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You're supposed to come up with this deal cutting 1.2 trillion before thanksgiving. we've had a couple of military guests, a four-star general on with us the other day, if those cuts don't have, 1.2 trillion by thanksgiving you will see what many are calling draconian cuts to our defense programs. are you is this committee going to get those cuts by that date? >> when you ask me what's the bottom line, unfortunately i may have to wait until midnight on november 22nd to answer your question. we're still having negotiations. but i do agree under this particular budget control act law that set up...

Should not have been crafted as a jobs program. it isn't. it's an investment in technology. we have a long history of investing in pie in the sky technology, i'll give you two examples, the space program, and the internet. and the stimulus program. >> it could not have existed, could not have existed without the government-- >> i mean, i agree. so the question becomes-- >> the internet was something that we-- and already knew that it already worked and a vital defense program, so was the manhattan project, so was the vital defense programs, they knew that the internet worked, that was done by ...

i'll ask about red hot democrats. stay here and hear how it plays out. i'm wolf blitzer here in "the situation room." we've been expecting the house to vote on raising the debt limit. but it has not happened yet. the debt deadline is looming larger than ever. the deal would raise the debt limit $900 billion in the short term and green light spending cuts of roughly the same amount over ten years. offset dollar for dollar by more spending cuts. there's a lot of huge ifs involved in making all of that happen. let's go to capitol hill. kate baldwin is standing by. what are we toll abo...

chiliian mine? 31 of the 50 miners are asking for a half million dollars each. they say it isn't about money but about safety. the miners say they want to make sure something like this never happens again. and minnesota state government could be back up and running in just a few days. minnesota's democratic governor cut a deal with republicans to end the two-week long government shutdown. the deal involves selling bonds rather than raising taxes and making up the budget deficit. lawmakers still have to vote on it in special session. let's take you to washington now, live pictures...

Which the house banned this year. so what's this all about? watchdog groups worry it's a backdoor way around the ban. the house armed services chaim cuts hundreds of millions of dollars from a variety of defense programs and put the money in a newly created pot dubbed "the mission force enharsment transfer fund." lawmakers are using it to pay for projects and policy proposals. to some it is a pet project slush fund. >> this never has never been in this bill before. it's certainly suspicious that it has occurred for the first time after earmarks have been placed under a moratorium, and it looks...