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We haven't been at since 1959. now, our expenses are far outside of hist toric norms and what i'm looking for in an agreement, alex, hopefully one that the president and the speaker come to where spending comes down sharply and also revenues do rise as a result of tax reform. and that's why i'm standing with and supporting the speaker in its negotiations. >> how about this, this i think it is clear the president is not going to completely back down on raising tax rates on the rich. is the gop just as steadfast in its stance on spending cuts? >> well, i don't think what threatens our country is...

>> and it's compared to how much necessity pay to the nation's total income taxes, irs figures show the top 1 percent take 16.9% but pay 36.7 of the nation's income tax, top 35% take home more than 31% of the total income but pay almost 59% of total taxes. and finally, the top 10% take home a little over 43% of the total income but pay more than 70% of all income taxes. >> how can you make it fairer. 75%. 90%. pay all of it? will that finally be fair. >> as i it now stands, 90% of all americans pay 30% of all income taxes. >> we wanted an income tax system that is fair according to the adminis...

Family. senate majority leader harry reid promised to vote some sometime but so far not laid out when that will be. the hold issue raises the question what is a fair share of taxes? are the rich gaining the system? getting soaked? or somewhere in between. here is national correspondent jim angle. >> president obama invokes tax fairness as campaign issue returning to the phrase fair share. >> ask the wealthiest americans to pay down the deficit and do their fair share. >> making sure that everybody is paying fair share. >> got the top 2% paid almost half of all income taxes. is that fair? >> se...

According to one new poll. shannon bream has details from washington. what else are we learning, shannon from these new numbers. >> reporter: these numbers come to us from generation opportunity, a nonpartisan group aimed to veitch out to young voters that 18 to 29 group. they're crunching official government data. they're finding this. 1.7 million people in the age group were not factored into the unemployment numbers because they simply have given up looking for work. if they were factored in, unemployment for this group would hit 16.9%. paul conway, former labor department official and pres...

>> okay, well that's kind of a bold prediction in a state where recent polling shows him trailing governor mitt romney by a few points. governor romney may have found added momentum with his win, he captured 83% of the vote, all 20 delegates. rick santorum was not able to garner much support. his own camp admitted damage was done when he told a local newspaper speaking english should be a requirement for puerto row coto gain state hood. "rick santorum has a consistent show and when he went to puerto rico and took a locally unpopular --" it's hard to get through it. >> shocking. >> "m...