and you'll be listening to more of npr. i have a whole thing about podcast. and i think that podcast are going to be huge. >> i think we all do, yeah. >> podcast shockingly have not been huge. i mean a lot of companies started. >> "this american life" when is the last time that you listened to "this american life" on the radio. >> i actually do. >> do you really. >> on the podcast has been phenomenal nal. when we first talked about it was talking about it only 20,000 people and now i think it's almost like 750,000. >> but is there going to be big businesses that come out of it or just kind of like blogging where it, you know, and you have kind of a lot and a lot of leakage from it and fragmented or can people build big franchises because that so far hasn't happened. >> that hasn't happened and i don't know i feel like it has to be way more accepted right now. right now you can go big franchise over radio because there are million of passive listeners in the radio. >> this is deeper, richer experience though, supplement it a

>> larry: yeah, hurt, emotionally hurt. >> very little npr can do to hurt a fella other than perhaps come and reclaim my tote bag. from now on, i'm carrying everything just in my arms like this. i will no longer use their tote bags. i find it interesting that you would forbid people to go to something that even we don't know what it is. i think it's somewhat peculiar. we know what it is. but they don't. >> larry: they're guessing. >> they're guessing it's political. >> larry: you're saying it's not. >> they're guessing wrong, my friend. >> larry: it is not a political rally? >> this is not a political rally in any way, shape or form. it is a visceral expression of -- >> larry: of sanity. >> of a people fed up with the reflection that they are shown of themselves as a divided people. >> larry: if i were bringing a picket sign -- >> ♪ we shall sorry? >> larry: if i bring a picket sign -- >> what are you, a wobbly? fighting labor with the picker on it boys in 1932? >> larry: if i bring a sign in support of this rally, what should it say? ah-ha! >> okay, that's fine. that's all the space

perspective on where health care reform stands nationally and the battles ahead from julie rovner of npr. >> brown: plus, we examine political dissent and the law in russia, as oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky is found guilty of embezzlement. >> wanrer: we begin a week of encore reports from paul solman on the foreclosure crisis. tonight, troubles in florida as buyers snap up distressed homes. >> brown: and ray suarez looks at proposed privacy rules for internet providers, and what they mean for the rest of us online. >> when it comes to companies surreptitiously collecting information about you and selling it to other companies, you ought to be able to make a choice to opt out. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years, b nsf, the engine that connects us. >> oil companies is have changed. >> oil companies have changed my country. >> oil companies can make a difference. >> we have the chance to build the economy. >> create jobs, keep people healthy and improve schools. >> and our communities.

npr is smart, global, and is not limited to sound bites.t educates and it is a bit of a throwback to the era of broadcasting rather than narrowcasting. secondly, we are here to honor dan shore. welcome. most of you think of dan is a distinguished journalist. that youderstoandable would do so. we like to claim dan as one of our own. third, the subject of tonight deals with new technology in the digital era. for us, it is a priority. it is apparent that -- in our websites, cfr.org. it is inherent in our facebook and twitter technologies. the current issue of "foreign affairs," there is an important article on digital disruption and deal economic consequences -- and geode-economic consequences. at a senior -- we have a senior fellow working on these issues. this is part and parcel of the economic and political agenda. tonight's meeting cannot be more timely. the title is new media and new standards. where does quality-control come from? how do we know who to trust? how do we insure the quality -- that quality journalism is feasible? can it be

. >> i actually am -- don't know sarah personally but i heard her on npr.nd she did such a great job of talking about her story and her plight that i decided to get involved and organize this event. >> the event of free all three was a fund-raiser to bring other bay area best selling authors and friends together to help support and raise funds to pay ongoing legal fees for the families of the three imprisoned. >> the toll this has taken on our families is real. it's something that i was protected from when i was in prison, they didn't want us to know about it and as soon as i got out it's one of the most difficult things for me to see. >> the event was held at the verdi club in san francisco. >> everyone i know has donated something. i've donated my gardening services. this is a bowl from a friend's mom. we're excited to do anything we can to bring home these two innocent people. >> local author andrew sean greer who entained the crowd with a lively reading believes more needs to be done to secure the release of shane and josh. >> people because of this eve

