will supposedly be paid for by closing loopholes and eliminating wasteful deductions. but the republicans refuse to list a single tax loophole they are willing to close. not one. and by the way, there is no way to get even close to $4.6 trillion in savings without dramatically reducing all kinds of tax breaks that go to middle class families. tax breaks for health care, tax breaks for retirement, tax breaks for homeownership. meanwhile these proposed tax breaks would come on top of more than a trillion dollars in tax giveaways for people making more than $250,000 a year. that s an average of at least $150,000 for every millionaire in this country. $150,000. let s step back for a second and look at what $150,000 pays for. a year s worth of prescription drug coverage for a seniors citizen. plus a new school computer lab, plus a year of medical care for a returning veteran, plus a medical research grant for a chronic disease, plus, a year s salary for a firefighter or a police o
also, wow, two more contests within a fortnight. are you kidding? they are heading to florida. it s getting ugly. romney is calling gingrich a failed leader. but why? the mayor of the island where the cruise ship capsized is warning of an ecological time bomb. there may have been more passengers than originally thought that weren t on the roster. head s up football fans, super bowl sequel, giants and patriots meet again at this year s super bowl. we ll begin this hour with powerful and very dangerous weather sweeping across the southeast this morning. and if you didn t see pictures, here is what it looked like in arkansas, listen closely. the sound of really intense wind and rain in the dark, someone had the forethought to get pictures. a hot lot of people were sleepi multiple tornadoes r from illinois to alabama. reports of widespread damage, luckily no deaths. thousands waking up without power, indiana, kentucky, tennessee, mississippi, alabama all in harm s way rig
here we go. kathy? which way? the tornado, i have a tornado signature on radar, tracking the rain. shep, i m looking. shepard: we are standing by, he has radar and all kinds of equipment in the vehicle. he knows exa(u&y where this is? yes, i have radar and yes, i have a i m looking at signature, i have got a lot of flashes west of me. and here is another one here. i m going to pop up here, i will look due west, and about a half mile, there it is. on the right side of the screen, that flash. got another power flash. drop the insert please, it s on the right side of the screen. another power flash. what is a panel flash? in the middle of the screen. it s a i will turn off the winds shield wipers, power