is it political theater? i think the president has seen the campaign road show only gets him so far. if he wants to see comprehensive tax reform and changes to the entitlements he s going to have to reach out. the president is reaching across the aisle, trying to make connections and mend bridges that may have been broken since the last election. i think it s more than political theater. it s definitely a step to a comprehensive agreement. andy, the president is set to hold the meetings with democratic and republicans. what are you hearing? is there a consensus that it s going to turn into something tangible? it certainly can t hurt, alex. if you talk to experts like norm studying the institution for decades, they say one of the reasons behind the polarization is jet travel. it s so easy to get out of washington as soon as the votes are done on thursday afternoon, so many people leave and go home. before then, they were stuck in
republicans have been calling for the president top stop what they have said is a campaign road show and come back to washington. so the president is doing just that. here is the president though on the road yesterday in virginia. nobody is asking them to raise income tax rates. all we re asking is to consider closing tax loopholes and deductions that the speaker of the house, john boehner, said he was willing to do just a few months ago. he said there were a bunch of loopholes and deductions can i could close. said you could raise 800 billion, a trillion dollars by closing loopholes. we re not even asking for that much. all we re asking is that they close loopholes for the well-off and the well-connected. martha: those closing of loopholes boehner intended to be instead of the tax hike, tax rate increase. so that was a one or the other deal. and they ended up with, with the tax rate hike. tucker carlson joins me now, editor of the daily caller .
the president getting ready to share some dramatic new warnings in moments about the budget plan that he proposed and signed into law while the g.o.p. hits back at what they call a campaign road show and an expensive one at that. welcome to america live, everyone, i m megyn kelly. president obama will speak in moments at newport news ship building in virginia. he s expected to warn about coming job losses if congress doesn t do something to head off the budget plan that kicks in the end of the week, the one that he agreed to, one that the republicans agreed to. both sides were in on it and now, they re like, oh, how did we get here? back in washington republicans are pointing out the president could have saved money by staying at home instead of going on the road to bring the message. the cost for air force one to fly to and from virginia is 180,000 an hour and you thought your air fare was expensive and you have to add in additional costs that include backup aircraft and food and in