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Be able to cover -- this bill's not going to pay for itself. everybody knows that. >> not going to pay for itself. everybody knows that. similar criticism about the massive increase to the deficit this bill could create. joined by art laffer, chairman of laffer associates, friend of mine. and, art, you're welcome to bring up the laffer curve in this. i want to ask you about something interesting. i want to show you a few estimates. there are many about what the tax bill will do. increase the deficit by $1.5 trillion. the tax foundation says that's the most conservative, or the -- the lowest es...

Who oun golf courses. if you build houses across from it you get a tax break worth $600 million if it's close. we know who is beneficiary of this. steve, why can't things like this get closed? >> you know, this is my frustration with this bill, frankly. you know, i think there's a lot of good things, but i wish the republicans would have been more aggressive in getting rid of these incredible loopholes that go to mostly rich people. i wrote a piece saying why can one of the richest men on the planet give $18 billion to his foundation and gene, that's money that was never taxed, not a dime of t...

people are "an invented people." we're going to have reaction to his controversial remarks. plus, look at this live picture from arlington national cemetery. hundreds of volunteers are laying wreaths on the graves of american's fallen warriors. and if you think it's just too cold to get out of bed and go to work, it may change your mind. a total eclipse of the moon. you're looking at live images there right now. we want to start this hour with controversial comments from a republican presidential candidate, newt gingrich. take a listen to what he said. >> i believe with the jewish pe...

he calls palestinians an invented people. a palestinian leader says the gop front-runner's comments are racist. thousands of white house visitors have done it. now president obama has, too. he sets off a metal detector at a white house security checkpoint. and across russia, angry protesters take to the streets. they say parliamentary elections were rigged. the target of their anger, the prime minister vladimir putin and his party. controversial words from newt gingerich today. he says palestinians are -- and i'm quoting here -- an invented people. gingerich made the remarks in...

party. we're going to take you live there in just a few moments. also, as though you can take anymore of this. new allegations this morning that the head of the amateur athletic union may have sexually abused two boys decades ago. two men tell espn that robert bobby dodd molested them back in the 19 0s when they were playing on his aau baseball team. there's been no comment from dodd. he's battling colon cancer right now. there was a candlelight vigil last night on the virginia tech campus. they were remembering a police officer that was killed. the officer was killed before the ...