the most hygienic place. >> i wouldn't want to be stuck in any of them. that guy from friday until sunday, i don't know if i would make it. >> would you do it for a six-figure settlement? >> no, no way. >> that's it for us. knews room starts now. >> did she really ask you that? >> there are other things i guess i would do -- >> maybe six figure is low. high six figures, it's just two days. >> i'd go without food, but i don't know if i could be stuck in the elevator. >> have a great day and it won't happen, don't worry. it is 9:00 a.m. on the east coast. 6:00 a.m. on the west. in egypt, authorities have detained hosni mubarak and two of his sons. they're being questioned about the killing of protesters and the uprising that toppled the mubarak government. egyptian state television says mubarak suffered a heart attack

during questioning. there is a grim update to the california man swept out to sea when the japanese tsunami swept the west coast. the body of dustin webber was found yesterday along the oregon coast. it was one month after the di sas rouse wave. in new york, a woman drives her van into a hudson river, killing herself and her three young children. police say they're not sure if it was intentional, but there was a domestic argument before the tragedy. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com the national debt, it's your debt and your children's future and in washington, this is the day when the tough choices take the debate to whole new level. we're now four and a half hours away from president obama revealing how he wants to balance the nation's budget. his goals, keep domestic spending low, find new ways to

trim the defense budget, reform the tax code. but the president's plan for entitlements like medicare and social security and his expected call for a tax hike on the wealthiest americans will resognate, loudly. dan lothian is at the white house. it's believed that he will call to an end for the bush era tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. what will be different now? >> reporter: first, i should tell you that i have confirmed with a senior official that the president will call forren end to those tax cuts for those making over $250,000 a year. why, again, as you know, the president did wage this battle last year and finally compromised with republicans, but now, the white house believes that in order to cut into the deficit, that there needs to be this push for some revenue generators and so, he

believes, the president believes this is one way to do that and that is to booth the taxes on though who are making over $250,000 a year. >> but, dan, i was just going to ask you, this is going to be a tough sell because we just heard eric cantor on "american morning" talking about tax cuts and this is what he had to say. >> it's very ironic that a few days before tax day in this country that the president would be coming out asking people to pay more taxes. i don't think many americans believe that's the answer how do we want to fix this economy and grow jobs cht that's really the question. you can't fix the problem we're facing by cuts alone. we know that. >> so, dan, can the president change minds like eric cantor? he's going to meet with the president before the big speech today, right? >> reporter: you're right. it will be a very tough sell because as you point out, republicans are saying that it's a nonstarter. this is simply unacceptable. there's a lot of concern out

there that at a time like this, yes, the economy's starting to turn around, there are more positive job numbers, but this is not the economic climate to start raising taxes. that that could start setting back some of the gains the country has seen in terms of turning the economy around. it's unclear whether the president will get republicans to compromise on this issue because they seem to be digging in their heels. they're willing to compromise elsewhere, but not on this. >> thank you. president obama has long pondered the idea of doing away with the bush tax cuts, but put politics aside. there's another harsh reality to that idea. all that fresh cash and tax coffers would not even come close to erasing the nation's debt. jean is a senior writer at cnnmoney.com. republicans say this is a deal breaker politically, but also a

nonstarter mathematically, right? >> well, it's a starter mathematically to increase taxes eventually. we can debate about the timing of it. i don't know if president obama's going to say we need to end those tax cuts today. chances are, he'll say we need to end them in 2013, but republicans and democrats have positions. republicans say no taxes, no way, no how. democrats say, tax the rich. both positions will not help us reduce the debt with any significant manner. >> is the reason for that is because you need to tax to raise the taxes on more than just the wealthiest americans in this country generate enough revenue to make a difference? >> correct. there are two reasons you don't want to just rely on the wealthy. one is their income tends to be more volatile, so when the economy goes south, so do their incomes there are not enough of

them. the ranks are not going to grow so much that we can just keep pulling from that small group of people. if you raised income taxes one percentage point, you'd raise -- about 120 billion. so that gives you a sense of disparity. deficit hawks say we need to get rid of the system the way we have it. make it a fairer, more xhisht one. that is something republicans can get on board with. >> unfortunately, that will take much longer to fix and we need a fix right now. thanks. you can see the president's speech on national debt live here on cnn. it's scheduled to get underway at 1:35 eastern. former minnesota governor tim pawlenty tells cnn he's planning to run for president, but not officially announcing it yet. paul stein howser is here to

explain what he said on piers morgan. >> let's get right to the interview last night. take a listen. >> in a hype thothetical scenar governor, if someone like donald trump was to emerge at the republican nominee and sasked yu to be vice president, would you accept that honor? >> i'm running for president. wouldn't put my head in the ring rhetorically or ultimately for vice president, so i'm focused on running for president and as to donald trump, i don't know if he's going to run. i hope he does in one sense. he's funny. i think he brings lot to the debate, but i hope the country will take the full measure of all the candidates. >> unless i was mistaken, you said you were running for president. can we take that as a formal announcement? >> i've got an exploratory up

and running and we'll have a final announcement, but everything is headed in that direction. >> you can see, he said i'm running for president in that hypothetical question. but then he goes on to say no, the formal announcement, a few weeks away. >> why doesn't he just come out and say he's running for president. >> he's already formed an exploratory committee, that's the first step. but when you do that, you are already running for president. you file a statement of candidacy and a statement of organization, which allows you to set up shop and start raising money. so technically, if you do an exploratory, you are the candidate, but candidates like to do a second thing. they like to have an event down the road, i'm running for president. i guess that's what they're waiting for, a big event with a lot of cameras. >> they want us all to come to their party. thank you. your next political update in one hour and for all the latest

political news, go to our website. let's head overseas now. we are getting reports that former egyptian president hosni mubarak is being detained for questioning as authorities investigate the killing of protesters and claims of corruption. two of mubarak's sons are also in custody. let's head live to ivan watson in cairo. ivan, didn't hosni mubarak just suffer a heart attack? >> reporter: that's not entirely clear and according to the prosecutor's office here, nothing of the sort took place. this is an incredible fall from grace, carol. little more than two months ago, hosni mubarak was the president of the most populous arab country in the middle east and now, he was taken, according to prosecutor's office, last night to the hospital in the resort town of sharm elshake, taken there and under the care of a medical team, questioned by

lawyers from the general prosecutor's office. and we have since learned as well that his two sons, one of whom was being groomed to be a possible successor to mubarak and who is believed to be an incredibly wealthy business man, the oldest and youngest son, have been transferred to the cairo's notorious prison, where the former prime minister of mubar mubarak's government is currently being held as well as a number of the former president's men. all being detained in connection with corruption charges and in connection with the deaths of hundreds of protesters during those historic demonstrations, street demonstrations, of january and february. carol? >> ivan watson live from cairo. a skull and remains found on long island confirmed to be human. authorities will now try to link them to eight other sets of human remains. the search for a serial killer

