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he plans to cut and veto any legislation that cuts medicaid and medicare that doesn't raise taxes on the wealthy. >> i will not support any plan that butts the burden on ordinary americans. i will veto any bill that does not raise serious revenues by asking the wealthiest americans or biggest corporations to pay their fair share. this is not class warfare. it's math. >> this is not class warfare, reference to the opposition he's getting from republicans who are saying it is just that, class warfare. they're calling the president's tax proposal a cheap political gimmick. pure politica...

a billionaire who famously lives modestly in omaha, nebraska. they argues the richest americans aren't being taxed enough. he says he pays a lower rate than his secretary. he wrote about it in an op-ed in "the new york times" called "stop coddling the rich." he plans to cut and veto any legislation that cuts medicaid and medicare that doesn't raise taxes on the wealthy. >> i will not support any plan that butts the burden on ordinary americans. i will veto any bill that does not raise serious revenues by asking the wealthiest americans or biggest corporations to pay their fair share....

As japan reels in crisis, the future of nuclear energy in this country is once again in the hot seat. robert kennedy, jr., has earned a reputation as a staunch protecter of the environment, as an activist and attorney specializing in environmental law. while putting everyone's obvious initial reaction to japan aside, robert, is it time for more nuclear energy in the united states or less? >> well, you know, i've always said this, ali. a nuke is good if we can ever make it safe, if we can ever make it commercial. john roe, ceo of exelon said ten days ago that there is no commercial case for nuc...

Good to see glue good to see you. >> if they changed the rules on a filibuster so you didn't need 60 votes in the senate to pass a major bill, you could ram through a new energy climate change bill. >> no, i don't agree with that, stuart. last time we talked i mentioned cap and trade is dead but the ironly the democrats would talk about doing away with the filibuster rule right after the dean of the senate died, that was -- the last protecter, bob byrd, died and they want to do that. it's not going to happen. keep in mind republicans are going to take control of the house and senate in the nex...

The united states on the north slope, transalaskaan pipeline. we've had nothing but problems up there for the last two, three years. now we have this explosion in the gulf where, unfortunately, 11 people died and the environmental catastrophe is upon us. it's a culture. their own reports, they indicate that they ignore risk. they accept nonconformance and allow imcompetence. that's their own report. bp even agrees with it. it's a culture of corruption there. >> do you agree with the president's assessment of how they handled the questioning this week, calling it a ridiculous spectacle? >> well...