to go to performing medicare and social security and republicans figuring out how far they re willing to go to raise new revenue and more talks will take place today at the white house. democratic leader nancy pelosi will meet with the president there at 10:00 a.m. back to you guys. all right, peter. thank you very much for that live report. the key is what does raise that revenue mean? does it mean an increase in taxes? does it mean tightening some loopholes? stay tuned. big meeting on sunday. sunday. yeah. straight ahead, was billy madison s riding lesswriting le big waste? in perfect cursive. anymore brain busters? > more schools saying cursive, who needs it? the president s top campaign guy says unemployment won t really matter in the 2012 race. what s that supposed to mean? our panel weighs in next. [ male announcer ] where d you get that idea?
let s be willing to have both sides get a little recognize there will not be a democratic or a republican win on this and do major tax reform, and major entitlement reform. bill: we ll see if the ball moves at all on sunday. here s what we find in our polling. and i think this is significant. we asked americans, do you support a balanced budget amendment? 72% say yes. but when we ask about program cuts, okay? the balanced budget amendment, 72% and, we asked, willed you be willing to take cuts in medicare and other entitlement programs? 63% are against it. and when we ask about tax hikes, 62% were against that. and, as we spoke last hour, mike pence on the republican side, the question to you this hour is pretty obvious. that is your debate and what we need to figure out. bill, if we continue that politicians will say i ll cut
way the house of representatives will support these taxes. bill: that s eric cantor. here coz kevin mccarthy, republican from california. the lines have been drawn and you heard the speaker repeat many things he said about entitlement reform and spending is the problem, not revenue is the problem, the issue today in washington, d.c. big meeting on sunday. there was a meeting early they are week, too, and it s painting different images for the american public based on the talks behind closed doors. we ll see whether or not. heather: a lot of people saying, bill, part of the problem, the president concentrated too much on this, obama s health care law, and apparently, one of the main parts of it is in