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stepping up their search for a possible serial killer by bringing in dive teams and canine units. alan chernoff has been following this case. is there anything new that you can tell us? >> reporter: good morning, carol, well, the folk county police have been planning to get their dive team into the water on the other side of ocean parkway behind me. the small area called hemlock cove, but given the weather, they're not sure they're going to go in today. it is a very raw, windy, freezing day out here on long island right by the beach. they haven't made the determination just yet. as you mentioned, the police had been using canine units. they've been able to identify human remains, latest i.d. came on monday. they found human skull and the separate group of bones about a mile and a half away over in

suffolk county and we're in nassau right now, but eight separate sets of human remains had been found over the past two weeks and back in december. four of those have been identified as the bodies of women who had been working as prostitutes who had been advertising online. so the theory was among the police, and it still is pretty much, that this is a serial killer or killers that they are searching for who targets prostitutes. however, one of the local newspapers around here has reported that one of the sets of remains is that of a child and that changes the equation, certainly for people who live around here. now, the police have not confirmed that report, but none the less, the level of anxiety has risen around here because residents, and there are not that many here, but the few residents now are thinking, what exactly is the story, who might this person or persons actually be targeting?

lot of anxiety here, press conference scheduled for 1:00. maybe a little more clarification then. >> they're finding all of these human remains. is there any, is there anything, you know, on those human remains that might lead them to a suspect? >> reporter: well, the remains are at the medical examiner's office, both here in nassau county and in suffolk county. that is certainly the focus of the investigation now the forensics, trying to identify these persons using dna records, using the teeth, whatever they can do to move this case forward. it's not just about searching on the beach and trying to find more bones. >> thank you. some other stories making headlines, the body of a california man who was swept out to sea while trying to take pictures of the tsunami has been found.

dustin webber's body was found earlier this month on a beach in oregon about 330 miles away. >> to have the ocean bring him back to us is almost a god send in a way. >> i just felt the pain all over again. it was like reliving the minute i found out about the whole accident. >> just kind of having to accept that you know, not going to have our best friends around. >> elsewhere, the mayor of los angeles has been slapped with a fine for not reporting free tickets to sports and entertainment events. the city ethics commission fined the mayor nearly $21,000. an investigation found the mayor's failure to report the gifts was unintentional. power's back on now, but for about six hours last night, the national mall was dark. a power cable was severed

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a bumpy time for pop star, justin bieber, who's on tour in israel. he's become a political football.

really. i'm serious. the bieb has ticked off the prime minister. zain verjee is covering that story from london. this is such a strange story. >> it is and the bieb finds himself right in the middle of this, being totally kicked around. he was really looking forward to this trip to israel and he's been going around to the holy sites and says the paparazzi has been following him everywhere. with the political stuff, what happened is ben swra min netanyahu refused to meet him because bieber did not want to meet with a bumpbl of kids in a particular area that had been attacked by rockets. the bieber camp say that's not true, but the prime minister's camp says, look, we weren't planning a meeting, we were discussing it. he certainly found himself caught up in a little bit of

drama. >> i guess he won't be meeting benjamin netanyahu anytime soon. >> not going to meet bb. >> there's another fascinating story you're on today. the nails that might be the nails used in jesus's krusy fiction? >> these nails were found quite a few years ago and were in a safe at the university of tel aviv. apparently, they could be linked to the krus fiction of jesus christ. one person said, you have nails and it was from a tomb from 2000 years ago and you didn't look into to maybe there was a link with jesus. skeptics say it's not possible. >> and then, i don't know much about this third story, but i

hear it's very strange. the check and the pen. >> it is my favorite story of the whole day. take a look at this video. you need to check this guy's pocket. this is the czech president. he's sitting there on the left. you can see and he sees a pen in front of him and he looks at it and then he takes it and puts his hands under the table and he switches pockets and then his hands come up empty, so basically, he nicked the pen. there were semiprecious stones on it, but it was caught on camera, so this thing has gone totally viral. it's got millions of hits and actually, over in the czech republic, they've got this facebook page dedicated to him and they're asking people to make contributions since he really needs pens, so on may the 2nd, they want everybody to send pens to his office.

>> presumably not with semiprecious stones. >> you just take that good stuff, right? even at the white house, people like taking the tissue paper that has the emblem on it, but this guy, seal, so this guy figured i'll just take the pen, but he did it in full view of everyone and looks kind of dodgey, like he's doing something criminal. he insists that he does this all the time. he says, i take stuff all the time. he says this wasn't a pen any way. it was a stylus. >> that's really funny. he was sneaky it though. >> he was. >> always a lot of fun talking with you. thank you. we're about four hours from president obama's big speech on the national debt and his plan to deal with it. as soon as the speech is done, a battle on capitol hill begins again. the battle has already begun in

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wall street took a hit yesterday. the dow industrials falling by more than 100 points, but today, upbeat earnings could boost the mood a bit. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange. give us a rebound. >> looks like that's what we're going to have. dow futures are up 80 points. corporate report cards, those earnings, are going to be what guides trading here on wall street for the next few weeks. yesterday, we heard from alcoa, that took the market down. jpmorgan chase is giving a boost. mostly good news, but bad as well. overall, it shows that the banking sector is healing. in the first three months of this year, jpmorgan made nearly $60 billion. revenue fell, but not as much as expected and credit card unit there, that is making money and the bank is seeing fewer late payments. that's all the good.

the bad, the mortgage market is still struggling. jpmorgan says extraordinarily high mortgage losses will continue for a while. shares in the premarket for jpmorgan are up over 1%. we got a retail sales report. just missed expectations, but not rocking the boat too much. back to you. >> i hope so. thanks. congratulations, illinois, you are now the home of $4 gas. aaa says the average price in l illinois is $4.04, the land oflingen joining alaska and hawaii. there's only one thing left to do. pray. that's what parishioners in dublin, georgia will do saturday. their pastor will lead the prayer vigil and he joins me from may con. welcome, pastor.

