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that stance, however, in sharp contrast to the medicare policies that almost every single republican voted for earlier this year. now, there were a few that did not vote, but only a very few. both the house and the senate voted. their budget ends the medicare guaranteed. their budget and the medicare guarantee -- ends the medicare guarantee. it turns the program over to private insurance companies. in other words, the reason we started medicare in 1965 was a private insurance companies would not give seniors, except a very high-cost, medical insurance. why do you think that is the ca...

house had dramatic news yesterday. ghannouchi rich survive as a political candidate after its staff -- can newt gingrich survive as a political candidates after its staff resigned in mass? we would like to know what you think. the numbers are on the screen. you can also e-mail us. and we are on twitter. let's take a look at "usa today" headlines. to give some information about this and shed some light on what is going on behind the scenes, we are joined by. wilson from "national journal." good morning. what have you found out about why his staff members left? guest: he had a rocky bl...

fairly radical. i wouldn't call it particularly courageous. >> and a birthday fit for a queen. britain's monarch turns 85 today. and this year, she has got a lot to celebrate. good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. we begin with the deaths of two western journalists inside libya. the men were caught in the cross fire of a battle inside the rebel-held city of misrata, and they were killed. their bodies have been taken to the city of benghazi. the victims were oscar nominated film director tim heatherington and new york based film photographer dave hondros. dave tweeted that...

Problem. it doesn't have a revenue problem. >> they always say that. it's just an assumption, but nowhere near reality. the reality is we have a massive revenue problem, but paul ryan's plan would lower the top tax rates for individuals and corporations from 35% to 25%. the plan would bring the tax rate on high earners down to the lowest level since 1931. and the tax policy center puts the revenue lost from ryan's plan to $2.9 trillion over the next deck indicate. that doesn't help the deficit. it hurts the deficit by 2.9 trillion. you know what? that money has to come from somewhere. how do y...

and republicans think the government should and should not do? at stake in this battle, a government default, another financial crisis, and the fate of the safety net that's been helping americans since the great depression. on wednesday president obama will unveil his plan to reduce a deficit, returning to the 2012 budget. the president's plan would repeal the bush tax cuts for the rich and cut defense spending, it would also cut medicare, medicaid and reform social security. we don't know yet exactly how the president plans to do this. what does he mean by social security reform, f...