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Sequester. those automatic spending cuts that are supposed to hit the economy this year or this upcoming year. there are democrats that have issue. senate democrats have not signed off on this framework yet. with that, vice president joe biden is scheduled to come to the hill to talk to senate democrats. he negotiated this deal with mitch mcconnell. still there are senate democrats some of them who say this tax plan favors the rich. if we re going to have some kind of a deal, the deal must be one that really does favor the middle class. the real middle class. those that are making 30, 50, $70,000 a year. that s the real middle class newark. america. as i see this thing developing, quite frankly, as i have said before, no deal is better than a bad deal and this looks like a very bad deal the way this is shaping up. some other senate democrats we have spoken to here on capitol hill say, look, it s not everything we wanted but it s a good enough compromise we should move forward wit ....
The hastert rule, the majority of the majority, something that speaker said he would stick to. a final question, could the house of representatives, or would the house is decided to vote if there were no spending cuts on the table if the sequestration was involved? bret: that is the biggest sticking point. i do. now the republicans are saying they want to have that fight on the other side. they want to have that fight with the debt ceiling as the back drop. but some republicans on capitol hill say, we heard this in the reagan years, do the taxes now and we will do the spending cuts later and it does not happen. there is skepticism. a lot of details all overtime place. thank you so much for joining us. we have senator john mccain weighing in for us next. keep it here. this is america. ....
Changed the talking points? the c.i.a. guy said yep, i did. well, they called about 4:00 o clock in the afternoon and the c.i.a. told capitol hill, you know what, it turns out the c.i.a. changed the talking points, but we can t tell you why because, well, we can t tell you why. brian: we had the director of the c.i.a. two weeks ago on capitol hill say, i don t know who changed it. i don t care what the acting director says now, but the guy in charge said he didn t change it. for the acting director to blame the f.b.i. and then take ultimate responsibility is like james clapper, you can not take ultimate responsibility because you denied even knowing anything. you can t change your story. steve: it gets worse. gretchen: here is the thing, the more confusing it gets, is it true that the more the american public tunes out? brian: no. gretchen: or the more they tune in? that s my question today. because if the theory is that they re just trying to muddy the waters and throw aroun ....
They are all very anxious to get this done. they could do it themselves. they need our help in intelligence and some of the other areas. well, their role won t be combat, at least initially, unless they are attacked and they need to respond in self-defense. but 100 u.s. special forces will be on the ground, some of them are already in central africa. that comes today in an effort to help african forces go after the lords resistance army. this is a group and their leader, joseph kony, who the administration says and many lawmakers on capitol hill say, they have been murdering and raping villages throughout central africa, for some 20 years. a letter went up to congress from the white house today, from the president, saying this for more than 2 decades, the lords resistance army, lra, has murdered, raped and kidnapped tens of thousands of women, and children in central africa. ....
Would not issue a statement of administration policy based on an outline. what he does wholly support is the approach that they ve taken. reporter: that does open the white house and president obama up for some criticism because some republicans on capitol hill say, mr. president, where are you on specifics? what will you do about the precise range in terms of the tax code if they reduce the tax code to, say, 29% max, what else is in there? and so the white house is not wanting to put it cards on the table at least for public consumption at this point. perhaps behind closed doors at a meeting later this hour they will, martha. martha: yeah. it seems like there s always a point where they have plenty of time, and then they get closer and closer, and they say, oh, we don t have the time to accomplish the big thing they d like to accomplish, so if they can t get this done by august 2nd, are we going to another plan b, mike? how s that looking? is. reporter: yeah, the president had pho ....