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Rates. were creating and building things here. on the individual side, theres lots of ways to do this but the only way to do it is by doing things that will put a modestly larger burden on the richest americans. the buffet rule you refer to is a way to make sure they cant take too much advantage of deductions in the tax code and end up paying a smaller share of income in taxes as middle class families. >> were still talking about $5 billion to $7 billion a year. were not talking about a huge imp...

Down there. and meeting -- he impressed a number of leaders, talking anecdotally to them on the ground about how he dealt with situations and his statement about the controversy i think impressed people, saying it was going to be rigorous and thorough investigation. but i think that what was overshadowed was the possibility of u.s. expansion of business opportunities in latin america, and they are really great. rick: more on that tonight on "special report" im sure. i want to switch gears and as...

People in the country. it seems to be where they go. if they really cared about deficit reduction they would do things like the highway bill, its like my bill on currency. it will put millioning of people back to work and stop china from gaming the world trade system, and that there. >> beth: be in tax revenues. if they were really concerned about deficit reduction and not just tax breaks, they would do all of these things. >> theyre going after it pretty har muchly. going after president obama ...

and good evening, everyone. im erin burnett outfront tonight. the senate voting right now on the buffett rule. senate democrats called for a vote on the so-called buffett rule today. it is one of the presidents election year priorities. it calls for people who earn a million dollars in adjusted gross income to pay a minimum tax rate of 30%. now, the left-leaning group moveon.org was chick to jump into the debate. target number one, mitt romney. >> when the wealthiest 1% pay a fair tax ...

11 secret service personnel and 10 department of defense personnel. government officials familiar with the case also tell me tonight, all 11 secret service personnel had their security clearances revoked effective today. effective today they can get those back if they are cleared. all 11 have been interviewed at least once by agency investigators. im told those under investigation for among other things bringing prostitutes back to a hotel secured for members of the american delegation...

head matchup with mibarack obam. kim jong-uns first speech in public. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." it can be a politicians worst enemy as politicians from ronald reagan to barack obama have learned the hard way. now a would be president is having his own open mike moment, mitt romney speaking candidly at a public fund-raiser about eliminating tax deductions and other loopholes. jim, tell our viewers whats going on. >> this is sort of an open mike moment, even thoug...

Would have trillion dollars more. >> heather: how much money is the buffet rule going to raise? >> that is not the issue. i agree that why cant you do both? why cant you do the buffet rule and close the loophole? >> absolutely. this is not going to be a happy moment when it comes for mitt romney. look what happened last time. there is a difference between $800,000 what the president made and paying 20% and $42 million which is what he earned and paying less than 15. that is because you have a li...

Buffet rule to force the rich to pay more, but critics claim his plan is pure politics, and the press too baffled to dig for real details. >> we just wanted an arrest. we got it. >> following weeks of protests and racial tension, the man who shot trayvon martin gets charged for murder. did the media play a role? details next. thats on " lets play indoors this weekend. all we need is a couple of gallons of our hardest-working paint... ...from the get-it-done place that gives us more top-rated bra...

To call for this idea, that everybody has to do their fair share. if it will help convince folks in congress to make the right choice, we could call it the reagan rule instead of the buffet rule. >> so how about that reagan razzle-dazzle? did the media buy it? >> the rolling you hear is president reagan turning in his grave, to suggest hes a wealth distributor. some folks in the media took him on on this, scot pelly and others on cbs said you cant compare your economic strategies to what preside...

Cancer. and diabetes. and all the other things. and that happens when we raises the best generation and we believe that it is important enough to do what have it takes to do it right. catherine and rosie thank you very much for your perspective. grit to have you both here. [applause]. >> president obama so-called buffet rule just trying to divide working class americans from the rich? ill ask peter ship about that ill ask peter ship about that when we come [applause] [ male announcer ] lately, t...