industries to financial services. we discussed the g-8 summit in some detail. when we meet on the shores in northern ireland five weeks from today, i want us to agree ambitious action for economic growth. open trade at the open heart of this, but we have a broader agenda to make sure everyone shares in the benefits of this great openness, not just in our advanced economys, but in the developing world, too. i m unashaid shamedly pro business politician. but as we open up our economys to get business growing, we need to make sure all companies pay their taxes properly an enable businesses and citizens to account. today we have agreed to tackle the scourge of tax evasion. we need to know who owns a company, who profits from it. whether taxes are paid. we need a new mechanism to track where multi-nationals make their money and where they pay their taxes so we can stop those manipulating the system unfairly. finally, we talked about the brutal conflicts in syria.
we discussed the g8 summit in some detail. when we meet on the shores of northern ireland five weeks from today i want us to agree ambitious action for economic growth. open trade is at the heart of this but we have a broad every agenda too, to make sure everyone shares in the benefits of this greater openness, not just in our advanced economies but in the developing world too. i m an unashamedly pro-business politician but as we open up our economies to get business growing we need to make sure all companies pay their taxes properly and enable citizens to hold their governments and citizens to account. we agreed to tackle the skournl of tax evasion. we need to know who owns a company, who profits from it, where taxes are paid and we need a new mechanism to track where multinationals make their money and pay their taxes so we can stop those that are manipulating the system unfairly. fun ailly we discussed the brutal conflict in syria. 80,000 dead, five million
time around. how can they lay all of the blame at the feet of the house of representatives? i would say, look, i think everyone shares in the blame what is going on here and but i do think that what you re seeing on the house is this, a almost a reluctance to take yes for an answer the president has put forward a plan which results in $2 trillion in total spending cuts. protecting tax cuts for the middle class and small businesses. 98% of individual, 97% of small businesses. he has talked about doing some entitlement reform. if i was republican i would say, you know what? that is perfect. i ll take it. that is stuff they have been working on for years and they weren t able to accomplish it under george bush. i just feel like the president has bent. he has worked and tried to compromise with john boehner and john bain are i think has to as well but he has 80, 90 house republicans who are unwilling to do anything on tax rates for the rich. jon: amos, how do you respond or how should jo
increases, rather, and tax cuts and perhaps some stimulus now to try to jump-start what s going on? but something to give the business leaders, the business community a sense of what s coming ahead that the two parties can work together and maybe they would start spending some of the cash they re sitting on. well, i would. i would for two reasons. one, it s the right thing to do. it s the only prescription. everyone shares sacrifices. cuts in domestic spending. some changes in reform and entitlement programs. increase in revenue. a little bit of share paid for everybody. i think it would be a great plan, and i think the republicans would be in a dilemma. if they say, no, they re going to look like true obstructionists. if they say yes, then it s the president s initiative and he gets credit for it. i think it would be a master stroke politically. give the president credit. people like myself have criticized him for not embracing simpson/bowles early. when he and speaker boehner were
became president. we ll be going live to the event as soon as it begins with the president and first lady there. we ve also got a full analysis of the rally today. we put together a pretty incredible panel for you beginning with jessica yellin traveling with the president and at the rally in columbus, ohio. howard wilkinson is a political reporter in cincinnati and we re mixing up the order. lepy mcalester. we re expecting to see the president and first lady in just a few minutes from now. let s begin with our senior white house court jessica yellin traveling with them there. full crowd. it wasn t full but now looks like it is. reporter: it looks like it is on tv, fredricka, but the top tier of this auditorium is not full. it s empty, mostly. it s fair to say they expected to fill this up, so it must be a disappointment to the campaign. we should also point out the romney has never drawn a crowd even half this size. so judge by whatever standard you will. i will point out t