i have no evidence at this point from what i have seen that classified information was disclosed that in any way would have had a negative impact on our national security. reporter: on the high-stakes talks over the looming budget crisis, the president took a hard line on his bottom line. any deficit deal must include tax increases on the wealthy. mr. voters agreed with me on this issue than voted for me. so we have a clear majority of the american people who recognize if we are going to be serious about deficit reduction we have to do it in a balance add way. reporter: there was a real flash of presidential anger on the topic of the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi in libya. republicans lashed out at susan rice, the leading candidate to replace secretary of state hillary clinton. because she initially suggested the attack began as a protest. why would susan rice not get our vote? i don t trust her. reporter: we put that to the president. senator graham said he simp
thing that will happen, upper income people will pay more in taxes and medicare will be changed in a way that saves money. over time. those are the two things that will be almost essential for any real deal. but there will be a whole host of other government programs. some of them, government services. some of them other benefits besides medicare, that will be less generous if we actually get a deal that reduces the deficit. rick: i ve been covering washington for a long time. how does this play out? that s a good question. you know i feel like i m watching a play and the playwrite is still writing the script so no one knows what the last act is. my guess until now at the last minute and congress and the president will avert a cliff. perhaps not doing a really deficit deal, a phoney gimmick-ridden deal but they won t go over it. i m not so confident about that now. i mgy beginning to think both sides think it is to their advantage to go over the cliff and cut a deal
you know, i m glad we re both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here s your honk if you had an affair with taylor yard sign. looks good. [ male announcer ] fedex office. now save 50% on banners. welcome back. time for what now. john boehner is rowlowering expectations saying the deficit deal probably won t happen when congress returns after the election. it s not called lame duck for nothing. but surprising absolutely no one, everyone will wait to see how who the president will be, who s sitting in the oval office. yeah.
look the president is ready to work with leaders to do. this they are at loggerheads now. they don t think they will get a deficit deal before the election. they think this will happen after the election, jon. jon: ed henry at the white house. protecting the middle class has been a big campaign theme for both the president and governor romney. new study indicates the middle class just suffered worst decade in modern history leaving it poorer and smaller than it has been in years. according to the pew research center which describes itself as a nonpartisan think tank. middle class wealth has dropped 28% from $130,000 in the year 2000 to about 93,000 in 2010. the report also shows the middle class hastedtly shrunk over the years 61% of the population in 1971 to just over 50% last year. the fox business network s gerri willis with the news live from our new york newsroom. gerri, who qualifies as middle class these days and why is
tradition you would stay on the sidelines when the other guy is having convention. they want to hit these battleground states and push back on republicans as they launch their attacks in tampa, jon. jon: our polls suggest governor romney may not be capitalizing? that s right, look. governor romney brings to the table all that business experience and yet our poll shows while the president is under water on the handling of the economy mitt romney is only ahead by an edge look at this in terms of who would do a better job of improving the economy and creating jobs? romney-ryan 45%. obama-biden ticket. 43%. the republic ticket is trying to hit the president hard on cbo report we heard yesterday be verge of another recession next year if the president doesn t work with congressional leaders to get a deficit deal. here is paul ryan today. put up or shut up. the president needs to show us how he plans on putting this in place if he is not going to help us pass legislation preventing it