message to members of congress members of the group will testify any hearing put on by the house progressive caucus and they'll meet with members of the gang of twelve super committee and even meet with the republican tax master grover norquist who elected him anyway the message of patriotic millionaires if they want to convey to congress is pretty simple if any super committee deficit reduction deal doesn't include tax hikes on millionaires and billionaires then it should be rejected so as congress craft legislation that seems to only benefit the millionaires and billionaires will they finally start listening to what millionaires and billionaires actually want. for more on this i'm joined by karl frisch partner of both right strategies syndicated columnist and occasional radio host to be filling in for me on friday and charlie fink former a.o.l. executive and founder of artistic director of the new musical development foundation as well as former president of american greetings dot com thank you to both of you for just a little great to have you here with the structure it so you can call. these in

speak but, i can say this very confidently, that this event was, in part, sponsored by the house progressive caucus, a group of more liberal democratic members in the house of representatives who already welcomed that message and offering that message which is raise taxes on the wealthy in order to pay down our deficit and debt. i will tell you on the flip side, while not hearing directly from republican members, i doubt they are taking this message very seriously, if i could stay that way, because republicans have roundly rejected this idea of paying for anything up here on capitol hill, saying that you do not raise taxes on job creators in a time of a jobs crisis. these millionaires clearly disagree with that statement. but they are up here to send their message any way. >> pounding the pavement, as you said, kate bolduan. thank you. >>> speaking of millionaires, my twitter account, it has been blowing up about the fannie and freddie bonuses n a couple of minutes, you will hear what happened on the hill today as well when executive got in the hot seat. stay tuned for that. >>> next on reporter ro

>> well, i think there are a lot of people in the house, ed, you know them, in the congressional progressive caucuswho want to do more in terms of investment than this president has. i think it's a two-way street. what we really need to look out for are the people like mitch mcconnell whose state has fallen bridges in kentucky. and yet he gives a politics to it. because their first priority is to bring down a president, not to bring relief to their citizens in their state. but i think this president needs to work more closely with those in the house and in the senate who want to see a different america. and he's beginning, but nothing moves without pressure from outside. >> back to the supercommittee for just a moment. where's the president going to come down on this? i mean -- this is huge. if he does not -- >> this is a defining moment. >> if he does not protect social security, medicare, medicaid, if he doesn't keep the big three off the table, none of those democrats were sent to washington by the voters to chip away at the big three. of course, the republicans are going to be looking for big c

progressive caucus there in washington. mr. frank also took a shot, by the way, at former house speaker newt gingrich's run for president. >> i did not think i had lived a good enough life to be rewarded by newt gingrich being the republican nominee. it still is unlikely, but i have hopes. >> congressman frank was first elected to the house of representatives in 1980 and is currently the top democrat on the house financial services committee. now says he is retiring from congress. >>> international news. pakistan announcing it will boycott next week's conference on the future of afghanistan. in protest of the nato air strike that left 24 of the country's soldiers dead over the weekend. the boycott coincides with a warning from pakistan's prime minister, when says he is reviewing his nation's relationship with the united states, noting that it will no longer be "business as usual." white house press secretary jay carney described the deadly incident as a tragedy while addressing the future of u.s./pakistan relations. >> we continue to believe that it will be in not just the united states' interests but pakistan's interests to work

being stifled by a house republican caucus that, you know, whoever the republican nominee is going to give a free hand to. so it's either moving forward or really stifling that progress. and creating greater inequality and ensuring that the haves have even more. and that's, i think, part of his message. >> your agenda as you take on this big new job here. are you satisfied that the president and his team have found their voice and that they are, you know, gearing up and dealing with the issues and with the mood of the country? >> i think over the last several months we've seen the president really fighting. he's putting forward an agenda that's in stark contrast. i think progressives are rallying around that big difference. this election will have the biggest choice between two competing visions. and i think the president has an advantage that he's actually talking about what will help the middle class grow in the next several years. >> and just briefly, do you find fault with bill clinton suggesting that the president has been too tough on wall street? doesn't that -- isn't that dissident right now with the way -- with your personal views and the way people seem to

caucus who want to make progress, who realize how important this is. so i'm cautiously optimistic. bill: what about that? congressman scott garrett, vice chairman of the houseget committee, republican in studio. good morning to you. thank you for your time. i hope you had a great holiday with your family. >> it was a great holiday. bill: you go back to washington, d.c.. >> after this. bill: i pity you. what do you think about senator toomey. >> i'm glad he is in the senate. i'm glad he was able to put that issue out there. put this in perspective with regard to defense cuts first of all, that the defense cuts don't go into effect today. they don't go into effect next year, 2012. they go into effect if at all, 201 after the next presidential election and after next congress and senate and house is in there. so we do have some time to work on this but i try to be optimistic like pat is. bill: but you would be in favor of reconfiguring the cuts to the military? >> absolutely. i think the defense cuts they're talking about in the deal went way too far. although there is waste fraud, abuse over at dod, the defense department i think we can find some of that wast

of the progressive caucus to continue this discussion and as well to continue to educate the american public. it is worth noting that part of the discussion that occurred on the floor of the house is that we have come to this point. if i might say through a peculiar process. some might call it hostage taking but certainly it is a process that has skewed, if you will, the regular order of this congress. this little book, the constitution of the united states, that can fit into a document of this size, even though it is found in law books and many major large-sized books found in the library of congress, hopefully convinces the american people of the wisdom of the founding fathers. it is noteworthy that they do not include a balanced budget amendment in the first group of amendments called the bill of rights and even as they proceeded they took the challenge of speaking to any number of issues. the freeing of the slaves in the 13th, 14th and 15th amendment, giving the right to vote finally in the 15th amendment, suggesting that there should be no obstacles to voting. it went on to the 24th amendment to indicate there should be no poll tax, the 19th amendment, giving the right of