a witness claims to have seen the actual shooting. let s go outfront. well, good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. out front tonight superfailed take two. the house of representatives passes paul ryan s 2013 budget plan. i applaud my colleagues for the tough decisions they have made to try to do the right thing for the country. the problem is we already know how this story will end. zero democrats voted for this budget which means it s dead on arrival in the senate. democrats say it ends medicare as we know it. as for the president s budget, it s a no-go too. according to republicans, it s a campaign document that raises taxes and doesn t rein in spending. here s the bottom line. america hasn t had a budget in 1,065 days. both sides say this is a tragedy but instead of compromising or embracing the bipartisan revenue raising and the blueprint of the gang of six or the simpson-bowles commission, both sides put their own budgets out knowing full well they won t pass.
we ought to go ahead and make sure that for people in their 20s and 30s there will be social security. there s a series of ideas that were laid out in the simps simpson/bowls plan. we need to get their social security guaranteed. i think there s a way we can find common ground but recognize everything has been taos to be table. we have to deal with defense and discretionary spending. we have the makings of a grand bargain. if we can start with that bipartisan basis, i believe we ll get it done and surprise the pundits. how much would you proposal cutting out of the defense budget? we have proposals that have outlined within the deficit commission a series of numbers that go beyond what s talking about now. that s one of the challenges. paul ryan s budget, a serious budget but he leaves revenues