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and travelers squashed by major airlines. >> but first, to the desperate race against the clock to secure what president obama is calling americas national credit card. the country could face unprecedented default if congress is unable to agree on a deal to raise the nations debt ceiling. failure to do so could downgrade americas debt rating and could be extremely damaging for global economy purposes. lets get all the angles. weve just learned the president will be addressing the natio...

Alaska has jumped off. is that whats going to go on, its too hot for even the republicans to support? >> scott brown said thank god for the ryan budget. my point of view is thank god we are going to beat it. he said it started the conversation. it didnt. it ended the conversation. we all in america know we have to do something about the deficit. we did it with bill clinton. you define what are the investments you want to make. what is waste, fraud and abuse and how does everybody pay their fair ...

Pliltically. too hot for even republicans to support. >> i hope they jump off it. you have to remember scott brown said thank god for the ryan budget. my point of view is thank god we are going to beat the ryan budget. he said it started the conversation. no it didnt. it is ending the conversation. the way you start the conversation is that we all in america know we have to do something about the deficit. remember we did it with bill clinton. the way you do it is to define what is the investment...

Ideas and inspire others. millions of people can make a huge, huge difference there are others out there that are out there, just like you. some who are meeting in groups. and theyre going to be doing things. the pinelis patriot in florida. these are different groups, from meetup.com. these are groups that are doing something. tomorrow. the patriots in florida plan to donate grocery bag of food to group that helps the working poor, each. omaha, people are gathering to pray and delivering supplie...

Troops. i asked you to come up with ideas and inspire others. millions of people can make a huge, huge difference there are others out there that are out there, just like you. some who are meeting in groups. and theyre going to be doing things. the pinelis patriot in florida. these are different groups, from meetup.com. these are groups that are doing something. tomorrow. the patriots in florida plan to donate grocery bag of food to group that helps the working poor, each. omaha, people are gath...

So the budgets in this country are not balanced on the backs of the working poor and working people. there are groups like patriotic millionaires for fiscal strength and responsible wealth, these are people with means who are saying what are you talking about? president eisenhower had a marginal tax rate of 90% on the wealthiest. in 1976, it was 70%. we may not be there, but lets have some rationality because we do have a revenue problem in this country. >> eisenhower -- >> he would be driven ou...

Were not going to touch social security. we need to rebuild our social contract. we need to tax too much of what we have, financial speculation, concentration of wealth, and we need to invest in too little of what we have -- education, infrastructure, more security for the working poor, the middle class. >> hes got the trend with him. it would seem he could easily make the case to the american people that their economic plan is working. job creation is going in the right place. and this is with ...

Security. we need to rebuild our social contract. we need to tax too much of what we have, financial speculation, concentration of wealth, and we need to invest in too little of what we have -- education, infrastructure, more security for the working poor, the middle class. >> hes got the trend with him. it would seem he could easily make the case to the american people that their economic plan is working. job creation is going in the right place. and this is with the financial sector sitting on...

I know were going to be coming back. we only got one second. give us one tough choice youre willing to support as this process unfolds, one tough, unpopular choice. >> i would just -- im just going to tell you this. montana has come to my office every day and every one will say, hey, were willing to feel some pain, middle class, rich, poor, everybody, were willing to feel some pain we just dont want to feel all the pain.ç specifically theres all sorts of things that we can deal with across the...

Gas explosion were seeing. >> well, the most important point is what it does to middle class and working poor in this country. at a time when were hearing all sorts of proposals about os tear tee, its a double whammy for the working poor. theres just not that much elasticity. if you have to drive to your job, what you have to start to give up is things like food or heating oil or other amenities of your daily life. thats really the issue here. its going to affect peoples politicalç aspirations...