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My word for it. speaker boehner, minority leader mcconnell have all supported cutting payroll taxes. the president did put forward a plan that was bipartisan. that was a bipartisan proposal. that's about half of the entire plan. when i was here in the '90s until president clinton, every single infrastructure bill was bipartisan. both believed that we could create jobs by rebuilding roads, bridges and highways. if there's politics here. where does that come from? we would like nothing more of a bipartisan package of a strong act. we'll share the political credit that anyone wants to have, but l...

To the 447 billion jobs bill that republicans bloked and the components voted down yesterday. nbc's mike viquiera joined me from the white house. another poll with good news from the president. many believe that the country going in the right direction despite the unemployment at 9% and seems like endless disagreement on what to do next. what do we expect the president's next move will be? >> if there is a bright side for the president, she leaving a place in a full-blown crisis. this experiment known as the euro zone may not last the week with the crisis fully under way now. europe trying to ...

>> gregg: welcome back. time for a quick check of the headlines. taliban taking responsibility for a carbomer in afghanistan, killing a total of 17 people. 12 american. president obama and republicans ramping up their fight over jobs and doing weekly addresses today. the president pushing his stalled $447 billion jobs plan and a new tax on the wealthy. while republicans urging the president to support the gop plan of pure regulations and no new taxes. and october winter storm moving up the east coast pounding the region with heavy wet snow. this is brand-new videotape just in from garfield...

Martha maccallum defends her network's fair and balanced slogan. she claimed fox daytime programming is unbiased. >> i think a lot of people are sort of brainwashed into believing that line of thinking. you know, that we're not fair and balanced and everybody else is. during the daytime, you know, we try to shoot as straight as we possibly can. everybody's a human being. there's going to be times when your feelings about something enter into a discussion. >> of course, the reality is fox news bias goes much deeper than feelings. the network's managing editor in washington ordered reporters to ...

That there is no magic bullet here if you will, but they want to do every little thing they can to help cut some red tape to try to help businesses create jobs and create an environment that is a little better for them. republicans have been saying throughout the presidency that regulations have been choking businesses, that's why they are not creating jobs. they'll have that debate between now and november 2012. i don't think jay carney will try to sell this as a game changer but they will try to sell it as trying to do every little bit they can while congress in their opinion sits around. je...