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That this whole, the reason that there's a, you know, there isn't a deal in the first place, because it's their fault and that's not true. it's both parties that did this and the president particularly not showing leadership and kicking the can down the road and creating a super committee. the media is not covering this correctly at all. reporting that the president want a deficit package. 1 trillion from tending the war and that's going to happen and another trillion from spending cuts in the past so they are he completely ignoring that and again, it's not spending cuts that the president is ...

Spending cuts kick in and blame it on the republicans. >> i don't know where you are hearing that. certainly don't hear that from me. i spent five years trying to put together a package in a bipartisan way to get us back in a sound fiscal course. i think it's clear we have a problem we have to make sure we are doing everything we can to shrink growth and we have a longer term problem that is unsustainable fiscal course for the nation. that requires revenue reform which is bob corker talking about fundamental reform. we need it in entitlement and social security in the revenue side of the equat...

That's how you reduce the deficit, with a balanced approach. so our job now is to get a majority in congress to reflect the will of the american people. and i believe we can get that majority. i was encouraged to hear speaker boehner agree that tax revenue has to be part of this equation, so i look forward to hearing his ideas when i see him next week. let me make one final point that every american needs to hear. right now if congress fails to come to an agreement on a deficit package by the end of the year, everybody's taxes will automatically go up on january 1st. everybody's. including the...

the initial attempt to get rid of the law came in january of 2011, two weeks after the gop took control of the house. that vote passed and died in the senate however as it has every other time that the house has tried to repeal the law. president obama says he has a sure-fired way to help middle-class taxpayers to help families making less than $250,000 a year, and get rid of tax breaks for the wealthy. i want to bring in jessica yellin who is in new york today. he talked about this and talked about it from the white house and clearly laying down the gauntlet, if you will, and he s...

dangerous heat wave impacting people right now. take a look at how much of the united states is affected. we have 20 states under heat warnings or advisories right now and the sizzling temperatures aren't just uncomfortable, they can be life threatening especially for people who don't have air conditioning. in the northeast storms knocked out power to millions of homes. brian, thank you for being there for us. people may not be able to get their power back for ang entire week. that's what we are hearing. what are they doing in the meantime to stay safe? >> reporter: poppy, they are b...