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Hard-powered budget but is it a heart ache budget? >> no. its one of the most compassionate things we can do. >> cut programs and help the elderly? >> youre focusing on half of the equation. were trying to focus on recipients of the money and the folks that give us the money in the first place. its compassionate to say were not going to ask you for your harder earned money anymore. single mom of two in detroit. give us your money. were not going to do that anymore unless we can guarantee -- let ...

More because of the tough things i have done. cut programs, cut taxes, created 200,000 new jobs. >> do you have opportunities in new jersey? >> we dont have any shale. >> how stupid is new york? >> ridiculously stupid. they passed two fracking bans. i vetoed them and they have been sustained. >> governor, good to see you. great to see a governor with a sense of humor. coming up, yet another video exposing planned parenthood. it keeps getting worse. we will play that next straight ahead.

State, but it is not up-and-down liberal liberal, certainly not up-and-down state liberal in reagan area. what did it mean for him to be an unapologetic liberal. >> it wasnt that it might have cost him the governorship but it may have cost him the mayoral race in 1987. back in the 70s and 80s when he was coming into age reply kale, it was not a blue liberal state. and so even nationally to broad been it out, he talked about the tale of two cities in the 80s this was at a time when reagan was rea...

And what is he doing with it? and, you know, reverend al, he has signed on to this paul ryan budget which would damage medicare, make it a voucher program, cut programs for our students. those are the programs that benefit the middle class. and mitt romney wants to take us in a different direction. he wants to take us backward, quite frankly. the president was right. the only thing mitt romney is proposing is more of what george bush did only as bill clinton said, he wants to do it on steroids. ...

Close. >> why hasnt the president convinced those middle class americans that he is the better one to lead forward? >> well, that is going to be the job of this election. the fact of the matter is i thought they said it very well. this bus tour is all about fluff ts all about buzz. its all about empty rhetoric. its not about substance. they just talked about cut, cut, cut. taxes, cut, cut, cut programs. no investments going into the future. when you look at president obama, hes made it absolutel...

Get through the united states senate? >> the house of representatives has an obligation to pass legislation that is fair, that is bold, that is balanced. if they are going to be republicans in the united states senate who are going to take the same position as house republicans that a middle class tax cut has to be held hostage to protecting the rich, i wont pass. youve got to start somewhere and this is where we should start. here is the difference between us. you want a middle class tax cut? c...

Complicated. maybe there are ways to work it out. i will also say this. the people in pennsylvania, ohio, in other states where we are competing, they want focus on job creation. they want focus on how you rebuild the middle class. they want us to be focusing on reigniting the american dream. for as long as republicans stand up there and say they will not give a tax cut to the middle class unless the rich are protected, thats where they continue to have these challenges. lets have a legitimate d...

We are looking for somebody who can debate barack obama, who has a knowledge what have needs to be done. i think, really, he knows where the skeletons near washington and that might be a plus as well. >> reporter: we have an idea that gingrich won the debait. who came in second? >> romney. >> reporter: how many of you felt romney came in second? before we have that conversation about romney, there was one clip that you picked out, clearly tax cuts are still important in the republican primary. a...

in this country, for the second time in less than 24 hours, an earthquake shakes central oklahoma. the latest one hit right before midnight eastern time, measuring a record 5.6. it was centered near sparks, about 45 miles from oklahoma city. and legendary performer andy williams says hes suffering from bladder cancer. williams broke the news to concertgoers last night during a christmas concert in branson, missouri. andy williams is 83. he has been seen professionally since childhood...

youre looking at live pictures right now in the house floor, where just moments from now a vote is scheduled on republican house speaker john boehners plan to avoid unprecedented default. but the bill which needs 216 votes to pass is facing fierce new backlash inside the party. if it does pass, it immediately goes to the senate for a vote where harry reid essentially says its dead on arrival. meanwhile, ceos at the biggest banks have their own warnings. fix this now or there will be gr...