about this for years and under the president s plan anyone making more than $1 million a year would paper the same percentage of taxes at the middle class. boy, it does not sit well with republicans. when you pick one area of the economy and say we re going to tax those people, because most people are not those people, that s class warfare. warren buffett has been honest and others i know who have haven t fortunate in life and wealthy say, for goodness sake, raise my taxes if that s going to help this economy move forward. brianna keilar is on the phone in washington with more details of the president s plan. depending on your perspective it s class warfare or sharing the burden. reporter: that s right. you re going to hear a lot more of that playing out today after the president unveils his plan in the rose garden at 10:30 a.m. let s look overall as what it is. it would save, according to the white house, $3 trillion over ten years bp twice what this super committee
libya are reporting advances. rebel forces are celebrating the capture of a major oil port. opposition troops are pushing west towards qadhafi s hometown in the west pro-domestic violence troops launching a new attack close to tripoli. dozens have in today s fighting. could a man living in a peaceful connecticut neighborhood be the east coast rapist? marshals believe they have dna evidence linking aaron thomas to a string of reaps spanning over 12 years. thomas was arrested yesterday. nfl players and owner are taking the weekend off from collective bargaining negotiations. both sighs decided to extend their current agreement both sides decided to extend their current agreement until next friday. major details, including rookie wage scale, benefits for former players and adding two games to the regular season. those are some of our stories making news right now.
methods to nab the suspect. tell us. yes, digital technology, in fact. digital media is what led police finally, 12 years after this alleged rapist started victimizing women, it was all thanks to these billboards, they were electronic billboards and a web site and the westbound wb s eastcoastrapist.com, for people to go on and track him down and the billboards were put up in all the states where attacks occur, virginia, connecticut, maryland, rhode island and neighboring states that he had web site, eastcoastrapist.com is what essentially led this tipster to police. after the billboards were out there, a tipster, who was a neighbor of the guy, in new haven, connecticut, 39-year-old aaron thomas, called police, police detectives secretly went to his home, and, they picked up cigarette butts from his house and did a dna test and he was
dna was a match. thomas is believed responsible for rapes and other attacks on 17 women since 1997. he s been working as a trucker and taken into custody in connecticut by a multi-tate task force, formed to bring him in. multi-state task force, formed to bring him in. investigators worked tirelessly on this case this was a joint collaboration on all levels. we are proud of our investigation and hope the arrest of aaronç thomas brings some closure to our victims in our communities. billboards featuring sketches of the suspect are been running in virginia, connecticut, maryland, rhode island and neighboring states. police set up a website describing him as a cold and fearless predator who carefully watched his victims and then used a gun, knife, broken bottle or a screwdriver to over power them.