Two negotiators to talk with lawmakers today about possible spending cuts. Hes also getting ready to take his fiscal cliff message on the road. Hell try to convince the American People the best way to avoid the fiscal cliff is to extend the bush era tax cuts for the middle class. Its too important for washington to screw this up. Reporter president obama is putting pressure on Congressional Republicans and hes enlisting middle class americans in getting the gop to take action on taxes. When the American People speak loudly enough, lo and behold congress listens. Reporter tomorrow hell host a Campaign Style event where he calls on lawmakers to extend the tax rates on families making less than 250,000 a year. Once thats done they can work on other details such as spending cuts and changes to the tax code, medicare and medicaid. Hes out there campaigning for his position. I get it. We understand it. At the end of the day he has to lead on this issue. Reporter some republican lawmakers hav
Courthouse for us in new orleans tonight. Mark. Mark. Reporter scott, this prosecution moves away from the b. P. Spills environmental and economic impacts. Instead, its the preventable deaths of 11 people. Bob kaluza oversaw safety for b. P. Aboard the deepwater horizon when the rig exploded. I did not cause this tragedy. I am innocent. And i put my trust, reputation, and future in the hands of the judge and the jury. Reporter donald vidrine, another b. P. Senior supervisor aboard the rig, also pleaded not guilty. They were in charge of a test that indicated a combustible gas had seeped into well. The indictment alleges kaluza and vadrine didnt call engineers on shore to discuss the abnormal readings as required. Instead, they allowed work on the well to go on. Hours later, volatile gas came up the well and exploded. Im angry that the two middle management guys are going to take the fall. Reporter stephen stone, a worker on the deepwater horizon, escaped on a life boat. Hes haunted by
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