be paid for. two words. tax hikes. and you could hear the opposition digging in. the biggest hike by far would be a cap on itemized deductions for high earners. the white house estimates that would raise $400 billion over four years. the bill would also close loopholes enjoyed by oil and gas companies, raising an estimated $40 billion. it would raise taxes on investment fund managers and scale back depreciation rules for corporate jets and suddenly republicans who had been promising to hear the president out had heard enough. >> when you look at what we saw in the president's pay fors yesterday, we see a permanent tax increases put into effect in order to pay for temporary spending. i just don't think that's really going to help our economy the way it could. >> half a trillion dollar tax hike the white house proposed yesterday will not only face a tough road in congress among republicans but from democrats too. >> the next word certainly not the last belongs to mr. obama who will speak at the columbus high school a little more than an hour from now. school renovation is a big part of his back to work plan. url hear him live right here on cnn. in the meantime, i want to talk about jobs and taxes and yes, politics and delays with cnn correspondent kate baldoun and alison kosik. >> house speaker boehner said they are waiting to get the score, the pricetag estimate from the budget office. if you were watching during the debt ceiling debate, you'll remember me mentioning this many times. the gold stand dard, always come up with a price estimate and everybody always waits for that. they are waiting for that. it's been referred to relevant committees. i counted 11 committees but what we're seeing and hearing right now is already getting from house republicans especially that they are pushing for the president and democrats to try to find some common ground and move on the areas that they could possibly find agreement. move on that rather than pushing for the entire package to move forward. i'll tell you, we see no enthusiasm up here as you showed in the sound bites from republicans in the house and senate to move forward on the entire package that the president is pushing. republicans are leaving the door open to, where they think are areas of possible common ground, pending trade deals that they think will create jobs and tax reliefs for small businesses and reforming the way aid is given to the jobless and unemployed and rolling back burdensome regulations. house republicans have made that part of the fall agenda. they say that hinders and ham pers job growth amongst small businesses. those are the areas that they want to focus on rather than talking about the whole package. because there doesn't seem much appetite at all to move forward on that. >> very quickly, this is not the first time that we've heard about these proposed tax hikes. >> reporter: the way the president wants to pay for this seems to be almost a bigger problem than what he's proposing in the package. i will tell you, a lot of tax provisions we're hearing, we have heard before. they have been imposed before and republicans are really laying out that this is what these tax provisions would really do by and large is taxing. it would be a tax hike on the people that they are looking to create jobs in the end, democrats of course disagree and say they want the wealthier americans at a pay more. a lot of deja vu in talking about getting rid of oil and gas subsidies and corporate jets. this is some of the debate during the debt ceiling and it didn't go anywhere but it's coming back up. >> kate bolduan, thanks to you. alison, when you look at this plan on the table, no doubt it assumes there are going to be income tax rate hikes. >> exactly. and a lot of what kate was saying is what's being echoed here on wall street as well. there's a lot of skepticism as to whether any of this could make it through congress. one thing that hasn't been mentioned yet is how to pay for this plan as far as higher tax rates go. the white house estimate is assuming that the expiration of the bush era tax cuts for the two top income brackets would also factor into paying for the jobs plan. it's where tax rates would go back up to where they were for individuals who make over $174,000. go from 33% to 36%. then from 35% to 39.6%. wall street not thrilled about this either because they are worried this will stifle growth. a lot of traders i'm talking to are wondering how much this jobs plan sets the table for economic growth. and then back to the limit on itemized deductions, a lot of traders tell me small business will be hurt by this. people who own the business take home pay that's near that $250,000 mark. so they are going to be asked to pay more in taxes. but critics say you know what, it these private business owners that are expected to do the bulk of the hiring to get the economy moving but the question is how are they going to do that if they are going to be taxed more. >> alison kosik, thanks for that. checking other developing stories we're following for you. two americans held for more than two years may be released this week. josh fattal and shane bauer were convicted of spying and sentenced to eight years in prison. their lawyer says they'll be freed after each pays a $500,000 bail and their families are trying to raise the money. fattal and bauer say they were arrested after accidentally crossing into iran when hiking. ahmadinejad says he thinks they will be freed in a couple of days. also in the interview ahmadinejad was asked if he had a message for president obama. >> president obama was in the presidential elections and had some slogans, many people were happy about it. in a short period of time many people are disappointed. i ask you and the people of the united states to what extent they hope about real reform by him? what has changed in the united states? what policies? did they change policies in afghanistan, in iraq or the 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>> he made the comments a few months after after the legislative session was