>> thank you for having me this morning. >> lay this out for us. where will you guys pray? >> well, we're going to be praying at the hillcrest dublin kroger station and i'm so excited about it because this will be our third time doing it at that particular location. >> what in particular will you ask of god? >> most have been saying we're praying for god to drop down the gas price. that's not necessarily so. only a small piece of the prayer, actually. initially, we're going to pray god does one of three things. the first is stabilize the economy, bring peace in the middle east and three, bring down gas price is. >> wow, those are tall orders. does this give people comfort because i don't know, they're such big things to ask and not much is changing in the country, it seems, so what do you hope people gain from this? >> i really believe when i read

the bible, a lot of things, god does things upon believers, but most of the time, he does things for believers as well. you never know who's watching. i want to see people come together and understand that as a country, we have to go back to our foundation, which is prayer. if gas drops down ten cents, that's great, but i believe we can start a movement where everybody is praying for one common goal. >> what about those people who says god has nothing to do with gas prices, come on. >> over the last 24 hours, since this story broke, it's been an emotional roller coaster. i have been called everything from a senator to a saint, but i will say this. i don't understand how anyone can stay god doesn't have anything to do with the gas price prices. god has everything to do with the country. i'm not really concerned who's in the white house. my honest concern is as a believer that my prayer is

always my foundation and i can always go back to god in prayer. i believe in my heart of hearts that faith should always be our answer. >> i think a lot of people are with you on that one. thanks for joining us this morning. >> thank you so much. i appreciate you as well. time to check some of our top stories. the death tollclimbing. ten people have died in heavy shelling and more than 30 have been wounded. the shelling began after forces killed several snipers. it is reported that hosni mubarak has suffered a nervous break down. he and two of his sons are being questioned about the kills of protesters. in pennsylvania, police have charged a doctor with sexually assaulting at least six patients at a weight loss center. they ranged in age from 24 to

59. he has been in trouble before. he served prison time for insurance fraud. we are just four hours now from president obama revealing how he wants to balance the nation's budget and deal with your children's future. his goal is to keep domestic spending low, find new ways to trim the budget. reduce health care spending and call for an end to those bush era tax cuts for americans making more than $250,000 a year. that's guaranteed to rile up republicans who've said they will not support raising taxes. senator kent conrad will join us in about 45 minutes. he's working on a deficit slashing plan, but seems the gang of six has also hit a wall. also, you can see the president's speech live here on cnn. it's scheduled for 1:35 eastern, 10:35 pacific time.

serena williams is literally in the pink after some health problems. jeff is here. she's back on the court? >> looking good and it's great to see her back on the court. check her out. williams tweeted this picture of her practice. hot pink body suit. it is good to see her back on the court for the first time since she was hospitalized for the blood clot. next on sports, a basketball player so popular he can't show his face in public. plus, canada's election is coming up, but it's not more important than a hockey game. >> i can't wait. that was a great picture. on a serious note, what could have made a mother drive her van and three young children into a river to their deaths? police in upstate new york are asking that this morning. police believe she told her oldest child to get out of the car before she drove the car

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all eyes are on president obama this afternoon as he tells the nation how he wants to balance the budget and deal with your children's future, but we are keeping an eye on other stories for you, too. in arizona, the judge overseeing

the manslaughter trial is expected to hold a hearing for a mistrial. the defense team says the state se pressed evidence. at 1:00 eastern in washington. a house subcommittee looks at the problems plaguing arlington national cemetery. and in the following hour, a house intelligence subcommittee on terrorism convenes for a rare open hearing. the topic, the muslim brotherhood. a mother in upstate new york and three of her children drawned after she drove into the hudson river. she let her 10-year-old son out of the van before she drove off the docks. what are police saying? >> well, it's tragic and we're going to get more in about 20 minutes when police have a press conference. we're on our way there.

but the 10-year-old boy may have stood and watched as his mom drove that van into the water killing her three young children ages 5 to 11 months old. police did get a call of a domestic dispute at the home of this family and are told when they arrived, no one was there, but minutes after, a 10-year-old boy showed up at the fire station telling them his mother had apparently driven the van into the water. when police arrived, all of them were dead, according to the police chief, quote, it's a horrible sight, all of them in the car. we're going to get a lot more details within the half hour, but you can imagine the horror of the 10-year-old boy, not only perhaps watching and knowing what was about to happen, but also trying to save his family from that drowning vehicle. >> just so horrible to think about. i have heard there was some sort

of domestic incident before this woman drove drove her car into the water. do you know more much more about that is this. >> police did seem to respond to some sort of a domestic dispute about 7:45 last night. but when they arrived at the apartment, apparently, there was nobody inside. according to some of the local reports, looking at the timeline that moments later, that 10-year-old boy showed up at the fire station near where the car had been driven into the water, that his mom, his brothers and sisters were in trouble. divers were sent into the water. >> appreciate it. we're about four hours away from the president's big speech on the debt. the battle over the plan has already begun before the president's even said a word. one of the most powerful groups in the country getting ready for

battle. we're talking about the aarp.

police in california charge a 77-year-old nevada man with a murders of four women dating back to the late 1970s. the arrest tops our look cross-country this morning.

said to be arraigned later today on the charges. all had alit rative first and last names. the rain may be over in lexington, kentucky, but will be a while before the blue grass drys. winds whipped things up yesterday. and a mysterious boating accident in stewart, florida. authorities say a man and woman were thrown from a boat when it hit a bridge. they found her, but not him. we'll be back with more right after this. "a modern interpretation yet an instant classic." with sports car styling and power, plus the refinement and space of a luxury sedan, the jaguar xf is a timeless blend of performance and craftsmanship. see how jaguar outperforms the competition at jaguarperforms.com or visit your local jaguar dealer.

president obama will not unveil his plan to get our country out of debt until 1:35 eastern this afternoon. no matter, the fight has already begun. it's expected the president will talk about entitlements as in medicare and social security and aarp is gearing up for a battle. >> right now, he's not thinking about his future. he can't say social security, much less tell you what it means. >> as medicare goes under the knife, can social security be far behind? >> you're going to have the

raise the retirement age for social security. i just said it and i'm still standing here. >> that's one reason the aarp is running this ad. with a lobbying budget last year of $22 million, the aarp wants to make sure current and future seniors get that check from social security. >> we are concerned that social security may be dragged into this budget debate and there will be unnecessary cuts made to social security that will hurt current and future generations. >> the truth is, social security's not a huge contributor to the deaf lit like the other two are. >> president obama does not believe social security is adding to the deficit, he is open to change. but republicans want bigger changes including medicare. starting in 2022, they want the federal government to stop paying medicare bills directly and instead, give seniors vouchers for private health insurance. >> because it gives consumers,

seniors choice. it has insurers competing against each other for their business ch wet to harness the power of patient choice. >> those are fighting words to david certner. >> the money allocated is not going to be enough and it's going to be an even lesser amount over time. >> 47 million people are enrolled in medicare today. by 2040, medicare will cover nearly double the people it does now and cost three times as much. medicare, it would seem, is unsustainable. democrats are jumping on the change medicare band wagon. president obama plans to unveil his plan tonight with one difference from the gop, says his top adviser. >> seniors, the poor, the middle class in the congressional republican plan are asked to bear most of the burden. if you weren't giving enormous tax cuts to millionaires, you wouldn't have to do that.

