republicans won t get out of the way, just a little reminder, joe, the republicans have put budget after budget through the house of representatives, and they ve sent it over to the senate where you used to be a member, remember that? but your majority leader, harry contrary reid will not let a budget get on the senate floor not since 2009. when you say the government can get us out of the housing issue and it won t cost us a penny? somehow i just don t think there are many americans who believe that, but gosh, we enjoy hearing from you. now, here is one from president obama, his weekly radio address. we ve extended the life of medicare by almost a decade. and i propose reforms that will save medicare money by getting rid of wasteful spending in the health care system and reining in insurance companies, reforms that won t touch your guaranteed medicare benefits, not by a single dime.
governor paul la page. and records smashed from the midwest to the east coast. and now a new record. this past year has been the warmest ever for america. so turn up the ac, grab a cold drunk. cnn newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. thank you so much for joining us. i m carol costello. right now, president obama is just about to head to the heartland. he is visiting the battle ground state of iowa and reaching out to middle class voters. that s who would most benefit from his plan to extend the bush era tax cuts. here s what s going to change. basically if we don t do anything, everybody s taxes go up at the end of this year. now, understand what i m proposing is 98% of america, 98% of american families, won t see their taxes go up according to my plaque. plan. the only folks who would see their taxes go up would be the top 2%, folks like me who don t need those tax breaks, are doing just fine without them. republicans will seize the spotlight first in
their plan to overcome poverty because they say times have changed and survival isn t just about them any more. george howell, cnn, atlanta. american hikers josh fattal and shawn bower are returning to the united states tonight. they were locked up in iran for two years on charges that they were spies. since wednesday they have been free in oman where they made their first public statement just a short time ago. cnn goes to oman. mohamed, what did they say? reporter: well, it was just a short while ago, a press conference here at the vip lounge at the air temperature. shawn bower spoke first. he said getting off the plane that brought us here three days ago was is most incredible experience of our lives. we ll never forget seeing our loved ones. they went on to thank the leader of man for his work to secure their release. josh fattal spoke right after that. gave another short statement. said just hours after we left prison we were able to swim in the calm waters of the gu
clayton: this is a very important weekend morning. president obama urging compromise in the weekly radio address. congressional democrats and republicans continue to squabble over a plan to avoid default. and now live in washington with the latest. the senate will go back to work at 1:00 o clock p.m. if a deal is made in time our they wering is it will be today. if there is a compromise in the senate, for procedural reasons the harry reid would kill his own debt bill and bring back the boehner bill to the floor. he will use that as a vehicle to scrape together as much republican support as possible. and harry reid is expected to gut that boehner bill, but senior aides tell fox they think the fact he is considering the boehner bill means they will like the terms of the compromise he will offer and senator kyl
clayton: this is a very important weekend morning. president obama urging compromise in the weekly radio address. congressional democrats and republicans continue to squabble over a plan to avoid default. and now live in washington with the latest. the senate will go back to work at 1:00 o clock p.m. if a deal is made in time our they wering is it will be today. if there is a compromise in the senate, for procedural reasons the harry reid would kill his own debt bill and bring back the boehner bill to the floor. he will use that as a vehicle to scrape together as much republican support as possible. and harry reid is expected to gut that boehner bill, but senior aides tell fox they think the fact he is considering the boehner bill means they will