it's a great way to divide the country to make some americans, the ones who work for or listen to nprnk lattes and drive priuses and stuff, use biodegradable forks. >> eliminating taxpayer funding for npr is the common sense cut we need to start making we want to alter the way businesses conduct in washington. >> saving taxpayers millions of dollars annually. >> this fiasco is one williams really adds fuel to the fire. >> the bias of the organization was exposed. >> cue the cuts to big bird as well. another republican culture war staple is, of course, artists, particularly gay ones railing about offensive degeneracy within us and defunding arts and humanities. now it's david voinerovich his work being shown at the smithsonian causing boehner and cantor to call for closing the exhibit. removing his work from the exhibit that was part of, even though the exhibit was privately funded. and you can't throw a culture war without starting a fight about abortion. c street the congressional boarding house in d.c. run by "the family." the house and the family are tied to a handful of the most i

and we were listening to npr, and we heard them talk about gertrude parkins on npr.nd i just stopped in my tracks and i said then what i said to deny, who is go to perkins? and so shocking to me that he thought she had something to do with the montgomery bus boycott, this woman and 1949, but i felt compelled to go to the archives and dig of old newspapers, and read about tucker perkins. and so i found the story, and i didn't know what to do with it. it was the first word that i found about this issue of sexual violence and the south. there was no way to connect to the montgomery bus boycott at this time. there was no contact. so i put it aside, and did know what to do with it. a couple months later i was working on a tallahassee case. my professor had stumbled across it in researching a book about robert williams, a naacp leader in north carolina. he said this is an interesting story, why don't you look at this? i said okay. and i start to look into that case, and get to know the store. i did that for a masters thesis, and again i put it aside. i finished my masters

. >> reporter: president obama told npr for there was changes they won't be big. >> we didn't write a bill. we put forward a framework. i've confident that the framework is going to look like the one we put forward. >> reporter: if congress doesn't act by january 1, taxes for the average american family will go up about $3,000. joel brown, cbs news, the white house. >>> we have a developing story out of sacramento. police have evacuated several downtown streets after getting reports of a man with a rifle in a parking garage. as nick janes tells us, we're just learning now that a man has been detained. nick? >> reporter: sydnie, they found him not in the garage but a few miles way in a vehicle that rifle turns out to be a pellet gun. he was believed to have been holed up in that parking structure behind us here in that tan building, single story nondescript building with a couple of offices and some parking spaces, as well. there was a report that came in about 6:40 this morning from a security guard who said he had been threatened by a man who said he had a gun. police didn't know for

and the president told npr that could start next year. >> i think we could get broad bipartisan agreement it needs to be done but it's going to require a lot of hard work to actually make it happen. >> reporter: the president could use his state of the union address or his budget next year to make the case that we need to overhaul the tax cut -- tax code rather. i think it's worth noting, lester, that the deficit commission report calls for raising tax collection by $1 trillion, in large part by eliminating or reducing many of those loopholes that are in the tax code. >> norah. thank you. the tax deal a topic on "meet the press." austan goolsbee. >>> when "nbc nightly news" continues this saturday, they are in the game. but are very young children being exposed to sports too soon? >>> celebrating a wonderful life. why a museum dedicated to jimmy stewart needs a miracle of its own. st >>> we're back with a story sure to have a lot of parents asking how soon is too soon when it comes to giving children an added edge. we all heard of the early reading and music courses. now the focus is on t

. >> i actually don't know sarah personally but i heard her on npr and she did such a great job of talking about her story and her polite that i decided to get involved in organizing this event. >>reporter: the event tonight dubbed free all 3 was a fundraiser to bring other bay area best selling authors and friends together to help support and raise funds to pay ongoing legal fees for the family of the 3 imprisoned berkeley graduate student. >> the toll this has taken on our family is real. item something that i was protected from when i was in prison. they didn't want us to know bit and as soon as i got out item been one of the most difficult things for me to see. >>reporter: the event was held at the club m san francisco. she studied abroad with josh. >> everyone i know hab has donated something. i have donated my gardening services. this is a bowl from a friend's whom. friend who studied abroad from us so excited to do anything we cap to bring home these 2 innocent people. >>reporter: local author andrew greer who entertained the crowd with a lively reading believes more needs to be don

