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forget about all that talk about failure not being an option. the six democrats and six republicans on the committee have announced this -- they cant reach a deal. to cut at least $1.2 trillion from the budget. for legislative reasons they had to announce a deal by today. but theres no deal after negotiating for 2 1/2 months, and they dont even have the guts to explain why on camera and take questions from reporters. after the markets closed, democratic senator patty murray and republi...

republican candidates gather in the shadow of the white house tonight for the big cnn national security debate. it is the first test for newt gingrich as front-runner. cairo bracing for a million-man sit-in. police beating demonstrators on the fourth straight day of violence, and now late word three americans have been arrested. is there anybody out there? nasa relaunching a program to listen for alien life, searching for signs, on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- w...

Allegations he sexually abused a young cousin some 50 years ago. the democrat called the accusation shameful and blamed distant relatives and his political adversaries for conspireing to destroy his reputation. the chief of police at uc davis in california has been placed on administrative leave following fridays incident during which police pepper sprayed student protesters. in addition the head of the university of californias system is launching a review of law enforcement on all ten campus...

$1.2 trillion are expected to give up. thats supposed to mean automatic cuts in almost every federal department in 2013. same bottom line -- $1.2 trillion half from defense, half non-defense. but congress can and likely will change it. meantime stock markets are tanking again,down jones down more than 2.5% today. again the u.s. credit rating may be in for a down gragradedowngr. much more on fallout in our "face time" segments minutes from now. in cairo, 1,700 people have been wounded...