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less than $250,000. this event really allows him to pivot away from last weeks disappointing jobs report. also allows him to draw stark contrast with his republican challenger, mitt romney, who has said he wants to see the bush era tax cuts extended for all americans. he says that if you raise them on folks making more than $250,000, that youre essentially raising taxes on small businesses and that will hurt the economy. that is, of course, what we have heard republican leaders in cong...

kristen welker, thank you so much. well see the president later this hour, around 11:50 a.m. eastern time, with that statement. well have it for you live. stick with us for that. lets bring in our monday power panel. aaron mcpike a reporter with real clear, and hoggan gidly with national communications director for santorum campaign. good morning to all of you. richard, straight to the tax cuts and debate about that, but as we were discussing, those new fund-raising numbers. whats your...

But this really is one program in a vast sea of department of justice activity and you know, somebody said during the break were talking about fast and furious but were not talking about gun control. >> i think that person was me. >> exactly. >> the idea, the notion, the reality is here, eric, we could be talking about the war on drugs and how ineffective its been. we could be talking about drug control. but were talking about eric holders e-mail. >> i thought the republicans were in favor of ha...

Are now living out of their cars. quote, even if youve been unemployed for a year and are months delinquent on your mortgage, you still wont have a mental category for your own homelessness. its impossible to project yourself into this scenario. the reality, when it occurs and endures, seems to have sprung from nowhere. joining us is the host of martin bashir, mr. martin bashir, who starting monday can be seen right here on this very channel at 4:00 p.m. eastern time. congratulations on that, si...

>> mitch mcconnell, its astonishing to me the way the republicans have lined up. in the next week, they will have eric holder cited with contempt and they could well have the individual mandate on the health care reform tossed out. they are the most incredible party that from the beginning of this presidency, targeted this president and they have done absolutely everything to oppose him and they are achieving their end. its remarkable whether you like it or whether you dont, its unbelievable. >>...

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Then i think that theres something -- theres something that they dont want us to know and theres something to hide. >> that was the mother of slain border agent, brian terry, last night questioning whether the white house is engaging in a coverup of the fast and furious program. president obama and speaker john boehner had hoped to avoid a partisan battle over the controversial initiative, but that has so far proved impossible and next week, the house is expected to vote on whether to hold attor...

iowans. in his north carolina ad, romney vows to cut taxes and spur growth in the high tech sector. romney tells ohio he will stand up to china on trade and repeal energy industry regulations and to virginia, he promises to reverse the presidents offshore drilling policy. it sounds like an ambitious and very, very busy first hundred days. jodi kantor, theres been a lot of talk about what mitt romney needs to do, and one of the things that we hear a lot is that hes going to have to get ...

victim, too. >> reporter: exactly, and that became clear when the -- when matt sanduskys lawyer put out the statement late yesterday afternoon saying that -- confirming that my client, matt sandusky, says he is aictim of jerry sanduskys abuse. and, look, this has been long suspected by many involved in this case. matt sanduskys mother has suggested publicly on multiple occasions she believes her son was abused by jersey sandusky while he was under foster care originally in the second m...

ben, we know romney -- i mean, insofar as hes running positive ads now, i thought this was amazing in terms of -- there are a lot of phrases i could use to describe this choice, but romney is making a bid for hispanic voters and today, the team -- his election team announced a hispanic leadership teams in 15 states and in the announcement, romney wrote i am honored and humbled by the overwhelming support our campaign has received from hispanics across the country. i am overwhelmed and ...