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Super-committee will have to be entitlement reform. but todays hearing is about the annual appropriations by congress. something we thought was settled back in august when they put caps on the annual spending for the next 10 years. theyre revisiting well-trodden ground in advance of having to file the final report next week. martha: theyre looking at discretionary spending cuts. not digging into entitlements, not medicare, not medicaid. announcing perhaps the things we talked about ages ago on t...

>> reporter: he would end taxation of income from social security and he would allow younger mayor cans into vest part of their social security taxes if they wish. he also talked about means testing, making the wealthy pay more and get lessor both and raising the eligibility age in medicare to reflect longer life spans. economists say it offers big benefits. >> it will help firms create jobs for folks currently unemployed. it will make poor people better off because it will give them an economy ...

Mexico and the corruption that is endemic in mexico we ned a columbia-plus like program in mexico. thats stepping up our military to military ties and law enforcement ties in mexico. thats where it plays out and we need to be vigilant and hard hitting on it. jon: andy wants to know what types of ideas youd bring to reform social security and medicare to make them sustainable. >> on social security we have to take the underlying assumptions for inflation we have to peg that to wage growth as oppo...

You raise the retirement age or means test? >> i think with people who are currently on the social security system, we need to keep that promise as it is. we have cant see those terms. people who are not yet on it, people dont realize how serious the debt problem is coming up. we will have to act fairly quickly. we need to act in conformity with the new longevity levels that we have. but also i think means testing is something at least for medicare that we may be looking at in the future. and so...

You raise the retirement age or means test? >> i think with people who are currently on the social security system, we need to keep that promise as it is. we have cant see those terms. people who are not yet on it, people dont realize how serious the debt problem is coming up. we will have to act fairly quickly. we need to act in conformity with the new longevity levels that we have. but also i think means testing is something at least for medicare that we may be looking at in the future. and so...

most talked about moments when all eight republicans stood on the stage with me in tampa, florida, this week. governor perry, speaking of social security, you said in the past its a ponzy scheme. an absolute failure. unconstitutional. but today you wrote an article in usa today saying it must be saved and reformed. very different tone. why? >> its time for us to get back to the constitution. and a program thats been there 70 or 80 years, obviously were not going to take that program aw...

he has three words of advice today for the obama white house to try to salvage the partys chances of victory in 2012. those words, "fire, indict and fight." james carville is joining us now. james, you created quite a stir in this article youve written for cnn.com. let me read a couple of lines. among other things you say, "what should the white house do now? one word came to mind, panic. this is what i would say to president barack obama. the time has come to demand a plan of action t...

many are looking at the gop presidential candidates with a fresh eye. did rick perry do anything to damage his status as the frons runner? ill ask newt gingrich about his performance as well. stand by. hes joining us live. plus, a brazen taliban attack on the united states embassy in afghanistan. some insurgents may still be on the loose now. we have new pictures and information coming from kabul and some top california politicians are trying to figure out what, if anything, is left of...

the country will not have enough money to pay all of its bills. tough decision also have to be made. the stakes right now are enormous. the president will lay out his case within a minute or so. two minutes after the president features -- finishes whats expected to be about a 15-minute speech to the nation, two minutes after that, well hear a separate speech from the house speakeren. >> boehner. hes up on capitol hill. hell make his case why the president right now is wrong. why the re...

right here in the united states. and a war of words between two florida lawmakers. democratic party chairwoman debbie wasserman-shultz joins me to respond to a congressmans rant calling her vile, unprofessional and despicable. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." right now, six u.s. senators are giving new momentum to talks aiming at avoiding a national catastrophe in the united states. their bipartisan compromise to slash the deficit. only 12 dpas left, president obama is...