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Come february, it will be hard for republican members was congress without extending it before they face the voters and not asking wettleyest americans to pay their share. the president made a similar case in the end of 2010 and had to give in on extending the bush tax cuts for the rich . did it in the last three months and here on the millionaire surcharge. we'll see if he gives in or the republicans give in in february. >> the democrats gave up on the tax increase for the wealthiest americans because they didn't want continued grid lock. what is to say that will not be the case in february? ...

Evenly between democrats and republicans, but, martin, unless you have leadership that will embrace it, this was his own committee. this was his own commission, and it's still bipartisan and growing. we just need some leadership to put real tax reforms. >> but you're also a strong supporter of the so-called no labels initiative in congress. >> most certainly. >> which was set up over a year ago to promote bipartisanship and break the gridlock. >> absolutely. >> in one of the most divided congresses we've ever seen, can you point to a single accomplishment in a year? can you explain why only a ...

National character coming together. might that be a jab at the grid lock in washington? >> well, it certainly might be. and we've seen the president sort of try to put pressure on congress right now which is, you've just been reporting is deadlocked over the pay roll tax cut. he has tried to put pressure on them in a number of different ways through that countdown clock that we've seen. he's threatened to postpone his vacation. we heard some lines today, including one in which em, washington could learn something from you. essentially. he said that. so clearly, there were a few subtle jabs in ...

This is washington d.c. is void. and part of the that is because they have taxpayer revenue. and they are not worried about conflict of interest statutes. that will increase the value of their real estate. and what they get away with those things . and in a grid lock is not that things are not getting done. the problems is the corruption of the public spirit. what do you mean by that. >> i believe in incentives that are important. we need to incent vise the --

>> reporter: that's the plan. in an unusual move governor jerry brown is doing an end run. he is trying to get these new tax hikes put on a signature gathering petition to deliver to the voters directly instead of going through what he's calling a grid-lock sacramento. you're right about the taxes, he's calling them a temporary tax. the gop in california is not having it bill. they say the voters have already rejected these kind of taxes as a bail out for sacramento. whether or not governor jerry brown successes here remains to be seen. we are already seeing in new york state the governor here...