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Years overdue, so many lawmakers say if flexibility is needed congress is the place to go. >> the president wants to make changes or the administration has better ideas on how to administrate this area. this program. they are welcome to come through congress. >> secretary sebelius wrote congress saying she wouldnt accept any changes that undercut the work requirement. lawmakers say if thats true why did the department argue in the first place it could waive work requirements? bret? >> bret: all ...

Campaign. tonight, chief national correspondent jim angle looks at the facts and the fiction surrounding proposals to fix it. >> they are preventing them to use waivers to reduce requirement in welfare reform law clin top signed in 1996. >> just to say theyll waive the work rule a large part of what made the 1996 bill a success, that is not right. >> its also not legal says a former h.h.s. secretary who argues the administration doesnt have the authority to, i waivers. >> there is no opportunity...

The two themes over and over. >> bret: jim, what about where the truth is? the administration says health and human services sebelius sent out a letter saying that the states could have flexibility. if they increased the work force by 20%. however, it was reauthorization that was two years overdue. some people are saying it was strange the way the whole thing was handled. >> yeah. there is a debate to be had about the let theyre went out from the health and human services and the definition of w...

Campaign with an ad that really stands out, the least tasteful. i hope this is it. >> bret: jim, you cover ads for political races. we know that there is a line between the campaign supposedly and the super pac run by the former deputy press secretary bill burton. but when you see the obama campaign coming out and saying we didnt know the cancer story. and then you listen to the conference call, they werent listening. >> its a messy day. we have been waiting for moments all year. well see more o...

They dont want to hire another new person. they dont know what kind of taxes they have to pay on the salary. they dont know what the healthcare is going to cost. they dont know what the economy looks like. even companies that are sitting on money dont want to deploy resources. when you ask them time an again what would change that? they say i dont know. maybe we need a new administration and direction. we hear it from democrats all the time. no confidence out there. >> that is an important point...

And that is just not the face. if you look at the latest congressional budget office figures, for instance. since 1979 the average income of the household in the middle fifth has increased by a third. for the bottom fifth its actually increased by over 40%. bill >> reporter: the president seems to believe the poor are hurt by the wealthy. he said that isnt clear either. take facebook founder mark zuckerberg who made a billion dollars or more when facebook went public. did this is gains come at e...

Arguing everyone needs to pay their fair share and the middle class is over burdened when it comes to taxes. jim angle reports that the administrations facts can be called into question. you want to tell bus that. >> reporter: vice president biden says flatly that the middle class is, quote, getting screwed. the president is a little more diplomatic, puts it differently. both statements are contrary to recent reports from the congressional budget office, listen. >> the r u.n rungs on the ladder ...

With people going up and down in time. as people advance or get experience their income grows. 60% of people who start in the bottom fifth move up within ten years. now there will always be inequality in incomes, jenna. the key question is whether there is mobility, meaning equality of opportunity, and it appears there is. jenna. jenna: interesting. jim, thank you. >> reporter: yes, maam. gregg: all right. fascinating stats. in the meantime, road trip with a stolen car? but its who was caught be...

Here is a license to continue to take secrets which are putting american lives at risk. patti anne: there is a difference in giving background information to explain an issue and revealing the secret location of a base. >> absolutely. patti anne: thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. bill: president obama wants to raise taxes on wealth year americans, arguing that some people, like himself, do not need a tax break. as chief national correspondent jim angle found out some administration...

The middle 20% pay 9.4%. the top 20% pay 67.9% of total incomes taxes. its not like in stone and immovable but an escalator with people moving up and down over time. >> if you are born in the lowest 20%. the likelihood is you are not going to end mup lowest 20%. >> in part, people start careers, the incomes are low. as they advance or get experience or get married or start a business, income gro grows. >> 60% of the people started in the bottom fifth make it out of the bottom fifth ten years lat...