leading to erosion of soil. it comes with a hefty price tag. $50 billion. and there s a fight over who is really responsible and who should pay. look at it now and remember the way it used to be. how does it make you feel now? i feel like the commercial in the 60s and 70s when you looked at the land. it s tough every time i look at this. that was rematre maine lee reporting for us. let me take you to warren easton high school in new orleans where the former president is speaking now. let s listen. if enthusiasm and a good strategy counts, new orleans is in good hands. and we thank you very much. [ applause ] by the way, i do bring greetings from one of the co-chairmen of the bush katrina fund. he had one of the great lines of all time.
make it? will there be a deal? reporter: well, jon, we ve got conflicting comments and reports on all this today. the only thing we can report with 100% certainty, the supercommittee negotiations are fluid, and they are precarious. one possible escape hatch appears to be emerging, however, that the committee would agree to overall tax and spending amounts of $1.2 trillion and then punt their decisions, their provisions to the responsible congressional committees to implement them. the co-chairmen of the supercommittee confirmed this idea for medicare yesterday. we have gone to the democrats and say, okay, if you don t like our plan, at least put plan on the table. and if you don t, here s a bipartisan plan we would be willing to negotiate around. details would have to be worked out, indeed, you are correct, it would have to be through a two-step process. reporter: now, republicans have proposed about $300 billion in new tax revenues as part of tax reform in all these
anywhere. we did get word from police, at least one police officers was hit with a projectile. he had to be taken to the hospital. told he is going to be okay. but for the most part we have not seen violence break out but police are standing by in riot gear. we don t have word of whether or not they are about to move in and try to get people out. we did get word a short time ago at least a local paper, police are now telling people you need to get out of the streets or face arrest. again, we have been watching these pictures throughout the morning and we are five hours past that deadline for people to leave the encampment. but yes, it is 5:00 a.m. local time and people are still out in a stand-off with police. earlier i talked to one of those protesters, who s been a part of of the occupy demonstrations in portland for the past six weeks. her name is kerry coe. listen to what she told me. what we re doing here in occupy portland and the occupy movement globally is we are
although washington is supposed to be a town of sharp elbows, it s getting a little carried away. reporter: that elbow to the mouth may end up feeling like a love tap if president obama goes forward with the draconian spending cuts and tax increases proposed by the co-chairmen of his debt commission. their next report is due wednesday. jake tapper, abc news, the white house. and now here s a look at your tuesday forecast. gusty winds and tornados from new orleans to montgomery, atlanta, and the carolinas. afternoon rain in the northeast and ohio valleys. snow in the twin cities, duluth, and des moines. up to 2 feet of snow in the cascades and northern rockies. 30s from boise to albuquerque. 17 in fargo. 25 in minneapolis. 35 in kansas city. 54 in new york. 64 in atlanta. 83 in miami. of course there is no place like home for the holidays. so if you can t make it back, why not have a touch of home come to you. how cool is this? volunteers across the country are busy gatherin