ending in texas. it was a comment that has angered a lot of people in districts across the state, we've seen at the beginning of the school year, thousands and thousands of teachers being laid off. and essentially what his critics are saying, instead of rick perry owning up and saying, i'm sorry, these cuts and this is what needs to happen, he threw the blame down on the local school district, we gave them the pot of money. they could have done any series of things. they could have cut from other places if they choose to cut teachers, that's their decision. that's a comment that angered many people in local school districts across the state. >> what about the bigger institutions like the state universities? how are they responding to his reform? >> well, this is a fascinating struggle going on in texas. it hasn't gotten a whole lot of publicity. it's incredibly complicated but a few years ago rick perry and some supporters of his had come up with these ideas to revolutionize and change the way higher education and universities and professors and research institutions operated. these suggestions that were put out has ruffled a lot of feathers in the major universities, the university of texas, texas a and m. there's a huge coalition of some very powerful big minds here in the state of texas that are fighting back. this is a huge struggle that's playing out mostly behind the scenes at this point. there's been a lot that's been going on in public but these are big behind the scenes battles that are being carried out right now in texas. >> ed laugh vvandera in texz, t so much. >> a new chilling report about the experiments in guatemala more than 60 years ago. ne's job, is to take you from where you are... to where you need to be. and we're not just talking about points on a map. with a more intuitive delta website and mobile app... and the most wifi equipped planes. we let you be everywhere at once. innovations like these are extending our reach so you can extend yours. and now, even at 30,000 feet you can still touch the ground. whose non-stop day starts with back pain... and a choice. take advil now and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. way to go, coach. ♪ we're about to share details of a new report, details that show the u.s. government, our government deliberatery infected more than 1,000 people with sexually trans mipted diseases so they can study the effectiveness of penicillin. it happened in guatemala during the 1940 x. just today the commission put together by president obama officially released the results. the details paints a monday sinister chilling people of the gaut mall an std trials. the number of victims greater than previously thought. researchers did diagnostic tests, including blood tests and spinal taps on as many as 5,000, including orphans and school children. researchers deliberately infected 1,300 people with stds, the commission calls what researchers did, quote, unconscionable. the victims were among the most vulnerable, included prisoners and psychiatric patients and soldiers and prostitutes. these are pictures of a few of the victims included in the commission's report from the national archives and records admission. many were exposed to sieve flis treated with penicillin. at least 83 died. whether or not they died from the stds or treatment now remains unclear. one of key things this report found was that the same researchers involved in the guatemala trials did similar experiments with prison inmates in indiana. three years before that. here's the thing they went to extreme length to get consent. so the question is, why didn't they get consent from the subjects in guatemala. the commission found the double standard shocking. a civilization can be judged by the way it treats most vulnerable individuals. it is our moral responsibility to care for those who cannot protect themselves and clearly in this dark chapter of our medical history, we grievously failed to keep that covenants. the commission is focusing on reviewing current ethics stan darz on how effectively we now protect human research subjects. that report will be given to the president we're told in december. coming up, some of these victims are accusing the pope of crimes against humanity. the pope, yes, the group says the catholic leader is turning a blind eye. our experts weigh in next. whoa! hey! 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[ male announcer ] introducing cadillac shield. the most comprehensive suite of owner benefits offered by any luxury auto maker in the world. some victims of priest abuse want the pope prosecuted for crimes against humanity. the survivors network of those abused by priests, also called snap, claims the pope and other church leaders tolerate and enable the systemic and widespread concealing of rape and child sex crimes throughout the world. to support its claim, snap has filed more than 20,000 documents with the international criminal court in the negligenter lands, a vatican spokesmen is aware of the filing but no comment. >> we too insistently beg forgiveness from god and for the persons involved, while promising to do everything possible to ensure that such abuse would never occur again. and that -- >> now the pope says he's doing everything he can to protect children and prevent these abuses but snap still claims he and other officials are turning a blind eye. is this just a big p.r. stunt or does the group really have a legitimate case? here to weigh in, sunny hostin. nice to see you. this is a serious case. does snap have a real case here? >> wloornt the international criminal court will even open up an investigation. this is a war crimes tribunal and that is not to say that perhaps these crimes don't qualify as war crimes because we know that sex crimes and sexual violence do qualify. but the type of crimes that historically are brought before this court are things like the violence in libya, that we've seen recently, child soldiers in darfur. this certainly is a bit different and also a court of last jurisdiction, last resort. and so i think in