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Come february, it will be hard for republican members was congress without extending it before they face the voters and not asking wettleyest americans to pay their share. the president made a similar case in the end of 2010 and had to give in on extending the bush tax cuts for the rich . did it in the last three months and here on the millionaire surcharge. well see if he gives in or the republicans give in in february. >> the democrats gave up on the tax increase for the wealthiest americans b...

Evenly between democrats and republicans, but, martin, unless you have leadership that will embrace it, this was his own committee. this was his own commission, and its still bipartisan and growing. we just need some leadership to put real tax reforms. >> but youre also a strong supporter of the so-called no labels initiative in congress. >> most certainly. >> which was set up over a year ago to promote bipartisanship and break the gridlock. >> absolutely. >> in one of the most divided congresse...

National character coming together. might that be a jab at the grid lock in washington? >> well, it certainly might be. and weve seen the president sort of try to put pressure on congress right now which is, youve just been reporting is deadlocked over the pay roll tax cut. he has tried to put pressure on them in a number of different ways through that countdown clock that weve seen. hes threatened to postpone his vacation. we heard some lines today, including one in which em, washington could l...

This is washington d.c. is void. and part of the that is because they have taxpayer revenue. and they are not worried about conflict of interest statutes. that will increase the value of their real estate. and what they get away with those things . and in a grid lock is not that things are not getting done. the problems is the corruption of the public spirit. what do you mean by that. >> i believe in incentives that are important. we need to incent vise the --

>> reporter: thats the plan. in an unusual move governor jerry brown is doing an end run. he is trying to get these new tax hikes put on a signature gathering petition to deliver to the voters directly instead of going through what hes calling a grid-lock sacramento. youre right about the taxes, hes calling them a temporary tax. the gop in california is not having it bill. they say the voters have already rejected these kind of taxes as a bail out for sacramento. whether or not governor jerry br...

Committee and the group is required by law to make the plan public and submit it to the budget office. that pushes it to this coming monday . many of the super committee members say it is not feasible. >> it is helpful at this point and obviously no one want to quit until the stroke of midnight as you can see by my presence. >> we are hopeful but i dont know at this point in time. >> if the super committee fails, it would trigger automatic spending cuts that go in affect in 2013 and defense spen...

From ministers questions in the uk? to us it looks like a screamfest. well talk with msnbcs martin bashir who tells us that type of style could stop the grid lock in washington. something to think about. >> sounds great. thats "weekends with alex witt" right after "up." what do we know now? we know mitt romney who referred to us in the middle class at a town hall this week is desperately confused about where he is in the american pecking order. we know from disclosure forms romneys net wealth is...

for the "wall street journal" and david gergen. what was behind the selloff, er? >> i was talking to a few investors today what ben bernanke said yesterday, anderson what is the market expected him to same we know things are weak we know europe is a very severe issue but him saying it, even though they knew he was going to say it makes people more worried, people are kind of looking for nothing hold on to, maybe for a little bit of hope, why you see this people are saying this is a rat...

saying it, even though they knew he was going to say it makes people more worried, people are kind of looking for nothing hold on to, maybe for a little bit of hope, why you see this people are saying this is a rather dramatic selloff and might see stabilization that isnt the same thing as saying we arent in a real economic problem. we know that we are. >> and steven, seems like the markets were also underwhelmed by the by the feds latest moves to kick start the economy. is there anyth...

situation room" starts right now. >> thanks, very much happening right now. the gop battle for the white house. eating up here in tampa, florida. just three hours away from hearing eight presidential candidates go ahead it head. they will join me on cnns first ever tea party republican presidential debate. can the texas governor rick perry maintain his growing lead in the polls despite a highly controversial stance on social security? or will mitt romney come from behind and once again...