>> it was a gimmick. because it had no -- >> rose: the republicans are ing to lovzeroo hear you say that. >> i have been saying this for three ars, since it was basically 2009 -- >> and in 2011 -- and if you write about to to to the first two and a half years of obama's administration they were sorry they could not make the stimulus larger because that is what was necessary, not 800 billion but 1.3 trillion and the reason they didn't is because they could not get it through congress. if he could have, they would have done it. >> absolutely wrong, in my opinion. it wasn't that the stimulus wasn't big enough, it wasn't at -- it was that there was not a long-term perspective that started from the proposition, we don't just have a business cycle with a temporary downturn and we will bounce bk, let's bridg that, that's the keysian views what we showbld have had is a stck agricultural view is say we have lost competent tips we are in a new world and competing against china and competing againstindia, we need to

so it is not a gimmick.nd we have also had it scored, and it will boost this economy and create 6 million new jobs. >> and i know you're going to be coming out with that scoring report soon, right? can you tell us when? >> yes. we've already had the scoring done. we are just trying to clean it up such that when we present it to the public it won't raise a lot of questions. so we'll have that done within the next week. and we'll make it available. >> all right. so let me ask you this. we just talked about the poll that came out this afternoon where you're leading in florida with a significant margin over governor romney, and by just a point. so within the margin of error. but still in an early voting state, south carolina. so i just took a few of the early states, new hampshire, iowa, south carolina, florida. if you look at the current sales tax in those states, new hampshire is at zero. the others primarily at 6%. so voters in those states watching tonight see that, and let's look at new hampshire. they go,

so it is not a gimmick. and we have also had it scored, and it will boost this economy and create 6 million new jobs. >> and i know you're going to be coming out with that scoring report soon, right? can you tell us when? >> yes. we've already had the scoring done. we are just trying to clean it up such that when we present it to the public it won't raise a lot of questions. so we'll have that done within the next week. and we'll make it available. >> all right. so let me ask you this. we just talked about the poll that came out this afternoon where you're leading in florida with a significant margin over governor romney, and by just a point. so within the margin of error. but still in an early voting state, south carolina. so i just took a few of the early states, new hampshire, iowa, south carolina, florida. if you look at the current sales tax in those states, new hampshire is at zero. the others primarily at 6%. so voters in those states watching tonight see that, and let's look at new hampshire. they go

as if they don't mean it. >> if it's a 5%, that takes a 35% rate, 1.5 to 36.5. >> i do think it's a gimmickolitical proposal here. this isn't going to raise an awful lot of money when you're talking about the kind of deficits we got at $1.4 trillion. >> pat, it seems to me, at some point, tom, we got a slight delay here, at some point, tom brokaw, republicans, conservatives, free market guys like myself, are going to have to come to terms with the fact that over the past 25 years, the wealthy have become exponentially more wealthy and the poor have become exponentially more poor. the divide between rich and poor has nothing to do with free markets. it has to do with tax policies and business policies that have tilled to the deck of the very, very rich. i don't say this as a pop lift, i'm not a pop lift, i see this as alan greenspan. this presents a mumtle threat to american capitalism if we don't right this wrong. >> as you were saying that, i was making a tea party member preparing an op-ed piece refuting what you had to say. the fact is, you're absolutely right, joe. just below the surfac

a. gimmick a bang up and a lot of my married friends still seek women professionally. first their wives would scold them. but this was before they had any material and well. now supply has been met a rich woman to help him build a house bought him a car hire dad to be a kindle wife instantly became more understanding. but he passed. this relationship with this woman woman. and the wife doesn't the wife knows. this isn't a good question because she termed here i have relationship three years but why the the wife is not jealous and i said this is. because i'm wired it and built three years because in the five year is a mean. house not yet phineas. i prefer working on the beach looking for guests. wouldn't it be better if he worked in an office or in construction. that know why not she might fall sick. or if he doesn't struction job is harder than work on the beach but be but your husband sleeping or run into with other women is not a problem. and. i grant him that. john burnett not be a callous hash about the nation for example if i get married to a chair and i meet girl

