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Surtax on dividended and investment income for the first time ever but does not use it for medicare. >> it is over a trillion of funds that are cut from medicare and taking those moneys to create a new entitlement for people who have nothing to do with medicare. >> they realize that they are going to be paying for another program that is too expensive to afford. >> reporter: house democrats need the extra money to pay for more generous subsidies which start in 2014 for families making as much as...

More victims. this time two of the victims are americans married to each other. along with a mexican man killed in with residence when the cars were riddled with gunfire. all three had ties to the u.s. consulate there. more results from iraqs elections. partial results show nuri al-malikis province leading. iraqis voted for 325 seats. ban ki-moon says he wont let the rest of the world forget haiti. hes making a second visit to the country after the january 12th earthquake. the secretary genera...

Security forum. the vote-counting process going on in iraq. arwa damon reporting that al maliki, his coalition leading in five provinces. they are vying for some 325 seats in parliament. in florida, not a whole lot of sunshine. theyre trying to dry out in southwest florida this morning after flash flooding. putting parts of cape coral totally underwater. drain issues adding to the problem. national weather service is confirmed that it was two tornados that touched down thursday night in polk...

The mayor of pittsburgh issued a state of emergency already. there is a new political movement that wants you to wake up and join. what are they called? the coffee party. basically organizers are launching this national kickoff today holding hundreds of events at communities, coffee shops across the country. heres the big thing they want you to know. this brew movement has a different taste for politics than the more conservative tea party. coffee party activists say their goal is to change wa...

Seats in parliament. build it now, that was the rallying cry of hundreds of construction workers at ground zero yesterday. they want a faster pace for the rebuilding of the world trade center site. a friday deadline is set to work out a new rebuilding schedule. a money dispute is holding up part of that project. i cant fight that, represent my district and run for re-election and the health care bill and, oh, by the way, i may have cancer. ive got to prioritize my life. but heres what its ab...

Say, fat chance! our slogan comes from debbie in minnesota, they have the oscars well, have "fox and friends," so after all the votes are counted, who will win? the great cast of clayton, dave and the beautiful alisyn. >> dave: we got supporting nods. >> announcer: its "fox & friends." >> alisyn: thank you very much. ! >> clayton: check your clocks, just after 4:00 -- four minutes after 9:00 a.m. eastern time, here on the east coast, but that means it is 4 minutes just past the polls now closed ...

Now we get a count and then the question will be, again, how do you hammer out a government, a cabinet, with the approval of this elected legislature, 325 seats, how do you govern the country? will it take them months to create a government? will there be violence during that period of time? >> to what extent, if any, will the united states play a role in that as they figure that out? do we just stand and watch on the sidelines? do we bring in advisors? do we get involved even more or not? >> we...

At the bottom of the hour, breaking news in iraq right now. vote counting under way after an election day marked by reportedly high turnout but marred by violence. the associated press is reporting at least 31 people died in attacks on polling stations as iraqis cast ballots to fill 325 seats in parliament. retired u.s. army general barry mccaffrey is an msnbc military analyst. i want your reaction to events in iraq today. how does this play out throughout the day as we count these ballots? >> w...

Issuing a statement saying the iraqi people have chosen to shape their future through the political process. yes, the word deadly attacks by the terrorists but nothing like we saw five years ago when the sunnis boycotted the election. millions of brave iraqis denied terrorist threats not to vote. they came out to the polls as you can see. but despite that the terrorists did carry out a string of attacks. more than 25 people killed. more than 6,000 candidates are on the ballot. 325 seats up for e...

Tremendous -- 89 some odd parties competing for 325 seats. the problem will be, can they govern the country? can they form a government after this election? thats really the question in my mind. >> okay. if these elections are deemed successful, in your judgment, how do we then view the whole iraq experience there, this war experience? i know its going to be left to historian s ultimately, but fro your vantage point? >> weve had 36,000 wounded and killed. weve spent arguably $500 billion at a mi...