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lisa, what happens now? >> right. a couple of things happen. first of all we'll get the official announcement as you're talking about, saying that may come tomorrow, discussions under way. as the super committee fails that would trigger across the board cuts of 8 to 9% to most every government agency and those would not go into effect another year. a lot of speculation to whether congress will pull that back. but let's get back to sort of where we are right at this moment. behind the scenes, we have many, several sources republican and democrats, telling us they're planning for the e...

Require. in other words, if it passes on tuesday, as is expected, it's headed directly to the supreme court. can you bet if it's successful we will see it on the ballot on a number of other states, too. i wanted to talk to you, peter, because it's something you have written a lot about. let's go to the absolute sort of base -- get right to the nub of the issue, which is how do you understand personhood. the radical thing being proposed is that four cells constituted a person. do you think that's right? if not, what is your sort of counter proposal for what constitutes personhood. >> it's not r...

good. the unemployment rate is still stuck at 9.1%. dan lothian is adding up the numbers. what do they mean for the president and for the american pe people? >> the economy is having a difficult time finding traction even as the 2012 campaign ramps up. republicans are blaming this on the president's quote failed policies, but this is all showing a sense of urgency for the president and members of congress that they need to do something now. on a beautiful fall day in the nation's capitol, nothing but blue skies and sunshine. but a dark cloud continues to linger over the nation's econ...

Acceptable. >> reporter: it took them less 24 hours after joe biden proposed a $6.5 billion cut as counter proposal to the bill cutting $61 billion. >> i think what the white house is proposing is one more to maintain the status quo to give the appearance of action where there is none. >> reporter: the leader wants proposals by next tuesday fully aware they will be defeated and chew up more time. >> we won't reach the president's desk so we'll be back to square one without a budget. >> reporter: democrats continue to claim it cuts $41 billion, as a result that has already been saved this year....

Senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell and they've gotten their invitations and plan to accept them, notwithstanding what you just heard john boehner complain about, that being they don't know what the democrats or the white house position is going to be, the republicans have put down a house bill that passed, 61 billion dollars worth of budget cuts to current spending and a significant -- billion dollars, significant reduction in spending, first time ever real cuts in the budget could take place and nancy pelosi and harry reid, the democrats, minority leader in the house, and the majority le...