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Millionaires and billionaires, these are the people that president obama decided to target. but these particular billionaires seem to stand apart from others, like he loves warren buffet. hes introduced a whole new tax on the american people called the buffet rule. so there are some billionaires he likes and some he thinks are going after them and is not a partisan ideal d ross gue. he worked on a lot of different causes. -- >> some causes on the other side of the aisle. proposition 8 and he was...

People, you will die six-and-a-half years younger than if youre in the top 20%. poverty in many ways is a death sentence. romney and his friends want to cut medicaid, throw children off health insurance, they want to cut medicare, they want to cut social security, and they are going to war against the poorest people in this country. i think that is an immoral just -- an immoral position to take. >> and while they are going to war against the most vulnerable in our society, they want more for wea...

Except this was not a mistake. we have the proof and well talk about with it bob shrum and eugene robinson. >> americans deserve a straight deal right now they are not getting one from our tax system. >> the buffet rule gets its day in the senate. bernie sanders has the details. the fight for workers rights is exploding in arizona. police, firefighters and teachers are under fire in the desert, and were going there for the latest. on capitol hill the arrest everyone is talking about. >> this...

Thoughts on twitter. >> bernie sanders joins me, the buffet rule was brought to the senate today. governor jan brewer is pushing the countrys most anti-union agenda yet. its wisconsin on steroids. the democratic leader of the arizona senate is calling for a wisconsin style backlash. hell join me coming up, stay with us.

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We did a hearing on this in my sub committee, if you are in the lowest 20% of the american people, you will die six-and-a-half years younger than if youre in the top 20%. poverty in many ways is a death sentence. romney and his friends want to cut medicaid, throw children off health insurance, they want to cut medicare, they want to cut social security, and they are going to war against the poorest people in this country. i think that is an immoral just -- an immoral position to take. >> and whi...

Great to have you with us. >> thank you. >> answer the question at the bottom of the screen, share your thoughts on twitter. >> bernie sanders joins me, the buffet rule was brought to the senate today. governor jan brewer is pushing the countrys most anti-union agenda yet. its wisconsin on steroids. the democratic leader of the arizona senate is calling for a wisconsin style backlash. hell join me coming up, stay with us. jenna shared her recipe with sharon,

Bottom. i refuse to accept that and so do the american people. >> do you think there is a smart political calculation in recognizing there is tension between the middle class and the poor and actually between the middle class and the rich? the democrats are focusing on the tension between the rich and the middle class talking about the buffet rule making sure the rich pay their taxes and dont escape scott free. there is tension i believe between the middle and the top. but is it, do you think th...

Not really interested in getting in touch with them. and now the senate is moving on that buffet rule to make sure some very rich people like romney cant avoid paying their fair share of taxes. yes in the eyes of the democrats you can just as easily replace buffets name with romneys. plus what about newt gingrich? he didnt call romney last night to congratulate him. are you kidding? he didnt concede to romney in florida. he didnt even mention mitt romneys name. newt gingrichs performance, his at...

Society and i think people have rebelled a bit against that and we have seen that in the florida primary, a strong wind of mitt romney. >> congressman, 65% of the american people think the wealthiest americans should pay more, they like the buffet rule. >> you have to see how it is crafted. there is room for closing some of the loopholes, so again, i think our problem is not just a taxing problem here in washington, it is a spending problem and we have got to get spending under control. i think ...