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religious leaders have come out and said it is your duty to satisfy the desires of your spouse. that is the topic in this mornings "faces of faith" segment. also, you remember actress mila kunis was asked by that young man to the marine ball. she delivered on her promise. well tell you how the night went. lets start. in washington, d.c., the deficit super committee doesnt seem so super right now. they were supposed to be working through the weekend to get a deal done before this we...

on coming up with a plan for the deficit. at this hour, things really dont look good. our congressional correspondent kate baldwin is standing by. shes in the capitol building now. kate, congress, washington, missing deadlines becoming all too familiar. where do we stand now? >> i think we can say, don, at best the super committee is on the brink of failure as talks have all but fallen apart. especially in the last, i would say maybe 24 hours really. the question, the conversation is n...

he has since recovered. time for your money. less than one year until the presidential election, where is the u.s. economy headed? im christine romans. less than half of americans believe things will be going well in this country one year from today. even that faint hope appears ton on decline. the number of americans thinking things will get better has been steady dropping. no surprise as unemployment remains high and housing prices are not recovery and theres fear of another global...

Yesterday. they wanted to shut down the herman cain after the republican stock market before the opening presidential candidate received bell. they wanted to shut down the death threats. subway system. its unusual for candidates to they stopped a group of grade school kids. get secret service protection this early in the race. they tried to, who were just he asked for it and congressional leaders approved trying to get to school. it. >> for the first time in what do you make of the tactics histo...

Congressman livingston, this is someone you know well. you have a long relationship with. you are supportiveç of news gingrich. are you surprised that he went from the political valley and now hes back on the political mountain in the space of six months? >> actually not, chris. i was with him about four months ago and he was doing terrible. he got off to an awful start and we talked a little while. he told me watch the debates. and i did. i watched every debate. i watched his performance and ...

Capitol hill. what do you mean what are they going to do? the rule was set in advance a long time ago, remember? if they dont make the cuts this is what happens, right? no no no maybe a new plan b, huh? >> thats right. you recall there are a variety of bipartisan plans that have tried to tackle this debt problem. simpson bowls, rivlin the gang of six. today a gang of six democrats suggested one of those could be a backup plan, take a listen. >> the fact is suggested if they are not successful, o...

In american history. its the day that the national debt is now $15 trillion and the president rather than tackling this challenge, rather than facing up to our debt is pursuing policies that are making matters worse. >> our debts have crossed the $15 trillion number yesterday. that ought to be a giant wakeup call to the congress that its time to rip the band-aid off and do what needs to be done. >> did i miss something? did speaker boehner miss the bush presidency? did he miss the tax cuts bush ...

Basket to beat the buzzer and i believe if this could be a magical week. >>reporter: no nba this season but he has not forgotten basketball and private meetings continue, and it is not clear if democrats and republicans will come together. >>shepard: the first big day of college basketball and we are fired up here but it sounds like congressional leadership could be more involved in this matter. >>reporter: that is true. speaker boehner and, also, senator majority leader harry reid spent 40 minu...

you can look at all of my music monday interviews. tell me who youre listening to, what artists you think we should profile each and every music monday. now hour two. watch this. welcome back. im brooke baldwin. here are a couple of stories were looking at. the supreme court decides it will weigh in on president obamas health care law. a charity chief resigns among the penn state sex abuse scan l scandal. and an american is on a russian rocket heading to the international space stati...

jerry sandusky was seen raping a boy in a locker room shower. thats all he was required to do under pennsylvania law. tell the people in charge and let them decide whether to contact police. well, governor tom corbitt told nbc that just wasnt good enough. he says, "by law someone in paternos position should have to call the cops himself." >> should the law be changed? absolutely. i know that members of both party, republican and democrat, have already introduced measures to make that c...