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taxes on the wealthy. >> i will not support any plan that butts the burden on ordinary americans. i will veto any bill that does not raise serious revenues by asking the wealthiest americans or biggest corporations to pay their fair share. this is not class warfare. its math. >> this is not class warfare, reference to the opposition hes getting from republicans who are saying it is just that, class warfare. theyre calling the presidents tax proposal a cheap political gimmick. pure poli...

he plans to cut and veto any legislation that cuts medicaid and medicare that doesnt raise taxes on the wealthy. >> i will not support any plan that butts the burden on ordinary americans. i will veto any bill that does not raise serious revenues by asking the wealthiest americans or biggest corporations to pay their fair share. this is not class warfare. its math. >> this is not class warfare, reference to the opposition hes getting from republicans who are saying it is just that, cla...

a billionaire who famously lives modestly in omaha, nebraska. they argues the richest americans arent being taxed enough. he says he pays a lower rate than his secretary. he wrote about it in an op-ed in "the new york times" called "stop coddling the rich." he plans to cut and veto any legislation that cuts medicaid and medicare that doesnt raise taxes on the wealthy. >> i will not support any plan that butts the burden on ordinary americans. i will veto any bill that does not raise se...

ground and folks who are still trying to get out of the mess. thank you, kyra. live from studio 7, im suzanne malveaux and up to speed for august 30th, tuesday. here we go, again, the rivers in new jersey are bursting the banks overwhelmed by all of the rain that hurricane irene dumped on the state. the passaic river has been overrunning parts of paterson, new jersey, all morning long. emergency workers pulled some 1,500 people to safety after the passaic flooded homes. governor chris ...

ahead to shake up the republican presidential race. perry, a social and fiscal conservative and evangelical christian, is widely expected to jump in tomorrow. now, he was not wrong the eight republican candidates who debated in iowa last night. former minnesota governor tim pawlenty tried to break out of the pack. he repeatedly zinged fellow minnesotan michele bachmann. >> shes fighting for these things. she fought for less government spending. we got a lot more. she led the effort aga...

were just getting the information in. that means that the players vote will happen later today in more of a formal setting. training camp could start as early as wednesday now, weve been told. david mattingly has been following this for us. he has been live out of atlanta every day, at least he was last week when those negotiations were taking place. david, did you just get word that something came forward just moments ago? >> reporter: reading and finding out now is that the nfl playe...

welcome, everybody. it is friday, july 15th. im soledad obrien. you are watching snoonk kiran is off, christine is off, welcome soledad. good to see you. >> thank you. we have a lot to do today. lets get right to it. serious new pressure on rupert murdock and his global media empire. the justice department says its now investigating the claims that one of its tabloids tried to hack 9/11 victims phones. a report in another british tabloid, "the mirror" quoting a source who says "news of...

a democratic source telling it differently, saying the president challenged mr. cantor for what the source called" talk out of both sides of his mouth". theyll be back at the table tomorrow. the stakes could not be higher. moodys today put americas credit rating on review hinting at a possible rating drop. ben bernanke says defaulting on the debt would be catastrophic. jessica yellin is at the white house with what her sources are telling her. what have you heard from these differing a...

sitting here? ive reached my limit. this may bring down my presidency but i will not yield on this. congressman cantor says he says dont call my bluff, im going to the american people on this. finally cantor says he pushed back from the table and left. a democratic source telling it differently, saying the president challenged mr. cantor for what the source called" talk out of both sides of his mouth". theyll be back at the table tomorrow. the stakes could not be higher. moodys today p...

edwards lawyers say it was gifts from old friends intended to keep the affair street from elizabeth edwards who died back in december. first, joe johns lays out how all of this mess began. >> reporter: john edwards, the politician. remember him? >> we have much work to do. because the truth is, we still live in a country where there are two different americas. >> reporter: as it turned out, mr. two americas had two very different faces himself. people close to him said it was the face ...