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he'll lay it out thursday night to congress and the nation. democratic sources telling us tonight it calls for about $300 billion in tax breaks, incentives and other spending offset by equal amount of budget cuts. it's being described as a make or break moment for the president. we'll discuss it along with mitt romney's competing plan which he unveiled today. first jessica yellin. >> reporter: democratic sources in discussions with the white house confirm that $300 billion figure has been the working figure for the jobs package for at least a week now. it would mean as you say 300 bi...

incentives and other spending offset by equal amount of budget cuts. it's being described as a make or break moment for the president. we'll discuss it along with mitt romney's competing plan which he unveiled today. first jessica yellin. >> reporter: democratic sources in discussions with the white house confirm that $300 billion figure has been the working figure for the jobs package for at least a week now. it would mean as you say 300 billion in both spending and then cuts. the white house has said that this will be a revenue-neutral package. so that would mean that in addition t...

I'm not going to fine them, the economy right now is not where it should be, and people are having --. >>guest: i am in total agreement. the california law, fining people $500, that is instigated by a kinder guardenner that did not make it out of class. you are talking about working parents. >>neil: what if they are always late. >>guest: that was not the case. >> yes, if this child is consistently late it is the school's responsibility to call the parents in and have a conference. >>neil: how do we foe that wasn't done. i am in the excusing but trying to understand. >>guest: here on the openin...

Is not that people don't want to help. but they are doing dumb things that are not effective. >> this is not the place to blame headstart from the time they leave the program to the 8th grid especially in washington, d.c. one of the most violent cities in the country. a lot has happened since the time they left headstart program. to throw test scores of an 8th grader on to the head of the head still start program is unfair. >> greta: what about the -- what are we [ unintelligible ] if we are throwing money at headstart then doing zero now we are at the 12% level -- [ unintelligible ] that's pa...

Is not that people don't want to help. but they are doing dumb things that are not effective. >> this is not the place to blame headstart from the time they leave the program to the 8th grid especially in washington, d.c. one of the most violent cities in the country. a lot has happened since the time they left headstart program. to throw test scores of an 8th grader on to the head of the head still start program is unfair. >> greta: what about the -- what are we [ unintelligible ] if we are throwing money at headstart then doing zero now we are at the 12% level -- [ unintelligible ] that's pa...