. >> let's go live to washington and our correspondent there, max hoffman. americans are saying that the plot goes all the way to the top. what does that mean for american-iranian relations? >> it means that the americans see this as a case of state- sponsored terrorism and that they will try everything to build pressure on the iranian government. that is why vice-president biden said today that all options are on the table, and the speaker of the white house basically said the same thing. but it is highly unlikely they will deploy military action. they will probably rely on a strategy of toughening sanctions. for example, economic sanctions, unilateral sanctions from the united states. also going to the united nations security council that has already past four rounds of sanctions over the last five years towards iran. talks are under way already on wednesday to do that at the united nations security council. >> what about the basis for these charges? are the accusations completely sound? >> there is definitely substance to them. they were confirmed officia

. >> max hoffman. do you have any fiscal recommendations for your of? [laughter] spent do i have any fiscal recommendations for europe? man, we have enough of our own problems rather than try to tell europe how to deal with theirs. no, i do not in all honesty. i happen to believe that if europe, generally speaking, moves more towards free market principles, i think it would strengthen, the european economy. .. >> we must grow the economy which is why i'm not going to back off on 9-9-9. i'll just send it to the hill. and the american people get it. this is up with of the most powerful things -- one of the most powerful things about the plan, the american people get it. we've got the economy growing at at least the 4 or 5%, we don't know i how much it's going to be, but based on the assumptions of the model, it's going to be around 5%. and then at the same time cutting spending. and i've already said the way i'm going to approach putting a cap on the spending is i'm going to do a 10% across-the-board cut of every federal agency. and then a deep dive in fe