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That's a state where protests are sort of a new normal. and i think we're going to see a lot of it from now until the 2012 election. >> but the republican message condition -- >> we want to lower the barriers against americans who want to rise. we want to make it easier for people to have upper mobility, economic opportunity, and we don't want to put new barriers in place for americans who want to rise, and we want to go back to proven ideas that work to grow this economy. i would say on the class warfare, there are a few points i would simply make if you'll allow me. number one, the math just...

>> reporter: there are about 250 people in the audience and they are all selected by linkedin. we're told that they are either linkedin employees or members of linkedin who submitted questions and all those questions were chosen by linkedin itself. some of them will be asked by audience members and some of them will be asked by the ceo of linkedin who will be there with the president. >> jessica, we know that obviously mr. obama, he relied quite a bit on social media and turned to social media quite a bit in 2008. is this a sign do you think he's planning to do the same thing for 201...

Not willing to tackle our spending programs. we made promises that our kids and grandkids can not afford. it is time to do what we know we have to do and frankly we know the issues we have to deal with. let's do it. i told the president, mr. president, forget the next election. let's just do the right thing for the country. we can do it together, but, what we're seeing from the president's so-called deficit reduction package is more of the same. >>gerri: areas of compromise, very slim, possibly some of the infrastructure spending, the republicans might be willing to accept, but not an infrastr...

Are retiring, healthcare innation is going up. congress doesn't have control of those spending programs, which is 60% of our budget, on any given year. that's why we want to reform those budgets too. >> sean: paul ryan, appreciate your time. i hope you can get to the baseline issue, because for me if we're going to cure the problem -- you know these numbers well -- we've got to deal with that. >> i agree. >> sean: congressman, good to see you. thank you. >> you too. >> sean: coming up, continued coverage of tonight's breaking news. this bill will head to the u.s. senate for a vote tomorrow at ...

now the citizens fight back. >> as we explore our new segment cnn anchor don lemon appears not to care for cnn. >> what is jon stewart talking about and why did stephen colbert interrupt one of my broadcasts. >> i'm in the middle of a broadcast. >> who isn't, sanjay. >> i'll explain that and more in the news right now. >> good evening, i'm don lemon. u.s. senators are on the job. the high stakes standoff over raising the nation's debt ceiling has lawmakers working this very hour. as of now, they don't agree with they're making any progress. tonight cnn has learned that mitch mcconnel...