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. >> the hatfield mccoy quick stop in boon county, west virginia is directly off of route 119. driver barely has to turn the wheel to pull in. on april 17th, 2007, store surveillance cameras record a shocking accident. general manager casery is inside the store during morning rush hour. >> people are on their way to work dropping their kids off and they come in to get their coffee and sandwiches. >> in addition to the customers there are vendors dropping off beer and soda and none of them knows that a life or death situation is seconds away. they're just walking out the front door when a speeding pickup truck comes flying off the interstate. >> i walked outside to talk to one of the vendors. at that point, we all heard a screeching sound and we all looked up and we saw the car run right through the pump and it caught on fire. >> the truck demolishes the pump. it explodes instantly. the vehicle then heads directly towards the store. >> i went left, the vendors went right and the post through the window and shot it through the store like a missile. barely missed me, barely missed

so, i'm hopeful, but i'm going to need folks like you, the people here in hatfield and pennsylvania and across the country, to get this done. a lot is riding on this debate. this is too important to our economy, it's too important to our families, to not get it done and it's not acceptable to me and i don't think it's acceptable to you, for just a handful of republicans in congress to hold middle-class tax cuts hostage simply because they don't want tax rates on upper income folks to go up. all right. that doesn't make sense. [ applause ] if your voices are here, we can help businesses like this one, sell a whole bunch of kinex. [ applause ] let's give families all across america the kind of security and certainty that they deserve during the holiday season. let's keep our economy on the right track. let's stand up for the american belief that each of us have our own dreams and aspirations, but we're also in this together. we can work together in a responsible way that we're one people and one nation, that's what this country is about, that's what all of you deserve, what i'm fighting f

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in hatfield, pennsylvania, the president was demonizing republicans -- shocker.hile, house speaker john boehner seems willing to negotiate, as long as it's in good faith. >> it's not acceptable to me and i don't think it's accept to believe you for a handful of republicans in congress to hold middle class tax cuts hostage because they don't want tax rates on upper income folks to go up. >> let's not kid ourselves. i'm willing to move forward in good faith. our original framework still stands. >> andrea: the republican leader mitch mcconnell said he burst in laughter when tim geithner outlined the president's plan. what's next? rush limbaugh and charles krauthammer want republicans to walk away and let obama own the mess. >> the best thing to do is back out of this and let obama and democrats have it and do what you want to do. that will happen anyway. i don't know about you, i don't want my fingerprints on this. >> this is almost unheard of. what do they expect? they think the republicans will cave on everything. i think republicans should walk away. >> eric: so

and they want -- i think obama to lead and to take the hatfields and the mccoys and you know, bring them make this happen. and so while -- while you know, they want to compromise, someone has to make that happen. he can lead people to a compromise. >> jennifer: so the polling results demonstrate that he has cover and congress has cover if, in fact, they achieve the middle ground. >> he kind of tipped that in his speech when he recalled his line about there's no red states or blue states. blue america. only the united states of america. that's the obama that people remember and like from 2008. he needs to reincarnate that. >> jennifer: he's got more leverage with congress. does he not? so even though people call it middle ground, he has a stronger hand than he had before and so he can hold out for a little more -- unlike the republicans holding out all the time. not doing any tax increase at all. >> but i think he's going to have to bump it up a little bit. he was talking about $250,000 on the taxes. he'll probably have to go to a million dollars that way he can still say -- he campaigned

president obama as you know hit the road, went to hatfield, pennsylvania to take his case to the people of pennsylvania. trying to put pressure on republicans to get on board with his plan to increase taxes on the wealthiest americans. he made his case at a toy maker there and exceptionally said that if lawmakers can't get a deal done by the first of the year, taxes will go up on middle class americans by about $2,000. that will be bad for middle class americans and also bad for businesses like connects toy maker which is where he spoke a little earlier on today. especially as we enter the busy holiday shopping season. here is a little more of what president obama had to say today. take a listen. >> if congress does nothing, every family in america will see their income taxes automatically go up on january 1st. every family. everybody here, you'll see your taxes go up on january 1st. i mean, i'm assuming that doesn't sound too good to you. that's sort of like the lump of coal you get for christmas. that's a scrooge christmas. >> reporter: timothy geithner put forth the president's sort

