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rainn wilson is also here. in addition to his role on a popular series, he is out with a new book "soulpancake." >> all that i know is that his name is james and he needs extra help with his reading. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all to do better. >> nationwide supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide is proud to join tavis in improving financial literacy. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: senator mark warner is serving his first term in the senate. he is a key member of the budget and banking committees. he is behind a proposed compromise with the bush era tax cuts. he joins us from capitol hill. good to have you on this program. there is so much talk about these tax cuts. congress is back in session. what is going to happen here? >> it is still undone. both parties agree t

rainn wilson is also here. in addition to his role on a popular series, he is out with a new book "soulpancake." >> all that i know is that his name is james and he needs extra help with his reading. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all to do better. >> nationwide supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide is proud to join tavis incompromise with the busx cuts. he joins us from capitol hill. good to have you on this program. there is so much talk about these tax cuts. congress is back in session. what is going to happen here? >> it is still undone. both parties agree that 98% of americans should not have their taxes changed at all. we are not going to mess with their taxes. the debate has come, what do we do with the top 2%? both parties have a case to make. democrats say that if you extend the top 2% for 10 years, it adds to the deficit. the republicans have said, we should not take any money out of the economy right now while the economy is still in recession. that makes

the two recently where fighting of rainn wilson. >>> a developing story this morning. security pat-downs at airports. some airports are considering ditching tsa agents completely. the tsa administrator says ongoing intelligence about threats prompted the need for more thorough screening. >> if your question is whether you understand the sensitivity of people, i do. whether i'm going to change the policy, no. >> a congressman sent letters encouraging exports to replace tsa screeners with security guards, but that is causing controversy. board is looking at the escalators. one board member suggested replacing the escalators. the general manager says the transit agency does not have the money and will focus on a day- to-day maintenance. the board was told 40 escalators have had a breaks replaced recently. >>> president obama is always aware from landing in lisbon, portugal, the first, on a two- european visit. siebel attend back-to-back trade summits. those meetings will focus on global security on the heels of the lisbon terrorist threats. >>> a showdown on extending the