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Raising taxes on 250 and over. could they accept millionaire's tax which would give our ideological base a little bit of victory, not the entire victory they want, and it would give the republicans a little bit of face saving that they didn't, you know, drew the line much higher. that would be number one. number two, i think we need to, and you know i'm co-chair of the campaign to fix the debt with judd gregg, the ex-republican senator from new hampshire, our position is, if we can get revenue by tax reform the base of my party and people i agree with most of the time should say, most of that ...

Fact, the chinese government was fairly flexible in terms of making that possible when it was clear it was an important issue to the united states. we can't expect to have china change their whole attitude on any issue like this in a short period of time. but this really reflects considerable progress. both in terms of the administration's ability to deal with them and china's ability to be flex able. >> hillary clinton was going over there for unrelated issues. and patty, you know the delicate dance there in terms of being in the center of attention, the chinese are -- we are tied up with the...

>> reporter: well, we can tell you -- >> it certainly -- >> i'm sorry. >> it does look like a lot like face saving. it comes on a day when the rebels say they've taken over central misurata, they've ousted gadhafi forces and the snipers who were causing a lot of havoc. and now comes a statement the army is withdrawing and the tribes are taking over. essentially what the deputy foreign minister told me is the tribes approached the libyan military and told them they weren't making headway, and the tribes that are loyal to moammar gadhafi would have to take over, they would hold negotiations with...

We are still trying to get more information on whether or not people were killed. >> fred, what do you make of the libyan government saying they're pulling out of misurata? they say they're leaving the fight to the tribes. the spokesman for the rebel military command says if gadhafi leaves misurata, the game is over, it's a significant move. what do you make of it? does it make sense that they would leave this up to the tribes, is this just face saving? >> well, we can tell you -- >> it certainly -- >> i'm sorry. >> it does look like a lot like face saving. it comes at an interesting time, of ...

Leaves misurata, the game is over, it's a significant move. what do you make of it? does it make sense that they would leave this up to the tribes, is this just face saving? >> well, we can tell you -- >> it certainly -- >> i'm sorry. >> it does look like a lot like face saving. it comes at an interesting time, of course. it comes on a day when the rebels say they've taken over central misurata, they've ousted gadhafi forces and the snipers who were causing a lot of havoc. and now comes a statement the army is withdrawing and the tribes are taking over. essentially what the deputy libyan forei...