jon: straight up noon on the east coast, i m jon scott, welcome welcome to the second hour of happening now . jenna: i m jenna lee, hello everybody. the battle over the bush tax cuts heating up on capitol hill, with democrats divided over the president s plan as to when some of the tax cuts expire. molly henneberg is live in the russell rotunda with we just heard from the secretary of state and karl rove about this issue. when is the president expected to talk more about these tax cuts? we re set to hear more from the president later today. as you were saying, white house press secretary robert gibbs said the president was clear on his position, he wants to extend the bush tax cuts for families that make $250,000 or less. gibbs said, quote, we should make the middle class tax cuts permanent, we should not hold the middle class hostage, although he said he did not know if the tax cuts will be extended by congress in this session or maybe in the session after the midterm elections.