safety net, social security, medicare and medicaid. in other words the white house doesn t like it but the house will vote on it tomorrow, shep? shepard: the white house and congressional leaders say they do agree that they have to do something. i mean, at least they can agree that they have to do something. that s right. the leaders all agree but there is some concern about the rank and file members. yesterday at the white house, speaker john boehner, majority leader eric cantor were meeting private whether i chief of staff bill daily here at the white house when the president stopped by, according to sources, invited them into the oval office for 10 minutes or so. everyone is being pretty tight lipped about what they discussed but it does not sound like there was a major break through. meanwhile senate republican leader mitch mcconnell sounds like he is losing hope that a big deal could be struck. republicans are trying to persuade the president of the need for a course corre
gear can be replaced but, shep, people cannot be. so they are thankful. accept shep wow, i bet. thank you, sir. a set of quadruplets in pennsylvania joining the army national guard together. shipping out this week. 18 years old. pollock kids. they have always done everything together. even though they are enlisting at the same time, they are now splitting up as they start their training. family. actually really sad that she is leaving. i will miss her. i won t see her for nine months. all of us aren t used to that because we have all been together since the beginning. as a mother, i m so closed to all four. it s harder it s harder for me to see them leave the house. shepard: wow. they tell us they all have their own reasons for enlisting. one sister says she has always enjoyed studying histories and wars. one brother says he hopes his military experience will help him become a police officer some
pardon me, from minneapolis to terrorism charges for recruiting americans to al shabaab in somalia. this week a young man goes on trial in arkansas for his links to al qaeda yemen for what is said to be a terrorist attack in that state, shep. shepard: wow, catherine herridge in d.c. tonight. cat, thanks. on sis groups push for new leadership but meet new protests. as we go around the world in 30 seconds. yemen. [chanting] demonstrates in the capital city complaining a newly formed transitional council doesn t represent all the opposition. yemen s embattled president has repeatedly backed out of agreements to step down. he is still in saudi arainia, said to be recovering from an assassination attempt last month. mexico, heavy rains triggering heavy mud slides across the southern state. at least two people said to be dead, tens of thousands more homeless.
path to balance and economic growth. there was some talk at the white house several weeks ago that a deal needed to be struck by this friday. now jay carney says it s not a hard deadline so, get ready for weekend talks, shep? shepard: oh goody. mike emanuel at the white house. hope they don t make you work. one republican pushing for even bigger spending cuts. $9 trillion worth of saving over 10 years. trillions. remember when a billion was a big number. oklahoma senator tom coburn says he would slash a trillion dollars from the pentagon budget plus another 2 trillion from other domestic programs and save another trillion by changing the tax code but you know he would not raise taxes. no. instead, he would end tax breaks like mortgage deductions for the most expensive homes and all vacation homes. senator coburn says the changes could actually lead to lower tax rates. the fact is doing nothing is a tax increase. a benefit cut for seniors and the poor and the betrayal of our
assassinated by the taliban, just days after harmid karzai s own brother was killed by his body guard, shep. shepard: yet, nato is transitioning one of the key provinces to the afghan military. ironies of irony. the province where the taliban, back in march of 2001, brought down those huge buddha structures saying that they were idols. it was deemed quiet enough to be handed over to the afghan security forces. it is one of seven provinces slated to be handed back to the afghans this summer, shep. the job is most certainly not done. al qaeda operatives still plan across the border in pakistan. the taliban still try to regain lost ground. still intimidate and still assassinate. these attacks on karzai s inner circle are, we re told, likely to get worse as u.s. troops again coming home and through the transition in 2014,