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0 and easy to consume. recent comments from david plouffe as well as lawmakers left the president's strategy open to interpretation. progressives were concerned the social safety net programs were on the chopping block, but today democrats were unified in their approach. they are all on the same page. the president was reluctant to agree to a deal cutting medicare and medicaid benefits. president obama is seeking $1.6 trillion in additional revenue over ten years and $340 billion in health care savings. the time says the deal would not affect benefits. that's the keyword, benefits. the preside...

0 we need more members of congress to sound like that. if the president is trying to achieve solidarity on raising the top tax rate, these are the voices that can come through for them with that message in a big way. an owner of an automobile supply company says she supports the plan even if it means her own personal rates will go up. >> i would have higher tax rates, but more important and more crucial, the middle class would be spending about $3,000 more. >> harry reid kept the focus on the president's winning campaign message of letting the tax cuts expire on incomes over $250,000 a year. >...

0 long-term viability of medicare and medicaid but those conversations should not be part of a plan to avert the fiscal cliff. democrats are prepared to discuss reforms to medicare and medicaid, but not right now. fox news tried to get budget committee chair member congressman chris van hollen to agree to the changes. van hollen stood firm. >> if you prolong the program, people are living longer, isn't that age outvoted? >> there are a lot better ways to have doing it? >> you're not willing to change the age? >> no. because there are much better ways of dealing with medicare costs. >> it's jus...

captioning sponsoreby macneil/lehreproductions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. on the newshour this mday, the lead sto: an official declaration of taintedallots in thefghan elections. maaret warner reports. then, ter the other news of the day, judy woodruffooks at pakistan's offensive agast insurgents; heidi cullen repts on scitists in greenland tring global warming more than 100,0 years ago. >> what you see re is a piece ice from the cmate change between the last glacier anthe present climate. it contains a lot o tiny bubbles from the aged atmosphere >> >> lehrer: ray suare...