. >> president obama is travel to go hatfield, pennsylvania to tour and give a speech at at the factoryt makes tinker toys and other connect brands. it's a third generation family business and employs 150 people at that particular facility. the president's visit would highlight the impact that the taxes would affect the season. it's all to garner public support and back republicans into a corner as fiscal cliff negotiations continue. tim geithner went up to the hill yesterday and laid out the president's offer. this is what it looks like. the goal is to get to $1.6 trillion in revenue. letting the tax cuts expire for the top 2% and then raise capital gains. that would bring in $196 billion. and then the tax code over overhaul, and extension of unemployment benefits and more stimulus spending. republicans for their part dismiss the offer immediately calling it unbalanced, and unreasonable. so the question is what kind of leverage do republicans have at this point? talking points memo notes that they do have control over whether or not we raise the debt ceiling which is something we have

. >> the president is going to hatfield, pennsylvania, today. a campaign-style event to sort of drum up support for what the white house wants to do on fiscal cliff. you know, the president after he won re-election essentially said i know lots of you didn't vote for me. i've listened to you. i take your concerns to heart and we're going to move forward. does that apply to congressional republicans, kristen? does he hear what john boehner has to say? does he internalize it? do we hear something acknowledging republican resistance to what he laid out today in pennsylvania or not? >> reporter: well, i think he certainly is hearing and listening to john boehner, but he also believes that he has the upper hand having just won re-election and this trip to pennsylvania today is sort of a larger pr campaign that the president and the white house have been embarking on to get voters, to pressure congressional republicans to get onboard with the president's plan of increasing taxes on wealthier americans. he's traveling to pennsylvania today. he has had h

fight when he went out, took his case to the american people, so he is doing it once again today in hatfield, pennsylvania, a suburb of philadelphia, speaking at a toymaker and making the case that toymaker would be harmed. consumer confidence begdwindled they would lose business if dungs fails to get a deal done and they would wind up spending less on christmas shopping, for example. this is a tactic that has been persuasive in the past. of course, the white house taking other measures as well. president obama reaching out to congressional leaders behind the scenes, meeting with them as well. they're launching this website, #my2k, encouraging people to go on and talk about what $2,000 would mean to them. that's the amount that would increase if, in fact, the country does go over the fiscal cliff. the white house points out that they have actually gotten more hits on that #my2k than they got during the payroll tax cut fight when they launched a similar effort. so they feel as though this is a good way to put the pressure on congress. but having said all of that, andrea, this really remains i

. >> warner: the president chose a seasonal setting, a toy factory in hatfield, pennsylvania, and holiday imagery to press again for extending tax cuts for the middle class. >> if congress does nothing, every family in america will see their income taxes automatically go up on january 1. i mean, i... i'm assuming that doesn't sound too good to you. >> no. >> that's sort of like the lump of coal you get for christmas. that's a scrooge christmas. >> warner: in washington, republicans portrayed the road trip as so much humbug, at a time, they said, when negotiations are going nowhere. >> there's a stalemate. let's not kid ourselves. >> warner: house speaker john boehner said republicans remain willing to raise revenues, but not by raising tax rates. and he charged the white house isn't negotiating in good faith. >> the day after the election, i said the republican majority would accept new revenue as part of a balanced approach that includes real spending cuts and reforms. now, the white house took three weeks to respond with any kind of a proposal, and much to my disappointment, it wasn't a

. >>> tomorrow president obama visits the hatfield, pennsylvania family of tinker toys, angry birds stuffo discuss middle class tax cuts and the dangers of the fiscal cliff. it is a factory i toured as part of our "how i made my millions" series earlier this year. what is this called? >> just a hopper. >> reporter: intricate creations constructed with a plastic product called k'nex, a build it yourself toy invented by this big kid, joel blickman at the age of 50. >> i really built k'nex for myself. >> reporter: he was so convinced everyone would clamor for the toy, he pitched it to mattel and hasbro. >> what ends up turning out was that none of the toy companies wanted it. >> how do you overcome the rejection? >> you get annoyed, which i did. and decide well, we'll do it ourselves. if they're that dumb, what they know can't be that difficult to learn. >> reporter: they developed their own packaging, started marketing it. at first, they shipped it out to a few local shops. >> and they make those toys all in america. p "power lunch" exclusive, the kroe ceo, michael erickson. why do you thin

hatfield also has a very interesting book on the history of this period. he also pointed out in the period of the 30s the government was doing a lot of investment in gross and that increase productivity. after the war, that productivity actually increased returns to investment in the private sector. so i created a context. you know, we had -- public spending had provided a context in which private investment have a higher return. >> in general, we've got this notion that the public sector and private sector are always in competition. public investment is complementary in that there's a lot of things that people will do if they believe there's adequate transportation and they believe the power network is adequate and they're going to have skilled workers available because they've had good education. so i tend to be stripped down to the minimal story in a minimal story would be just about the debt. of course all of this reinforces what they're doing right now. we have the states and local governments canceling infrastructure projects because revenue is depre