that sense because a lot of these crimes are being prosecuted in the united states, priest by priest, church by church, that sort of lends against having it tried in front of this type of court. international criminal court located in the netherlands. jo think it's a frivolous lawsuit or frivolous complaint but certainly will it withstand scrutiny by the icc, i think is going to be pretty difficult. >> when you hear the pope being accused of crimes against humanity. can you prosecute the pope? can you prosecute the vatican? >> well, that's the thing. i mean, the holy sea is not a member state of the court. however, they are -- there are churches around the world and in those jurisdictions they are sort of members of this court. so it is a stretch but the reason they are suing or filing this complaint against the pope is because he was the leader of the vatican's congregation for the doctrine of the faith and he had overall responsibility for overseeing and prosecuting these abuse cases. in that sense, he would be someone that would be subject to suit in front of the icc. but again, i think it's such a political hot potato, i think it's unlikely that this will succeed in front of this court. but it succeeded in the sense that it brought the issue once again in front of the international community. and it's such an important issue. people and children were harmed and continue to be harmed. for that reason alone, i think that it's probably a good move by snap. >> sunny, hang with us, i want to bring in the vatican analyst, john allen, "the future church." i want to get your take on this case. if it is picked up by the icc, what could this mean for the pope? what could it mean for the vatican? >> well, i would agree with what sunny just told you, certainly what i've been hearing from international law experts around the world today, it's a long shot that the icc would touch this. if that were to happen, it would be a novelty because while the vatican has been sued before for its role in the sexual abuse crisis, most prominently in american courts, there's a case in federal district court in oregon going on. in each of the cases it's been able to invoke the sovereign immunity under international law. the pope is a head of state. they have diplomatic relations with 179 countries and so they have been able to use that if you like as a shield. so none of these cases have ever gone beyond the jurisdictional stage of what the courts can even hear them. if the icc were to open a case for the first time, the vatican could be compelled on the merits and that would certainly be a new development. >> john, is there any way this could be a good thing? like sunny mentioned, it might bring it more to the forefront again? >> i think it's unquestionably a good thing for the victims and their advocates. this has already accomplished part of their agenda in keeping the issue alive. of course, it is particularly well timed because benedict the 16th, is going home next week, making his third visit to germany but first official state visit and delivering an address to the national parliament. clearly this creates a kind of subtext to the visit that will keep the spotlight on the sex abuse crisis alive. whether or not it's a good thing for the vatican is another question. i think the vatican has argued over the last decade they have make efforts to clean up their act. they have embraced the zero tolerance policy and advised bishops to cooperate with police and prosecutors and vatican officials will tell you the catholic church is a social pace setter in terms of preventing abuse of children. if that's true, i suppose one could make the argument, having the opportunity to make that case in open court might in the long run be healthy. >> john allen, our vatican analyst and sunny hostin, thanks we appreciate your time. how many more americans were living in poverty in 2010 versus 2009? 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>> i don't think it will, just because even though he got booed last night, going into the tea party debate, he was always a tea party darling. the tea party really trusts rick perry to carry the mantle of the tea party of the extreme right wing agenda. unlike romney who the tea party has always been suspicious of, rick perry will get a pass on the two issues we talked about last night that were not making the audience very happy. i think where he's going to run into trouble is later on trying to gather and the other ones as well, trying to gather enough support to make it to the white house among latino voters. >> is this going to help or hurt the governor? >> maria, did you hear the audio? if that crowd is representative at all, the boos suggest they'll be dissatisfied with any position short of massive deportation. >> is this just a border state politician looking for support from this huge latino vote that he has in his state? i have numbers here, 1.6 million illegals are in texas. 40% of the population is latino. so is this just a big move on his part to do that? >> you would think that except for, the same day he was talking about immigration to this crowd, he also was seeking the support of sheriff joe arapaio who is seen within the latino community as the most anti-immigrant sheriff -- frankly person in the united states. it might help him in texas for the latino voters in texas, but texas wasn't really in play anyway. on a national level, i don't think his stances on border security first and doing nothing to give a legalization pass to the 12 million undocumented immigrants that are here is frankly the solution we're looking for, which most latinos and most americans support, he doesn't support that. i don't know where he thinks he's going to gain from this from having said what he said last night. >> let me ask you this, will, perry did -- he barked back quite a bit, saying he opposes the federal dream act. if you take a look at what the dream act is all about, it allows for conditioned residents status for the children of illegal immigrants if they are enrolled in college. unrestricted lawful