of gross domestic product to 3%. jon? jon: when all else fails, appointment a commission. i think that s the motto in washington. wendall, thank you. jen jon, you re familiar with this story. happen happening now first brought you the story of the barefoot burglar, wanted for robbing stores and steals airplanes, of all things. he s eluded police for nearly two years, and now he may have struck again. the latest on the search for this notorious teenage bandit on the run. plus, we have that major offensive against the taliban delayed once again. are the delays creating a greater risk for the coalitioney forces in afghoranistan?ta that story coming up. one of these will get you more than half way to your five daily servings. v8. what s your number? transform drinks you want, into cold medicine you need.
president have so far been unable or unwilling to, but the president s aides say that doesn t mean that mr. obama would go back on his campaign promise not to raise taxes for families making less than $250,000 a year. the president doesn t believe our economic growth should be predicated on raising taxes on middle class families. but that being said, the president s just not going to get in the game of prejudging the outcome of a commission that, one, hasn t been set up and hasn t met. reporter: gibbs notes the president originally wanted congress to form the commission and pupil my it could have set the rules. is the vote in the senate was 53-47 in favor of the commission, but under the rules of the senate, of course, opponents can require a 60-vote majority to pass, so gibbs says whether or not the government supports the position the president sets up will show how much they are committed to reducing the deficit.
white house. reporter: the president s refusal to debt the debt commission he s create to go take tax cuts off the table is not that he supports the tax cuts or would agree to them, he says the commission wants to look at everything as it searches for the best way to reduce the country s $12 trillion debt but republicans say there s a price for that, they say the uncertainty is making businesses reluctant to hire. jon: in the d.c. area, where wendell is, folks are still digging out, but if they work up an appetite, they might be out of luck. stef centanni in upper marlboro, maryland. steve. reporter: folks have picked over the supermarket shelfs, anxious consumers worried about the coming snowfall. the shelfs are practically bar he felt and now folks at the distribution center here for the safeway store is busy, trying to restock those shelves during the height the shelves. during the height of the storm they couldn t get to where they need to go to put food in the supermarkets s