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Then there would be some other increases in taxes on investment income, again for people above people making more than $250,000, and also some capping of deductions. so there's a, you know, a couple different ways that those will be reached. but the bulk of that does come through raising taxes on the top 2%. >> how about the $400 billion in entitlement savings. where is that supposed to come from? >> that's supposed to come from cuts in payments to providers, like doctors and hospitals. and it should be noted, too, that this proposal that the president put forward isn't necessarily something n...

Economic issues particularly dominated or as we've been talking about today, have things like birth control, marriage equality been a big part of the conversation as well? >> you know, the majority of this campaign has really focused in on jobs and the economy, the difference between our tax plans, the difference between our deficit reduction plans. certainly a lot about health care and medicare especially given the fact that my opponent is a former bush cabinet secretary where we have a real record to contrast with regard to health care and medicare. and in each of those questions there's als...

And democrats bombarded the airwaves calling ryan radical, extreme, a right-winged idea -- ideologue. the obama campaign planned to make the ryan budget with its tax cuts for the rich and changes to medicare a center of the campaign. the president already has. >> it is a trojan horse, disguised as deficit reduction plans, it is really an attempt to impose a radical vision on our country. >> while the ryan pick brought excitement and bigger crowds. democrats say it makes it harder for republicans in some crucial states. among them florida and ohio. because talk about changing medicare could ang...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com the secret service prostitution scandal that exploded in colombia may be just the tip of the iceberg. allegations have now surfaced of similar misconduct involving heavy drinking, a strip club, escorts on a previous presidential trip, this one to el salvador. reporter chris holmsby broke the story and he joins me now. chris, what happened in el salvador just prior to president obama's trip there in march of last year? >> reporter: we just flew to el salvador this last weekend to try to verify some of the information that we actually received so...

world. i'm fareed zakaria. we begin an important show with the most important topic today. the economy. to talk about it, we have no lesser an authority than president obama's top economic advisor, that's gene sperling, director of the national economic council. why isn't employment picking up? we'll ask him. then we'll go global. who should be the next president of the world bank? should it be an american, as always, or should it be opened up to emerging economies, in asia, africa, south america, nigeria's finance minister says she should be the bank's next leader, and she has some ...