permanent status after graduation. and it ends the penalty for tuition breaks for children of illegal immigrants. why does he say that he would be against the dream act? >> well, his position doesn't make sense to me because i in essence would be the exact opposite of him. i would be someone who says the dream act is an important law to allow children of illegal immigrants, who had no real say in coming to america and integrated a path to citizenship. it allows states to choose whether or not to allow for in state tuition and perry in texas has chosen that path to give in state tuition to the children of illegal immigrants. now you're talking about people reaping the benefits of all of taxpayers in the society, having never paid into the tax system, i don't know how he's straddling. picking positions in the extreme opposite of him on that. >> i'm sure we'll continue this discussion over the next year or so. we'll see you again soon. >> the hpv virus vaccine front and center at cnn's republican tea party debate. what exactly is that vaccine sean is it a life saver? elizabeth cohen weighs in on that controversy next. gas and bloating. with three strains of good bacteria to help balance your colon. you had me at "probiotic." 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over 500 million eggs recalled for fear again of salmonella. no deaths reported but more than it 3,182 peopler were with infected from 11 are states. a year before that, january 2009, a huge peanut recall. yes, again, because of potential salmonella potential. and this one was deadly. the cdc says not only were more than 714 apeople infected but 9 deaths are believed to be linked. who can forget the 2006 spinach recall? this one was because of e. coli. over 205 people from 26 states were infected, at least 3 deaths occurred. so for today's "big i." i want to talk more about this. i want to introduce our guest dan o'sullivan. dan, first tell us exactly what you've discovered and how. >> well, we have discovered a small little protein or peptide belonging to a class class of antimicrobial proteins. these essentially generally have a fairly broad spectrum are ran -- of activity. however, the current antibiotics for food are fairly limited on the bacteria and don't have activity against e. coli or salmonella. this one actually has activity against the e. colis and s salmonel salmonella. potentially it can protect foods against these very well-known -- >> is there a chance this could actually prevent meat and e. coli outbreaks for good? >> it has the potential, yes. it can be utilized in, for example, ground turkey, it will kill any salmonella that would be present and therefore it would offer ann eadded layer of insurance. that's what's missing, a layer of insurance could protect against these things. therefore, can if you can do that, it it will improve consumer confidence in our food safety. >> it it sounds pretty good, but for everyone watch, is this safe? how do we get it in our food? >> yeah. well, this actually is proved by what we call a probiotic bacteria. in my lab we weren't with even look anything like thatment we were studying probiotic back tier area, that we actually eat in our food to keep our gut healthy. we were trying to understand how these bacteria function inside of us. it was when we actually obtained the genome sequence we actually saw the blueprint as it were the genes for a potential antibiotic. then we set about looking to see, could we actually identify this and isolate it? so really it was a reversal gentlemen gnome ick approach. it's because it it's a food grade bacteria and we normally eat it ny how. essentially it is safe from people to eat. >> thank you so of much for your time thank you. for much more about these superpreservatives, check out my facebook page. it is 2:00 p.m. in the east and president obama is about to take the stage at ft. hais arts and academy high school in columbus, ohio. school renovation is a big part of hisback to work plan which republican lead arers promised to carefully consider until they learned how he wants to pay for it, of course. two words -- tax hike. the biggest by far is a cap on itemized deductions for higher earners. the white house estimates that would raise are $400 billion over ten years. the bill would also close loopholes enjoyed by oil and gas companies raising annest maitded $40 billion. it would raise taxes on investment funds managers and scale back depreciation rules for corporate jets. republicans say they've heard these ideas before and they still don't like them. >> when with you look at what we saw in the president's pay fors yesterday, we see permanent tax increases put into effect in order to pay for temporary spending. i just don't think that's really going to help our economy the way it could. >> the $500 trillion tax hike the white house proposed yesterday will not only face a tough road in congress among republicans but from are democrat democrats, too. >> the president is due to speak just minutes from now. you will hear him live right here on cnn. that's our live picture coming to us from columbus, ohio. in the meantime, i want to talk about jobs and taxes and politics. aurl that good stuff with cnn's alison kosik and john avalon, a cnn contributor and columnist nor ""newsweek"" and the "daily beast." between the tax hikes and gop resistance of anything that smacks of stimulus, is the american jobs act doomed? >> no. no. but i think president obama has made its passage a little bit steeper by putting forward a plan to pay for it with either closing loopholes or tax hikes. i think the best way to understand this is it's probably an opening bid. president is not negotiating against himself in this case, trying to set out on initial bid. nobody thinks the bill will get pass ted wholesale anyway. i think the republicans have to have ask, are they considering any loopholes being closed? the president made it a little steeper climb by putting forward this plan to pay for it by tax hikes and loophole close urz. it far are from dead. >> what will this mean