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>> reporter: as the president's top man at the treasury department sat down with congress to defend the white house budget for next year, republicans took to the house floor. determined to slash spending this year. >> enough is enough. it is time to chart a new course of fiscal discipline and restraint. >> the g.o.p. is pushing a plan to slash $61 billion from the current used budget by scaling back or shutting down hundreds of government programs. it is shaping up to be a showdown. president obama warns if those spending cuts hit his desk, he will veto them. but it is not as simple ...

in. >> reporter: i'll tell you in a second, monika. i want to say we're continuing to make progress here on 495. you see the two lanes of traffic now opened up. so, we're continuing to see progress and the tow trucks have taken those two vehicles away. i just want to show you the debris here that you can see part of the side mirror just shattered. here. and all of the glass is now all over the road. on 495. here is what we know happened. at around 11:00, the tractor trailer hit those two vehicles and smashed into them, lost control and then hit the barrier or the abutment on the darc...