republicans a big opportunity to jump on his words. let s watch. the truth of the matter is that, as i said, we have created 4.3 million jobs over the last two 27 months. over 800,000 just this year alone. the private sector is doing fine. where we are seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local government. oftentimes, cuts initiated by governors or mayors not getting help at the time in the past for the federal government. later in the day the president back tracked. he said the economy was clearly not doing fine but it was too late. the romney camp had already punt a pair of web videos showing the president as out of touch. let s watch. we have seen layoffs, cutbacks. when it is all said and done imi m making $200 a mom. i have-been looking for a job for two years, i haven t found any. i had to file my own personal bankruptcy. i had to close my business. here i am, no health care and a slashed pension. i just lost my job recently. i
down, i m chuck todd. let s get right to my first reads of the morning. tax day is a week from tomorrow. and that means, actually, a week from today that means for the next week, we will hear about almost nothing but taxes. president obama and democrats are kicking off their most coordinated effort yet to highlight not guilty inequality. the president travels to boca raton, florida tomorrow for a speech on the buffett rule, named after billionaire investor warren buffett who has made his secretary, who he says pays more in taxes percentage-wise, than he does, a nationally known figure. the obama campaign will hold a conference call today pushing romney to explain why he opposes the rule and hold buffett rule events in other swing states on tuesday. and a week from today, on the eve of tax day, senate democrats scheduled a proceduralal vote on a stand-i alone buffett rule bit. they stay would raise at least $50 billion in revenue by raising taxes on millionaires and billiona
are kicking off their most coordinated effort yet to highlight not guilty inequality. the president travels to boca raton, florida tomorrow for a speech on the buffett rule, named after billionaire investor warren buffett who has made his secretary, who he says pays more in taxes percentage-wise, than he does, a nationally known figure. the obama campaign will hold a conference call today pushing romney to explain why he opposes the rule and hold buffett rule events in other swing states on tuesday. and a week from today, on the eve of tax day, senate democrats scheduled a proceduralal vote on a stand-i alone buffett rule bit. they stay would raise at least $50 billion in revenue by raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires. the president is making an argument for what he calls tax fairness. if these the choice that members of congress want to make, then we are going to make sure every american knows about t if you make more than $1 million annually, then you should pa
good evening. the san francisco giants are playing the dodgers at home right now. and injured fan is on everyone s mind. the attack on brian stow last month has prompted tighter security at the giants ballpark tonight. allen joins us now from the stadium with more. allen? reporter: giants dodger rivalry usually brings out pretty rowdy crowd but tonight the crowd seems a little more tame than usual. everyone seemed to be conscientious of the beefed up security after giants fan stow severely beaten last week in la. security tells us more uniform police and security officers at is what being called high profile game. before the game both teams took the field to dedicate the game to brian stow and to address any tension that might be brewing among the fan fans. i don t think i need to tell you guys about the dodger giants rivalry. it s one of the most steroid rivalry in the history of the game. pl but in honoring that lively ri and honoring the stow family we ask that you
falling down. reporter: huge earthquake hits new zealand. there today s tumble that was centered right beneath the city. it was a large earthquake that occurred right beneath the populated city and it was shallow. the depth was 3 to 5 miles. magnitude 6.3 more than enough to give a good shake. and the city of christ church has lots of mace near buildings which are quite vulnerable. so this was a disaster waiting to happen. vulnerable older city with an earthquake right below it. couldn t get any worse to tell the truth. reporter: this is the sixth large after shock to hit new zealand following the 7.1 earthquake in september. there have been no official numbers regarding injuries or deaths. only that there have been reports of multiple fatality. the mayor caiingt church said quote make no mistake, this is going to be a very black day for this shaken city. in the news room, abc 7 news. okay thanks very much. now former abc 7 news reporter noel is in new zealan zealand.