well, president obama is taking his fight over the fiscal cliff today heading to hatfield, pennsylvania. he is going to tour the rhodon group manufacturing facility. >> that's a place the white house says is one of the many businesses that depends upon middle class shoppers this holiday season. rhodon manufactures connect brand. that time group sells toys like angry birds building sets and tinker toys. at the end of the year, as i am sure you know by now the average middle class family is facing a 2,000 dollar tax hike. on monday of this week the white house released a report saying that could be americans spending $200,000,000,000 less in 2013. the president will continue to push his message but is it time to reach a deal over the fiscal cliff? but the g.o.p. is not so keen on a deal, at least the one the white house presented yesterday. the first offer from president obama and treasury secretary timothy geithner included a $1.6 trillion tax increase along with an extension of the payroll answer it cut and unemployment insurance and a request for $50,000,000,000 worth of stimulus spend

he will say that at a factory in hatfield, pennsylvania, where the company connects, makes tinker toysmpany the white house picked for today's event because they rely on the middle class consumers who would be affected if we go off the fiscal cliff. martha. martha: that will be a major sticking point it sounds like. peter, thank you very much. bill: so what happens if your taxes or to your taxes if lawmakers don't strike a deal? the tax policy center says that 90% of the americans would see a tax hike next year in 2013. it says 121 million americans will be paying more in payroll taxes, and families making between 40 and $65,000 a year, will pay an extra $2,000 to the government. that starts in 2013. martha: some say that they're concerned that what happens in europe could also happen here down the road. look at europe's economy down the road. 11.7% unemployment. that is another record high in the month of october. breaking that down, it is 18.7 million people out of work across the 17 eu countries that use the euro. spain and greece have the highest jobless rates. 25% is the unemploym

friday he's going to travel to hatfield pennsylvania where he will give campaign style remarks to getport for congress to negotiate the right kind of deal. we are back with more steph after this. ♪ [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪ >> yahoo, it is the "stephanie miller show," welcome to it. 1-800-steph-1-2 toll free from everywhere. steven weber. he will be there nobody panic he will be right there. charlie pierce said some good stuff about the fiscal cliff and other things. this is going to be a fascinating discussion. the president playing three dimensional chess. told you so. >> never mind. >> never mind. >> corn? when did we book corn? [ laughter ] >> oh, you kids. i swear. all right, you know what? i think there's a little estrogen in the clubhouse. ♪ ♪ >> hi, jackie schechner. >> good morning. my athlete, my warrior my legend. >> stop that night now. >> you didn't get up this early to compromise. >> if someone yelled at me like that during a class, i would walk right out. if you're heart isn't exploding you're not doing well en

. >> listening to president obama out of hatfield, pennsylvania. he is at a toy company that makes toys similar to leggos, children's toys. he wants to bring his case directly to the american people to travel to be there in front of real folks to make his case for avoiding the fiscal cliff and also his treasury secretary as well going up on the hill talking to members of congress essentially putting forward his plan that would require tax hikes for the wealthiest americans. it is something that republicans are not pleased with. we expect republicans' response very soon. we're iffing to bring that to you live. if you would like to continue listening to the speech, go to cmn.com/live and continue to listen to the president. up next we are also focussing on another story. each year thousands of young british girls lured into a world of sex abuse. we're going to take a look at how predators, they're using gifts, alcohol, social media to gain the trust of their victims. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just finished a bowl of your new light chicken po

the white house is announcing this morning that the president will speak in hatfield, pennsylvania on over the fiscal cliff to the road. the president will also meet with business leaders today and tomorrow plus tomorrow he is hosting an event at the white house to talk about middle-class families impacted by the fiscal cliff. as you know, the bush era tax cuts are set to expire at the end of the year. obama campaigned on letting those expire but he extended them in 2010 and he wants to extend them again now for families making less than $250,000 a year. progressives and maybe in the mainstream media say it is an example of how obama caved on taxes. but david corn has an article in mother jones saying that is the no the case. according to corn, obama did not surrender at all in 2010. what he actually did was use the chance to push through a second stimulus that otherwise would have never made it past senate republicans. if you remember, the package to extend the tax cuts also included a payroll tax break a child tax credit and other stimulus measures amounting to $238 billion. democra

we'll be live from the manufacturing company in hatfield, pennsylvania at noon eastern on c-span 3. >> the program began under one of the advisors to president franklin roosevelt, to document the conditions under which people were living. this was back when we didn't have television. we had radio, but a lot of places didn't have electricity so they could not listen to the radio broadcast to find out what was going on in other parts of the country. ray striker, who was an economist from columbia university, he is the head of this project and in 1939 when kodak introduced color film, they sent it to him to have his photographers try it out to see what they could do. kodak was trying to establish a new product in a new market and they wanted people who knew how to use it effectively to try it out and public lissize it. >> america on the 1930's and 1940's comes to life as beverly shares some of the 1,600 colored photographs taken during the depression and world war ii. "american artifacts." >> the united nation's thursday voted in favor of palestinian statehood. the resolution upgraded th

