving to the right, they're moving further to the left. i think that's a big mistake for them. >> clean it up. allow it become less expensive. waste, fraud abuse. show the regard for this system. and then broaden them. >> this program was designed to be implemented by the states. in most of the states that are running this exchange, it's going quite well. you talked about medicaid extension. i think it's fact, it may take until 2017 when this president leaves office extending medicaid. i think it will work really well now. >> that's 2017. it's also a fact that, david plouffe, the public seems to have lost confidence in president obama in both his confidence and for the first time whether he's honest or trustworthy. how does the president turn that around? what are the keys to rebuilding his profile and his agenda? >> this has been a tough task. it's not just health care. the shutdown affected everybody's confidence in government. let's fast forward to the state of

." >> 113 congress is on pace to be the least productive congress ever. >> they're doing something, they're getting into the genius book of world records. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." good morning norah. >> good morning to you charlie. breaking news this morning. >> as you wake up in the the west we begin with the deadly attack on an american citizen in libya. last year the ambassador and three other americans were killed when muslim extremist stormed benghazi. this morning a you man was shot to dealt. mark is there. good morning. >> all information regarding the american killed in benghazi comes from chool where he worked. a staff member identifies him as ronald smith, a 33-year-old chemistry teacher apparently out jogging when he was shot reports say by a group of men. ronald smith was you working at the international school in benghazi and what appears to be his twitter account he described how his wife had left to go home. he talked about leaving himself at the end of the week. just realized i'll be flying home friday 13th of december he said. it was nice knowing you. who