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>> and now more from washington. >>peter: because of how long it takes the c.b.o. to score a deal senator kyl said the deadline to make a deal is actually tomorrow night, sunday night, and republicans put forward a $545 billion preliminary that is short of $1.2 trillion goal and way too short for democrats and way too kind to the rich. >> do have something on the table that does not ask the wealthiest people of the country to share in it, that is unconscionable. so, this is the divide right new, we still working. i hope we can get there. but i don't at this point. >> senator senator john kerry...

This morning, here is the republican point of view. >> hour is lte. by law, our work on this committee must be completed this week. i remain hopefully we can meet our goal. i urge my democratic colleagues to join in this effort. we have what is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pass legislation that will generate millions of jobs. create a simpler and fairer sax temperature with lower rates for all and put our government on a path to fiscal sanity. >> republicans put forth $545 billion deal short of the $1.2 trillion goal, way too short according to two democrats and too friendly to the rich...

Like they may not make their deadline. peter doocy is live in washington with the latest. they are working through the weekend, huh? >> they are, alisyn. a senior congressional aide told us that things are so bleak, the house is on has -- in hospice and the family is on the way. they are not happy with the $545 billion that the republicans made because it's short of the $1.2 trillion goal, doesn't have enough tax revenue and it's too nice to the rich. >> to have something on the table that does not ask the wealthiest people of the country to share in it would be unconscionable. so this is the ...

Emergency, three-fifths of us would come together. and vote to do that which the country needed to keep it stable and safe. >> meanwhile, core group of the 12-member supercommittee continues meeting under intense pressure to see if by the thanksgiving deadline they can agree on $1.2 trillion in savings. >> we are painfully aware of the deadline that is staring us in the face. >> republicans put a last-ditch effort on the table, a $545 billion package with $3 billion coming from revenue, which democrats quickly rejected. >> where the divide is right now is on taxes. and whether or not the wealt...