to some extent he's at risk of turning his campaign in to a political gimmick. you see hannity and guys like him using him to say those things that maybe they are afraid to say themselves. >> ken, blackwell, is herman cain a racist? >> i don't think that herman cain is a racist. i don't think that harry belafonte is a racist because he says herman cain is a bad apple. i think race is being used in this instance all around the table to repress differences of opinion. when race issues to repress dissent, it is wrong on all sides of the table. look, herman cain as a republican, heetds conservative. he believes he has a prescription for growing the economy, creating jobs and providing opportunity for all americans, inclusive of black americans. >> when it comes to -- >> i think the name -- john, john, i think name calling has gone too far. >> you are saying name calling has gone too far. we have known each other a long time and your involvement in ohio politics including being the secretary of state. you are among the african-american republicans trying to build supp

republicans called the tax hike a gimmick to cover up divisions among democrats. >>> now to the race for the white house where all the talk this morning is who is not running. sarah palin says she's not going to seek the republican nomination. the former alaska governor and vice president candidate says she can better serve the gop from outside the white house. >> i'm thankful, but i believe not being a candidate, you're unshackled and allowed to be even more active and i look forward to help coordinating the strategies that will assist in retaking the presidency, helping the house and helping a good conservative be elected to the governor seats around this nation. >> palin shot down rumors that she would consider running for president as a third-party candidate. >>> a woman was hit by an unmarked d.c. car. it's not known whether the officer was on duty or how that accident occurred. that block of wisconsin was closed for a few hours while investigators stayed on the scene to complete their work. >>> time is 5:07 now. ahead, for the first time, one of the judges who set amanda knox f

but this was interesting, nine said it was a gimmick. x said your plan is serious and i want to ask you this, 9-9-9 is a goal, right, you are not going to wake up to it. how long does it take, in your vision, to have 9-9-9 in full effect? >> the first 90 days of my administration as president of the united states of america because this economy, which season life support, it can't wait. let me oez address those that thought it was a gimmick and explain quickly how we came up with this. this economy is on life support. we took five revenue sources that are currently collected through taxes that cost us $430 million a year collectively for filing compliance. we looked at corporate, personal income taxes, capital gains, payroll taxes and the death tax. we said we want a structure where we can expand the base. the only way to expand the base is to bring in retail sales. and what's the lowest rate that would be simple, fair, efficient, transparent and revenue neutral? this is how we came up with the 9% rate on corporate tax, flat rate, persona

reporter: the idea made cain a target in the debate last night with jon huntsman mocking 999 as a gimmick. >> i thought it was the price of a pita when i heartheard about it, herman. >> reporter: if enacted, however, 99 nine, would make filing taxes easy. most families would pay a flat 9% income tax can only one deduction for charitable contributions. there would be no tax on capital gains which also leads to a simple conclusion. >> it will raise taxes on the poor. it will cut taxes on the rich. >> reporter: roberton williams of the nonpartisan tax policy center calls 999 a double hit on low-income americans. the 30 million households that now pay no federal income taxes, including some families making up to $49,000, would start paying 9%, plus the 9% sales tax on consumer goods like food, medicine, and gasoline. upper income americans, meanwhile, would see their top 35% income tax rate slashed it 9%. >> they'd see very, very large tax cuts. >> reporter: richer people would pay comparatively less. >> they would pay absolute less than they're paying right now. >> reporter: and now one know

that this is what -- >> i am told that ice carried over from last year 19,000 year and is sort of a gimmick higher than they are. are you aware of that? and i think what you are refering to, senator, is in the movement from fy 09 to fy 10, we made the decision we would not an actual verify departure fromthat had the affect of moving 2010 because there was a calendar -- there was a removal verify the departure into fy 10. we continue that practice into the 10 and the 11 numbers are exactly the same. >> what i am hearing is, is while claiming to arrest more criminal aliens, internal ice documents show that dhs officers not to arrest fugitives efforts to conceal this from the the field. aggressively pushing back, even have when they stopped them, they showed the memo and says arrest me. >> if they say that, they are not reading it correctly because that is exactly not the case. but at some point and the process there need to be decisions made about who is to be removed -- at some point in the process. we talked about how much it cost to detain somebody. it costs in the neighborhood of $23,000

sabotage the great revenge going well refreshment that we didn't go in wasn't because it was really a gimmick going because the average voter. was it also the case. and there being a lot of institutionalized yes men in british politics industry and media it was a mark of respectability you were in favor of the european union in its broadest sense it showed that you were a civilized person. and of course these characteristics is one of the most amusing aspects of this output with that is how well they will since even though they've been completely screwed they'd be gentry us in the wrong way thought you know chris patten is now the chairman of the b.b.c. trust. craig meticulous figure in this argument going to completely catastrophic to be wrong for i dunno british prime minister that we have examined who is the chief propagandist for europe movement has now been chief secretary to the treasury and so forth they've done unbelievably well for themselves what would you say is the most sinister aspect of brussels rise to power it's in many ways that your opinion is such a fossil incompetent. it's

