while in prison. the two men briefly spoke to the media gather on the tarmac in muscat, oman. we are so happy we are free and relieved we are free. two years in prison is too long and we sincerely hope for the freedom of other political prisoners and other unjustly imprisoned people in america and iran. reporter: the two were held as political prisoners in iran for 26 months. during that time, family members were allowed just one visit and three phone calls. our deepest gratitude goes towards his majesty, sultan kabuse of oman for obtang our release. reporter: the the release of the two americans seemed to be timed precisely the day before mahmoud ahmadinejad plans to appear before the world at the united nations general assembly in new york. bauer and fattal were released only after the payment of $1 million in bail. the international dissent began which when bauer and fattal along with shroud, mistakenly crossed the border into iran. they were charged with espiona
of the staff members was on the job, working to restore power, as quickly as possible. there s a lot of just, you know, plain old manpower that s involved, just to have tree- cutting crews that go out and clear the trees. and there s a crew that comes in. puts the poles back up, puts the wires back up. it s a very, very lengthy, laborious process. reporter: bge replaced 248 poles and wires. those costs will have no impact on customers. reporter: and bge says the outages caused by hurricane irene were very comparable to those caused by hurricane isabel in 2003. back to you. bge says more than 5,000 personnel, including some from out of state, worked to restore power. an aspiring story. a college student murdered where she should have been safe. and police say it was all over music being played on an ipod. derek valcourt spent the day there, as an emotional memorial is held there to dominique frazier. reporter: as a freshman, dominique frazier was only here for a
captioning funded by cbs good morning. thanks for joining us. i m terrell brown in for betty nguyen. this morning, president obama details his plans to reduce the deficit. the president proposed cutting more $3 trillion most of that on increased taxes mostly over the wealthy. susan mcginnis has more. reporter: this is getting a lot of attention before the president unveils his plan. republicans are out last blasting the president s proposal and it s clear the deficit stalemate is alive and well. carving more than $3 trillion from the deficit. the proposal which he says will cover the cost of his new jobs plan is expected to include cuts to medicare but roughly half of the money will come from higher taxes on the wealthy. we will pay for this plan and pay down our debt by following some basic principles. making sure we live within our means and asking everyone to pay their fair share. reporter: the president will call for an end to bush era tax cuts for couples makin
a reference to billionaire warren buffett, who says his receptionist pays a higher tax rate than he does. i think we ought to take more out of the hydes of fellas like me. reporter: after a slew of credits and deduction, people in warren buffett s class can pay as little as 15% in taxes while most middle-class americans pay an average of 25%. the white house aims to change that. details have yet to be released, but republicans are already calling it a political ploy. class warfare, chris, may make for really good politics, but it makes for rotten economics. reporter: maintaining their position that spending cuts, not revenues, are the best way to reduce the deficit. it s a very simple equation: tax increases destroy jobs. reporter: most high-income earners would hardly notice the new tax, says steve bell with the bipartisan policy center. you re talking about 400 to 450,000 people, so you re talking about a tiny, tiny percentage of taxpayers in the country. so
well. this morning, president obama will roll out his new plan for carving more than $3 trillion from the deficit. the proposal, which he says will cover the cost of his new jobs plan, is expected to include cuts to medicare, but roughly half of the money will come from higher taxes on the wealthy. we will pay for this plan and pay down our debt by following some basic principles. making sure we live within our means and asking everyone to pay their fair share. reporter: the president will call for an end to bush era tax cuts for couples making more than $250,000 a year. he ll also propose a minimum tax rate for millionaires. the so-called buffett rule is named for billionaire warren buffett who says himself, it s not fair that he pays lower taxes than his secretary. with regard to his tax rate, if he is feeling guilty about it, i think he should send in a check. reporter: ahead of today s announcement, republicans were already lining up against the president s plan.