nomination. mitt romney is still in front. newt gingrich has 38. rick santorum has 34 and ron paul, you see it there, has 20. dozens of syrians are reported dead today in a city under siege from its own government. this is homs, where anti-government activists say mortar fires from unseen attackers is almost constant. one says we cannot count the dead any more. i ll have more on this 11 will have month conflict and the choices facing washington in the west in our next segment moments from now. the white house is and congress are all too eager to support u.s. troops, but at the same time, the u.s. government might be able to further limit their legal rights. for more than 60 years, federal law has essentially barred military service members from suing the u.s. because of medical mass practice because of an injury or death on active duty. but government lawyers are trying to expand that, arguing the u.s. should be protected from malpractice lawsuits involving military famil
we have now, yesterday we were thinking there wasn t going to be a referendum. now the greek finance minister has told the eu there will be no referendum. but as you alluded to, within about six hours or so there is going to be the final step in a confidence vote on the greek in the greek parliament. the prime minister, george papandreou, who s really behind all the drama this week, only has a two-seat lead in parliament. so it remains to be seen what s going to happen in greece. but randi, greece is a tiny country in the grand scheme of things. it is the 32nd biggest country in the world in terms of its economy. t italy is a much bigger country and italy right now is in the focus because right now lenders from around the world, whether they re banks or governments, are looking at europe and saying is this a stable organization? are these 17 countries that use the euro trustworthy that they ll pay their debts? after what we saw with greece they are starting to look at italy
expected to roll out a plan to cut spending by $2.7 trillion while raising the debt by 274 trillion. reid s plan would not include tax increases which republicans refuse to consider nor would it touch entitlements. my colleague, dan lothian is watching it all from his post at the white house. dan, what is the president s position first on raising the debt in installments? reporter: he want it is to go through 2012 and there is a sense at the white house and treasury department in particular even if you had some sort of short-term fix that raises the debt ceiling through the rest of this year, that it still may not be enough to cam the jilters of the financial markets, still may not be enough to security aaa credit rating that the u.s. currently has. tt markets, still may not be enough to security aaa credit rating that the u.s. currently has. that is the first concern. secondly, it has been so difficult to get a deal now the white house points out how much more difficult wi