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White house. my understanding is jack lowe has written this compromise that harry reid is trying to sell to john boehner. it adds another $20 billion with the cuts, which would bring the cuts to $30 billion. the original asked was $30 billion and the tea party said no, no, you've got to make that number bigger. but the white house doesn't want to own this. they want to continue to stay out of this thing. >> they do. and the political reason was touched on when you referred to 1994. it's a huge risk for both sides about who would be blamed. it's not clear whether either one would or both would....

Those are huge problems still unresolved. that's where we are. >> david sanger, the surprising thing here, and maybe not so surprising, is the role of the white house. my understanding is jack lowe has written this -- it adds 20 billion with the cuts, which by the way, the original -- the original paul ryanside that $30 billion in cuts, and the tea party said, no, no, you have to make that, jay carney said today we're not getting behind any plan. >> they do. and the political reason was touched on when you rufrd to 1994. it's a huge risk for both sides about who would be blamed. it's not clear...

power of public sector unions. let's be clear about the political calculus here. if the debate is about unions paying their fair share, republicans win. if it's about taking away workers' rights, democrats are going to win. that's what we don't know. plus a show of hands. who wants a government shutdown? democrats may want one, because they think republicans will be blamed as they were in 1994. republicans may secretly want one, because maybe sometimes things will be different. will it happen? who's right? we'll find out. it's been 30 years to the day since president reagan was s...

little more different. unions are now uj siege in four mid western states, wisconsin, indiana and ohio. legislation is making its way through state governments that would dramatically limit the power of public sector unions. let's be clear about the political calculus here. if the debate is about unions paying their fair share, republicans win. if it's about taking away workers' rights, democrats are going to win. that's what we don't know. plus a show of hands. who wants a government shutdown? democrats may want one, because they think republicans will be blamed as they were in 19...

korea, and two days after an attack in the south, pyongyang is threatening new strikes. at the same time, south korea's military which is at its highest alert level short of war has been reinforced on areas near north korea. and the white house also says it's working to set up a conversation between president obama and chinese president hu jintao. stan graham joins us from south korea. stan, you just came back from the island where that attack took place. tell us what you saw there. >> reporter: you know, carol, this island is not completely deserted. it is a ghost town. you'd arrive...