first of all, i love npr. but do you believe it is beneficial are detrimental to our society or any society 12% of the population -- when 2% of the population owns 7% of the wealth? you listen tod npr. i cannot tell you any and all but all i can tell you is the statistics. opinions on policy is not the end your way -- not the npr way. host: texas, you are on. caller: got a question for ms. geewax did what you think of means testing for social security? also, i watch a lot of c-span, i watch a lot of congress and the senate, and the guys are up there, they are making their speeches, and they make a speech to an empty house. then everybody comes in and make the vote and they are in there for 15 minutes, they make the vote, and they have not even listened to the other side. as much as i hate to agree with the catholic church, whenever they are voting in a pope, they walk behind closed doors, they make the vote, and they don't get out until they settle the issue. what do you think about that? that you very much --

in npr, viewers will send in donations to support you.different form. you will pay your cable bill partly because you get these cable channels and the cable operators feel they have to pay to offer you that package. one of the things that was tragic in a way about what happened with newspapers and other media organizations is they went down a road that depended only on advertisers. thinking that could support them and throwing the principle that you had to charge the consumer as well. i think what is happening out there financially to the this business, i lament it as much as anybody. the industry has only itself to blame. there is nothing that said all of the great news organizations had to start giving away their content on the web for free. they did it because they did not take the web seriously enough at the beginning. when they did take it seriously, they viewed it as a marketing tool and not a true source of competition. when it started to generate some advertising revenue, they thought that will grow to the moon and that will suppo

president obama said in the n an view that aired this morning on npr despite this revolt by house democrats he's still confident the tax cuts will pass because he says no one wants to see taxes go up at the first of this year. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns. >>> time now 5:13 the lack of pray guess on the tax cut -- the lack of progress on the tax cut is because of don't ask don't tell. a procedure of the repeal did not pass. they have enough votes but senate republicans insisted they will not consider any of the legislation until the tax cut deal is done. it's not clear if there will be enough time if congress adjourns this month to put the don't ask don't tell repeal up for outvoted. >>> a transgender woman said she received a harassing letter from the clerk at the dmv. 23-year-old amber yust went to the dmv office to get a new office to reflect her gender and name change. four days after that yust says she received a letter from a person who identified himself as the dmv clerk who handled her application. he wrote in part and i'm quoting the homosexual act is an abomin

you know, president obama did an interview with npr after house democrats voted yesterday to reject his tax deal with republicans. that interview is airing this morning. president obama says that unhappy democrats might make changes to the deal but he believes it will pass because no one wants to see taxes go up on the first of the year. senate democrats are more inclined to support it. they released a text of the bill that added new extras like tax breaks for energy efficient cars and homes. but house democrats like oakland congresswoman barbara lee says it's no deal until tax breaks for the wealthy are scaled back. >> of course we want to extend unemployment compensation. we said that early. we voted for that. of course we want middle income tax cuts. no way do we intend to support any estate tax reduction nor a give away to the wealthiest individuals in the country. >> reporter: now for the bottom line here is that the senate is moving ahead with this obama got tax deal. the house is still a wild card. congresswoman lee is holding a news conference about it this morning. we'll have i

i actually don't know sarah personally but i heard her on npr.nd she did such a great job of talking about her story and her plight that i decided to get involved and organize the event. >> the event dubbed three all three was a fund-raiser to bring other bay area best selling authors and friends together to help support and raise funds to pay ongoing legal fees for the family of the three imprisoned graduate students. >> the toll on our families is real. it's something that i was protected from when i was in prison. they didn't want us to know about it. as soon as i got out, it's one of the most difficult things for me to see. >> the event was held in san francisco. silva study abroad with josh fattal. >> everybody donated something. i donated my gardening services. this is a bowl from a friend's mom. we're just all so excited to do anything we can to bring home these two innocent people. >> andrew sean greer who entertained the crowd with a lively reading believes more needs to be done. >> what's surprising is that people, because of this event

he's worked at "washington post" as editorial writer once worked for npr juan williams is here.fellow with project 21 deneen borelli is here. guys good to see you. this florida school board meeting is unbelievable. we some video. we got acts of heroism as well. let's roll some of this tape. >> i got a feeling you want the cops to come in and kill you, because you are mad. but why? this isn't worth it! please don't, please don't, please! [ shots ] >> sean: there's more video graphic that we didn't show. first that guy that was talking said i'm the one that did this, his wife got fired. let all the other guys go. a woman at one point, we have the video of this. she comes in and comes from behind and tries to take the gun from the guy. look at this woman. it is a pretty amazing story about how people, you know deal with that. the guy ended up killing himself. your reaction? >> thank goodness no one else was injured. there were students in the room earlier. this was a case of someone who was really had serious problems, machine tall problems. he was trying to take it out on other in

