so it's with great pleasure i introduce kristin roberts. >> thank you very much. so i've got an excellent panel here that truly deserves no introduction but i'm going to give you an introduction anyway. dr. alice rivlin, cochair of the bipartisan policy center's tax reduction tax force, widely recognized as one of the most foremost experts on the issues we're talking about today. senator bob packwood, chairman of senate finance committee, he was one of the architects of the 1986 reform. congressman bill thomas, another chairman, chairman of the ways and means committee. widely seen as one of the smartest and toughest guys to ever walk the halls of congress, one of the main proponents of the tax cut bills of the last decade. and we've got robert greenstein, founder and president of the center on budget and policy priorities, an expert on a wide range of domestic policy issues including tax and social safety net programs. let's start, dr. rivlin, on mr. baucus' speech. lacking in some detail, some specifics that i know some of my colleagues in the press wanted. did

our moderator for the next portion of this is going to be kristin roberts, the "national journal"'s managing editor for budget and economy. before she joined the "national journal," she worked as reuters washington-based news editor. she joined writers in 1998, and she has had the opportunity in 2006 to spend a lot of time doing pentagon coverage including her trips with robert gates, donald rumsfeld, and for policy visits herself so it's with great pleasure i introduce kristin roberts. >> thank you very much. i have got an excellent panel here that truly deserves no introduction but i'm going to give you an introduction anyway. alex rivlin cochair of the by policy center, former white house budget director and widely recognized as one of the foremost experts on the issue we are talking about here today. senator bob packwood, the chairman of the senate finance committee and one of the architects in 1980 perform. congressman bill -- chairman of the winston means committee. one of the smartest and toughest guys who ever walked the halls of congress. one of the main components of the last decad

it is a great pleasure to introduce kristin roberts. >> thank you very much. have an excellent panel here that deserves no introduction, but i'm going to give you an introduction anyway. doctor alice rivlin, former white house budget director and widely recognized as one of the foremost expert, that is senator bob packwood. chairman of finance committee, he was one of the architects of the 1986 reform, congressman bill thomas. another chairman, chairman of the ways and means committee. one of the main proponents of the tax cut bill over the last decade. we have robert greenstein, founder and president of the center on budget ilc priorities. and social safety net programs. let's start with doctor alice rivlin. did it change at all? >> i was glad to here him say several things he said. one, clearly we will need more revenue as we address the long-run deficit problem. and he stuck with progressive rates. he is a more cautious man, i am more radical -- i am a centrist, i would go for a more dramatic tax reform. but i thought he laid out many of the reasons that we

it's not mirror, mirror with julia roberts, this is a much darker telling of the snow white tale. kristintars as snow white. you might see traces of bella if you see her, but charlize theron is the reason to see this. there's great costumes, great scenery, great effects. and it's actually doing much better than predicted. they're saying it could make maybe $55 million this weekend. >> it's probably going to get some of my money, so thank you for that. andy garcia and eva longoria share the screen in "for greater glory." >> i'm going to say a must see for the performances. andy garcia is so good in this. of course this is about the 1920s mexican conflict where catholics were being persecuted. andy garcia plays the general to train the rebels to rebel against the mexican government. he is great in it. it has that old hollywood war glamor to it. it's a little bit long maybe for some people. you might want to read up on the conflict before you go see it so you understand the history of it, but go see it just for andy garcia alone. he's so good for this. >> how about this new release, "piranha