>> so, the aarp is worried social security could be a casualty in this debate. david certner is the guy who talks to lawmakers on capitol hill about the matters. david, welcome. what do you think the president will say about social security this afternoon? >> it's hard to predict, but what we hope he says is what he said in the past. that social security is not a big contributor to the budget defic deficit. in fact, it's in surplus. we shouldn't be cutting social security to deal with our current deficit problems. >> plenty of people out there say social security hey to remain solvent. to do that we have to make changes. what would be so bad to talk about this issue? >> absolutely. we need to talk about making sure we have social security for the long term, so it's adequate and solvent not just to the current generation but for future generations. but we think we should have it in terms of not solving the budget problems.

that's a very different problem. >> what tweaks would you say social security needs? there's a lot of ideas being thrown around pt raising the retirement age is one. paying more intersocial security, you know, each individual taxpayer is another idea. what would the aarp be comfortable with? >> you know, there's been a lot of ideas on the table a long time. in the past, balanced approaches, people contributing more, adjusts to benefits. probably something like that again. we are right now beginning a conversation with our members and all americans, quite frankly, what they think we should do to help social security any the long term. what we hear over and over from people is that they want to make sure social security is strong. they know they'll need it. pensions are down, savings are down, home values are down. people are living longer, health care costs are up. people are saying to us over and over again is we're willing to pay more mow to protect our social security. >> aarp would be for paying more into social security, right? >> from what we're hearing from our members and most americans,

they're willing to pay in a little more to protect their social security benefits. >> not to raise the retirement age? >> well, the retirement age is already going up. what we hear from a lot of people, particularly today is, it's fine to say we need to work longer, but where are the jobs? we have one of the largest levels of unemployment for all workers we've seen in our history. simply raising the retirement age without their being jobs isn't exactly the right thing to do right now. >> so if lawmakers talk about cuts, the aarp does not like, how vigorously will you fight them? >> we're going to the look at the entire package. we don't want to say, don't do this or this, we want to look at whole package. see what the impact son individuals and long-term retirement security. this is really about making sure people have a secure retirement. that's the goal. >> david centerner, from aarp. thanks for joining us. following lots of developments in the next hour of the "cnn newsroom." check in first with ivan watson

live in the egyptian capital. ivan? >> reporter: for nearly 30 years hosni mubarak was the president of egypt. now he's been detained for 15 days in connection with the deaths of hundreds of protesters during egypt's revolution. more for you at the top of the hour. >> reporter: it all started when this woman disappeared nearly a year ago. i'm allan chernoff in jones beach, new york. i'll have the latest in the search for her body. >> reporter: i'm dan lothian at the white house. bush era tax cuts back in the spotlight as president obama delivers his deficit speech. i'll have more details at the top of the hour. >> thanks to all of you. also, senate kent conrad joins news about ten minutes. working on deficit slashing plan both sides can live but, but it seems his bipartisan group, the gang of six, has hit a wall too. we'll ask him about that. uh, laugh lines?

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in hockey, canada, no contest. sorry, canadiens' fans, an american computer doesn't think montreal has much of a shot in the playoffs. what if's predicts the boston bruins will raise the stanley cup come june. and hopes of their third straight title flash before their eyes. down goes 7 foot big man andrew bynum. he's great, 23, injured a lot. that chronically injured right knee. went down on it last night. after the game, he was walking without a crutch. a good sign. we could fine out more about the injury today. as for his teammates, they were able to push off the san antonio spurs thanks to, yes, mr. kobe bryant. last night, the team trying to go for a third straight nba championship. one team that looks like it is playing, it's best right now playing in the playoffs, got to be the chicago bulls and their superstar there is derek rhodes.

helps to have the best player in the league. derek rose. and chicago enters the playoffs as the number one team in the eastern conference. college basketball star jimmer fredette, a big man on campus at byu, school officials told him to stay off campus. having him in class has become too disruptive. he's taking all classes online. fredette's father told one paper it's gotten so crazy, jimmer walks around with a hoodie on and tries not make contact with anyone. just nuts. check out these amazing shots from soccer superstar david beckham on the beach. he's about 70 yards away from these trash cans. not once, not twice, but three times -- >> is that real? >> that's the question, right? he was out there on the beach shooting a commercial for diet pepsi. we would assume that -- that's not ever going to happen. but fantastic editing. looks really good.

>> so does he. >> i'll trust you on that. >> exactly. oh, you know, i was watching the detroit tigers game plays rangers. josh hamilton breaks his ark? >> last year's al mvp goes down and he calls it stupid. knows he shouldn't have done it and goes down diving into home plate. >> head-first, like a pete rose. >> them tell you 8 years old, dive feet first. dives in head first and broke his arm. >> so sad. didn't he blame it on his third base coach. knew he shouldn't have done it. third base coach telling him to go. back in six, eight weeks. plenty of time for the rangers, who have the best record in the league. >> thank you, jeff. appreciate it. it is 10:00 a.m. on the east coast. 7:00 a.m. on the west. i'm carol costello sitting in for kyra phillips. this morning, all eyes on the white house and your money is the focus. president obama meeting with congressional leaders to discuss cuts in budget spending and

reducing the national debt. we will preview the president's plans. in egypt, authorities detained former president hosni mubarak and two of his sons. they're being questioned about the killing of protesters in the uprising that toppled its government. egypt state television says mubarak has suffered a nervous break dound, his condition described as not stable. in new york, a woman drives her van into the hudson river killing herself and three of her children. police say they're not sure if it was intentional but there was a domestic art just before the tragedy. authorities plan to hold a news conference later this hour. the national debt, it's your debt. it's your children's future, and in washington, this is the day when the tough choices take the debate to a whole new level. as you can see from our countdown on your tv screen, we're now 3 1/2 hours away from president obama revealing how he wants to balance the nation's budget. his goal, keep domestic spending low. find new ways to trim the

defense budget. reduce health care spending, and reform the tax code, especially for the wealth jest americans and that last idea of eliminating the bush era tax cuts is sure to heat up at a meeting this hour with congressional leaders. dan lothian at the white house, and, dan, i know most republicans say those tax cuts, those bush era tax cuts, should not end for anyone. are they non-negotiable? >> reporter: right. didn't we go down this road already last year? and here we are again. the bottom line is that the white house believes that there needs to be some revenue generators in order to eat into the massive deficit. so a senior administration official saying that the president does plan during his remarks to call for an end to those bush era tax cuts for the wealthiest of americans. those making over $250,000 a year. the question is, will this be something that republicans will be ale to embrace? and right now, it's a resounding, no.

