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Americans. the framework the president laid out on wednesday of this week was a comprehensive, balanced set of cuts on spending, things that will -- >> not talking about taxes, because he says no way am i raising taxes on those making $250,000 or less. >> let me just say, these spending reforms that the president talked about, they will touch all americans. on the tax side, if you look at the way our tax code is structured -- and its a broken tax code -- we spend hundreds of billions of dollars ...

Fascination at the white house as to whether you will run or not. so thank you for joining me tonight. well watch this race. >> thank you very much, piers. >> today, president obama laid out his plan to cut the nations $14 trillion debt. his goal, slashing $4 trillion over 2 years. the goal thats got republicans complaining too little, too late. some of his own party fearing the cuts will go simply too deep. listen to the president. >> to those in my own party, i say that if we truly believe in ...

Say that if we truly believe in a progressive vision of our society, we have an obligation to prove that we can afford our commitments. if we believe the government can make a difference in peoples lives, we have the obligation to prove that it works. by making government smarter and leaner and more effective. >> who will win this latest budget battle? joining me now is governor schumer. chairman of the campaign committee. senator, thank you very much for joining me. the reaction has been pretty...

We sent a generation to college on the gi bill and we save millions of seniors from poverty with social security and medicare. we have led the world in scientific research and technological breakthroughs that have transformed millions of lives, thats who we are. this is is the america that i know. >> this is not the america the tea party knows. this is not the america that john boehner and mitch mcconnell represent. they represent the america that believes government can do nothing right, except...

When do you think its going to cut? when are the deficits going to matter to average people. i say its when they start losing real benefits. >> and when they start thinking about their kids and grandkids. theres no easy answers. every one of these commitments thats been made, whether its medicare, medicaid, defense spending all end up being to some special interest or take care of some particular group, which is our military in three wars. at the end of the day, you take those thing as way, you ...

Country would look like without this social safety net, without those commitments president obama talks about, but if its ryanisms turn to triumph the way reaganism did? then we will all feel the pain of an america without a commitment to basic human dignity. still to come, digging into the obama plan, the politics and the policy, howard fineman and bob greenstein join me next. and donald trump starts talking, which is to say lying about an i7bd run for president. >> announcer: this past yea...

This social safety net, without those commitments president obama talks about, but if its ryanisms turn to triumph the way reaganism did? then we will all feel the pain of an america without a commitment to basic human dignity. still to come, digging into the obama plan, the politics and the policy, howard fineman and bob greenstein join me next. and donald trump starts talking, which is to say lying about a run for president. dou. hey, you cant take allegra with fruit juice. what? yeah, its...

To move their agenda forward. on the tough issues its easy. a far more diverse caucus fill song ofly than republicans do. as these issues come up, a lot of swing voters on the democratic side. few on the republican side. >> teach my 6-year-old, easier to find 13 than 7. its actually hard math. >> thinking about this -- back to the deficit debate for a moment. i want to play for you, tom, something secretary geithner said last night on pbs. >> can it be done without raising taxes? >> oh, no. ther...

Country would look like without this social safety net, without those commitments president obama talks about, but if its ryanisms s turn to triumph the way reaganism did, then we will all feel the pain of an america without a commitment to basic human dignity. still to come, digging into the obama plan, the politics and the policy, howard fineman and bob greenstein join me next. and donald trump starts talking, which is to say lying about an independent run for president. too much on your p...

Strike any one of us. there but for the grace of god go i, we say to ourselves. we contribute to programs like medicare and social security which guarantee us health care and a measure of basic income after a lifetime of hard work. unemployment insurance which protects us against unexpected job loss. and medicaid, which provides care for millions of seniors in nursing homes, poor children, those with disabilities. were a better country because of these commitments. ill go further, we would not b...