i am writing a book about free speech as a result of what happened to me and the comments i made on npr. host: has that changed regarding this issue? guest: it was so hurtful to me. i worked there for 10 years. i am a journalist. someone asked me to respond to this controversy and i began by saying, i understand there are radical muslims that advertise the fact that they will attack america. we're not dealing with reality. i get anxious when i see some muslims getting on an airplane. i am not saying we should discriminate against anybody. i was acknowledging that i had a feeling. then i was portrayed as a bigot or a bad guy. i think that is a chilling attack on the idea of free speech and expression and allow people to learn from each other. then to go on and say there are certain things we have to protection this country including religious columns. i think people were selective and it was punishing not only to me but to anyone who wants their voice to be heard freely in this country. the united nations asked me to get involved to go and speak about the attacks taking place on mexican

the price, president obama tells npr he had to give in to republican demands to help the wealthy too.single issue the republicans are willing to scotch the entire deal for. >> if democrats can get a better deal with the republicans, the white house says it will be happy to jump aboard. brian moore, nbc news, washington. >>> vowing to fight on. protestors pushing for an end to don't ask don't tell, rallied outside the capital. senate republicans blocked the measure yesterday that would have lifted the ban. the white house says the president is committed to seeing that repeal passed before the end of this year. >>> well all those fall rains have brought not, have brought us not just higher water levels to marin county creek, they're bringing back salmon. marin water officials encouraged by the sight of many swimming upstream from ocean. it is great to see after the species was called kriltically endangered last year. though dozens of fish spotted in recent weeks, it is well below previous years, and salmon sightings in the hundreds. >> santa fired by macy's for telling a dirty joke arri

npr, how term limits make staffers and lobbyists way more powerful than the people who run for office're the ones left on how to get things done. obviously we thought about it, but we have never done it. if we do it someday, one of the case studies of power brokers, getting stuff done -- one of our case studies will be bob,jindal. the sand berms that worked for him. it starts in april, with the national nightmare of bp's deepwater horizon well exploding and sinking searcheding millions of barrels of oil gushing into the gulf of mexico threatening fisheri fisheries, but particularly in louisiana. for a savvy politician, though, a national nightmare can be a political opportunity, a opportunity in governor jindal's case into transform yourself into uniformed action man, demanding answers from washington, arranging for buckets of money to be spend on whatever, literally whatever, in mr. jindal's case, whatever meant sand berms. he demanded that the federal government get out of the way and let him build miles of artificial sand berms out in the gulf, because he said that would stop the o

in an interview with npr, the president sounded optimistic the plan's major components would survive. in mind we didn't actually write a bill. we put forward a framework. i'm confident that the framework is going to look like the one that we put forward. >> reporter: the senate moved ahead thursday after the white house sweetened the deal with democrats for tax cuts on clean energy. a test vote is monday. republicans will approve the plan. they say it's essential to boosting the economy. democrats argue more help should go to those who need it more. >> i know it's a shocking idea, it's to represent the middle class and working families not just millionaires and billionaires. >> reporter: if couldn't doesn't pass it by the end of the month, taxes will rise in january by an average of $3,000 per household. terrell brown, cbs news, washington. >>> for now, it seems like the dream act will remain just that, a dream. the senate deciding to hold off on making a decision. the measure would help illegal immigrants who came to the u.s. as children to become citizens. democrats voted for a dela

they said they want to cut npr. >> i know that. >> they did say that. >> dick armey said that they areng to cut out education. >> i want to come back to where the democratic party has failed in my view. i hate to harp on this, but the majority of the americans want to give unemployment insurance to those desperately looking for work and can't find it. why can't they line up the votes and do what the public wants? >> i don't know. to me the democratic party exists to help the unemployed. the democratic party exists to deal with a crisis of an unregulated financial market caused by leverage and speculation. if we can't deal with that, why do we exist? we don't exist to have funding. >> can we just raise the level? what do you think of schumer's proposal to change the definition of rich? a million or somewhere in between. >> understand, if you make half a million dollars, you're only paying the difference between 250 and 500. you're still getting -- as you go higher -- >> an actual dollar? >> in actual dollars. you may have to do that. i don't know what the effect of going from 250 to a m

