on taxes on the wealthiest americans t. it s being called the buffet rule after warren buffett. remember he has been saying he doesn t pay as high of taxes as his secretary. thus millionaires and billionaires should be paying more. here s how the president explained his plan today. we have to prioritize. both parties agree that we need to reduce the deficit by the same amount, $4 trillion. so what choices are we going to make to reach that goal? either we ask the wealthiest americans to pay their fair share in taxes railroor ask seno pay more for medicare. we can t afford to do both. either we gut education and medical research or we ve got to reform the tax code so that the most profitable corporations have to give up tax loophole that s other companies don t get. we can t afford to do both. this is not class warfare. it s math. so let s take it this a step further. let me explain his reference to class warfare. a lot of top republicans say that s what the president is,
explained his plan today. we have to prioritize. both parties agree that we need to reduce the deficit by the same amount, $4 trillion. so what choices are we going to make to reach that goal? either we ask the wealthiest americans to pay their fair share in taxes railroor ask seno pay more for medicare. we can t afford to do both. either we gut education and medical research or we ve got to reform the tax code so that the most profitable corporations have to give up tax loophole that s other companies don t get. we can t afford to do both. this is not class warfare. it s math. so let s take it this a step further. let me explain his reference to class warfare. a lot of top republicans say that s what the president is, they say that asking the wealthiest americans to pay more taxes is just simply unfair. and they reject any tax increase saying it it s bad for our fragile economy. the president sent his treasury secretary out to sell his plan. the first question he faced?
remain inside the courthouse. in the process they will whittle them down until they get 12 jurors, six alternates and three more alternates which is a change from what we saw in hayes. we nearly ran out of alternates in the last trial. the judge in this case wants to make sure there are a few more people on standby if they run into problems like they did in the last case. jenna. jenna: laurie, i have only 30 seconds. we re seeing the picture of the defendant. see if we can get the picture back up on screen. many are making remarks how he is appearing in court today. what s the deal? reporter: yeah. he definitely looks a lot different than we have seen him before. as you see here behind me i want to direct our camera to show you right now this is the defense team. they are leaving on a lunch break. that is jeremiah donovan in the green that you see there. joshua komisarjevsky looking very different today. some say he looks very clean cut. his hair has been buzzed. some say he is dress
its all on happening now. a good wednesday to you. i m jon scott. jenna: i m jenna lee. we are here in the fox newsroom and happening right now as jon just mentioned brand-new developments in the nuclear crisis that is gripping japan and company company taourg all of our attention. emergency workers who have have now dubbed the fukushima 50 risking their lives to prevent further disaster. this after another fir fire has broken out at the nuke plant. radiation is 300 times normal. jon: the numbers today are staggering, millions across japan struggling with very little food and water. nearly half a million people there are homeless now, and some 3700 listed as dead, but that number sure will he will rise with ten thousand people still missing in one northeastern city alone. martha: david krisanti is live. what is happening at the power plant right now. reporter: reactors one, through, three and four are causing extreme problems for authorities. there were plans to put water
accelerant like gasoline was poured directly on to the pettit daughters as they lied tied up in their bed that was testimony that sent family members out of the courthouse in tears today, jon? jon: what about what happened outside the courtroom? tell us about that. yeah there was certainly high emotions happening right out here on the courthouse steps. the lawyer for joshua majewski made a surprise statement today in the courthouse outside the courthouse to clear up what he called a misconception about his client. remember, everybody is under a gag order in this case. this lawyer jeremiah donovan said that his client did not sexually assault mckayla pettit, despite the evidence, which he said he hoped would provide some small solace for the family. we don t need his sympathy. we don t want his sympathy. he had threatened to hold press conferences on the courthouse steps and was told by judge that he was not to break the gag