expected to take place sometime this week. 60 votes are needed to overcome republican efforts to block the measure. here s athena jones with more on jobs bill and earth whether it ever pass. reporter: putting americans back to work is president obama s priority. say we can grow the economy as much as 2%, and as many as 1.9 million workers. reporter: he s been pushing the plan everywhere. at a press conference last week, on the road, on facebook and twitter, and in his weekly address. this is not the time for the usual games or political gridlock in washington. reporter: the bill would cut payroll taxes, extend unemployment benefits, give tax credits for hiring veterans or the long-term unemployed and provide money to keep public workers on the job and invest in rebuilding schools and road and paid for with a 5.6% tax on income over $1 million starting in 2013. the political stakes for mr. obama are high. no president since franklin roosevelt has bun re-elected with
coptic hospital where more than a dozen bodies, people killed in these demonstrations. there was a lot of anger against the military leaders of egypt, people accusing them of working with muslim fanatics against the christian minority, minority that makes up about 9% of the population. what we also saw were muslims coming to console the families of people who had lost victims in this fighting. so there is an attempt on sort of a personal street level by people to narrow this widening sectarian divide. but there s a feeling that the government is unwilling or incapable of really bringing the streets under control. i mean, i have to do this live shot right now with the windows closed because just a little while ago a rock was thrown through our window by young men in the street who i m told are actually working for the egyptian police. so the situation is not chaotic but it s becoming very tenuous at the moment. most violence i know you all have seen on cairo streets since th