Short on specifics thus far. well, that s right, jon. not specific policy proposals. the only one that is pretty specific so far up on capitol hill is from senator dianne feinstein who has the outlines of a bill ready to go for the new congress, a bill that would essentially institute the assault weapons ban back from the mid 90s and also have some very strict restrictions on the ammunition, the rounds, the clips, the amount of rounds in a clip. and it s very specific but also grandfathers in a number of weapons. that s a piece of legislation that feinstein says she ll put up. you mentioned some of these lawmakers, democrats all joe manchin, mark warner from virginia, kirsten gillibrand from new york. all of them pro-gun lawmakers, also we should point out the senate majority leader, harry
Should not interfere with the immediacy of this moment. the you aurgency of now to take action and assault weapons off the streets of america. to prohibit acquiring these high magazine strips and clips. that shoot volumes of bullets a second. we can fix the national identification background system so that people who should not have weapons and close the gun show loophole. it can be done right now. mayor nutter of philadelphia, thank you. thank you. and this personal note. he was the last surviving hero of the greatest generation to serve in the united states senate. danielle inouye who represents hawaii in congress since becoming a state. he died yesterday. you might never know he was a
Washington. new information breaking in the last hour that a backup plan is in the works for republicans in case the white house and congress can not reach a deal on the fiscal cliff by the end of the year. house speaker john boehner spoke about it a minutes ago. our plan b would protect american taxpayers who make a million dollars or less and have all of their current rates extended. i continue to have hope that we can reach a broader agreement with the white house that would reduce spending as well as have revenues on the table. jon: despite the existence of this plan b negotiations are moving forward between president obama and speaker boehner to try to avoid the fiscal cliff. ed henry is live at the white house. so tell us a little bit more about plan b. what is it, ed? reporter: good to jon. you know the president s position all along you only raise taxes on people making over $250,000. republicans said look, that will end up not just hitting individuals but a lot of small bu
Jon: as you wellpointed out. jenna: here going to talk a little bit more what this all means now. jon: what a way to run a country, huh? there is a new call for raising tax revenue or increasing revenue and it comes amid efforts to hammer out a deal on the so-called fiscal cliff. republican congressman scott requiring gel, outspoken critic of anti-tax pledge is laying out the conservative case boosting tax revenue through tax reform. the congressman joins us now. he serves on the house homeland securities services committee. congressman rigel, you wrote a letter to every single member of congress and said you re up for boosting tax revenue? well, jon, thank you for having me on the show. america has a spending problem principally and my votes reflect a deep resolve to cast a difficult vote to reduce federal spending but i m a businessman in my first elected office.
Perhaps the issue of privacy for those who return from the military and others whose medical records need to be shared. i mean, this has been discussed in the last couple of days. what about the cutbacks in money for mental health programs and for care? what about these parents who may have a child who is a loner, who is spending all his time, and mostly these are young men of a certain age, deeply engaged in video games, not engaged in the outside world. perhaps they ve been noticed by teachers, but not followed up. then at home they re hidden. well, two points. first up, i ll start with the second point. when patrick kennedy was in the congress and when his dad was in the senate we passed in a bipartisan way the mental health parody act which for the first time treated members of the jury health just the way the other illnesses, and in the affordable care act we extended that in terms of the coverage, so we have made advances in that