obtained by cnn suggest otherwise. cnn s sam kiley has more on a potential diplomatic breakthrough in an attempt to avoid a nuclear disaster. here s more from sam. yes, it could be seen as some kind of diplomatic breakthrough that the russian president has endorsed the idea that the international atomic energy authority, the body responsible for inindividuallating, if you like, nuclear power stations around the world, should be allowed to go to the zaporizhzhia nuclear power station and check it out, and install and reinstall the monitoring systems. the fact of the matter, though, is that this is a repeated russian offer and amidst a russian rejection of the international community s demands that they demilitarize the nuclear power station and the town around it. the reason the international community wants to see that is that this has been the locus of fighting. it s effectively on the front line. we know for an absolute fact, jim, that there are missiles being fired out o
If you don t change your watering clock. all measures she d like to see happen downstream. i think they re kind of kicking the can down the road past the election if you want me to be very frank about it. i don t think anybody wants to make great public announcements about measures they may have to take prior to the election. rather than enforce new action, the feds will let the states keep talking while the next round of cuts will lower 7% to mexico, 8% to nevada and 21% to arizona. you can hear this crunching. it s just starting to dry up. reporter: here alfalfa farmers are already being paid to let their fields go fallow, while some are switching to crops like buy ewe lee, a rubber plant that grows in the desert. crop switching, looking at lower water use crops is one of the solutions we need to be looking at in a drier future to allow communities to sustain themselves. reporter: thanks to some creative water accounting, california will not face
What plays well. and in that sense, i think he s done two things. he s done good theater, but he s also had a rather consistent message, and that message is, you know, i m working for you, i ll fix your problems, and that has been pretty effective. as i say, however, it s not 100%, because the popularity of the government or the sense that the government is doing its best or doing a good enough job has been reoding over time. james collins, thank you very much, indeed, for joining us. my pleasure, martin. we ll be right back to clear the air. and we lee you a live picture of the education nation experience here at 30 rock. it will be going on all week long, so stay tuned. [ male announcer ] when it comes to saving energy, we re off to a good start. but now it s time to go to the next level. so let s do a little detective work. pick up what we need.
Republicans say that they re comfortable with the idea of closing tax loopholes if additional revenue is used for, to offset tax cuts elsewhere in the tax code. now, the president had wanted to generate as much of a quarter of this deficit reduction from increased tax revenue. house speaker john boehner says tax changes are being discussed. we lee that comprehensive tax reform both on a corporate and personal side would make america more competitive, help create jobs in our country, and it s something that is under discussion. reporter: majority leader eric cantor says there s a pardon me a spirit of trying to get things done. we ll judge the results by how long the talks go today and when the next meeting is scheduled for, jon. jon: all right. wendall goler, we ll let you clear your throat. thank you. alisyn: rebel fighters in the libya celebrating a big victory. anti-government forces seizing two key mountain towns in