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They don't want to do the basics for the country. how are we going to deal with the debt if we don't do a budget. this president's budget when it was proposed last year got zero votes, 97-0. that is another example of the failure of this president. that is going to come out of this election because republicans have a fiscal plan to get us on track. >> greta: where do you get a bipartisan rebellion, i guess you can find a rebellion, where is this bipartisan rebellion coming from? >> you i've heard members on the other side of the aisle express frustration with harry reid and leadership about th...

step down, his regime lashes out. we have shocking images just coming in said to show the slaughter of a sir yarn family. what the relatives want the world to see. i'm wolf blitzer at the cnn election center. you're in "the situation room." in just three hours, polls start closing in florida. this republican presidential primary is critical. it's winner take all. 50 delegates up for grabs, the biggest prize yet. we've had three contests, three different winners so far. tonight florida could make one candidates the clear front-runner or mover. >> florida, as you just said is a min...

Chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey. >> we are in the military are not being victimized by this budget issue. there are some out there speaking about it in those terms but as i mentioned to you earlier, we clearly have a role to play, all of us, as citizens in addressing the economic crisis. this is something the joint chiefs have embraced as what is best for america. >> the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff say the cuts are what is best for america. li liz cheney, her old man did damage leading us in a war based on false intelligence. they were stretched so thin troops had to return f...

Super-committee about $1.4 trillion in reductions in rate of growth. passed that measure and moved on and started seriously addressing the problem. heather: what about the bush-era tax cuts specifically? would you be willing to waiver on that? >> well, heather the number one component of solution for the fiscal problem is economic growth. the problem with increasing taxes and that is what we're talking about if we let the bush tax cuts expire, we would increase taxes on an incredibly weak economy. and we have to have economic growth. that is how we're going to actually solve this problem. that...

Tremendous group around for 30 years, not about politics at all, but focusing on the budget and how to improve the fiscal environment and obviously there's a need for that right now. jenna: what lawmakers have you been talking to recent snre. >> we've been working with anybody who cares about the budget issue, and i have to say, in years past, it wasn't exractly the top tier agenda item, it's the top of everybody's mind right now, so ever since the bowles-simpson commission came out and put forth sort of a blueprint for a way forward we've been working with members in the house and senate to t...