pursuit of nuclear weapons. the supreme leader of iran told the country prepare to address the sanctions. he added i pray for you. the treatment of the inspector shows it has not changed its behavior. jennifer griffin, thank you. a christian pastor in iran has reportedly been sentenced to death for converting from islam. supporters fear he could be executed at any time. members of congress, secretary of state hillary clinton and leaders in several western nations called for his relief. the wife of former british prime minister denn tony blair s suing rupert murdock s corporation over phone hacking. sherry blair is one of the highest profile people to take action over the scandal. apparently you don t have to be a good neighbor to be a member of congress.
about how they changed the tax laws. i m going to lower rates across the board for all americans by 20%. all right? [ applause ] reporter: romney argued lower tax rates give people more money to spend but also helped small businesses, which create most of the new jobs and often pay taxes at the individual rate. do you know how many people in america work in companies that are taxed at the individual rate, not corporate rate? how about 65%. reporter: president obama would end the tax cut for families making more than $250,000 a year, which celtics argue would hit some small businesses. romney took care to say his reforms would not increase the deficit that he would pay for lower rates reducing deductions claimed by wealthier americans among other things. later this week, romney will propose reducing the corporate tax rate from 35 to 25%. the obama administration unveiled a similar proposal today. just yesterday the white house said the tax plan wouldn t be announced fo
laws. i m going to lower rates across the board for all americans by 20%. all right? [ applause ] reporter: romney argued lower tax rates give people more money to spend but also helped small businesses, which create most of the new jobs and often pay taxes at the individual rate. do you know how many people in america work in companies that are taxed at the individual rate, not corporate rate? how about 65%. reporter: president obama would end the tax cut for families making more than $250,000 a year, which celtics argue would hit some small businesses. romney took care to say his reforms would not increase the deficit that he would pay for lower rates reducing deductions claimed by wealthier americans among other things. later this week, romney will propose reducing the corporate tax rate from 35 to 25%. the obama administration unveiled a similar proposal today. just yesterday the white house said the tax plan wouldn t be announced for some time. then the announcem
don t think it would go down very well. reporter: no rats at the moment, but we have asked the pressing political question of the day is downing street going to get its own cats? the answer was no, but then a quick u-turn and they are now looking at the possibility. it won t be cameron s cats, it will be the downing street cat we re told, if they can work out who should look after it. downing street had humphrey, sherry blair had to pose with him to prove she hadn t forced him out. perhaps david cameron and nick klegg can in the spirit of the times manage a capture. just to be clear, these are not boontown rats, while we are just out of a recession. and they re not as a labor m.p. equipped fleeing a sinking ship. guarding the door, com. on. time for a first look at entertainment news. oprah winfrey s long-rumored secret was finally revealed on her program monday. what she called the miracle of all miracles, win free
ms. we begin this morning with united we stand. president obama will deliver his state of the union address tonight where he hopes the theme of unity and a focus on creating jobs will hit home with congress and the nation. nbc s tracie potts joins us from washington with more. good morning. reporter: hi, lynn. good morning. the white house tells us this is a speech that will focus in the short term on jobs and in the medium and long term on innovation and competition, making america more competitive. president obama perhaps even talking about expanding some programs. he told military families yesterday that he wants to expand government support. that is not what republicans here on capitol hill want to hear. they, in fact, earlier today before that speech will take a vote to cut about 10% out of the federal budget. some areas will be cut even more like education. democrats say how much are you planning to cut? they need a number. $60 billion, $100 billion? those numbers h