opinions are not the npr way.aller: what do you think about the means testing for social security? also, i watched a lot of c-span and a lot of congress and the senate. the guys are up there making their speeches. they make their speeches to an empty house. then everybody comes in a the and makes their vote and they are there for 15 minutes. they did not listen to the other side. as much as i hate to agree with the catholic church, whenever the they are choosing a p ope, they are there and they do not leave until they have settled the issue. what do you think about that? guest: it is true. i sit in the press gallery watching congress. there are a lot of times when the only people in the room on the people speaking on the floor, two or three reporters and a couple of in terms. it is true that a lot of times they do not listen to each other. it is the system that we have our speeches are made. they put it on c-span so the rest of us can watch. host: sometimes they put c-span on in their offices. next is a call from

i don't think the defunding of npr would complicate it. can -- i can make jokes, but i won't here. [laughter] when you look at paul ryan or others thinking through how to reform health care, they don't simply -- they do try to think seriously, okay, how do we get from the current system the way people get health care which after all is pretty good in a lot of ways in america and a lot of diseases are cured that didn't used to be cured and how do we get from here to there with reforms without rolling back the clock and do away with things that have -- of course, to be also be fair rolling back the clock is not always a good idea because things were not great in 1935 or in 1965 perhaps even. >> and that is why the obamacare debate is so critical because its deployment is a 10-year program. once it's deployed, people's expectations will be fundamentally changed, and the possibility of getting to a much better system is going to be severely compromised. i think that's why people focus on obamacare as one thing to think about comprehensively as lamar alexander noted is so important. >>

it should be the first thing on the republican agenda after the defunding of npr. then we can move step by step to slightly bigger issues. let me speak to the step-by-step question, which lamar alexander late out eloquently. i basically agree. let me offer a qualification. it seems to me conservatism can do both step by step and a kind of comprehensive reform. the conservative comprehensiveness is different from liberal or progressive comprehensiveness. the best way to put it in an abstract formulation would have to be worked out. the fait accomplaiti is central planning. it means now thinking about the broader arrangement of institutions or incentives. it is to have central -- sensible public policy. it is thinking about constitutional liberty. conservative accompanist and as -- conservative, and his finance -- conservative comprehensiveness is about arranging things to help people pursue happiness and to be entrepreneurial and to experiment and to reflect the wishes of people and to allow government to flourish and do all of the things that were warned against, m

. >> we are here at the national press club with diane rheam, npr host an honorary chairwoman of the press clubs book and author nights. she is woman and her new book, "life with maxie." can you tell us what that book is about? >> maxey is a little long-haired of jalalabad who came into our home seven and a half years ago when we had a big home with a big garden, and then he had to move to a condo. and it's all about life with maxey. and that move and the impact he has had on our lives. he such a special dog. >> what are some of the changes that maxey have to become accustomed to? >> well, for one thing he wouldn't want. he would walk on a leash. so i had to push him in a stroller before we left the house. he was the king. and i was the one getting all the exercise. but since we moved into the condo, he has finally learned to walk. he has become friendly. he used to knit that people and now he is the brightest dog in the world. i could have brought them here tonight and he would've caught after everybody had allowed them to pet him. >> what inspired you to write about maxey? >> you k

the first content was an angry man saying you're a racist, there was no mention in your discussion on npr about slavery. but, i mean, there is heaps in the book about middle passage and slavery. there's not very much about titanic. there's quite a lot about the louis tape ya but not so much about the titanic. but i try and cover all bases. and so, yes, there's a lot about -- and wins low homer, of course, because there's a chapter -- the lover chapter is all about poetry and music and art and architecture. and the day i was writing about winslow homer or, he lived in maine. and on the day that i was writing, by extraordinary coincidence and you may remember this story, a little girl from new york was standing on a rock just where winslow homer used to paint, and she was swept away by a wave as her parents watched in horror. i know, it was dreadful. so there's a lot about new england. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> you've alluded to it a little bit but just a logistical question. krakatoa, your boat is about a huge event, but a single event at a point in time. this is about a huge subject,