they're saying that this is just simply unacceptable. it's not even going to be on the table. so it does appear that they'll be a difficult battle ahead. >> you're right, dan, because, eric cantor, congressman eric cantor, just talked with "american morning" a couple hours ago and made no bones about it. listen. >> it's very ironic that a few days before tax day in this country that the president would be coming out asking people to pay more taxes. i don't think many americans believe that that's the answer to how we want to fix this economy and grow jobs. you know, that's really the question. you can't fix the problem that we're facing by cuts alone. we know that. >> so, dan, it seems like the same old arguments. the democrats are for keeping the entitlements. the republicans are against raising taxes of any kind. i know that congressional leaders are meeting with president obama in the white house right now. is there any wiggle room at all? >> reporter: women yell, you kn early in any debate it appears

there's no wiggle room at all. but in the end, right in the final hours, they were able to find some sort of compromise. obviously, there is a hope that compromise can be found even in this difficult debate, but it will be very tough, and president obama realizes that there will be criticism. so that's why ahead of his remarks he invited his bipartisan group of congressional leaders here to the white house to lay out what the white house is calling its vision, but i'll tell you, even now up on the hill you're hearing from republicans who are saying that they need to hear more than just a vision. they want specifics. it's unclear how specific the president will get. >> dan lothian, live at the white house. many thanks. you have a busy day ahead, we know. you can see the president's speech on the national debt live right here on cnn scheduled to get under way at 1:35 eastern. 10:35 pacific time. let's head overseas. health and legal problems for former egyptian president hosni mubarak. prosecutors ordered he and two of his sons held for 15 days as

they investigate claims of corruption. comes the day after mubarak was admitted to the hospital. ivan watson reports from cairo. hi, ivan. >> reporter: remarkable turn of events. five days after tens of thousands of egyptians gathered in cairo's tahrir square demanding their former president face a criminal court, an official with the just it ministry here confirms to cnn that hosni mubarak has been detained for 15 days in connection with the deaths of hundreds of protesters during the revolution of january and february, which led to his overthrow. in addition to this, justice ministry officials telling cnn that the two sons of hosni mubarak, ga maland alaa, also detained for 15 days and transferred to cairo's tora prison where they join other senior ranking officials in hosni mubarak's former government. this is a dramatic change for many egyptians.

i spoke to one egyptian woman who just said the word, nice, in english, when i asked what she thought about this. she said, i can't believe that the mubarak family is now being brought to justice. this is a man who ruled this country for nearly 30 years. many egyptians knew no other president, and there are widespread accusations that he and his family amassed great wealth during his time in office. accusations of corruption, of mafia-style tactics to take over profitable businesses, to win partnerships and high-ranking positions profit cable companies here in egypt. and this development is likely to win new breathing room before the ruling military council which took over after hosni mubarak stepped down on february 11th. the military has come under increasing pressure from human rights groups, from activists as well amid widespread -- wide

scale allegations of torture being carried out by military personnel of activists amid reports of military tribunals and a violent crackdown on protesters in tahrir square, where the demonstrations took place that led to hosni mubarak being toppled from power in the first place. this move likely to get a lot of support from egyptian people and to win accolades for the military council here, which is supposed to rule the country for several months now until parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled to take place in the future. ivan watson, cnn, cairo. so how is the world reacting to new developments with mubarak and his family? head to london and check in with zain verjee. hi, zain. >> reporter: hi, carol. much of the opinion of the world is encapsulated in this headline. a left-leaning paper has run an opinion piece under this headline "hosni mubarak from

detoengs where?" referring to dictators in general, carol it basically says allowing them to go with dignity may not be what they deserve but sometimes it may be the most practical solution. and then the piece goes on to say, no tyrant is going to agree to leave if it means being hanged, drawn and quartered as soon as he steps down. carol? >> the interesting thing here is what's happening to mubarak right now. i mean is that sending a message to other dictators? >> reporter: i think it is. you know. this is not a good time for autocrats and dictators around the world. the problem with dictators, they usually don't have a plan b for the sort of stuff. they expect to hang on for life and there's a lot of reflaegs goes on and when they realize it's the end game, a lot of these guys just want to hang on and bring the country down with them. and that's what's at stake as we saw, for example, in gbagbo in the ivory coast. there's a guy, you had to deal with a bloody civil war and

bloody fight before arrested. look at president saleh of yemen, still hanging on, and now there's this whole debate whether he should get immunity or held accountable. also, if you look at tunisia, same thing. the tunisians are saying, come back. they want him back in the country and put on trial. wrap we need to understand when we look at the situation with these dictators and what needs to happen with them, there are two ways to go. right? one is to say, okay, leave with dignity. just go. and hope that the violence in the country would be reduced. and the tensions. or hold them accountable. the victims would want that to happen, and stick to your principles. so it's going to be really important to see what happens, and mu basic may send a signal to the rest. >> zain verjee, live in london, thanks. it's an eerie reminder about the immense power of a tsunami. the body of a victim found more than 300 miles from where he was swept away. we'll have details.

and we're keeping an eye on the white house. congressional leaders are expected to meet with the president this hour.

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your pocketbook. cnn's don lemon is here. don i leave it to you. break it down for us. >> what we're really going to talk about, entitlement issues. they can make a mark. we want them. a lot of us are baby boomers and rely on that money. up until 2022, the federal budget is about $40 trillion. and the bulk of that, 40% of that, comes from entitlements, like social security here. you see, it makes up about 20.4% of budget. 12.8% is medicare. medicaid, 7.2%. again, social security, 20.4, medicare, 12.8 and medicaid, 7.2. a place where changes can be made but politicians are afraid to do that because people rely often it and they've paid into the system and think they are owed that. this is why those entitlements make up a big part of the budget especially. as we move here, this is what

happens. up until now, until about 2035, this issue is because of baby boomers. from now until 2035, the number of people who will depend on social security will jump from just over 30 million that you see here to over 50 million people who will rely on social security, draw the bulk of their income from that. for about the last 20 years or so, there have been, ah, at least three people for every retiree. three people in the work force. when it gets to 2035, only two workers to support every retiree, because most of the people have retired, carol. the problem here is that there's less money going in per retiree. again, as we're talking here. i want to break it down for the average family. for a family making $40,000, in or arer to do what house republicans want to do, cut $6,200 a year if you're bringing home $40,000 the next 11 years. that's $517 a month. remember, you're doing that for

the next 11 years. so that brings it home. >> that's the republican plan for cuts to medicare and medicaid? >> the republican plan, $6.2 trillion cut to the budget. >> gotcha. >> the paul rand plan over the next 11 years. what would you have to do if makings 40ds,000. that for a year and this every single month for 11 years. a lot of dough. >> helps a lot. appreciate it. let's talk tax cuts now, or tax hikes i should say. it's guaranteed the parties will butt heads over those bush era tax cuts, and that could make life even tougher for the so-called gang of six. three democratic senators, conrad, durbin and warner and three republicans, chambliss, crapo and coburn. you have a tough job, we understand that. you've been working with this gang of six trying to come up