gimmickings. steve, i am concerned that a flat tax is full of gimmickings. you can see a lot of hand outs and lobist will fight hard to stay employed. >> mike, what do you think about it? >> you think liberals love it in the marginal rates lowered in the 80s. top earners paid higher taxes to the united states treasury. you will not have corporation setting off foreign trust. tim gehner, the treas secretary can't figure out his taxings. flat tax is simpler and generate more revenue. >> go and soak the rich on the flat tax. >> i testified before congress about i.r.s. reform and menging the flat tax. i think that the rich could pay more under it. it would stop them doing tax evaluation with a higher rate. russia and estonia and lithionia. and we are stuck with the i.r.s. that makes war and piece look easy. >>> and congress drilled so many loop holes and russia and estonia. you need a one party system to enact it. they'll will turn and twist it again. >> what about the special interest? there are billions worth of special interest. and how do you keep them away f

we kind of let him get way with a gimmick defense. a base defense by running the football. he said, you know what? we're going to do more of that today and run the football more today. of course, the weather played into that as well. they were forced to put it on the ground and turn it to the ground game. >> mark: that will downed at the 17 yard line, a 43-yard punt with no return. >> ray: you got to say this west virginia team has responded because last week they were not good against syracuse. they got out and hustled, outefforted and outhit all those things. they challenged their football team this week. we asked coach holgorsen what he did. he said we yelled at them a lot. >> emphasizing it a lot. >> they played very physical today. >> mark: nova is nearly across the line of scrimmage. >> ray: that was a great grab there. >> mark: a nice grab. legrand a-- coleman is a 6'6" red-shirt freshman. rutgers has no time-outs remain. here's a side catch and out of bounds. >> ray: a quick out route. moves it up about 6 yards and stops the c

actually, we were e-mailing and he said, it's a gimmick, the flat tax responding to a gimmick. 9-9-9. so, they say you need a more complete plan such as mitt romney has offered and rick perry's plan will in fact help the wealthy and when you take a second look at it, they're saying you know what? you might have to do your taxes twice to try and figure out which plan would work best for you. >> if you're going to be able to save money because the old way might save you more than the new way. >> right. there's another point you were making with tom, which is there is no claim here this is revenue neutral. it might spur the economy as you say, but actually, it's probably a revenue loser for the economy because wealthy people would be paying much less in taxes. >> he's saying himself, rick perry, that he wouldn't be able to balance the budget until 2020. it would take eight years. >> he does. $100 billion in nondefense discretionary spending, getting to a balanced budget by 2020. and when he talks about entitlement rer form, which is kind of vague, he does sound a lot like paul ryan. here

it is not a gimmick. it will boost this economy and create 6 million new jobs. >>> michele bachmann tells erin burnett any tax hike would have a disastrous effect on the economy. >> it seems to many people that that would be reasonable to raise taxes, but it absolutely would be the most foolish thing we could do and barack obama agreed with that several years ago when he said the worst thing that we could do is increase taxes in the midst of a recession. i talked to people all across the united states, erin, they tell me they feel like we're still in a recession no matter what the economists say. i'm a former federal tax litigation attorney. i am a small business woman. i run a business at a profit and i'm proud of it. one thing i understand from my business background is that raising taxes won't create jobs. that's the number one thing we need right now is a positive business climate. that's why raising taxes would hurt the economy. it would hurt job creation and the government needs to pull its belt in

. >> it was such a gimmick, like rick lazio failed, that is not okay. >> male/female, can a guy exerciseticular restraint in entering her space. >> it's all almost oxymoronic. women in politics are held to a different standard, they're scrutinized to haircuts, emotive qualities, but get on stage and have an aggressive attitude towards a woman, i don't think the american audience likes that or thinks highly of that kind of behavior. >> ron reagan? >> that just absolutely doesn't read well, as it wouldn't in life. if two men are out in the street and one is poking his finger into the other man's chest, that reads a certain way. if one of those people is a woman and a man is poking his finger into the woman's chest, that reads an entirely different way. >> i think it's called assault. >> yeah, well, exactly! >> nixon used to be a specialist, he would go up when the cameras were on and go up to jack kennedy and put his finger and say, you were really good in that ohio setting out there. you really did a good job, and kennedy would say, what are you doing here, getting a picture taken. thank

