harry reid actually had to pull this move at the last moment when mcconnell sought to bring the bill to the senate floor and harry reid nixed it because he wanted to add the millionaires tax to make it more untenable. and it was going to be, we will pay fore the $447 billion through the super committee and then, we will tax individuals, making over $200,000 or couples over $250,000 so that did not work and now class warfare. guest: and the wealthiest, the top 1 percent account for 40 percent of the tax take right now and if it was about fixing the economy, if you took all the money that exists in the top 1 percent, it would only account for 2 percent of debt reduction a small, small measure. thank you. you fold. and you fail a warning from congress from a top obama
the saudis are responding to the thwarted bomb threat to the saudi kingdom, to the embassy in washington, dc. saudi arabia says many in the kingdom will expect the kingdom to take measures after the iran plot, also saying the embassy and the united states plot is despicable violation of international norms, and iranment to assassinate saudi ambassador is not going to pass easily. you look live at the senate floor where lawmakers are two hours away from a vote on president obama s $447 billion jobs plan, and senate majority harry reid needs 60 votes to move forward but he is not expected to get it tonight as democrats plan to defect. with me now for insight, bob,
$447 billion, his job plan and the first one was 850 in february of 09, stimulus one. are the democrats really pushing this? are they standing behind it or going i don t get the sense the democrats in the senate are heavily advocating for this. to the point they actually, harry reid changed the rules of senate last thursday night because the democrats did not want to vote and do not want to vote on the president s job proposal. the one that he said passes a dozen timings he said pass this bill now, no changes. the democrats have said and over half-dozen have said we don t want to vote on this, we will not vote for this. even chuck schumer of new york didn t want to vote on the president s original proposal. they are spending time trying to rewrite it. not to make it better from the standpoint of actually helping people get jobs but to use it for of a political weapon in a campaign for the next year and a half. the one voting on ads the millionaire or billionaire tax, is that cor
$447 billion, his job plan and the first one was 850 in february of 09, stimulus one. are the democrats really pushing this? are they standing behind it or going i don t get the sense the democrats in the senate are heavily advocating for this. to the point they actually, harry reid changed the rules of senate last thursday night because the democrats did not want to vote and do not want to vote on the president s job proposal. the one that he said passes a dozen timings he said pass this bill now, no changes. the democrats have said and over half-dozen have said we don t want to vote on this, we will not vote for this. even chuck schumer of new york didn t want to vote on the president s original proposal. they are spending time trying to rewrite it. not to make it better from the standpoint of actually helping people get jobs but to use it for of a political weapon in a campaign for the next year and a half. the one voting on ads the millionaire or billionaire tax, is that cor
defibrillator and they restarted her heart. today the school will celebrate kylee shea s recovery. we re at the fool with a full report including an interview with those hero coaches. jenna: as you mentioned we re awaiting a key senate vote to advance the president s $447 billion jobs bill but it is not expected to pass in its current form. in fact even senate democrats predict it will fail. they say they will break up the bill and try to pass it piecemeal. the president is on the road. he will meet with his jobs council in about 40 minutes from now. meantime, melody barns a key adviser to the president and traveling with him today and joining us now. melody, nice to have you on with us again. always a pleasure to be with you, jenna. jenna: melody, does the white house support breaking this bill up? well the first thing we re going to do is focus on the senate vote today. as you said in the lead-in the senate will take a