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Republicans to do the same. this ongoing republican civil war in the conference in the house is going to play out over this which is seen as the battle to the tea party activists. so i think some of the draconian cuts that republicans are proposing are going to be very unpopular with americans. you can't talk about it unless you talk about entitlement reform and tax reform. >> heather: in december there was bipartisan majority of his fiscal commission, they proposed saving $4 trillion. it falls way short of that? >> it sure does. president obama says basically he is not going to listen to that...

Week saying that only 22% of the country thinks deficit cutting should be the main goal. does that sound look a majority to you? now, every single poll shows that creating jobs even if it means spending more government money to do so is a much, much higher priority. yet the people in d.c. tell you that deficits are more important. that leads us to this second huge lie. our political leaders tell us we have to cut social security to cut the deficit. that is wrong. it's a lie. it's nonsense. it's not just the republicans, even democrats are on board to cut social security. the president appointe...

Lakeside north of toronto. meeting leaders of the economic powers. canadian prime minister steven harper is urging the countries to agree on deficit reduction goals to restore investor confidence after the greek debt crisis. germany, france, england and japan have unveiled deficit cutting measures and plans but president obama sent out a letter last week warning that removing government stimulus spending too quickly could prolong the recession. there's definitely going to be discussion about that spending vs. deficit cutting. after the g-8, mr. obama and the other leaders head to toronto for t...