here's bill keller's op-ed piece, "head for the cliff," right there. can we see that?ll keller said, if no deal emerges, all the democrats have to do is take a page from the republican playbook, dig in their heels, and do nothing. joining me now is someone else who's ready to go off the cliff, bruce bartlett, who served as executive director of the joint economic committee, as senior policy analyst in the reagan white house, and as deputy assistant secretary of the treasury during george h.w. bush's administration. he's now a columnist for the fiscal times and author of the book, "the benefit and the burden." bruce, we heard today in some terms, anyway, from both president obama and mitt romney about the coming fiscal cliff and sequester, a bunch of different terms being used for this. let's listen to what the president said about it. >> those big across-the-board cuts, including defense that congress said would occur next year if they couldn't reach a deal to reduce the deficit. there are a number of republicans in congress who don't want you to know that most of them

i'll be speaking about bradley manning's trial and what's coming up what discussed the fake big bill keller op ed that wiki leaks has taken responsibility for but more than that i want to highlight something that we see happening across the country now these are images that we saw play out all too often in new york last year between occupy wall street and the police. now as we told you last week a collaborative effort between four universities they conducted an eight month study which they determined that the n.y.p.d. abused and violated the rights of occupy protesters on numerous occasions also over the last nine days we've seen protests continue in anaheim in response to a police shooting death that killed manual d.s. and the scene in anaheim over the weekend look like this. police firing rubber bullets confront the class of two or five children. resident across. the street. which attacks the mother and child. then we go to burlington vermont where over this past weekend hundreds of activists demonstrated against the keystone keystone oil pipeline and again the police response looked like

quickly because you wrote about this today too so there was an op ed that we thought came from bill keller. for a matter of the new york times the turns out that it was a fake but essentially he was talking about we can leaks and how we should look at it and the dangers the way that they're being treated really pose for all journalists and turns out that was a fake but you know what's your take on that situation because some people say that that's you know it's not good that we actually put out a fraud you know something that was fake and did that kind of a prank that it damages their credibility what do you think. i mean i don't think that it damages their credibility and mean for one thing they have a perfect one hundred percent stellar record of publishing documents that are authentic and authenticated for another they're not only a media outlet they're also activist and this is part of satirising the new york times in its government subservience and sort of highlighting an important fact about the new york times that they've ignored the war on wiki leaks of the way in which their fundi

because i don't think i'm going to come away with a set of notes that i could justify, you know, to bill keller, if i said tyler got hurt. we're going to sit this one out. unfortunately, the way the climate's been the last decade, there aren't many days like that. sadly. >> very eloquently put. sir, yes? could you state your name and your question. >> sure. my name is herman bazard. i'm anned adjunct professor at . this question is for sara. we're inundated in the news with stories of teachers in the school system having, you know, affairs with some of their students. do you think there's a difference when the alleged perpetrator is a male or a female in the way it's recorded? >> that's a good question. i'd like to think not. i'm sure -- i know this question came up a lot in the beginning of this -- this scandal unfolding. several people said to me, and i was actually on a panel at penn state just a week after it all happened, where there was a question, if the eight alleged victims had been girls instead of boys, would we be -- would we be here talking about this? would the reaction have been

head for the cliff, says bill keller.ional leaders come up with a serious bargain on fiscal reform something very much like simpson-bowles, he will allow all of the bush tax breaks to lapse and all of the draconian cuts to take effect. assuming no deal is consummated in the poisonous preelection climate, he should insist on a lame-duck session after election day. he should invite congressional leaders to camp david, put simpson-bowles on the table, and negotiate, not a lot, since the plan already includes considerable compromise, but enough to show goodwill. if no deal emerges all the democrats have to do is take a page from the republican playbook, dig in their heels and do nothing. he goes on to write this -- republicans will howl this is blackmail. a priceless complaint from the party that periodically threatens to let america default on its debt. but does obama have it in him? this is the kind of tactic lyndon johnson would have employed with relish. you can imagine bill clinton pulling it off. president obama whether

keller. >> more details now. the governor issued a statement today on the legislation. he said it establishes consumer protections that are long over due and i commend the governor for her pursuit. >> a bill would let children have more than two legal parents. the legislation would recognize multiple parents in circumstances where children would be best served by having several parents. a senator is the author the bill and argue that it the bill is a response to the changing make up of american families. opponents say it's just another attack on family. pennsylvania and maine already recognize more than two parents. supporters of the legislation site several situations where the law could be applied. one involves a lesbian couple that has a child with the help of a special donor who stays involved. another million may be a man who marries a woman while she is pregnant with another man's child and all three have a role as parents. supporters say the bill could also keep some children out of foster care by establishing additional parents with care taking and financial responsibilities. >> california lawmakers have approved legislation to double the fine for cock fighting. anybody convicted

keller. >> more details now. the governor issued a statement today on the legislation. he said it establishes consumer protections that are long over due and i commend the governor for her pursuit. >> a bill would let children have more than two legal parents. the legislation would recognize multiple parents in circumstances where children would be best served by having several parents. a senator is the author the bill and argue that it the bill is a response to the changing make up of american families. opponents say it's just another attack on family. pennsylvania and maine already recognize more than two parents. supporters of the legislation site several situations where the law could be applied. one involves a lesbian couple that has a child with the help of a special donor who stays involved. another million may be a man who marries a woman while she is pregnant with another man's child and all three have a role as parents. supporters say the bill could also keep some children out of foster care by establishing additional parents with care taking and financial responsibilities. >> california lawmakers have approved legislation to double the fine for cock fighting. anybody convicted

>> getting to the point where just trying to live and pay bills and live as a civilian and go to work, it just freaks me out. >> reporter: keller backup plan if he was ever tracked down. >> i'm ready to get caught right away. basically if i get caught, i'm just going to shoot myself. i mean, i could basically be dead in two weeks. or three weeks. i don't know. it's all up to chance at this point. i have my escape. and that's death. i can always shoot myself. i'm okay with that. >> reporter: photographs and construction drawings of the bunker site helped authorities find keller's hideout. he killed himself as sheriff deputies were closing in. a co-worker said he had no idea that peter keller was capable of any of this. meanwhile, family members of lynette and kayleen keller have set up a fund. >> thanks for bringing it to us, lisa. >>> you might not realize this here in the united states, but we're in the midst of what's being called the worst drought in a quarter century. >>> and reminder why you should never ever run a red light. wow. look at that. traffic camera catches a terrifying crash. the medicare debate continues in was