Were still trying to sort out exactly why he was here, but he wasnt here for very long, it seems. He left in the last hour. Also, we were able to see some of senator mcconnells staffers. I was able to speak to one of them coming in and out of these kind of closeddoor planning meetings. He said theyve been here since 9 00 a. M. They plan to work all day and we may see his boss, senator mcconnell, later today. That shows us kind of where things stand. I wanted to break this down simply because theres so much that complicates the story. Lets look really quickly at a graphic of the basics, whats happening right now. Heres where we stand with the fiscal cliff. First of all, whos doing the negotiating . Ice the top two senators, senator reid for the democrats, senator mcconnell for the republican, and it is their staff who are working out details right now. What are they talking about . Mainly trying to find a way to avoid those tax hikes for most americans. That could also include an extens
Keep the country from going off the fiscal cliff . A dangerous winter storm roaring across the eastern half of the u. S. Bringing blizzard conditions and travel nightmares. Plus, the nras controversial proposal to put armed volunteers in every school, well go indepth with the man in charge of the National School shield program. Im joe johns. Youre in the situation room. The u. S. Is now just six days away from the socalled fiscal cliff. And a mad scramble is on here in washington to avoid the drastic tax hikes and spending cuts that many fear will plunge the economy back into recession. President obama flies back from hawaii tonight to be ready if the senate comes back with a plan when it returns to work tomorrow. And house leaders are huddling with members on standby to return. Senior Congressional Correspondent dana bash is following all of it for us. What are you hearing . There was a Conference Call of course members of the house leadership even, theyre back in their districts, but
Burger king and walmart employee and i long with Christian Dorsey with the Economic Policy institute. John, i want to start with you because what youre saying is very explosive, after working a number of these different jobs youre against paying 15 an hour to people who arent worth the money. Why do you say that. Well, i would say people are worth what they can earn and instead of trying to sit down and say, all right, we need to force the government to pay them more money, what we should be doing is encouraging people to build up their skills so theyre actually worth more money. I think that is better way to go. If we go out and say, all right, well wage the minimum wage and force them to pay people more money what will happen . A lot of them sadly will lose their jobs. Melissa to drill down on your argument, christian, trust me, i will let you get in here one second im sure youre chomping at the bit. You make the says at first job in walmart no chance for advancement, your district m
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