it is not like the dismantling of the incandescent light bulb situation or the dismantling of npr.e some jokes about that, but i will not. major programs do require thinking through them. some are trying to think through how to reform health care. they take things seriously. longevity is up. a lot of diseases are cured. how do we get from here to there without reform without attending one could roll back the clocks and do away with things? >> that is widely obama care thing is so critical. it's deployment is a 10-year program. once it is deployed, people's expectations will be fundamentally changed. the possibility of getting to a much better system is going to be severely compromised. i think that is why people are focusing on obamacare. it is one thing to think comprehensively as lamar alexander noted himself. >> you point to certain programs like social security and medicare that conservatives spent a lot of time and ammunition attacking over the years. the american people have come to think of those as programs in which they had personal accounts. we all understand it is a myth

in the last couple of days on npr and elsewhere, the president has talked about doing some tax reform. well, that, those conversations i think are pretty serious, maybe more serious than he let on. and i'm not sure they made any decisions. i take them at his word at that. but i think there have been pretty serious decisions about exactly how to do some big tax reform among republicans and democrats. there have been some other really big conversations that are going on. about really fundamental welfare state reform. no big decisions but the atmosphere has totally changed for your basic public policy if are you sitting out there in the brookings institution this is like a superexciting time. because things are being fundamentally talked about, the question will be can the president force these private bipartisan conversations beyond the crust of partisanship so it actually comes out in public and we can have these conversations. and that's why i think this week was a good week. because he really has broken through some of the partisan crust, cut a deal, made a lot of people unhappy, up

i listen to npr, i listen to "washington week" with gwen eiffel and "meet the press" so i listen to itll the time. i've always been interested in american politics but obama has made it rivetting. host: we found in our archive an appearance you made in 1994 on the c-span network and i want to run it and let you see not only what you looked like back in 1994 but what you were talking about then. >> diane abbott, you are a member of the british house of commons and a member of the minority population here in great britain. does it matter at all in the house if you are an ethnic minority? any difference from other members? >> you've got to remember that when i and my colleagues were re-elected in 1987, it was the first time certainly that people of african descent were elected to british parliament. in the 18th century, they generally created mayhem and i think they felt that black people like the second coming of 18th century irish and the speaker took good care to give a sort of drink earlier on, when we started, they were frightened we would be disruptive, but to their surprise, we wer

first of all, i love npr.he population owns 7% of the wealth? you listen tod npr. i cannot tell you any and all but all i can tell you is the statistics. opinions on policy is not the end your way -- not the npr way. host: texas, you are on. caller: got a question for ms. geewax did what you think of means testing for social security? also, i watch a lot of c-span, i watch a lot of congress and the senate, and the guys are up there, they are making their speeches, and they make a speech to an empty house. then everybodyomes in and make the vote and they are in there for 15 minutes, they make the vote, and they have not even listened to the other side. as much as i hate to agree with the catholic crch . . they are voting in a the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk will read. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c., december 3, 2010. i hereby appoint the honorable eliott l. engel to act as speaker pro temporerary o

that should be the second thing the republicans do, the first being the npr defunding.et me talk about the step-by-step issue which lamar laid out with which i basically agree but let me offer a qualification. this also deals with the question asked of lamar. it seems you can do both step-by-step and a comprehensive reform but conservative comprehensiveness is different than liberal or progressive comprehensiveness. the simplest way to put it, would be this, they concede that progressivism is central planning. but the alternative to that fatal conceit is not know thinking about the broad, about the arrangement of constitutions -- institutions or about the,ment of incentives so as to have sensible public policies and a free and well-ordered and well-functioning society. it is thinking about what i call the constitutional liberty. conservative comprehensiveness is much more -- thinks much more about how to arrangement institutions, how to arrange incentives, how to arrange structures so as to allow people to really pursue happiness and this be entrepreneurial and to allow

you know, president obama did an interview with npr yesterday after house democrats did that surprising vote to reject his tax cut with republicans. in his interview, the president says "unhappy democrats might make some changes" but ultimately he believes it will fast because no one wants to see taxes go up on the first of the year. senate democrats are more incline to support the deal. they released a text of the bill last night that adds some new extras, like tax breaks for energy-efficient cars and homes. but house democrats say it's no deal until tax breaks for the wealthy are scaled back. barbara lee is speaking out against it this morning. >> we understand that there are tough choices that will need to be made next year and we're extremely concern that the cuts that could be made should this package pass would disproportionately hurt the poor and low-income communities and further erode the safety net. >> the bottom line is that senate democrats are moving forward with the obama gop tax cut beale. the first votes come on monday but the house is still a wild card. reporting live f