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Papal summer palace. the house just passed bill it keep the government from shutting down three weeks from today. it would also ease some of the pain of that so-called sequester, the spending cuts. but only on the defend side. remember the idea was to cut programs both parties support. the bill now goes to the senate where democrats say they will try to protect domestic programs too. of course, the other idea was to cut -- was the cuts would be so painful that they would force the white house and the congress to compromise. that worked out perfectly. tonight, there are new signs of bipartisans...

At the restaurant where they'll be sitting down later on tonight. it has an $85 fixed price menu. also an option for a $1,776 menu. i don't think they'll be taking part in that tonight. but we also should note, we talked to the pr folks for the restaurant that's putting on this affair. and they say that the chef who is preparing the meal has had diplomatic training, culinary training with the state department. a little diplomacy might go a long way, even at the dinner table, wolf. >> is the president picking up the tab? >> reporter: we still have not heard back from the white house on that, wo...

Both sides have doubt that breaking bread can fix a broken government. >> for anyone to think that this is going to be a come to jesus moment, they've got another thing coming. >> reporter: but they are still going to try, not just at dinner tonight but also next week. that's when the president goes up to capitol hill to meet with lawmakers in both the house and the senate. it's something that he has not done in years and getting back to this dinner tonight, here's a menu from the restaurant where they will be sitting down and breaking bread. there's an $85 fixed price menu. get this, wolf, fo...

[ malennouncer ] the first look...is only the beginning. ♪ ♪ introducing a stunning work of technology. ♪ introducing the entirely new lexus es. and the first ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. >> brian: this is time lapse video of the freedom tower being built. it was taken between february 2010 and when the tower is finished later this year it will be 776 feet tall from the bottom to the top of the antenna and the tallest building in the western hemisphere and then the goal will be to lease it out.

security to hamid karzai and the specific road map for troops to come home from the more than decade long war. >> last year, we removed 10,000 u.s. troops from afghanistan. another 23,000 will leave by the end of summer. after that, reductions will continue at a steady pace with more and more of our troops coming home. as our coalition agreed, by the end of 2014 the afghans will be fully responsible for the security of their country. >> the trip fell on the one-year anniversary of the day that the president ordered navy s.e.a.l.s to take out osama bin laden. >> over the last three ye...