use e-verify, the fence is just a gimmick, it won't work, it's just too slow. >> modern day hadran'srm. people aren't complaining about canadian nurses coming across the border to work in michigan. >> that's true, i was going to call david out on that. but i lit him get away with it. >> or eastern european waitresses working in bars. we're worried about mexican they've handed that captured israeli soldier here in rafah. they may have filmed the process themselves. we may get video of that later on. we haven't seen a picture of gilad shalid yet. just the confirmation from the military wing that they've been holding him the last five years. he's now been transferred to egyptian security. we're also hearing an official from the israeli government has him. only one thing about the condition of gilad shalit. before the exchange took place, they changed his clothes. they gave him new clean clothes before the transfer, but that's the only information we've received about this soldier, now 24 years old, who's been in captivity here in gaza the past five years. rosemary? >> it's just extraord

it's just a gimmick for selling real class warfare in this country. er reagan economic advisor bruce bartlett says cain's plan is, quote, a huge tax cut for the wealthy. bartlett says the plan would make the poor pay more while massively increasing the budget deficit that exists. way to go, mr. craain. joining me now is analyst richard wolffe and jared bernstein, former chief economist for vice president biden, now a senior fellow with the center for budget policy and priorities. richard, won't we see a failure to address the jobs crisis on the stage tonight? i mean, i told my friends it's like -- i used to tell friends at a mike tyson fight. if you're looking for a substantive job plan tonight, don't get a soft drink because you might miss it. >> right. well, you know, to quote rick perry, the question is whether these people have a heart about the unemployed. that's one side of it. you know, it's often in spite of the politics, in spite of the house republicans saying they wanted to campaign on jobs, jobs, and jobs, every time someone talks about job

a gimmick went in worst from first where he started, indycar was trying to make this as interesting as possible. trying to appeal to fans with fast, compact oval and the race style that 34 cars on that course, that's trouble. and, again, we lose wheldon. >> harris: all right. pete schrager fox sports.com. now atop the newscast with us as we have learned that dan wheldon, premier i didn't understand race car driver has passed away in just the last little while from injuries that he suffered at the indy 300 in las vegas. we'll take a moment and pause. >> harris: moving on to other news, brand new threats from iran today as members of the white house say the rogue nation was behind a plot to conduct deadly attacks on u.s. soil. iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad today denying those accusations and saying iran is a terror-free nation. >> terrorism is the active nation that don't have any culture. iranian nation has a rich culture and pioneer of civilization. it it does not need acts of terror. >> harris: new reaction of khomeini. he warns iran will react to any outward threats to the uni

use e-verify, the fence is just a gimmick, it won't work, it's just too slow. >> modern day hadran'sl. >> it's hispanic immigration reform. people aren't complaining about canadian nurses coming across the border to work in michigan. >> that's true, i was going to call david out on that. but i lit him get away with it. >> or eastern european waitresses working in bars. we're worried about mexican americans, hondurans, other coming across the border. we talk about that fence, some estimates have it at $4 million per mile for a 2,000-mile fence, which is about $8 billion, for -- and by the way, we're not even having a lot of immigration come across right now because our economy is doing so poorly. the immigration trickle has really slowed. so we don't need to start spending $8 billion on something when we can do something much better with it. >> one thing we boiled it down to in terms of position on immigration, was the fence. the other idea was this whole idea of a path to citizenship, which becomes a little dicier. and the candidates have danced around it a little bit. but pretty muc

was the only one in the race to have a chance to win a $5 million bone us that was part of a promotional gimmick only he had accepted. >>> making headlines this morning, police on the hunt for a missing germantown boy are working a new lead now. officers are currently searching little bennett regional park in clarksburg and damascus regional park. 11-year-old william mcquain has not been seen now in two weeks. his mother was found dead in their germantown home last wednesday. police arrested her estranged husband for the murder. he is due in court in north carolina today to declare whether he wants to waive extradition to maryland. >>> d.c. mayor vincent gray still being put under microscope by the feds. he spoke at the mlk memorial del deed indication yesterday. the "washington post" reports that federal investigators are moving forward with their probe into allegations made by former mayoral candidate suleiman brown that he was paid off by gray's people and fingerprints were obtained from howard brooks. brown alleged brooks handed him cash a number of times. >>> the maryland general assembly i

