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Couple of months ago. but they want real entitlement reform. they want not provider cuts, which are never followed through by congress. they want verifiable cuts. what you hear from republicans is we heard this before. we promise spending cuts that don't come through. they don't want an amount to replace the they want amount on top of the sequester and new cuts to replace sequester. not what the white house is offering. >> bret: the white house is not offering. they are saying they are willing to go on the tax cuts up to $400,000 from $250,000. being the cap. up to $400,000. but on a spending ...

Of these discussions because they bump up against the debt limit and not be able to go back this. there is executive power plea to be able to do that without going back to confess. republicans are saying where is the balance? where is the spending cut side of the equation. the president said he wanted it to be a balanced deal. watch. melissa: so right now all eyes are on the white house. the country doesn't need a victory lap, it needs leadership. it is time for the president, congressional democrats, to tell the american people what spending cuts they're really willing to make. melissa: repub...

i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, iran. we begin with a new report on iran's nuclear program. got our hands on it today. it's an 11-page release from the international atomic agency. they reveal doubts and suspicions about what the iranian government is telling the world about its nuclear efforts. they say their nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. we read the report, and it does not say that iran is making a bomb, but it does say that iran is rapidly expanding its nuclear activity, and we consulted experts, including nuclear scientists and former u.n. weapons inspectors. the ...

the most recent cnn o.r.c. polling says 51% of americans would hold republicans responsible if the debt ceiling is not raised. just 30% would find president obama more responsible. peter moresi joins us. i have to ask you this, you are an economist, you're a well-respected economist and we have spoken together for years. do you have any evidence of what so many conservatives are saying that if we were to increase taxes at all, at all at this point in an economic cycle, that it would actually hurt our economic recovery? >> well, increasing taxes wouldn't hurt anymore than, say, cuttin...