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Tax and get the people over $250,000. but how popular is this with the voters? >> reporter: not very. early polls show that the voters are split. i mean, it's polling at 50-51%. typical in california, if you want a ballot measure to pass, you need to poll in the high 50s to low 60s. clearly, there is no guarantee that he will be successful in the fall. so, you know, as democrats and the governr governor work together to stitch together the budget, they have to be thinking about what to do that indicates that the voters reject the taxes. >> reporter: what is the plan? if he doesn't get the $6 b...

If north korea meets south korea, we should told the south koreans sorry, we don't do land wars anymore. if that happens, at the same time there's a problem, i don't know, if afghanistan, we have to tell them we're not going to -- >> is this a result of the cuts that were the trigger cuts when they couldn't -- >> not yet. nope! no! it's going to get worse. >> that's a very important point. >> no, it's going to get worse. if that happens. >> and leon panetta said yesterday the united states has turned the page. >> oh, really? that's nice. have we told the rest of the world? i know bin laden is ...

Into europe to need help. if north korea meets south korea, we should told the south koreans sorry, we don't do land wars anymore. if that happens, at the same time there's a problem, i don't know, if afghanistan, we have to tell them we're not going to -- >> is this a result of the cuts that were the trigger cuts when they couldn't -- >> not yet. nope! no! it's going to get worse. >> that's a very important point. >> no, it's going to get worse. if that happens. >> and leon panetta said yesterday the united states has turned the page. >> oh, really? that's nice. have we told the rest of the w...

That's near and dear to you. this has to do with the mandatory defense cuts that will spring into action because the super committee failed. i know you are one of the republicans vowing to put a stop to those trigger cuts. how do you plan to do that? >> well, i'm deeply troubled. i mean, secretary panetta, you had him on before, he said that if the sequestration goes forward, we'll have the smallest navy since 1915 and the smallest ground forces since 1940, that we will hollow out our force and it will be devastating to our military. it's absolutely wrong. we can't hold our military men and wo...

Mr. romney who has not been competing aggressively in iowa is not attending. he's only became pro live in 1995. ron paul is not attending. he believes it's not a federal issue, he believes abortion and the prohibition of it should be handled at the state level, so he won't be there either. martha: mitt romney joining us live right here in "america's newsroom." and that is only moments away, folks. we will speak with him. stick around, coming up. bill: in the meantime california has more red ink on its books than anywhere else. democratic governor jerry brown rolling out massive budget cuts. he...