for the job the supers committee has for ru reducing debt? >> i'll tell you, one with of the big challenges we've got going forward is the supercommittee is challenge by john boehner and president obama to go bigger than 1.5 trillion they've been mandated to cut. one way to look at these proposals is a opening bid in the round of tax it reform. the real deficit and debt reduction will come when with entitlement reform and tax reform are dealt with and there is the opportunity to do it in this supercommittee. that's another important place to look right now to see what kind of compromises and long-term plans come out of that. >> alison, let me turn to you here. we've certainly mentioned the cap on deductions, but this plan seems to also assume an income tax rate hike as well. what's that about? >> exactly. so this would be those bush-era tax cuts. they would just expire. the top two earners in this country would be paying higher taxes. so it would look like this, individuals who make over $174,000, so it would go from 33% to 36% and then if you're a top earner after that, it's from thirt 5% to 39.6%. and you know if you ask anybody here on wall street, they say you know what this will do? it will take money even oust the wealthy's hands that they could be spending. so they think this is actually going to hurt the economy if these bush-era tax cuts are allowed to expire. randi? >> and what, alison, is the reaction? i'm curious the reaction on wall street to the jobs bill. >> i think there's overall skepticism. even if this job plan goes through, as far as goes through congress, it's really not going to be signed off. i mean, republicans are definitely going to be against at least three-quarters of what president obama has offered. there's a lot of skepticism on traders i talk to on a daily basis about how this plan even sets the table for economic growth. what in this plan really grows jobs? for instance, they mentioned this 250,000 mark. you know, you think about small business owners. people who own their own businesses who own these small businesses, their take home pay is near that $250,000 mark. so they're going to be asked to pay more in taxes. but critics are arguing it's those private business owners who are expected to do the bulk of the hiring to get the economy moving. so the question is, how is this going to grow jobs if they're taking the hit as far as paying more taxes. >> thank you, alison. >> quick final word, john. >> there are opportunities that will grow job, an infrastructure bank. i couldn't imagine wall street would oppose logue the income tax rate. again, this is ongoi ining negotiation. there are things that the republicans have backed in the past. >> john avlon, alison kosik, thank you both. just a reminder, the president is expected to speak about ten minutes from now in ohio. we'll bring it to you. checking other developing stories. two americans held in an iran prison could be released this week. josh fattal and shane bauer were convict of spying and illegal entry into iran. they were sentenced to eight years in prison. their lawyer says they will be free if each pays a $500,000 bail. their families are trying to raise the cash. fattal and bauer say she were arrested a mistakenly crossing into iran. today in an interview, walk ahmadinejad says he thinks they'll be freed soon. also, he was asked if he has a message for president obama. >> well, president obama was in the presidential elections and he he had some slogans. many people were happy about it. well, in a short period of time, many people, they're disappointed. i ask you and the people of the united states to what extent they hope about real reforms by him. what has changed in the united states? what policies? have they he changed policies in afghanistan? in iraq? or the hostility against iran? what has changed really? >> ahmadinejad is due to visit new york later this month for the general assembly of the united nations. we're about to show you some incredible video, bystanders being praised for showing remarkable bravery and saving a man's life. this video, you can see it shows it all, a car and motorcycle collided in logan, utah, burst into flames as you see. now, watch. good samaritans jumping into action, a group of construction workers, students and others joined together. they're lifting up that side of the burning car and then watch what happens next. they pull the guy, the driver of the motorcycle, out from under it. 21-year-old motorcyclist is in stable condition after surgery. the driver of the car was not seriously hurt. that is incredible. talk about fans getting carried away at a game. a man is accused of using a taser on other fans during a fight at sunday's dallas cowboys/new york jets football game. police say three suffered minor injuries. a south carolina man was charged with aggravated assault and t c. big question, how did this guy get into the stadium with that taser? 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is it, a, 5, b, 4, c, three, or, d, 2? >> how many companies are in the list in total? >> this is out of the top five, ali. so the top money can be five. >> so five would be tricky. if there were with five out of the most five being most profitable, richard. >> richard? >> two. >> go big, go big. >> ali, will you follow your own advice and go big? what's your answer? >> yeah. i'm going for five. >> well, you're both wrong. the correct answer is three. nestle is number one. question number two, according to the u.s. energy information administration, by the year 2035, which of these energy sources will be consumed the most worldwide? is it, a, coal, b, natural gas, c, renewable energies or, d, nuclear? >> richard? >> natural gas. >> i'm afraid not. ali? >> i go for nuclear. >> again, wrong. the correct answer is coal. coal, of course, will still be number two to liquid sources. all right, so far nobody has any points so there's only one chance left. question number three -- which of these countries produces the most wind power? is it, a, china, b, germany, c, richard and the united kingdom, or, d, ali and the united states? >>it's not the u.s. >> i'm going to say germany. >> ugh! >> in that case -- >> i give up! >> i'm going for china, then. >> no score? >> united states. no score. you guys -- i don't even know what to say. i give up on both of you. >> it's like a soccer game. >> whoa! whoa! this is just embarrassing for both of us. >> i don't know what to say, richard. no score? >> that will do it for this week. we are here each week on quest means business at 1800 g. >> and in the "cnn newsroom," keep the topics coming, make them easier next time. tell us what you want to talk about and give us some hints to the answers, richard. >> and i'm just going to go and hang my head in shame. good day. >> no kidding, bye-bye. 