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we're talking about on wealthy americans. some of the taxes we have talked about before, limiting those itemized deductions that the wealthy take. closing loopholes on hedge fund managers, oil and gas companies, corporate jet owners and also letting the bush era tax cuts for the wealthiest americans expire when they are set to. also a little more than $1 trillion in war savings. of course, we do know that the wars in afghanistan and iraq are already going to be winding down. and that's something that republicans are hitting on. and frequently both sides have used this when they do th...

Deficit reduction speech, then be honest about what you're doing. don't pander to your audience. and that's what he's doing here. >> we've seen in the past, that some of the -- >> i'm so tired of it. >> we're going to take a quick break and be back with our panel, be back to hear some of the question and answer at that town hall. somewhere in america, a city comes to life. it moves effortlessly, breathes easily. it flows with clean water. it makes its skyline greener and its population healthier. all to become the kind of city people want to live and work in. somewhere in america, we've alread...

Saying about obama? >> on policy, he blew it. one example to see is when they did the whole big announcement. he's running for president. trying to tick off the big achievement. health care, which is good. but the other one is the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. which frankly they were asleep on for most of the first period of the midterms. what i will say about the audio clip you played though, thomas, is he sounds great. he says bring it, feisty, tough. i can tell you when i was on the road with then senator obama. >> he's preaching to the choir. >> he does. i he sounds like he owns it. the...

Yes. joe biden appeared to nod off briefly during obama's deficit reduction speech today. it happened as the president tried to accuse republicans of trying to end medicare as we know it. there's been no response from the vice president's office. take a look though, biden's eyes opened up as the president was saying tough luck, you're on your own. so jack cafferty is here. he is either sleeping, jack, or he's concentrating really hard on what the president is saying. or he's praying for that matter. could be you close your eyes during the speech, stuff happens, right? >> he might have been thi...

He hub. was joe biden sleeping during the president's speech today? you can judge for yourself. interview with a man who couldn't put libya's glmoammar gadhafi in prison. that's coming up at the top of the hour.