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trillionplan to cut the deficit. reduce spending in iraq and afghanistan and higher taxes on the wealthiest american. republican leaders promptly dismissed it calling the plan class warfare. does the presidents plan have a chance? joining me is gene sperling director of the national economic council. thank you for joining me. the president announced today hell go after the rich. the republicans say that is a form of class warfare. the president says its math. but the reality is it is c...

in spending that weve already cut from the budget, our plan makes additional spending cuts that need to happen if were to solve this problem. we reform agriculture subsidies. subsidies that a lot of times pay large farms for crops that they dont grow. we make modest adjustments to federal retirement programs. we reduce by tens of billions of dollars the tax money that goes to fannie mae and freddie mac. we also ask the largest financial firms, companies saved by tax dollars during fina...

explained his plan today. >> we have to prioritize. both parties agree that we need to reduce the deficit by the same amount, $4 trillion. so what choices are we going to make to reach that goal? either we ask the wealthiest americans to pay their fair share in taxes railroor ask seno pay more for medicare. we cant afford to do both. either we gut education and medical research or weve got to reform the tax code so that the most profitable corporations have to give up tax loophole that...

>> it is gone. this is a whole different game for him. he should be the underdog. >> reporter: with fight night fast approaching, the war of words was intensifying. >> going to beat me. >> victor ortiz is 24. im old enough to be your boys father. so im going to son him. >> i am 24 but i have been through a whole lot more than our good friend floyd. >> somebodys in trouble ♪ . ♪ >> its labor day at the mayweather boxing club, but there are no days off for the boxer in training. floy...

other books that were unauthorized and people saying things that didnt know us. >> jermaine jackson the primetime exclusive. this is "piers morgan tonight." ♪ let me start with the imminent trial of conrad murray, dr. conrad murray. obviously, hugely significant for you and your family and for the world, to try to discover if through the process of this trial, we work out what really happened to your brother, michael. as we approach the start of this trial, what are your feelings? ...

let me start with the imminent trial of conrad murray, dr. conrad murray. obviously, hugely significant for you and your family and for the world, to try to discover if through the process of this trial, we work out what really happened to your brother, michael. as we approach the start of this trial, what are your feelings? >> my feelings are, as well as the family, the truth will come out. its something weve been long awaited for. and its up to the point now where its been a lot of s...

environment clean. well, then there are excessive regulations that unnecessarily increase the cost for consumers and small businesses. and those excessive regulations are making it harder for our economy to create jobs. the congressional calendar is so full it appears congress wont even consider the jobs bill until october. the u.s. supreme court will review the case of texas death-row inmate duane buck. justices want to know whether a racist comment tainted his sentencing hearing....

call." "american morning" continues right now. >> im ali velshi. the obama administration trying to defend its decision to award stimulus money to solyndra. a solar power company that went bankrupt. taxpayers are on the hook for more than half a billion dollars. >> im christine romans. u.s. officials concerned about terrorist groups setting up long-term residence in post-gadhafi libya. >> should our lawmakers cut back? we will talk to one senator that says yes on this "american mornin ...

they also met. whats also interesting, kyra, rick perry met with three of donald trumps children. you know, i spoke to michael cohen who is trumps top political adviser. i just got off the phone with him and cohen said he spent some time with perry, as well. they talked about the economy and jobs and talked about family. all topics we would expect to come up during the conversation with donald trump. what is the take away from trump? cohen tells me that trump likes him as an individual...

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