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president hopes now to influence that so-called congressional super committee, charged with drafting a big deficit reduction plan. fellow democrats for months on this issue and others have complained the president is too quick to compromise with republicans. well, today that same president delivered this warning. >> i will not support -- i will not support any plan that puts all the burden for closing our deficit on ordinary americans. and i will veto any bill that changes benefits for those who rely on medicare, but does not raise serious revenues by asking the wealthiest americans ...

about this for years and under the president's plan anyone making more than $1 million a year would paper the same percentage of taxes at the middle class. boy, it does not sit well with republicans. >> when you pick one area of the economy and say we're going to tax those people, because most people are not those people, that's class warfare. >> warren buffett has been honest and others i know who have haven't fortunate in life and wealthy say, for goodness sake, raise my taxes if that's going to help this economy move forward. >> brianna keilar is on the phone in washington with mo...

you're looking at live picture from the united nations. where all eyes right now are on this year's general assembly. president obama and the first lady, michele bachmann, expected to arrive in new york only minutes from now. at issue for the united states and much of the world this week, a showdown over the middle east. the palestinian authority president vowing to submit a formal application for statehood to the united nation's security council. it could have serious implications for the u.s. relationships with iz real and the arab world. much more on this part of the story coming ...

it would be easy for me to recite all the sensational claims about drug use, affairs in the new book about the former governor of alaska. probably would be good for our ratings. new york times critic janet maslin said this about "the rogue." mr. mcginniss used his time in alaska to talk to people like, one resident and a friend. he was featured on "today" in a piece by savannah guthrie. >> he described a rocky palin marriage with todd and sarah fighting and threatening divorce, something they have denied in the past. another bomb shell, he writes todd and sarah have both used cocaine...

pushed the panic button probably several months ago, they just haven't telegraphed to us yet. you have to look no further than a poll out in virginia that shows president obama has a 62% disapproval rating with independents in that state. that is devastating to him. remember, virginia was one of the states that he flipped back in 2008 to win the presidency. not just virginia, north carolina is another state that they're concerned about. then go out west to colorado, another state that they flipped, as well, back in 2008. and then there's the two big states, kyra. there's ohio and the...