there it is. was this necessary or way to extreme? we report, you decide. heather: and the first, count down on capitol hill. time is running out for the super committee to find a way to cut $1.2 trillion from the federal budget over the next ten years. so far-reaching a deal by tonight, it remains elusive. nobody is closing the door on negotiations but the prospect of failure in the nation s capitol is looming larger. that is where we find molly henneberg. molly: multiple sources tell fox there have been discussions how to wind down this super committee without a deal. there is hope one aide says, but the timing is getting tricky. super committee members to have vote on any deal by the last tick of the clock on wednesday night. before they can vote two things have to happen. number one they have to get it to the congressional budget committee. budget office or cbo to estimate the deal s effect on the deficit. then number two, the super committee by law has to have 48 h
extreme? we report, you decide. heather: and the first, count down on capitol hill. time is running out for the super committee to find a way to cut $1.2 trillion from the federal budget over the next ten years. so far-reaching a deal by tonight, it remains elusive. nobody is closing the door on negotiations but the prospect of failure in the nation s capitol is looming larger. that is where we find molly henneberg. molly: multiple sources tell fox there have been discussions how to wind down this super committee without a deal. there is hope one aide says, but the timing is getting tricky. super committee members to have vote on any deal by the last tick of the clock on wednesday night. before they can vote two things have to happen. number one they have to get it to the congressional budget committee. budget office or cbo to estimate the deal s effect on the deficit. then number two, the super committee by law has to have 48 hours to go over the cbo s calculation. tha
poor thing. the five starts right now. fi. dana: our top story t, our top story, rich liberals patriotic million airs asking for their taxes to be c raisedlling to pay up. wshould f our fair share. there is a lot of talk about shared sacrifice, but i haven t seen anybody asking the people who benefited the most from the policies that led to the deficit, the wealthy. okay, now is your chance. i have the department of treasury right here. would you like to donate a few thousand dollars? no, i wouldn t. would you be willing to donate to the department of treasury? individually? yes. no. we believe. i mfy lon tropically active philanthropically active. dana: what is the point? you d think with their money they could come up with a consultant the give them a better name. greg: i love it. it reminds me of a club i go to the city, you pay to get beaten up. you go down there and you chicken out at the last minute. how is it patriotic to feed your gover
the same. why one school is banning boys on the playground. a stalemate over the u.s. deficit. a wednesday deadline looms large to cut spending. workweek stretching into the weekend as the clock ticks down and it s burning on this group of faces. no rest for the super committee. they are facing growing pressure to break the deadlock. molly henneberg live in washington with more. molly: republicans on the super committee held a conference call this morning trying to figure out what their next step is as wednesday s deadline gets closer and closer. the white house says president obama who called the two super committee co-chairs as we was heading out of town last week has not talked to them since. he has not made any calls to leaders of congress but he is in regular contract with his staff in washington, including those who are monitoring super committee the committee protecting. molly: they are trying to come up with $1.2 trillion in savings over ten years through a co
on the playground. a stalemate over the u.s. deficit. a wednesday deadline looms large to cut spending. workweek stretching into the weekend as the clock ticks down and it s burning on this group of faces. no rest for the super committee. they are facing growing pressure to break the deadlock. molly henneberg live in washington with more. molly: republicans on the super committee held a conference call this morning trying to figure out what their next step is as wednesday s deadline gets closer and closer. the white house says president obama who called the two super committee co-chairs as we was heading out of town last week has not talked to them since. he has not made any calls to leaders of congress but he is in regular contract with his staff in washington, including those who are monitoring super committee the committee protecting. molly: they are trying to come up with $1.2 trillion in savings over ten years through a combination of spending cuts and tax increa