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>> you're in the cnn newsroom. i'm don lemon. we begin with this tonight. president obama has wanted tax increases to help the economy all along, but republicans resisted. now mr. obama is going back tat to help pay for his new jobs plan. and come monday morning, you are going to be hearing all about it when he announces details of the so-called buffett rule, named after one of the richest men in the world, warren buffett. it's a tax on millionaires to make sure they don't pay a smaller percentage than the nation's middle class. as our chief political correspondent candy crowley repo...

about this for years and under the president's plan anyone making more than $1 million a year would paper the same percentage of taxes at the middle class. boy, it does not sit well with republicans. >> when you pick one area of the economy and say we're going to tax those people, because most people are not those people, that's class warfare. >> warren buffett has been honest and others i know who have haven't fortunate in life and wealthy say, for goodness sake, raise my taxes if that's going to help this economy move forward. >> brianna keilar is on the phone in washington with mo...

you're looking at live picture from the united nations. where all eyes right now are on this year's general assembly. president obama and the first lady, michele bachmann, expected to arrive in new york only minutes from now. at issue for the united states and much of the world this week, a showdown over the middle east. the palestinian authority president vowing to submit a formal application for statehood to the united nation's security council. it could have serious implications for the u.s. relationships with iz real and the arab world. much more on this part of the story coming ...

we begin with this, president obama has wanted tax increases all along, but the republicans resisted, but now mr. obama is helping to pay for his new jobs plan and come monday morning your going to hear all about it when he announces details of the so-called buffett role, named after warren buffett. a tax on millionaires to make sure they don't pay a smaller percentage than the nation's middle class and as candy crawly reports there's already an uproar in washington. >> reporter: the president's plan to pay for his jobs program includes the idea of a millionaire minimum tax rate. at ...

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