paul ryan is from the bush era. he s 14 years, the decisions that he made about cut the bush tax cuts about the war in iraq, about the medicare part d, and even in his language about let s continue to have those things and then just cut everything, absolutely you heard him today saying we betrayed ourselves. we failed. yeah. he s admitting those were februarys. s pfoibles. he said we all admit that president obama inherited a tough time. who created this tough time. the facthe empyrrhics are different. he comes off as the new kid on the block, he s not a hack completely, but, governor he has basically gone along with the party line that he now decries. he went along with a war that he never tried to fund. he was another one of the robots that went along with it regular republicans who are not ideologues about war just went
demeet truce newlen. we re learning much more about him today. he attended the lake academy alternative school, a school dedicated to serving at risk students. his facebook page on december 30th concluded with a post that said this. die, all of you. one witness to the shooting says that lane s face was basically expressionless when he opened fire and all the horror, of course, was caught on the emergency dispatch. attention, chardon rescue. we have an active shooter at the high school. active gunshots at the high school. chardon, we have three students down in the cafeteria at this time. we still don t know where the shooter is. also, there is a fourth one down in room 200. t.j. lane would ultimately be chased from the school by a teacher. and then arrested less than half a mile away near his own car. all of this unfolding in a small town, roughly 30 miles east of cleveland. at chardon high school, classes were canceled today. the flags will be lowered across the state. l
situation room starts now. thanks very much, brooke. happening now, republicans pouncing on president obama and a horrible new unemployment report. this hour, the numbers and the politics and what it all means for millions of americans who need a job now. plus, i ll talk to a republican congressman who plans to boycott the president s big jobs speech before a joint session of congress next week. also, a new worldwide travel alert as we approach the tenth anniversary of 9/11. national security insiders tell us what they know about the risk of a terror attack. revenge, as far as al qaeda is concerned on that momentous day. and a statue honoring one of the most important figures in american history, made in china. controversy surrounding the dr. martin luther king memorial. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. it s a big fat zero, and it s a bright red circle around the unemployment mess in this country right now. the government reports today that no new jobs we
talking about exactly. we wanted a shared sacrifice and revenue as well wait a minute, congressman, i know you want the risk of corporation. but neither of you talked about the 51 percent of the americans not paying income taxes at all. most of those don t have money to pay. that s fine. but it cannot be 51 percent of america. that is not the issue. yes, it is. but congressman it is the issue. you are loading a red herring when you say in the issue of fairness that corporations have to pay more . leaving aside that anyone should pay more for the questionable performance. why do you leave out the 51 percent of the americans who don t pay taxes at all. i don t know that your februarys are accurate. most of them are low income
talking about exactly. we wanted a shared sacrifice and revenue as well wait a minute, congressman, i know you want the risk of corporation. but neither of you talked about the 51 percent of the americans not paying income taxes at all. most of those don t have money to pay. that s fine. but it cannot be 51 percent of america. that is not the issue. yes, it is. but congressman it is the issue. you are loading a red herring when you say in the issue of fairness that corporations have to pay more . leaving aside that anyone should pay more for the questionable performance. why do you leave out the 51 percent of the americans who don t pay taxes at all. i don t know that your februarys are accurate. most of them are low income