republicans quickly and strongly rejected the idea. the house speaker john boehner said pitting one group of americans against another is not leadership. the president is betting americans will side with him on taxes. an abc news/"washington post" poll out this summer found 72% of the country supports raising taxes on wealthy americans. linsey and andrea, back to you. >> tahman bradley in washington. sea world in orlando is defending itself against claims it violated workplace safety laws before last year's deadly killer whale incident. you might remember that trainer, dawn brancheau, was dragged underwater by the killer whale. an investigation found sea world knew of the dangers but still required trainers to closely interact with the animals. experts and brancheau's family hope the case brings that to an end. >> these are wild animals, unpredictable, predatory, thinking animals that when they decide to act out there's nothing a trainer can do. >> the family has spent a long time hoping nothing would happen like happened to their daughter, wife, and sister. >> sea world says the three safety citations against it were unfounded.