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happy friday, everybody. happy friday. friday. weekend upon us. it s all good. mother s day weekend upon us. i know, it will be a good weekend for everybody. okay, we begin this half-hour with the sailboat disaster. it happened in san francisco bay. the search for answers, why, into why a multimillion dollar, 72-foot catamaran capsized just beginning. what we know for certain is that the accident cost one sailor his life. abc s brandi hitt joins us. good morning, brandi. good morning, john, diana. andrew simpson, a highly experienced gold medal sailor. when the boat capsized he was trapped underwater. this is what is left of the artemis racing boat. after a deadly accident in the san francisco bay. the swedish yacht and 12 man crew were practicing for the upcoming america s cup when it capsized killing 36-year-old crew member andrew bart simpson.
you re in the cnn newsroom. i m don lemon. we begin with this tonight. president obama has wanted tax increases to help the economy all along, but republicans resisted. now mr. obama is going back tat to help pay for his new jobs plan. and come monday morning, you are going to be hearing all about it when he announces details of the so-called buffett rule, named after one of the richest men in the world, warren buffett. it s a tax on millionaires to make sure they don t pay a smaller percentage than the nation s middle class. as our chief political correspondent candy crowley reports, there s already an uproar in washington. reporter: the president s plan to pay for his jobs program includes the idea of a millionaire minimum tax rate. at least as high as middle class rates. the administration calls it the buffett rule for billionaire investor warren buffett. i have a lower tax rate, counting payroll taxes, than anybody in my office. reporter: it s a catchy moniker des