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Even when you're away from home. it's the at&t network -- a network of possibilities, creating and integrating solutions, helping business, and the world...work. rethink possible. best new thing in the world today has absolutely nothing to do with politics. but it is about politicians. a couple of years ago, a woman was walking down the street in midtown manhattan and some punk ran up to her and mugged her. one of new york's deputy mayor tackled the perp. six months later, the mayor of milwaukee was leaving the wisconsin state fair when he tried to help a woman being attacked by a man wieldi...

united nations building in new york. let's go straight to mohammed jamjo jamjoom. how close are these two americans from touching down where you are? >> reporter: well, brooke, we're here at the royal airport. armani officials are saying that the plane should touch down within the next 20 to 30 minutes. we also learned from the families of josh fattal and shane bauer that the families are indeed here, that sarah shourd, the third american hiker who was detained along with the two men and the fiancee of shane bauer, she's here as well. they're eagerly awaiting the reunion. we do not s...

"the new york times" called "stop coddling the rich." he plans to cut and veto any legislation that cuts medicaid and medicare that doesn't raise taxes on the wealthy. >> i will not support any plan that butts the burden on ordinary americans. i will veto any bill that does not raise serious revenues by asking the wealthiest americans or biggest corporations to pay their fair share. this is not class warfare. it's math. >> this is not class warfare, the prushs saying it is exactly that, class warfare. they're calling the president's tax proposal a cheap political gimmick. pure politi...

republican leaders promptly dismissed it calling the plan class warfare. does the president's plan have a chance? joining me is gene sperling director of the national economic council. thank you for joining me. the president announced today he'll go after the rich. the republicans say that is a form of class warfare. the president says it's math. but the reality is it is class warfare. the rich are a class and he's going after them. >> it's the opposite. the president is asking for balance, for shared sacrifice. he's asking for everybody to contribute and getting our long-term defici...

taxes on the wealthy. >> i will not support any plan that butts the burden on ordinary americans. i will veto any bill that does not raise serious revenues by asking the wealthiest americans or biggest corporations to pay their fair share. this is not class warfare. it's math. >> this is not class warfare, reference to the opposition he's getting from republicans who are saying it is just that, class warfare. they're calling the president's tax proposal a cheap political gimmick. pure political play, they say, hayes runs for re-election and works to get more support from middle class...