now and demands a two thirds vote for back a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. it has no chance whatsoever of being a bipartisan deal. this afternoon president obama announced the gang of six has come up with a plan of spending cuts, changes to medicare and medicaid, and taxes. at the top of the show we'll talk to a tea party republican, who says no to taxes, and don't worry about default, spiking interest rates or an american downgrade. our new poll shows the public is taking sides. also, what a day it's been for parliament's investigation into the murdoch scandal. at one point, as rupered murdoch was explaining he knew nothing of the phone hacking and didn't try to cover it up. a man tried to hit him with a plate full of shaving cream. his wife came to his defense and he was unhurt. and lieuies gopper, has come up with a typically irrational explanation for why the deadline isn't really a deadline.