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here to explain is the president and founder he of the young entrepreneur council scott gerber. nice to have you on the show, scott. how exactly would this program work? >> it's interesting especially for young entrepreneurs because all you're basically doing is reallocating the existing use of federal unemployment funds to a new perp, and that is to turn something that was previously mainly only for job seekers into thick smg for job craters. you're starting up a capital seed fund for any young person laid off or any other entrepreneur to take the capital, start a business and grow the business for themselves and others as well. >> the way i understand it, a number of states already use a c program. has it worked here? >> absolutely. if you look at oregon, for example, that putt the plan into section in the year 2000 of all the businesses that were created, the ones that were successful created 2.6 jobs each. that could be a major stimulant for jobs when you pair that especially to p entrepreneur hes actively looking to find the most frugal ways to start a business, that sort of seed capital is powerful and can put people on the right path to create their own business. >> do you think it would create nor jobs? >> absolutely. going back to oregon, if you have 2.63 jobs out of each business that's successful. thatcy major stimulant to the economy. our overall plan in this country is always small business, i 100% agree, being able to hire. hyper itlocal level employment is who this will target, especially those that are out there trying to create something actively anyway. so i really do think that programs like this, especially in ctandem with other solutions can really be major stimulus to the economy. >> when you talk about just young people looking for work, how do you think this might benefit them specifically? >> young people are the best to -- the best candidates to benefit specifically for a couple of reasons. one, at the point they're it usually in in life, there's a low chance think they have major financial hurdles other than college loans. they don't have major living expenses. on top of that, if you pair other programs that the government offers and private enterprise offers, you allow yourself to really even lower the bar to start entrepreneurship further. an example would be that most young people can stoi on their parents' insurance until 26. and young people right now don't really need much. they can go out, speech on a friend's couch, eat ramen noodles to make it p happen. they can take this as a guaranteed source of income, source of revenue -- i'm sorry. cash flow and really make something p happen out of it while older generations may have it more difficult ff scott gerber, i can tell you're excited about this. appreciate you coming on the show. >> thanks, randi. how many more americans were living in poverty in 2010 versus 2009? we will have the numbers for you in just one minute. just about half past the hour. let's get you caught up on some stories you may have missed today. president obama is selling his jobs package in columbus, ohio. he should take the stage any moment now. he's focusing on new construction jobs to modernize public schools. the president plans to pay for his jobs plan in part by limiting tax deductions for wealthier americans. that's drawing criticism from republican leaders in congress. in a still struggling economy, more americans fell below the poverty line last year. new census data released today indicates that the nation's poverty rate rose to 15.1% in 2010. that is its highest level since 1993. now, that amounts to about 46.2 million people now considered in poverty. that's 2.6 million more than last year. taliban fighters attack the american embassy in kabul today with rocket-propelled grenades and guns. four afghans injured inside the embassy. a fierce fire fight has been under way for several hours. u.s. troops are trying to flesh the taliban out of an abandoned building where the attack was launched. two americans could be released from iran in, quote, a couple days according to the president. that's if the men's families pay the $1 million bail. josh fattal and shane bauer have been in custody since 2009. iran sentenced them to eight years for spying and illegal entry. the americans say they were hiking in iraq and accidentally str strayed into iran. now, take a look at the miss universe footage from last night. lela lowpee was crowned miss universe in brazil. women from 89 countries and it territories competed for title. for the first time ever, fans were able to vote their favorite contestants into the semifinals of the competition. well, we may have escaped hurricane katia but not the other side of the atlantic. the latest on that and the other storms brewing out there, next. and he's... not so much. well, for a driver like you, i would recommend our new snapshot discount. this little baby keeps track of your great driving habits, so you can save money. 