this before they head to the august recess on friday. i m john roberts in washington. this is america reports, a slimmed down version of build back better estimated, listen to this, to raise taxes on millions of americans across every income bracket, including, yes, those making under $400,000 a year. this despite president biden repeatedly claiming that it would do no such thing. one thing we are trying to get done in congress, pass legislation that won t raise taxes a single penny for anybody making less than 400 grand. you make less than 400, you will not pay a penny in taxes. make sure we pay everything without any one making under 400,000 paying taxes. sandra: rebranded as a way to reduce inflation across the country. a new study claims it will do the exact opposite and make the inflation situation even worse. john: all of this comes amid a potential crisis in asia. tensions rising with china as reports circulate that house speaker nancy pelosi could arrive in ta
afghanistan. so to honor him, she joins the marines to finish his mission. let me get you caught up on the headlines, what you might have missed while you were sleeping. first of all, president obama came home, he s back at the white house now after wrapping up a nine-day trip that took him to hawaii, australia, and indonesia. the trip was meant to promote american business and manufacturing in the region. also on capitol hill today, live picture you are seeing. work will be going on. members of the deficit supercommittee promising to keep working to get a deal done. now one member of the so-called supercommittee is openly admitting that a compromise is unlikely. a live report just a couple of minutes away. [ crowd noise ] what you re seeing here, police firing teargas into crowds of protesters in cairo s tahrir square trying to break up demonstrations. the second straight day of protests aimed at the military government that took over for former egyptian president muba