proposal, its chances of success and its political impact, we are joined now from washington by carol lee. she is white house correspondent for the "wall street journal." >> does the administration say that this will help and how? >> their main target is the middle class. and they-- their argument is that it will help the middle class by taking-- closing certain tax loopholes that they say benefit the top 1% of americans and making different changes to the tax code including raising the capital gains tax from 23.8% to 28% by as you mentioned taxing some of these investments and assets that people transfer to their/zoy children that currently are not taxed. and a number of other things. and what they would do with that money which is roughly several hundred billion dollars is put it towards proposals such as tripling the child tax credit so that would go from 1,000 to $3,000. they're proposing to create a new tax credit for households where both spouses work. and if the president has unveiled a proposal to offer free community college for folks and that's another thing that this would pay

still with us. >> carole lee is still here. >> where? getting on it. >> she wanted to get to another table, talk about cutting her hair. >> have i scared her away? carole is that true? >> you would scare us off. carole ignore her. >> we're having a girl's day. >> ignore her. >> this is a weird way to start the hour. we begin this hour with the news and developments on the paris terrorist attacks. in a new video released overnight the head of al qaeda and yemen claimed a responsibility for the schaarly hebdo attack which took place one week ago today. it features the prophet muhammad on the cover, which starks concerns of possible additional attacks, within minutes, millions of copies officials say the gunman as well as the man behind the seenl had a wide web of financial support. police say they had advanced equipment that likely came from overseas, including military-style weapons. there is also dramatic new video that shows the kouachi brothers immediately after the charlie hebdo attacks. it shows them calmly getting back to their get

. >> carole lee, what was the strategy? it seemed very positive at times. i looked it a lot, obviously, it seemed like he was trying to send a page like come on. >> yeah. >> they were trying to much more on the optimistic than confrontational. that was the overall goal of the speech. he kind of undermined with ad libs here and there. >> this was a straight democratic party speech to a joint session of congress. >> but i think the tone in the sense that at the end of his sweech he went on this whole nostalgic rip about being one america and harkening back to working together and those themes were what they want to drive home. but you are right, it was a very in the president's ideal world, this is what he would do. what i found interesting is he declared the recession in the crisis over and pinpointed the one part that is not working, which is for the middle class and in that sense, the two parties seem to be coalescing around that idea and the question is not what the debate is going to be about if 2016 and in the next year but what the prescriptions are go

carol lee of the wall street journal and michael steel, former chairman of the republican national committee. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> good morning. the shock waves of the paris terror attacks continue to be felt particularly in europe. muslims angry at "charlie hebdo" have taken to the streets across the world, churches torched and three people killed in the former french colony. there have also been anti-terror raids across europe and a number of countries including belgium. and my exclusive interview with the new editor of "charlie hebdo." >> reporter: all over europe police and counter terrorism officers have been raiding homes, making arrests and in one address in belgium exchanging heavy fire with suspected trysts who -- terrorists who were just about ready to launch an attack. they are being pulled in all at once in the wake of the terror attacks in paris. europe is stepping up its efforts to stop home grown terrorists and continuing to send jets to isis targets. the french parliament broke into a spontaneous national anthem. the fact is the u.s. is doing most of t

reporter:but that is not the case with the murders of 14 year old tanya blackwell and 26 year old carol lee booth.halbower is not facing any charges in those cases.yet. >> reporter:but investigators have ruled him out as a possible suspect in the daly city murder of 19 year old denise lampesaying he was in custody in nevada at the time of her death. >> reporter:california didn't have the death penalty in 1976 so halbower is facingttwo possible life sentences.plus he's already serving a thrity year sentence in oregon. >> reporter:authorities say the suspect's dna also links him to the 1976 murder of a 19 year old reno woman.but that case is being handled by nevada proscuters. >> reporter:the original police officer assigned to the paula baxter case says he kept investigating the murder well after he retired..he showed up in court today.glad to see a suspect finally in custody.nearly 40 years later. >> there is closure i just wish that the girl was still alive. she was a really nice girl. >> reporter:halbower did not enter a plea.he's being held without bail and is due back in court next mond

lee, many thanks. of course a similar scene played out this morning in paris. let's head to france now and jim sciutto. >> that's right, carolit felt like a state funeral almost. the president of france, francois hollande saying the officers died so that "we can live in freedom." hollande vowed the nation would never give into terrorism. erin mclaughlin has more. a very special honor bestowed on these officers. can you explain to these viewers exactly what he gave them. >> reporter: hi jim. he placed medals on each of the three coffins and he said that these police officers died upholding the values of the republic their professionalism, their courage. he said their sacrifice. he said that you know these three individuals really represented the unity and the solidarity of france and he named them one by one. there was a married father of two who was killed in the charlie hebdo offices. he was shot and slain by the kouachi brothers. and then he named clariss jean-philippe. a police officer shot in the back by the kosher market killer on the streets of paris and then he named a muslim police officer who was killed on the stree