Concerned today than i was a day or two ago. In the sense at the moment policymakers are moving in opposite directions. In part thats the ways of washington and i think well see a few collapses before we ultimately get together somewhere in the days before christmas on a compromise. We have been talking about marginal tax rates, which i think are a key part not only of the budget question, but a key part of the broader economic question in terms of Economic Growth. And im hopeful that any solution that comes together is going to think a lot about Economic Growth and not just budgets. Host ethan . Guest i think i may be a little more hopeful than alex is. I think that theres a general agreement that the sequester will happen. Republicans and democrats and the president are all opposed to it happening. Theres also a consensus right and left it would be bad for the economy. So i think that when we are just looking at the tax component, there are certain things that we kev knitly definitel
You have john boehner talking but he is optimistic a deal can be reached. This comes on the heels of yesterday when you had harry reid expressing caution about the fact things ar were nt going that well. We are seeing the market to the downside, they have improved and you can see it spiked up. Alaska mitra said to them. Dagen speaking of House Speaker john boehner, he said he is optimistic. Im optimistic we can Work Together to avert this crisis sooner than later. Connell we also want to show you this, this is skepticism from who you would think would be a major player in the deficit talks. I am really worried we have a probability we could go over the cliff, and that would be catastrophic. Not to go over the cliff, we have to compromise, have to have revenue. The problems are real, the solutions are painful, no easy way out. The only way you can do this ifs to have a balanced approach and that is where people are headed. Connell matt welch is here. What do you make of all this, matt .
They werent the only explosions. Two bombs went off at the same time in a residential neighborhood in damascus. We dont know yet how many people are hurt or who is claiming responsibility. This is the wreckage of a Syrian Air Force jet crashed and burning not far from aleppo. Rebel fighters claim they shot it down and captured one of the pilots. This is amateur film. A cnn crew was just on the scene after the crash. Rebels saying they also shot down a government helicopter yesterday. That captured on video. Take a look. An Opposition Group posted its Facebook Page that the Free Syrian Army brought down the helicopter with an anti aircraft weapon. We dont know what happened to the people who were actually on board that helicopter. We want to go straight to washington to listen to the president. Hes now making a statement with middle class families talking about the importance of reaching a deal and not going over the socalled fiscal cliff. Lets listen in. It would be good for our childr
Press asking americans to Pressure Congress to keep middle class tax cuts for families earning 250,000 or less. It is too important for washington to screw this up. Now is the time for us to work on what we all agree to, which is lets keep middle class taxes low. Tweet, use the hashag my2k or email, post it on a member of Congress Facebook wall, do what it takes to communicate a sense of urgency. Ill sign this bill as soon as Congress Sends it my way. I got to repeat, ive got a pen. Im ready to sign it. So the president wants republicans to first agree to keep the middle class tax cuts, and then he wants to move on and tackle the rest of the fiscal cliff problems. Do not count on groundswell of republican support. In fact, one republican, congressman tom cob, proposed a similar idea and conservative republicans shot him down. Well get to that here in a moment. Quite a moment today. Also president obama is meeting today with 14 key ceos to try to get their support for keeping those midd
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