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Budget. we will hear from members from both sides. the member of the super committee means work for rest of congress. we'll tell you what needs to be done and when. brit hume gives us his analysis on what went wrong. newt gingrich unveiled his entitlement plan and we look inside and go over the rest of the 2012 campaign news today. texas governor and presidential candidate rick perry will be on the center seat tonight. the governor will take questions from the all-star panel. new york police say they foiled another terror plot. we will have details. "special report" from washington starts at 6...

Criticized from those on the left and those on the right in terms of not doing enough to tackle spending. what did the president say about that today? >> reporter: you get a sense that the president's team was stung by "the washington post" calling him "punter in chief." neither party wants to go first in terms of laying out an entitlement plan, fearing it will put a bull's eye on that plan. here's the president on that issue. sfwl -- this is not a matter of you go first or i go first. it's a matter of everybody have a serious conversation about where we want to go. and then ultimately getting...

It is old movie, the titanic, that the american economy, the titanic is headed toward this iceberg of debt and nobody in washington is doing much to turn it around. when you say we have 62% of debt as share of gdp now, you're right. the real scary thing we're headed towards 100% of gdp next 10 or 15 years. that is really frightening. one issue cbo highlighted in terms why this is happening because health care costs are out of control especially medicare and medicaid. what is interesting, we passed this massive new entitlement plan that will add about 30 to 40 million additional americans onto ...

Here's the problem with some of the manage. the congressional budget office today came out with new projects on what the president's budget will cost they said a trillion moreover the next 10 years than peter orszag suggested. in their budget right it suggests they don't have the numbers right in their health care plan either. >> greta: i can figure out the tactics of taking to the "washington post" op-ed page with this it was so -- if i were trying to sell this, i would go out to the american people. the american people are the and tea parties. looking for a group to -- this little group with...

They will never repeal it. here's the problem with some of the manage. the congressional budget office today came out with new projects on what the president's budget will cost they said a trillion moreover the next 10 years than peter orszag suggested. in their budget right it suggests they don't have the numbers right in their health care plan either. >> greta: i can figure out the tactics of taking to the "washington post" op-ed page with this it was so -- if i were trying to sell this, i would go out to the american people. the american people are the and tea parties. looking for a group t...