jobs. and it is now cheaper to buy a home than ever before. time to play reporter roulette on this thursday. dan lothian, let s begin with you there at the white house. dan, we listen to the president this morning answering many questions and not only did he take on republicans, he s taking on, again, millionaires. reporter: that s right. what we are talking about here is that surtax to pay for the president s jobs bill which senate democrats are pushing 5.6% on those making over a million dollars. we did not see or hear a full-throated endorsement of this from the president. in fact, though, what he said was that he was comfortable in that he thought that this approach from senate democrats was fine. the president supporting this as a means of paying for this jobs bill which, of course, that s been the big issue. how to pay for all of this. president obama, though will congress do something? if congress does something, then i can t run against a do-nothing congress.