than they did in 2009. biggest mistake they made is when they refused to come out in support of the demonstrators two years ago. reporter: tomorrow s protests in tehran are being promoted online but we have to see if the internet plays a big role as did it in egypt. gregg: turning to your health, there are new concerns over dangers. americans getting exposed to medical radiation. it can diagnosis patients but too much radiation can increase the risk of cancer. casey stegall is thrive in our l.a. bureau with more. how much is too much? two-thirds of americans have received this type of testing, first of all and this may surprise a lot of people. doctors really do not know the full side effects of this medical radiation thasm the is
gregg: let s shifted to the focus of security here at home. in particular, scott, border security. we asked people what would happen, would it be safer assignation if you cut the military budget and use some of those savings to secure the border. 48% said the nation would be safer. only 9% think those military budget cuts will make us less safe. republicans are a little more enthusiastic than democrats and democrats tend we would be safer. part of a larger question about security profile, half of us would like to pull troops out of western europe and japan. heather: speaking of the budget, president obama slated to release his budget proposal monday morning. how do they feel about the u.s. economy? the biggest thing about the u.s. economy right now is less pessimism than they feel a year ago but only 45% of americans
for two hours threatening to jump. he finally let rescuers get close enough to him but when they tried to put a safety harness he let go. amazingly the rescuers were able to grab a hold of him and keep him from falling. investigators say the 23-year-old father of two was distraught over a fight he had with his girlfriend. heather: egyptians building a new future after the ousting of hosni mubarak. brand-new polls show what americans think. and what is more romantic an took sized hotdog.
hosni mubarak. gregg: a new rasmussen report poll shows what americans feel like revolution. they asked is it generally good or bad for america when a dictator is replaced by a freely elected leaders. 76% said it s good. heather: but egyptians they have a long way to go before free and fair elections so do americans want the u.s. to be directly involved in egypt s future. here right now is scott rasmussen, thanks for joining us. it s great to be with you. americans believe overwhelmingly we have certain unalienable rights, we think it would be great for the entire world to have that but 68% we shouldn t be getting involved in the egyptian crisis. we need to be forming alliances to protect u.s. security first. this is a fairly consistent world view americans have held for a long time.
on the take. they haven t figured out how to spend. but you re right, entitlement reform is really important and both parties to have come together to figure it out. heather: and the president would extend the bush tax cuts but not for people that make more than $250,000 a year. what are your thoughts on that? the tax cuts account for 66% of the deficit. to me that is unconscionable. i was unhappy about it couple months allege and in a time of recession trying to say let s cut programs that are helping the vast majority of americans, 90% of americans who are in some way reaping the benefits of these programs while saying to the rich we re going to continue so let have you 66% of our