with a plan to decrease the debt in the country, but you guys are having trouble too. if moderate lawmakers can't agree on a way to reduce the debt what hope do we have? >> i think moderate lawmakers can agree. we saw that on the president's commission where 11 of 18 of us did agree. that's 60%. five democrats, five republicans, and one independent. the group of six that is now working, three democrats, three republicans, and working on a comprehensive plan. one with everything on the table. one that does reduce the debt $4 trillion over the next ten years to get us back on track. >> so do you have a plan in place right now? >> you know -- and the group of six, we've agreed not to publicly comment on the status of negotiations, because then we're spending all of our time commenting instead of actually reaching a conclusion. >> let me ask you this, then. let me ask you this --

you personally. i mean, everybody agrees we must do something about entitlements. social security, medicare, medicaid, and also a lot of economists say you also have to raise taxes. so what are you willing to commit to in terms of entitlement cuts? >> well, i've already committed to it. i voted on the commission for $4 trillion of savings. i voted for reforming social security. not to reduce the deficit. every penning of savings in the commission plan of social security went to secure 75-year solvency for social security because as your previous guest indicated, social security is going to be insolvent in 27 years. at that point it's going to be at 22% across the board cut. >> how do you reform social security ji. >> well, what the commission called for was raising the wage cap. that means simply raising the

amount of income that's subject to social security tax. number two, two extend over a long period of time the retirement age, because people are living much longer, and it's already been done once. we're going to have to do it again. again, very gradually over an extended period of time. we also adjusted the inflation adjuster to make it more reflective of what actual inflation is. >> and what about -- >> those are all things that were done to secure 75-year solvency for social security and i voted for that. i'm already on record. >> you're already on record. that's good. so what about letting these bush tax cuts expire on the wealthiest americans? do you think that has a chance? >> i do, but i think there is an alternative. one that would be just as progressive as that, and that would be what, again, what the commission recommended, which was to reduce tax expenditures.

remember, the tax expenditures go disproportionately to the wealthiest among us. tax expenditure, now running $1.1 trillion a year. deductions, ex-clues collusions, credits, special treatment. special preferences in the tax code. they go disproportionately to the wealthiest among us. reduce those, raise revenue and have sufficient money to actually lower tax rates both corporate and individual that would make america more competitive. that would help us generate more jobs. that's the approach that the commission adopted. again it raises more revenue -- but it also allows us to lower rates. >> i just wanted to ask you, there's so many plans out there. the president is going to unveil his plan. the republicans have their own plan. gang of six will have its plan. you might have your own personal plan. how do you put all of those plans together, sit down and come up with some sort of

compromise? because we all saw what happened when negotiations began over the 2011 budget and it wasn't pretty. >> at the end of the day, i believe there is going to have to be a summit or whatever one calls it that involves the president, the leaders of the house and the senate, republicans and democrats, to sort through these various plans to come up with an agreement. and i believe at the end of the day it's going to be something pretty close to what the commission recommended. that is, yes, new revenue. but more spending cuts. more reform of the entitlement programs. look, we are borrowing 40 cents of every dollar we spend a day. the revenue is the lowest it's been as a share of our economy in 60 years. spending is the highest it's been as a share of our economy in 60 years. so it is going to comprehensive approach that involves spending cuts, revenue, and the sooner go it the less draconian the changes are going to have to be.

>> we'll see if you can get done. senator, thank you for joining us this morning. appreciate it. >> you bet. a bumpy time for pop star justin bieber who is on tour in israel. he's actually become a political football. the bieb ticked off israel's prime minister. more details for you, next. dibi. it's just the way you like it-- dibi. with carbohydrates for energy and protein for muscles. [ woman announcing ] beneful incredibites. another healthful, flavorful beneful. now in a convenient bag. her morning begins with arthritis pain. that's a coffee and two pills. the afternoon tour begins with more pain and more pills. the evening guests arrive. back to sore knees. back to more pills. the day is done but hang on... her doctor recommended aleve. just 2 pills can keep arthritis pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is lara who chose 2 aleve and fewer pills for a day free of pain. and get the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels.

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justin bieber reportedly just says no and ticks off the prime minister of israel. a.j. ham hear that and more. a.j., what's with the bieb? >> it's strange even to hear you say the bieb and the prime minister of israel in the same sentence, carol, but he can't even seem to stay out of politics in the middle east. the biggest buzz over justin bieber in israel now is not about his haircut or upcoming concert. it's about meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that never happened. a spokesman for the prime minister tells cnn bieber's people approached them about a meeting between the two of them. netanyahu's office wanted to invite kids from southern israel, recent rocket attacks to the meeting but told cnn the meeting proved impossible. local headlines speculate bieber backed out of because of the political nature of the event. the concert promoter didn't even know that the meeting was in the works and as for the superstar himself, all he's been trying to do, aside from his concerts, is check out some of the spiritual

sights in israel without being hounded by the paparazzi. that's not working out for him. me tweeted i want to see the country and all the places i've dreamed of and whether it's the paps or being pulled into politics, it's been frustrating. unfortunate for justin, carol, but, of course, that is the price of fame. no matter where in the world you go. >> it certainly is. when people line up just to take a picture with your cut off hair, that's the price you pay. another political story involving oprah winfrey? >> yeah. oprah is going to have the obamas on her show. oprah's always been a big supporter of the president and first lady and taping an episode on april 27th said to air may 2nd, the last oprah show. last episode, may 25th. if you want to buy a commercial on the show, be ready to pony up. i'm here to tell awe 30-second spot on the final "oprah" accept sewed will cost reportedly $1 million. i got to tell you carol, i do not think they'll have trouble

selling that time out. >> i don't either. a.j., thank. you want inferring on everything breaking in the entertainment world, a.j.'s got it tonight on "showbiz tonight" at 5:00 p.m. eastern and 11:00 p.m. on hln. ten bodies found in long island neighborhoods, still no arrests. the evidence has some looking at former police officers as suspects. how do law enforcement hunt down one of their own? a former lawman is next. it flows with clean water. it makes its skyline greener and its population healthier. all to become the kind of city people want to live and work in. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest questions. and the over sixty thousand people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers.

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the search for a serial killer suspect now expanded into a second county on long island, new york, with at least eight sets of remain linked to the investigation. but the woman whose disappearance sparked the search, she's still not been found. cnn's allan chernoff brings up to date. >> reporter: may 1, 2010, 24-year-old prostitute shannon gilbert disappears ar visiting a client in the tiny community of oak beach, new york. december 11, 2010, a canine officer training his dog uncovers skeletal remains west of the beach. a forensics examination determines they are not those are the missing prostitute. two days later, three more victims are discovered. >> they weren't all cluftered but with a quarter mile of each other. >> reporter: once receipt mains are positively identified, the link between the victims is clear. all four are prostitutes in

their 20s who advertised on craigslist as bill gert did. authorities are convinced they're dealing with a serial killer. march 29, 2011, another skeleton found nearby, another question mark. it's still not gilbert. april 4th, the search area expands and yields more bodies. >> we found human remains. three human remains so far. >> reporter: monday, april 11th, invest get aers start looking in nas seay county for the first time resulting in yet another grisly discovery. >> at about 3:30, officers discovered what appear e! appeared to be another human remain. >> reporter: the death toll for the long island serial killer or killers rises again. still, no sign of shannon gilbert, the woman for whom the search began. >> allan chernoff joins us from jones beach, new york. allan, is there anything new investigators are sharing with you?

