the president will lay out a speech to the nation, and democratic sources are telling us that it calls for $300 billion in tax break, incentives and other spending offset by an equal amount of budget cuts. this is being described as a major make-or-break moment for the president. we will discuss it along with mitt romney s competing plan that he unveiled today, but first on the phone, chief white house correspondent jessica yellin with the details. jessica, this $300 billion figure, and what are the detailing of it? hi, anderson. with people in discussions with the white house confirm that the $300 billion has been the working figure for the jobs package for a week now, and it would mean $300 billion in both spending and then cuts. you know, the white house has said that this is a revenue-neutral package so in addition to outlining the new spending the president will also outline some cuts on thursday in his speech, but he would then put out a more detailed package later, e
he ll lay it out thursday night to congress and the nation. democratic sources telling us tonight it calls for about $300 billion in tax breaks, incentives and other spending offset by equal amount of budget cuts. it s being described as a make or break moment for the president. we ll discuss it along with mitt romney s competing plan which he unveiled today. first jessica yellin. reporter: democratic sources in discussions with the white house confirm that $300 billion figure has been the working figure for the jobs package for at least a week now. it would mean as you say 300 billion in both spending and then cuts. the white house has said that this will be a revenue-neutral package. so that would mean that in addition to outlining the new spending, the president will also outline some cuts on thursday in his speech. but he would then put out a more detailed package later explaining more of those cuts when he makes his proposal to the deficit super committee. and i should
incentives and other spending offset by equal amount of budget cuts. it s being described as a make or break moment for the president. we ll discuss it along with mitt romney s competing plan which he unveiled today. first jessica yellin. reporter: democratic sources in discussions with the white house confirm that $300 billion figure has been the working figure for the jobs package for at least a week now. it would mean as you say 300 billion in both spending and then cuts. the white house has said that this will be a revenue-neutral package. so that would mean that in addition to outlining the new spending, the president will also outline some cuts on thursday in his speech. but he would then put out a more detailed package later explaining more of those cuts when he makes his proposal to the deficit super committee. and i should point out these numbers could change between now and thursday, anderson. just so i m clear, is that $300 billion in new spending and then an e
taunted, harassed and threatened to a point of no return. those are just some examples from this school year. now, let s talk about carl joseph walker hoover, hanged himself in massachusetts. bullies put him through daily hell, called him gay nonstop and made fun of his clothes. he was just 11 years old. not old enough to know or care about his sexual orientation. 15-year-old larry king knew he was gay, he was out and proud of it. yes, he had to deal with bullies. only they didn t drive him to suicide. police say the bullies did the dirty work themselves. here is cnn s randi kaye. reporter: in a sea of students at e.o. green junior high school, this eighth grader stood out. a boy who came to school dressed like a girl. 15-year-old larry king wore jewelry and makeup and even lipstick and mascara. most days, he showed up in high