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it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin this morning with breaking news. we have learned that president obama is holding a big event at the white house rose garden later today to resurrect the battle over the bush tax cuts. he will be surrounded by working class americans while he calls on congress to extend tax cuts for everyone, making $250,000 a year or less. republicans want the tax cuts extended for everyone, the wealthy included. the white house will be very busy framing the tax cut debate this week with events planned in new hampshire, nevada, colo...

>> you can't call your wife a heavyweight on the campaign trail. and then calling people you want to support you a lightweight. >> it's not right. >> stay away from the weight classes. >> it's not right. but he didn't mean that about ann. he meant like she is the champion. >> whatever he went, husbands, don't call your wife a heavyweight. with us on set, we have nbc news chief white house correspondent and political director and host of "the daily rundown" and a man who has never called his wife a heavyweight, chuck todd. >> she is a welterweight. >> and with us now from rockford, illinois, ...

You don't want to see anyone go. essentially, everybody is incomparable. people do fight in their weight classes. the best against the best. it's fair fight. >> did you bring a different pl philosophy this time around? i think rolling stones said you were the best judge in any tv music competition ever, that includes anybody on the other shows. did you bring in a different philosophy. >> did someone say that about me? >> they did and you said oh, i'm so flattered. >> i didn't bring in a different strategy. it's just this ever changing thing, this m thing. everybody is highly enthusiastic and e...

but not allowed to circulate inside syria. >> the brutality that is being committed in syria against innocent people, against policemen and the syrian military. never reported. >> i have to say that's not true at all. we have a reported on the deaths of the security forces. we know about a number of the people have been security forces. but a large number have been civilians, demonstrators, pro democracy activists and children. who are these armed gangs? i would love to see this. >> the first one, the third one, the freedom of democracy movement in syria. ayman al zawahiri, three day...

Stop it. chuck schumer says he's considering introducing legislation to ban such charges as well. i'm scare to do do this introduction to this next segment because it involves brian and a wrestler who is much better than he is and i have a feeling they're going to go toe to toe. >> wrestlers have no problem because they kind of wing it. but these guys really fight. he's the former ufc lightweight champion and a former well to weight champion. one of two fighters to win a title in two different weight classes and telling it all in his book, b.j. penn is the author and it's why i fight. the be...