>> reporter: what's happening today, this morning, is that the dive team from the suffolk county police department is in the water a ways on the bay side off of this very long barrier island. so to my right, we've got way down, folks checking to see whether they can find any clues whatsoever. that might about murder weapon, maybe body parts, who knows. perhaps nothing at all will be found. we'll try to find out later on today. >> they're going to have a news conference. i know you're awaiting that. allan chernoff, thanks so much. reporting live from jones beach, new york. as you probably have heard, there is speculation the serial killer suspect could be a law enforcement officer. a retired police officer and current head of the elite group a security agency. welcome, lou. >> hi, carol. how are you? >> so they're finding these remains, all of them on this remote beach on long island, and we now hear they found the human

remains of a child. what does that tell you? >> well, you know, quite candidly, it might have been the offspring of a prostitute, account for why the child might not have been looked for. in other words, it's no secret a lot of these young ladies or even gentleman who engage in prostitution at times are disenfranchised from families. that lends itself to, nobody's looking for them. they first need to identify who the child and woman is. i want to mention to you, this isn't uncommon to find bodies along this strip of roadway between jones beach, for example, and the causeway. this has been going on for decades. literally. and what we actually did here was open up pandora's box, as you know now, looking for one person. they need to identify the remains -- >> go back to what you said before. bodies have been found on this remote stretch of beach before. so -- i mean that kind of throw

as wench into, if these sets of human remains are even connected. doesn't it? >> that's absolutely correct. that's why i'm listening to the term, serial killer being thrown around, and i've not yet heard any law enforcement agency, not suffolk county, not the state police, not the state park police and not nassau county police use that term just yet. the thing i will say to you is that once they identify who the individual is they're going to further conduct tests to try to determine how long they've been deceased, and that's clearly relevant to this. they could have body parts that are there from ten years ago. the thing that's also worth mentioning, carol, the forensics out there for the law enforcement agencies who are heading up this investigation are basically zero, because of the harshness of the elements. i happen to have been a life guard at jones beach and i'm very familiar with the impact of the wind, the storm surges, full moons. any number of dynamics that lends itself to deterioration of a crime scene.

i will say nassau county police department, probably the most progressive law enforcement agency in the country right now, and i say that because of the technology that they're implementing, and i bet you find it curious to know the first police department who utilized dna in trying to solve crimes. they're way on top of this already. pretty much what we're doing now is trying to identify -- >> what you said, lou, if it's the harsh conditions out there and the bones are wiped clean of evidence, and there's not much evidence to find, i mean, how difficult will this be for them, even if they have the best technology? >> well, i'm going to help you with that question. the first thing do you is identify the individual, and then try to create a time frame, at which point they disappeared. based on that, we now go backtrack into who their relationships were prior to their disappearance. that's one of the avenues you'll explore. you're right. i made a statement and i stand by it. that the forensics there is a result of the harshness of this

environment, basically they're gone. i could have dumped by brush there loetded with dna and i don't any in any form or tack would lend itself to finding me. that's part of this problem. first let's identify who they are, create a timeline of disappearance, how long they've gn deceased and then start to connect more dots as to who, for example, a prostitute's handler might have been. early early in the segment we mentioned the first four young ladies found were prostitutes. we've not heard any further connection, and i would only say this to you, carol, we've had discussions about this since the '70s about bodies being found out along this strip. it's desolate, not patrolled by law enforcement because there's not a significant density of population to warrant patrol. so, there is dynamics here going on. >> tough dynamics, too. maybe we'll find after that news conference this afternoon in new

york. thank you so much, lou, for joining us this morning. >> thank you. it's just after 10:30 in the east. some aof it's stories we're following. a mother drove her minivan and three young children into the hudson river. it's a possible murder/suicide after a dispute with the children's father. a fourth child, a 10-year-old boy, apparently escaped. here's what the police chief said moments ago. >> the investigation revealed that all the children were inside the vehicle when it entered the water, but the 10-year-old child plged to escape. it's appears that from the investigation he managed to hit the power windows and opened up one of the windows and climbed out of the vehicle before the vehicle sunk. information gathered thus far indicates lachandra armstrong intentionally drove the van into the water. the city police are investigating as we speak. the death toll is climbs in

misrata. at least ten killed in heavy shelling. 30 wounded. the shelling began after forces killed several government snipers. president obama is meeting with congressional leaders right now to talk about cutting spending reend deucing the national debt. the president's speech is coming up at 1:35 eastern. in a few minutes -- actually meeting now with the congressional leaders to talk about deficits and your money. it won't be an easy sale, as you know. we're about to talk to a political veteran and cnn host eliot spitzer. getting to eliot after the break. 3q car connection calls the xf, "a modern interpretation yet an instant classic."

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about to sit down with congressional leaders at this hour to discuss your money and the nation's staggering debt. one idea in particular could be a dealbreaker. we've learned that president obama will again call for an end to those bush era tax cuts even though some republicans still say that is non-negotiable. let's turn to a political veteran and cnn host eliot spits perp welcome. >> welcome. good to chat the with you. >> can't wait to hear what you have to say. the president will give a big speech at 1:35 eastern. in a short time he's going to sit down with congressional leaders and lay out his plan. if you were the president, what would you be saying to these congressional leaders who are going to look at you quite skeptically? >> carol, i think you hit on the very critical issue, the divide that's going to drive this debate. i would even preface is by

saying, is the president going to seize control of this issue until now the budget deficit issue has been a run in the parameters of the debate, determined by the republican party. their agenda in congress from bush tax cuts to cutting domestic spending has driven this debate. the political question and the imperative facing the president is, does he seize control of this by laying out his own blueprint and saying, i'm the president. these are going to be the proposals, the guide, the debate. >> you said the blueprint word and a lot of people say the president might lay out a plan with no specifics, and in that way, he loses the political battle. >> absolutely not. he needs to do more than -- by blueprint i don't mean a few generalities. rhetoric is for the past. he needs to give number, details and say here are the numbers that will add up to confront the issue. latitudeless not cut it at this point. the issues hammered on before is exactly right. the republican party is saying, we will do this by cuts alone. no taxes.

