the president will lay out a speech to the nation, and democratic sources are telling us that it calls for $300 billion in tax break, incentives and other spending offset by an equal amount of budget cuts. this is being described as a major make-or-break moment for the president. we will discuss it along with mitt romney s competing plan that he unveiled today, but first on the phone, chief white house correspondent jessica yellin with the details. jessica, this $300 billion figure, and what are the detailing of it? hi, anderson. with people in discussions with the white house confirm that the $300 billion has been the working figure for the jobs package for a week now, and it would mean $300 billion in both spending and then cuts. you know, the white house has said that this is a revenue-neutral package so in addition to outlining the new spending the president will also outline some cuts on thursday in his speech, but he would then put out a more detailed package later, e
astart to your tuesday morning, april26th,, 2011. good morning. glad you re with us in the 11:00 hour. nice but warm out there. that s all right. yesterday felt like summer but let s check in with tony and find out. good morning to both of you. today will feel like summer again. in the 80s today. but it s not as humid this morning as it was yesterday morning at this time. but it is warm again. let s take a look at the temperatures across the region. we re primarily in the 60s to around 70. 68 right now in baltimore. 64 in d.c. 68 at bulls. fredericksberg is at 69. hagerstown is 67 degrees there. here is a look at the satellite radar. we do have some clouds out there. not a lot. we ll see plenty of sunshine through the day today. there is the frontal boundery out to the west that brought severe weather to arkansas last night. it is still bringing stormy conditions to portions of tennessee and kentucky. that won t impact us until tomorrow. so the forecast for today looks