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But at the same time still, you can't cut back on the funding for your children so they can go to school. so i think it's important that we have that investment and have the cuts at the same time. >> susan, will it work? >> no. it's a lot of smoke and mirrors. everyone knows we have serious deficit problems. the country is broke. we have to have serious solutions. and that includes talking about social security, medicaid and medicare. we talk a little bit about defense spending. but right now president obama has shown he can talk the talk, but he won't walk the walk because he wants to get re-...

Of course, you'lling returning back. keith, susan and ezra. we'll get back to the budget. we expect the president to be coming out at a school in about 10 or 15 minutes. we'll have that. we're also at this moment looking at the s&s candy and cigar store in pittsburgh. we're just getting in these pictures. what we understand is the building collapsed earlier this morning. authorities have closed a section of the street while they're trying to assess at the moment, they're still investigating why it collapsed. you can see it's made of brick for the most part. we'll keep an eye on what's happen...

As well as susan yoder, the eighth grade science teacher who we just visited with in her classroom. over the last few weeks, i've traveled the country talking about what we need to do to win the future. we talked about the need to invest in innovation so that the next big idea is discovered here in the united states of america. i've talked about the need to invest in high-speed rail and high-speed internet so that companies can move goods and information faster than ever. and this week i'll be talking about the need to invest in education. in places like parkville so that every american is equ...

Entitlements yet. >> think that's exactly right. the focus of the cuts has been nondefense discretionary spending. people are really reluctant to take on the issues of social security, medicare and medicaid even though those are the biggest part. and i think the obama administration deserves credit for tackling defense, going with gates' recommendation of $78 billion cuts over five years. there are also hard cuts for democrats to take in like heating assistance for low-income people, pell grant cuts which are a significant part of the education system. i think the president has taken good step...

phillips. >> good morning, your money, your world. two big stories we are following. on the left, remembering those who died in egypt three days after protesters toppled a dictator the euphoria fades. on the right, the nation's budget crisis. president obama unveils $1 trillion in spending cuts and just about every american will feel the sting. >> the president's budget hot from the printer, delivered to congress. 2012 blueprint to shave $1.1 trillion off the deficit. home heating assistance and clean water projects could get squeezed. the white house says the plan will help ease t...