here. >> your winnings, sir. all the news and commentary now on "countdown". >> i had some business in new york today, so thank you for having me on. good evening from new york. with the final session of congress before election day coming down to the wire now, democrats are still torn between whether to force republicans to vote now in defense of tax cuts for the rich or to duck a vote on extending the bush tax cuts and let republicans campaign against them for letting all taxes rise. if it seems like a no-brainer, our fifth story tonight should remove all doubt. a "countdown" special report, the reality behind the republican argument made by house republican leader john boehner and others that tax cuts for the rich are simply tax cuts for small businesses whose owners report their business earnings on their individual personal income tax returns. house democrats have pushed back that some of those supposedly small businesses are actually big businesses, and after the white house identified the