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different planets who barely understand each other. >> reporter: nbc's mike viqueira is at the white house this afternoon for us. good afternoon. >> reporter: hi, alex. >> boehner says no way to the tax piece, democrats luke warm to the president's plan calling it too big. how concerned is the white house about whether or not the president's bill can and will move forward? >> reporter: it's interesting, speaker boehner was sort of dismissive of some of the centerpiece items in the presidential jobs package, notably the tax credits of businesses, cutting payroll taxes in half for not ...

$447 billion plan paid for by tax hikes. but in a key speech yesterday, speaker boehner drew a line in the sand. >> let's be honest with ourselves. the president's proposals are a poor substitute for the pro-growth policies that are needed to remove barriers to job creation in america. >> reporter: yes on tax reform, no on new taxes. and in an interview with cnbc, boehner indicated that the divide over the duelling bills runs deep. >> it's almost as if we're two groups of people from two different planets who barely understand each other. >> reporter: nbc's mike viqueira is at the wh...

a full year. and will resound into 2012. i'm told this is a referendum and we're ready to say, mr. president, we are on the wrong track. >> indeed, new york's ninth had been in democratic hands since 1920. of course, that was before anthony weiner lost self-control and developed a form of turrets on twitter. if democrats are trying to pass this off as a one-time unique election as press secretary carney did today, new polling reinforces the grim picture. 62% of americans disapprove of the president's handling of the economy. that's up 9 points from just six months ago. the bad news p...

special election with the potential for national repercussions. it was a victory that seem unthinkable just a few months ago. little known republican businessman from queens, bob turner, taking new york's heavily democratic ninth district and with something to spare. he made clear that the reason was growing discontent with the president. >> this message will resound for a full year. and will resound into 2012. i'm told this is a referendum and we're ready to say, mr. president, we are on the wrong track. >> indeed, new york's ninth had been in democratic hands since 1920. of course,...

well, the big story today, too close for comfort. the taliban launching a coordinated assault on western targets in kabul, including the u.s. embassy. good afternoon to you. i am dylan ratigan. heavy fighting raging throughout the day with nato helicopters sent in to fend off insurgents in a brazen attack. militants took over a multi-story build in a heavily fortified part of the capital city and fired rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles at the u.s. embassy. but it was just one part of a multi-pronged attack, which also targeted nato headquarters and local police stations. a...