i m erin burnett, outfront tonight. the group of 12 taxed with axing $1.2 trillion from america s deficit. last night, we brought you what was frankly a breakthrough. the architect of the plan told us he would support an increase on tax revenues on some of the wealthiest americans. today the top democrat said toomey s plan didn t go far enough. we came to the table to begin with and every day have said that for us it s extremely important. this whatever we end up with at the end of the day is balanced and fair and has real revenue on the table. we still haven t seen from the democrats is a plan that deals with our structural debt crisis that actually solves the problem. this bickering is pretty sad because $1.2 trillion is not very much and it means this issue is going to come back really soon again. so can the super committee step it up? they have 13 days to be super heros and not thieves. tonight go go to the front lines with our strike team. that s the group of 2
continually used over the course of the next months as the primary season unfolds. on that point, luke, what are republicans offering? what is their plan? reporter: well, the republicans would tell you in regards to the president, martin, is that it s an abdication of leadership. i ve heard that a lot in terms of his my way or the highway approach. abdication of leadership? he s constructed a bill. he s prepared to fund the bill. what else is he supposed to do? reporter: what they would say is that bill is one-sided and not enough to agree with. that s not absence of leadership. reporter: that s their talking point being repeated throughout. that s the media operation. that s how they roll. republicans are well-disciplined. they get a line, they repeat it. everyone stays on message. what do you have in the united states senate. you had chuck schumer, his family is making $250,000, $300,000, we re not rich.
not to waste their time on a symbolic vote due to happen very soon. i m woft blitzer here in the situation room. rupert murdoch says this is the most humble day of his life. a titan of news business, he was called on the carpet before the british parliament today over the phone hacking scandal that shocked and afalled the world. along with a son and former chief executive, murdoch was hammered with questions about alleged crimes that brought down his popular tabloid, the news of the world. we felt ashamed of what had happened and wanted to bring it to a close. people lied to you and lied to their readers. we had broken our trust with our readers. it was rivetting, rivetting with the hours before these members of parliament. the headlines richard on what we learned. rupert murdoch said and admitted, this was the most humble day of his life. he was ashamed, as you just heard. but he also learned that they don t take responsibility for what took place. he said they
virginia gain nor who is investigating the situation. some of the same soros funded media operations were the ones that attacked breitbarted in the weiner deal, in the weiner gate affair. and soros is punching big money into those things. give us the headline. well, the headline is that george soros has spent more than $48 million influencing media, buying into all sorts of different media outl ts. it s working. he has got the influence. has he got connections to the top media outlets in the country. more than 30 major media outlettle in the country. some of the top journalists. talking about jill abrahamsome executive director of new york times. downing editor of post. christian amman. bill: let s take them one by one. what the is most important media operation in your opinion that soros funds? i would say that s probably
virginia gain nor who is investigating the situation. some of the same soros funded media operations were the ones that attacked breitbarted in the weiner deal, in the weiner gate affair. and soros is punching big money into those things. give us the headline. well, the headline is that george soros has spent more than $48 million influencing media, buying into all sorts of different media outl ts. it s working. he has got the influence. has he got connections to the top media outlets in the country. more than 30 major media outlettle in the country. some of the top journalists. talking about jill abrahamsome executive director of new york times. downing editor of post. christian amman. bill: let s take them one by one. what the is most important media operation in your opinion that soros funds? i would say that s probably