other candidates a joke. it s the donald who s the one they re really laughing at on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com and good morning. it s tuesday, december 6th. ali and christine are off today. i m alina cho along with carol costello who s well rested on this american morning. thanks for joining us. i ve had four days of sleep. so watch out. up first, what s red, white and blue and can t agree on how to save you money? congress, of course. offering a proposal to extend the pay roll tax cut before it expires at the end of the year, but republicans are not on board. without a deal, pay roll taxes will rise costing millions of americans $1,000 a year. the clock is ticking and president obama is keeping the pressure on. my message to congress is this keep your word to the american people and don t raise taxes on them right now. now s not the time to slam on the brakes. now s the time to step on the gas. now s the time to keep growing the
payroll tax break. supporters argue it will help criminals fly straight and reduce unemployment. and as california releases thousands of inmates as part of a move to help balance the state budget they say it s critical to help these people find jobs in the private sector so that they are less likely to reoffend. people are coming out of the prison system and the jail system, they ve done their time. they are not getting access to housing or employment, so we need to try to inch seven ta vies the private sector to help us in hopefully employing people. reporter: critics like victims rights advocates argue it s just wrong for the government to give felons special treatment. i think it s totally unfair for the people that have been out there obeying the law, and worked their way into a skill set where they can get the job and they are displaced because the city is paying someone else to get hired. reporter: he also worries the program will turn san francisco into a magnet for cri
where are things happening today? hong kong, share prices there up more than 5.5%. we won t be going to for a away from the story on the markets. also today, world aids today. the world is marking 30 years since hiv was discovered. leaders, researchers and activists are pushing a very big goal ending aids forever. president obama today announced a $50 million boost in funding for hiv prevention and treatment in america. and also a goal of helping 6 million people access life saving treatments worldwide. much more on this in our face time segments moments from now. 160 million americans may not have to face a tax hike next month after all. republicans in congress now seem to be on-board an extension of the payroll tax break due to expire at year s end but they still disagree with democrats and the white house on the size of that break and exactly how it will be offset. all year long anybody who draws a paycheck has seen only 4.2% taken out for social security. that s versu
could achieve at least 1.2 trillion in savings but we can t give up. the point i m making is, we were able to achieve some real progress in terms of spending proposals to reduce the size and scope of government. bill: the die is there. jon kyl of arizona the group got together to thank everyone for their hard work. just a little get together talking about what they were not able to get done from yesterday. martha: where do we go from there, right? here is another tough issue that s dividing lawmakers right now. extending the payroll tax break, okay? if lawmakers don t act on that american workers will see their taxes go up in january because they have been getting a break on the payroll tax. that will instantly pop up in your paycheck in january. some lawmakers argue an extension of the benefit that s been given could cost the treasury more than $100 billion and cause our debt to increase even more. senate majority leader harry reid says he has a solution for that. he believes milliona
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