Welcome to newsroom international. Im suzanne malveaux. We begin with breaking news. Former president george h. W. Bush is at Methodist Hospital in houston after being treated for bronchitis. That is according to a family spokesman, jim mcgrath. President bush, who is 88 years old, has been at the hospital for six days now. He has been cured of his bronchitis, but mcgrath says he is still in the hospital because of a lingering cough. Were going to bring you more details as we get them. To todays big meeting at the white house. We dont know whats on the menu when president obama, mitt romney meet for lunch today. Thats right. The president is hosting his former rival about 30 minutes or so from now. It is a promise the president made during a victory speech on Election Night. Listen. Its only because we love this country deeply. We care so strongly about its future. In the weeks ahead i also look forward to sitting down with governor romney to talk about where we can Work Together to mo
Perform an abortion. Lets go outfront. Good evening. Im erin burnett. Details just coming in. Jessica yellin, our chief White House Correspondent has them. What have you learned about what geithner listed out what the numbers and put on the table . He put out a number of 1. 6 trillion in new taxes. That was, according to republican officials, a surprise. They expected a much smaller number and that has republicans crying foul. Additional spending on medicare to pay doctors, protecting middle income americans from a tax hike. 50 billion in stimulus. And in return 400 billion in medicare and other savings next year and an agreed mechanism for allowing a vote on a debt ceiling increase republicans are not at all pleased with this, publicly crying foul. The white house has said that they have signed into law 1 trillion into tax cuts next year and will rg to compromise on more. Bottom line, most sides seem more dug in than they did before, erin. Certainly a day that was pretty grim on that
Reporter hi, wolf. According to senior officials on both sides of the aisle, the president is asking for 1. 6 trillion in new taxes. That includes raising taxes for families who make 250,000 or more. Youll recognize that as a pledge from his campaign. And it also includes limiting deductions and loopholes as well as other changes to Capital Gains and dividends taxes. Well, that is the headline for republicans, wolf, who say it is far more money in tax rates than they ever expected to hear from the white house in any offer. Moving on to some other aspects of the proposal, secretary geithner on capitol hill also outlined in this plan an intention to extend unemployment insurance, 50 billion in stimulus for next year, and creating some kind of permanent mechanism to extend the debt limit so we dont repeat a crisis like last summer. Now, what would they get in return . What would the white house give . The proposal is they would offer 400 billion in medicare and other entitlement savings b
The womans husband makes a major announcement today. Lets go outfront. We have breaking news. New details on the fiscal cliff deal that Timothy Geithner put on the table today during his meeting with congressional leaders on the hill. These details just coming in. Jessica yellin has that and what have you learned about what geithner took you know, listed out with the numbers and put on the table . Hey, erin, here are some of the details im getting from senior officials on both sides. The headline is that he put out a number of 1. 6 trillion in new taxes. That was at according to republican officials, a surprise. They expected a much smaller number and that has some republicans crying foul. He proposes extending unemployment insurance. Continuing the dock fix. Thats approving additional spending on medicare to pay doctors. The amt patch protecting middle income americans. 50 billion in stimulus next year and in return, the administration would offer 400 billion in additional medicare an
Remarks. Shortly this is going to happen in pennsylvania. Well bring it to you live when it happens. And protesters flocking back to Cairos Tahrir square. The anger about the president s power grab is intensifying after a mostly Islamic Assembly rushed to pass a draft constitution early this morning. The documents will be presented tomorrow to president Mohammed Morsi for his signature. Reza sayah is overlooking tahrir square. We understand they are planning what they are calling a million man demonstration that has been called. Give us a sense why are people still protest and what do we expect in the next 24 hours, the days to come . Reporter well, theyre protesting because theyre angry with president morsi, his dekoreas and how the drafting of this constitution has unfolded, and there doesnt soop seem to be an end to the protest. Theyre back here in big numbers. Tens of thousands of them here in tahrir square. Were going to show you what it looks like at this hour. I think one of the