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And the president will say, let's fix it and they will sit down and fix it, right? >>guest: sure, right now that the election is over. this is the biggest task for both parties returning to washington this week. we will have a new congress next year that actually resembles the one that came before it. >>shepard: to the right of the last one, isn't it? >>guest: a little bit more polarized i would say. some key moderates on both sides of the aisle lost re-election bids last night. so we will see a little bit more partisan on both sides. >>shepard: do they think the fiscal cliff is something they...

The prominent figures, at least to run the day-to-day affairs of the country and to also help through the transitional process. the military, so far, has been reluctant to concede that power. people feel the reason the military's doing that, it wants to hold on to all of the powers in its hands. >> thanks so much. also we'll speak with gregory porter, who was one of the students, u.s. students, released from cairo over the weekend later in this hour. president obama's key to winning the swing states may be the man that he has by his side, number two, vice president joe biden. biden's blue co...

>> brooke, thanks very much. happening now, riveting new details, the rough draft about president obama's jobs speech. what we're learning about the plan he unveiled tomorrow night and whether he has new ideas that will sound either bold or timid. also, rick perry's first test on the presidential debate stage. he got a late ride into this race, but he's moving very quickly right now at the start of his presidential campaign. tonight, he has something, of course, to prove. plus, one of america's biggest malls prepares to be the target potentially of a terror attack. it's a valua...

Strength of the nation's credit. it added that the ratings cut could be useful in future deficit talks. >> markets will rise and fall, but this is the united states of america. no matter what some agency may say, we've always been and always will be a aaa country. i realize that after what we just went through, there's some skepticism that republicans and democrats on the so-called super committee, this joint committee that's been set up will be able to reach a compromise. but my hope is that friday's news will give us a renewed sense of urgency. i intend to present my own recommendations over...

frustrated. it's 100 and some degrees heat index outside, and i can understand people getting worked up about this sort of thing. more on politics in a moment. i want to start with a street level view of what has to be considered an emergency. justin bruno heads up the office of emergency management. he is kind enough to step outside and tell us what he has been up today. thank you for making the time and braving the heat. is your city in emergency mode right now? >> we absolutely are. we have temperatures we have never seen before. heat indexes will be 105 to 115, which are record...