american people and don t raise tax on them right now. now is not the time to slam on the brakes. now is the time to step on the gas. now is the time to keep growing the economy, to keep creating jobs, to keep giving working americans the boost that they need. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin with more on the president s bush. you don t add an event unless you see moment dlul. reporter: they want to beat that drum every day. they see this as a win for the president. the pay roll tax cut issue. on the merits and the politics. on the specifics, the president s argument is that if republicans don t stepped the cut, tax increase on regular americans, $1,000 more they ll see taken out have their paychecks. and then therefore, it is inconsistent with the republicans pledge not to raise taxes. the white house believes it would be hurtful politically for republicans and democrats if people s taxes go up next year. and so on the politics of it, it is a win-win fo
millionaires to pay for it. republicans say they could live with extending the current rate, but only if spending cuts offset it. last night in the senate both parties plans were voted down so there is work to be done before the end of the year. in california, powerful winds are still in the forecast for parts of southern california. nothing like the winds that did this though. did you see this damage? gusts topping 140 miles an hour were measure in the mountains outside los angeles at 140 miles an hour. that equals a category 4 hurricane. also you can imagine power lines were just no match for some of this. a lot of people, tens of thousands of them, are without power still today. also honda has expanded a previously announced recall to nearly 900,000 vehicles. the problem is potentially dangerous air bags. the global recall affects several cars in the line-up the accord, civic, odyssey, crv, pilot as well, models 2001 to 2003. most of the cars tartgeted are n the new
unwashington. the reason, a tax cut america might be about to lose. over the past year you have probably had $1,000 extra. thanks to the payroll tax cut. you will save at least that much next year, if democrats and republicans extend it. two bills are up for vote to do just that. the democrat bill taxes millionaires to pay for the extension. the republican one freezes federal pay and cuts millionaires off from some benefits like unemployment. both bills will likely fail. because surprise, surprise, the parties haven t compromised. now congress has 30 days to pass the payroll tax extension. if they don t. people with a salary of $35,000 will pay $700 more in taxes next year. if you make $50,000 you pay $1,000 more. $75,000 in salary, $1,500 more. get how this works. on and on. economists warn that if it is not extended the u.s. could tip back into a recession. the bottom line is this, american people want it. the economy needs it. and the two major parties agree on it. so, why
we re reassessing, re-evaluating. reporter: you are staying in the race? we re re-evaluating and reassessing. reporter: how soon should we have an answer? we ll be making a decision in the next several days. reporter: late today, cain appeared on fox news. he routinely refuses to come on this program. we asked again today and his campaign said he was unavailable all week. somehow he did find time to sit down with fox. reporter: so i don t want to overbelabor this in you answering these questions directly. but on ginger white. she s known you 13 years. you say a friendship. why would she say out of the blue, he s not fit to be president? neil, i have no idea unless the people who i believe are putting her up to this, maybe that was one of the lines she was supposed to use. i have no idea. wheth whether asked who put her up to it, take a look. we have no idea who it is. but i just happen to know that the reason that i was trying to help her as a friend finan
he told espn the abuse started in 1994 when he was 12 and continued for more than a decade. he waited until 2002 to phone syracuse city police who told him they couldn t pursue charges because the statute of limitations had expired. the city s police chief admits they could have done a better job. he said that in 2002 that the procedures which are in effect today were not in effect back then, the procedures that would mean an allegation would be logged into a computer database. back then they did next to nothing. not only did they not pursue charges. they never started an investigation or filed a report. no paperwork at all. the question is that unusual? the nypd tells suzanne candiotti that its own investigators are required to document any and all interview with alleged victims. one reason sex abuser rarely stop at one victim. if the allegations against bernie fine are true and right now that is a very big if he hasn t been charged with anything gettettyet, but i accu