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For the american people and i wan to frame it differently than the way you said it. i look at this as providing dollars in the pockets of over 40 million americans. middle class americans making less than $75,000. we know 90% of the dollars are going folks making under that amount. so it is helping american people at a time of need as they get through this pandemic. >> yep. both of those framings could be accurate. helpful to some but also when you talk about deficit reduction, when you're spending it, it is working against the deficit reduction efforts. just the reality of it all. but when yo...

Senator patty murray and congressman paul ryan may be close to a budget deal but minorities on both sides, house democrats and senate republicans, have some concerns. democrats are especially worried about what this deal might mean to the middle class. maryland democratic congressman chris van hollen is the top democrat on the house budget committee. always good to see you, congressman. good morning. >> good to see you, chris. good morning to you. >> i think you know the reports are the deal could include cuts to federal worker pensions. is that a line in the sand for you? >> well, first of al...

The column today i think is continuation of that. frankly i believe a continuation of exactly the plan the president laid out in detail in the state of the union on tuesday night. we have already made 2.5 trillion dollars in deficit reduction efforts. we are going to -- we're ready as the president said in a very detailed way to make another trillion and a half. provided we can work with our friends in congress. how are we going to do that? one through the lens of how we invest in the middle class families and, two, work together and three, why the president in a plan he laid out, david, was v...

Cyclists flying into a barbed wire fence. we'll have the fallout ahead in sports. whoa! but first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. with weeks to go before the aulgt 2nd deadline, congressional leaders are heading back to the white house today for another meeting to try to reach a deal on raising the country's debt ceiling. after a 75-minute session with lawmakers last night, president obama is expected to hold a news conference this morning to discuss their deficit reduction efforts. this comes as the front page of "the wall street journal" reads, ...

Conference. greg palcott live from london with the very latest on the big meeting. good morning to you, greg. >> hey, steve, brian, gretchen, yesterday was the pomp and circumstance of the state visit by president obama to the u.k. today, the meat and potatoes of policy just wrapped up and bilateral between obama and the u.k. prime minister david cameron. dave moved over to a building not far from where we are. they are going to sum up what was in that meeting. foreign policy and economic matters. on the foreign policy side, the ongoing nato efforts against the qaddafi regime in libya, certain...