forget the word revenue. revenue is a word people like to describe it, we're talking tax increases. if the president says tax increases he's being serious. it he says tax increases for the rich only, he probably isn't going to get there. we are talking about a need for real revenue over the next 10 or 15 years to make up for the fact tax cuts over the last 20 years deprived the government of the revenue it needs to pay for all the entitlements and defense spending in that have driven this enormous debt. >> the bush tax cuts, the time isn't exactly right? is it? the republicans now control the house of representatives. the president agreed to a two-year extension to keep the bush tax in place for everyone. this isn't the time right now. is it? how can he win this battle? >> carol, that's exactly right. that's why many of us were critical of him last year saying, wait a minute. you controlled both houses of congress. now is the time to put your imprint on the budget, because the moment you lose elections,

which many people saw coming last november, you're going to lose the ability to actually drive tlup the agenda you want. put that aside. that's past. the question is right now if he wants to negotiate he has to be clear with the american public what he wants, repeal, part of the bush tax cuts, especially the piece on the wealthy. much more dramatic cuts in defense spending than has been on the table. do entitlement restructuring, not the way paul ryan the republican did it, which falls in a way that fell entirely on the poor, do it in a more broad-based methodology and serious about the numbers so the public understands where we're coming from. a writer from "the washington post" came up way brilliant description of the government. we have an insurance company with an army. so much of what the government does, social security, medicare, med zaide is insurance. we're running a big insurance company and we have an army. the only two areas you can cut if you're going to be serious. he's got to give details and explain how he's going to do. >> we'll see in a couple of

hours if he does that. what's on your show tonight? >> absolutely. you know, we're going to have -- well, a lot of critiquing of the president's budget address. you know, kind of odd he's doing it at 1:35 in the afternoon. kind of expect it a primetime speech on an issue this central. we'll talk and take apart his speech, contrasting his proposals with the proposals of the republican party and also taking another look at what's going on over in pakistan. we've forgotten pakistan is the reason we're in afghanistan, and the pakistan government is saying to our cia, get out. the whole reason we're in afghanistan is to deal with the taliban and al qaeda in pakistan and their security apparatus is saying get out, makes you wonder, what are we doing there in the first place? a thorny issue. we can't forget about that part of the world. >> we can't. thanks for joining us, eliot spitzer. we'll be watching. you can see the president's speech live right here on cnn scheduled to get under way 1:35 eastern, 10:35 pacific time. could be a sign of the times literally. look at this billboard.

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also carried out by the surge managed to return safely to the shore. in southwest airlines had a twin brother if would be spring airlines. a chinese airline and its ceo is hoping the no frims flights and discount appear fareless fly into china like they have in the united states with much success. we have more. >> reporter: this man knows all about being flexible. this master of tai chi is applying the secrets of the ancient chinese art to the world of big business. all the tai chi moves look very gentle but they contain a lot of inner strength. it's the same running an airline. six years ago, he launched spring airlines, a budget carrier in a booming market. no frills here. the cabin crew is clean and

where else would you find an airline boss loading the luggage. he has no secretary, no mobile phone. a maverick businessman. >> richard branson of china. >> reporter: but it's not virgin. it's america's southwest airlines that he wants to immolate. lean, ultra competitive. baggage weight limits are set low. carry more and it costs. customers grab food before boarding on the plane it's user pays. on-flight sales are a big revenue. spring airlines crams 180 seats into their airbus 30% more than its rivals. >> and you do get what you pay for. i'm over six feet tall. you can see, my feet, my legs are crammed in. there is very little leg room. but, hey, it's cheap. fly from shanghai to congress to hong kong, as low as $230. an a winner. most flights, 95% full.

this man certainly a fan. he was passenger number one and is still coming back. their tickets of cheap, he says, and the service isn't bad. work hard, keep it tight. that's wong's philosophy. he's never had a holiday, works seven day as week, 14 hours a day, 365 days year. spring has 22 planes flying to 14 destinations, including a cut price route to japan. one day wong wants hundredi ins flights. it's not going to be easy in a market heavily protected in favor of giants like air china. i often tell my employees to be grateful, he says. the government has already allowed us into this once monopolized industry. if they reject and application we keep an open mind and move on. today, a little harder. these passengers have been onboard stuck on the tar mark for over two hours. the destination, the plane can't get clearance for takeoff.

it's beyond screaming airlines' control. the flight is abandoned leaving far from happy customers. the airli looiline offer as hot substitute flight. another business lesson for the tai chi class. yes, you must bend to stay standing. stan grant, cnn, shanghai. tea party members have been calling for budget cuts, but where would they wield the ax? the answer's ahead in our "political ticker." act my age? -why? -why? -why? [ female announcer ] we all age differently. roc® multi-correxion 4 zone moisturizer with roc®retinol and antioxidants. lines, wrinkles, and sun damage will fade. roc multi-correxion. correct what ages you. by giving me huge discounts on rooms hotels can't always fill.

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we know the tea party wants budget cuts. but what exactly does it want? what does it want to take out of the budget? shannon travis has written a piece on this for cnn.com and he's here to tell us. hi. >> hi, carol. that piece is going to be up on the politics page shortly. i've been talking to a lot of tea party groups saying, hey, we've heard the slogans about stopping spending and pay cuts. what specifically do you want cut? a lot talk about medicare, reforming medicare and medicaid. you might be surprised that some of them are talking about cuts to popular government functions,

like the energy department. doing away with commerce. other things. you want to take a read of that piece and look at their explanation for cutting some of those things. moving on. first lady michelle obama and the wife of vice president joe biden, jill biden, they're going to be teaming up. they're going to four states in two days. the purpose is to draw attention to helping military families. you know, as some of our service members serving overseas, some of their families are stressed at home. michelle obama and jill biden are going off to different states. they're going to be in north carolina and texas, colorado and ohio, to draw attention, again to helping military families and they'll be joined by some celebrities like jessica simpson, nick jonas and martha stewart. one other thing, carol. one of the last thing i want is for a comedian to start tweeting about something i say on tv. >> oh -- >> i know. it's probably -- both of our worst nightmare, but that's what steve colbert is doing to

arizona senator jon kyl. jon kyl last week during the budget negotiations said, the fight over planned parenthood, said that planned parenthood, 90% of its services are pryin is abortions. the reality, only 3%. 3% of planned parenthood's services. jon kyl later clarified in a statement, "that was not intended to be a factual statement" a little too juicy for stephen colbert who started tweeting last night. if i have a few minutes i want to read a few things. also supposed to be things not intended to be factual statements. jon kyl is an accomplished nude hula dancer. he is not welcome in hawaii. and one more, jon kyl cheated on sandra bullock. there you go. >> i think if stephen colbert had said them, they'd be funnier, i'm not dissing you, shan. >> i'm with you. >> appreciate it. your next political update in one hour and for all the latest political news, go to our

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