at every opportune moment to get that perfect snapshot the president played golf with bader is a p.r. gimmick and can pretend that she actually marry for love and show you. more in the new england. so you're sure you don't like reality t.v. mr president because you kind of seem to be living it it was the last time you tried to have a smoke without fearing the whole world would see it do you think that's rough at least being president has an end date or is jenner's going to have to croak before he can stop seeing his daughter sex tapes every single time that he signs on the internet but then again moroccan bruce both have strong women to support them in times of need special your daughters want to start running off marrying basketball players after dating them for just a month. michelle literally break the bear their balls would literally break their balls with her bare arms chris well actually i think that chris actually kind of like the ballers and their goals you know like mother like daughter right since we got of the talking about the ball this is clearly a love that both families share t

. >> someone who really knows what they're doing is buying this not as a gimmick, but this is a salt while they admit their ball business is growing fast, their plan is to always keep things local. >> it's like a dream. i mean, you go to work at the beach? come on, pretty great. >> can you imagine living on long island way out there by the water? that must be amazing. >> you know, it looks simple, but it takes about 130 gammons or 26 of those buckets to make just 15 pounds of salt. >> so you need a lot of time and patience and a lot of water. >> well, luckily they have the atlantic right there. talk to us. you brought in some of the different salts. this is just sort of your basic. >> that's a sea salt, this is an herb and this is a lemon sea salt. that's what we were using on fish in the restaurant. so try it on some cucumbers. that's what this they do at the farm stand. not too much, know, because this is a saltier salt. i like this. >> that's the herb de prevant. the lemon is great. i had this the other night on chicken. >> what do you think? >> absolutely. >> of love it. >> nice.

. >> it is time just put a stop to gimmicks and let's come up with the real plan to put america back on the right track. >> supporters say there are areas of agreement. >> there is reason to believe that at the margins, there are some things that can get done. the likely outcome is that this will all get a bundle together with the work of this so-called deficit super committee. >> the president says he is not waiting for congress to act. he instructed his administration to go ahead and move forward with those recommendations of his jobs council that can be implemented and that do not require congressional approval. sally kidd, wbal-tv 11 news. >> as i understand it, there are a number of items that will require congressional action, so what is the next step? >> a number of those items we are likely to see broken up. the jobs package taken and broken up into smaller legislative pieces, and democrats will try to push through those things that can get some agreement on. >> stay with us, there is much more news ahead on 11 news at 6:00. >> signs on homes. a live report is coming up. >> i

critics say the plan is just a public relations gimmick which benefits the team and, of course, the ownersale, no it's not a done deal yet. mlb must approve the a's move and voters have a final say on this on the land deal. >>> a 5,000-pound bell stolen from st. mary's cathedral is on its way home this morning. a homeless man found the passive bell all the way across the bay at an oakland salvage yard. the archdioceses of san francisco is renting a truck to bring the bell back. officers think the 122-year-old bell was stolen for recycling. the bell is worth $75,000, but thieves would have only received a fraction of that amount if they found a buyer. >>> still ahead, hollywood's biggest box office heavyweight may not be who you think. how about the actor who's made more money at the box office h tom cruise, will smith and matt damon. ar >>> welcome back. the time now 11:26. taking a live look at a gorgeous skyline in san jose. nice and clear. tomorrow, the fog returns. we're still going to be mostly clear. we'll see thick fog in the north bay. overall looking towar another day with a lot

we've got too many gimmicks in the past. we now need ao you explain, james, that he has do so well, not only in the national polls, but you look at some of the most recent polls in iowa and south carolina, he seems to be atop. >> the guy's not changing plans, just area codes. go from 9-9-9 to 9-0-9. this happened with trump. he shot to the top. he didn't go. then bachmann shot to the top. she didn't go. then perry. he didn't go. then herman cain shooting to the top and he's not going to go either. shows the level of dissatisfaction you have with romney. that's what this entire thing is indicative of. >> let's talk about the major news of the the day. the president's dramatic announcement. he shows up in the briefing room and says the war in iraq will be over at the end of this year when he brings home all u.s. troops. is it wise and i'll start with you,ed, for the president to open remarks by saying i promised i'd bring the troops home from iraq. was that simply smart? because he's getting a lot of heat for opening up with those words. >>