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the answer is we can't. every child deserves a great school, and we can give it to them, but we've got to pass this bill. your outstanding senator sherrod brown has been fighting to make this happen. and those of you here at ft. hayes have been making it happen. see, a few years back you decided to renovate this school and you didn't just repair what was broken, you rebuilt this school for the 21st century with faster internet and cutting-edge technolo technology. that hasn't just created a better, safer learning environment for the students, it it also created good jobs for construction workers. you just heard tom say it's created over 250 jobs for masons and concrete workers and carpenters and plumbers and electricians and many of those jobs are filled by the good people of columbus, ohio. but here's the thing. there are schools all throughout ohio that need this kind of renovation. there's a bridge in cincinnati that connects ohio to kentucky that needs this it kikind of renovation. there are construction projects like these all across the country just waiting to get started and there are millions of unemployed construction workers who are looking for a job. so my question to congress is, what on earth are we waiting for? i don't know about you, but i don't want any student to study in broken-down schools. i want our kids to study in great schools. i don't want the newest airports and fastest railroads being built in china. i want them being built right here in the united states of america. there is work to be done. there are workers ready to do it. so let's tell congress, pass this bill right away. >> pass it this bill! pass this bill! pass this bill! pass this bill! pass this bill! >> pass this jobs bill, and there will be funding to save the jobs of up to 14,000 ohio teacher he s and cops and firefighters. think about it. there are places like south korea that are adding teachers to prepare their kids for the global economy at the same time we're laying off our teachers left and riext now, we've got school districts that have eliminated all extracurriculars, art, sports, you name it. you've got situations where -- i just heard a story from arne duncan driving over here. i met this young man yesterday, a music teacher, in philly. his total budget is $100 for teaching music in a whole bunch of schools. so they're using buckets to do drums because they can't afford actual musical instruments. you see it here in ohio. budget cuts are forcing superintendents here in columbus and all over the state to make layoffs they don't want to make. it is unfair to our kids. undermines our future. and it has to stop. tell congress too to pass the american jobs act so we can put our teachers back in the classroom where they belong. tell them to pass this bill so we can help the people to create most of the new -- we can help the people who create most of the new jobs in this country. that's america's small business owners. it's all well and gha big corporations have seen their profits roaring back. that's good. we want them to be able to hire people as well. but smaller companies haven't come back. so this bill cuts taxes for small businesses that hire new employees. it cuts taxes for small businesses that raise salaries for current employees. it cuts small business payroll taxes in half. so let's tell congress, instead of just talking about helping america's job creators, let's actually do something to help america's job creators. let's pass this bill right away! >> pass this bill! pass this bill! pass this bill! pass this bill! pass this bill! >> if congress passes this jobs bill, companies will get new tax credits for hiring america's veterans. we ask these men and women to leave their ka rearcareers, lear families, risk their lives to make sure we're protected. the last thing they should have to do is fight for a job when with they come home. that's why congress needs to pass this bill. >> that's right! >> it will help hundreds of thousands of veterans all across the country. it will help hundreds of thousands of young people find summer jobs next year. it's also got a $4,000 tax credit for companies that hire anybody who spent more than six months looking for a job. >> all right. we have been listening there to president obama speaking in columbus, ohio, talking jobs, which seems to be his current topic of the moment. millions of people looking for jobs, he said. he asked congress, what are we waiting for? 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[ nurse ] i'm a nurse. i believe in the power of science and medicine. but i'm also human. and i believe in stacking the deck. the pa jant moms featured in "ed tolers and tee arias" are known to push the envelope. their little girls are seen strutting their stuff in some eye-popping and some would say questionable costumes. a couple weeks back a mom dressed up her daughter as dolly parton with fake butts and breasts. >> here comes pretty woman paisley! >> paisley is 3 years old. you can see that she is dressed as a hooker. her mom wendy dickey modeled the routine on julia roberts' character in "pretty woman." remember she starred as a prostitute. so many were disturbed by this that they began calling for lc to cancel the show. even other pageant moms were disturbed. they say this goes too far. >> pageant moms already take a huge rap for what we're doing to our little girls. it's outfits like that that gets us a bad rap. >> this is paisley as julia roberts in "pretty woman." good job. >> so here is a question. does this go too far? that it's what we want to talk about today. melissa hensen from the parents television council is joining us from washington, d.c., and to talk about her decision, paisley's mom wendy dickey here with us in studio. wendy, let me start with you. how did you come up with this idea to dress your 3-year-old daughter as a hooker? >> well, when we signed up for the pageant there was going to be an optional outfit of choice you could do a celebrity wear. i couldn't come up with blondes because paisley is a brunette. everybody i thought of was a blonde. i decided to go with julia roberts, a georgia icon, my favorite actress. she is well known for "pretty woman." i came up with a routine exit as you call where she would go out as julia roberts at the beginning of the movie and end up at the end of the