>> today the president is going to take his case to the people of pennsylvania during a visit to hatfield sets. back to you. >> steve: all right. thank you very much. >> brian: it's unbelievable. the "washington post" says the offer lacks any concessions to republicans. in the "wall street journal," the most fritteddenning aspect is perhaps it wasn't an error. it was thoroughly calculated suggests the president doesn't care about the outcome of the cliff. >> steve: so unserious when you got mitch mcconnell when he heard tim geithner in his 45 minute presentation laid out he burst into laughter. i know the president of the united states yesterday met over lunch with mitt romney. he really should be sitting down having lunches with john boehner, friendly lunches. that's what peggy noonan writes because they got to get a deal and they're growing further and further apart. it looks like we're about to sail over the cliff. you know what? rush limbaugh said yesterday that that is exactly what the democrats want to happen. >> welfare state, santa claus is what secures votes for them. the welfare

so i would run down and meet senator hatfield outside at the elevators and brief him on each amendmentamendment. i watched as every hour or every hour and a half, an weaments brought up and was debated and voted on. there was no filibuster of a motion to proceed. therthere was no filibuster of amendments. there was no three-week deep freeze of what amendments would come up. we were here to debate issues and a filibuster, be it a rare exceptions a time when someone would stand up and say there is a principles of such concern to me personally, to the future of our nation, to the citizens of my own state, that i am going to break and interfere with the majority decision and hold this floor and make my case before the people. but that's not what we have now. so there are various ideas being put forward on the one hand how we can restore the filibuster as something that are happens in front of this chamber, in front of the public -- accountability and transparency -- that facilitates debate and rather than throwing accusations about abuses of power, let's just have a thoughtful debate about

. >> reporter: president obama travels to hatfield, pennsylvania, where he will turn up pressure with republicans to increase taxes on wealthier americans, after a show of bipartisanship. the president inviting mitt romney to the white house on thursday. with washington deadlocked, president obama reached out to his former rival, inviting mitt romney to lunch at the white house, aiming to put past differences to rest. >> i think that he's very interested in some of governor romney's ideas. >> reporter: romney arrived shortly after noon thursday. white house officials revealed few details about the lunch, saying only they ate white turkey chili, and the meeting lasted more than an hour, with governor romney congratulating the president on re-election. in the sole picture released by the white house, you can see the dining room where the men ate and boxing gloves. aides joked there were no punches thrown describing the encounter as friendly. >> i am happy to see this picture, it is good for the american people. >> reporter: a very different tone on capitol hill as fiscal cliff negotiati

so, i'm hopeful, but i'm going to need folks like you and the people here in hatfield and here in pennsylvaniand all across the country to get this done. and a lot is riding on this debate. this is too important to our economy, it's too important for our families to not get it done. and it's not -- it's not acceptable to me, and i don't think it's acceptable to you, for just a handful of republicans in congress to hold middle class tax cuts hostage simply because they don't want tax rates on upper-income folks to go up. all right? that doesn't make sense. [applause] if your voices are heard, then we can help businesses like this one. we're going to sell a whole bunch. let's -- [applause] let's give families all across america the kind of security and certainty that they deserve during the holiday season. let's keep our economy on the right track. let's stand up for the american belief that each of us have our own dreams and aspirations, but we're also in this together. and we can work together in a responsible way. that we're one people. and we're one nation. that's what this country is about.

live coverage from hatfield pennsylvania at noon eastern on c-span. >> program began under wraps who was one of the advisors to president franklin roosevelt. to document the conditions under which people were living. this was back when we didn't have television. we had radio, but a lot of places didn't have electricity so they couldn't listen to the radio broadcasts to find out what was going on in other parts of the country. striker, who is an economist from columbia university, he was the head of this project, and in 1939 when kodak introduce color film, they said film to roy stryker to have his photographers try out. see what they could do. kodak was trying to establish a new market, new product and they wanted people who would know how to use it effectively. to try it out and publicize it. >> america of the 1930s and '40s comes to life to the eye of the camera as library of congress curator shares some of the 1600 were photographs taken during the depression and world war ii. american artifacts sunday at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. eastern. part of american history tv this weekend on c-sp