Bill Burton, the deputy White House press secretary, spoke with reporters this morning on Air Force One:

On tax cuts; negotiators have been making progress, and the president is confident within the next couple of days they’ll find a way to extend tax cuts for middle class families … the test for him is whether it strengthens the economy
On [unemployment] extension: president will not sign just an extension of the Bush tax cuts. He mentioned a variety of other cuts – tax breaks for tuition, eitc – but wouldn’t say whether just getting the UI extension without the others would be enough.

h/t White House pool report.