movie. but the end of the movie clip never got shown. >> i sthi we have a picture of paisley in the brown dress right there. looking a whole lot more conservative than she did from that moment on stage that we did see. but, again, the perception of a 3-year-old being dressed as a hooker, were you surprised by the negative attitude by so many who saw this? >> i was very surprised and i'm just blown away that it has gotten this far. but there were no problems at the pageant. everyone who seen the full skit got it. what i was trying to do -- and it was not about sexualizing my little girl. she was dressed in a hideous costume, hideous boots. my brother-in-law said her boots looked like trash bags tied around her feet. a fluorescent wig, there was nothing sexual about it. people lost the meaning of the skit because they didn't see the end of it. >> were with you thinking this would be funny? >> it was funny. it was hilarious. you can see the judges in the video. they're cracking up. they're about to fall out of their chairs just laughing so hard. it's hysteric cal. >> let's see what melissa hensen thinks about this. you heard it here. this was supposed to be a joke, supposed to be funny. the judges were laughing. did you find this hysterical? >> well, i think as parents sometimes we lose sight of the forest for the trees. and i think even though we see our own children's innocence sometimes we're not able to see how it's going to be perceived by others. so you see moms posting video clips of their kids dancing to beyon beyon beyonce's videos and things like that, not aware they're reinforcing some negative behavior patterns, really communicating a message to their children about what's going to get them attention without really communicating that it mietd not be good attention that they're getting from behaving or dressing that way. >> we should point out we did reach out to tlc for a statement. they told us they don't have a comment. but what's interesting -- i'm sure you could hear the result from the judges. they awarded paisley the grand supreme, which is this pretty big award. >> the biggest of the day. >> melissa, let me go back to you for one second. do you think this is positive reinforcement, which is really negative reinforcement? >> yeah. in a way. i think it's the same as sometimes you see children at halloween wearing inappropriate halloween costumes. children crave attention, good or bad, you know. sometimes children will act out in order to get attention, even if it it's negative attention. so whenned kids are dressing like this or when they're imitating adult moves or ways of talking, we might laugh at the precociousness of it all, but we're really reinforcing some dangerous and negative behaviors. >> wendy, did paisley understand what she was dressed up as? >> she has no clue. when with the show featured her on the "toddlers and tiaras" she went as pebbles flo s flintston. she didn't know who pebbles flintstone is? >> would you do this again? >> i wouldn't do it in a million years. i just hate people only got to see the clip are of part of it. another thing i'd like to add is the mom in this video is a friend are of mine. she was a friend of mine before are the pageant. >> the one who spoke out earlier? >> the one who spoke out she would never dress her kid like that. she's a friend of mine, still is today. i love her. i love her daughter. but right before the crowning ceremony she came up to me and said, paisley was so cute today. i thought she was lady gaga. then as soon as the crowning ceremony was over, you know, she had a change of tea. they had followed her daughter all week and her daughter had just lost on national television. and paisley had just won the last -- she won all three pageants that toddlers and tiaras founded in georgia this year. i think it was just a time of emotion for her. it was easy for her to take the fact that her child lost and put it on my child who was dressed the wait she was. out of everybody at the pageant that day -- it was huge -- she was the only one with a complaint. >> it certainly speaks to the competition we hear so much about that takes place at these pageants. wendy dickey, we appreciate you coming in and sharing your story and your daughter's story with us. >> melissa henson, thank you to you from the parents television council. coming up next, why one tsa worker is facing the music. time now for "face the music," the time of day in our show when we call out those behaving badly. and if you've ever waited in a long line at airport security, this is going to make you steam. according to a "new york post" reporter, at least one member of the tsa seems to be running quite a scam at newark airport. the reporter who was toward the back of the security line writes that he and his family were approached by a woman wearing a tsa uniform and asking if anyone needed help. she was reportedly pushing a wheelchair and made it it clear that passengers didn't have to be disabled for her to help them. to test it, the reporter's cousin sat down and skipped the hour-plus wait at security. once up front, the guy in the wheelchair jumped up and walked through, which didn't even raise suspicion. it was clear that the screeners, other tsa folks, were familiar with this woman. the reporter said the worker kept saying, i take care of you, you take care of me. once through security, she he gave her 5 bucks. she whispered, she expected more, got borderline angry repeated that they needed to take care of her. so he gave her more money. what's unclear is, if this tsa worker was working alone or in cahootses with other security personnel to make a quick buck. and how can this happen at a major international airport. certainly appears she was on the take, not on patrol. the post was quick to point out that for less than 10 bucks four of them got through security in a hurry, ten years after 9/11. now, whoever you are that's scamming passengers at newark airport, it is time for you to "face the music." ♪ she's got a ticket to ride ♪ she's got a ticket to ride but she don't care ♪