wilbur ross, many, many thanks. we appreciate it, wilbur. >> good night, larry. >>> all right. up next, are we going to get an extension of the payroll tax cut? and will it include a green light for the keystone pipeline? we've got members of both sides of the aisle joining us after the break. >>> for another extension of the payroll tax holiday. and what about the keystone pipeline. is that going to be in it? joined by members of both sides of capitol hill this evening, from the house, rob andrews, democrats in new jersey, and from the senate, republicans from idaho and mwelcome, gentlemen. senator crapo, you're going to get the payroll tax cut done, but i'm reading about a revival of the millionaire surtax as a way to finance it. say it ain't so, sir. >> i don't think there's much chance at all of that happening. and frankly, if you look at cbo reports, the average millionaire tax return today is already taxed at 29.6%. the bottom line is there's no reason for us to be increasing taxes in our economy right now. and frankly, we've got to stop this notion that we want to raise

our guest host is wilbur ross, chairman and ceo of w.r. hing. financials, autos, coal, turn arounds. he is loaded. anyway checking u.s. futures this morning, down 33 points or so. for a lot of you that have written in, andrew i was kidding whether he needed to get a wrid you. they wrote in wilbur can afford his own helicopter. yeah. if he needs one. >> share the carbon footprint. >> you going to share with ben bernanke as he's throwing dollars around pap lot of merit. >> if wilbur came with us we could throw more dollars out. >> absolutely. >> they won't be taxpayer dollars. >> that's true. >> he's very generous. >> could be a charitable writeoff. >> hard to document bills you throw out the window. >> might not get the deduction for charitable contribution. >> earnings miss for general motors. reported earnings of 39 cents a share. that's below what the street was looking for. street had been looking for 41 cents a share. revenue game in at $38 billion. that was below expectations. gm reported a record year profit but what happened in europ

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