>> joining me is south carolina democratic congressman, james clyburn. $1 trillion increase in tax revenue proposed by the murray plan, 4.$4.25 trillion in savin through 2023 and when democrats include tax revenues, sir, and defense cuts, aren't they basically doing the same thing, starting at a nonstarting point? >> well, thomas, first of all, thanks so much for having me. look, i think that what we've got to do is get real here and think about what the future holds for this great country of ours. i would suggest that both sides start locking ourselves into this ten-year window and that's what is giving us a real lot of pain. let's look at maybe a 20-year budget. i believe that the president did a 20-year budget the last time out. if we look at a 20-year window, most experts i talked to tell me that the big savings come in year 13, 14, and 15. so if we were to see a change in the trajectory going out to 20 years, i do believe this would give us much better definition for both sides to find some comfort levels. we're not going to get it in the ten-year p

. >> and joining me right now is south carolina democratic james clyburn. want to remind everybody as we talk about this meeting that is taking place today at the white house with the president and congressional leadership, it was just on wednesday that we saw you with the president at the rosa parks statue unveiling. was there anything said about the sequester and was there any talk about that? >> no. if you'll recall -- thank you for having me on this morning. in that picture, if you recall, republicans were there, too. the speaker and either mcconnell, we all stood together and the president cheered with us, some of what he would expect to discuss today. and that was it. but as you can see, i'm not in today's meeting. i think it was just the four leaders, two on the house side and two on the senate side. i'm not privy to what is being discussed. >> this picture shows all of you with your heads together, intense looks on the faces there. but nothing was said in reference to the sequester? no one brought it up? >> well, as i said, the president had said to

, the assistant democratic leader of the united states house of representatives, the honorable james clyburn >> thank you. mr. president, speaker boehner, leader pelosi, leaders reid and mcconnell, friends, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen. this is a good time and a great place to honor the most honorable woman. this year marks the 150th anniversary of the signing of the emancipation proclamation which jumpstarted a march to freedom for many, who while in servitude built this great edifice. this year is also the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. it was a watershed event in our quest for human dignity. rosa parks, the first lady of civil rights, the mother of the movement, the saint of an endless struggle, however one wished to refer to her, the statue. forever ordains rosa parks as an icon of our nation's struggles till about its declaration that we are all created equal. one hour ago, i sat across the street witnessing the opening arguments in the case before the united states supreme court, the case many feel could turn the clock back on much of the progress that has been made a

million in federal funding was spent on a four building complex named after democratic congressman james clyburn building has been built and another 80 million is needed to finish it. that plan to end mail delivery on saturdays just return to served sender. congress has just passed legislation that requires saturday delivery. the postal service planned to stop saturday service lower cost after it lost $16 billion last year. the fbi is trying to figure out how a guy posing as a pilot got past several security checkpoints. and then into the cockpit of a u.s. airways jet in philadelphia. how about that? well, chris o'connell from our fox affiliate in philly has our story. >> police say 61-year-old french national felipe jonard posed as an pilot. he is not a pilot at all. weighs wearing air france shirt. he carried air france bag. and he had some identification that looked like he was a crew member from air france. >> after being denied a seat in business class. police say jonard got upset, even telling the flight crew he hated americans. but eventually ended up in the cockpit sitting in the jump se

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, the assistant democratic leader of the united states house of representatives, the honorable james clyburn >> enqueue. -- thank you. mr. president, speaker boehner, leader pelosi, leaders reid and mcconnell, friends, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen. this is a good time and a great place to honor the most honorable woman. this year marks the 150th anniversary of the signing of the emancipation proclamation which jumpstarted a march to freedom for many, who while in servitude built this great edifice. this year is also the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. it was a watershed event in our quest for human dignity. rosa parks, the first lady of civil rights, the mother of the movement, the saint of an endless struggle, however one wished to refer to her, the statue. forever ordains rosa parks as an icon of our nation's struggles till about its declaration that we are all created equal. one hour ago, i sat across the street witnessing the opening arguments in the case before the united states supreme court, the case many feel could turn the clock back on much of the progress that has