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We know this race is about two different visions for the future of the country. you heard the president talk about his commitment to extending middle class tax cuts, to making sure that kids have access to money that's going to help them go to college, but also not just here in iowa but places like colorado, where he was last week, farmers and ranchers are really suffering from the drought. that's why the president wants congress, a body that paul ryan is a part of, to send him a farm bill that he can sign. we just haven't seen enough from the other side of the aisle pushing this forward, give...

Health care reform, which is a lot. he addresses defense with the sequester, hanging over everyone to impose brutal cuts on the defense. he shows a way to get out of the sequester, take the cuts out of mandatory, domestic programs to get to the reduction, this is next year, without destroying defense, which is something that is awfully important to a lot of conservatives, including me. so i think it's a task of intellectual and political leadership and it will be up to him and his colleagues and to the presidential candidate to make the case that this is a better way than president ork 'bama? ...

let's get you up to speed on this tuesday, november 22nd. a million man sit-in is taking place on tahrir square as violence erupts around it. security forces are using tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters armed with rocks and molitov cocktails. you're looking at live pictures right now of tahrir square. 24 have been killed, many injured. they have a new demand, this time aimed at egypt's military leader. >> we have a crowd here angry, young, furious at the loss of life here over the course of the past three days, demanding that the supreme council step down. >> mr. ivan wat...

and a reminder tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. is our debate. i'll be back tomorrow at the same time, but for now, jim costa is next. nice to see you in person. >> this doesn't happen very often, but nice to see you. i'm jim aacosta. let's get you up to speed on this november 21st. after months of talks the congressional supercommittee is expected to announce today it simply cannot agree on a debt reduction package. everybody is pointing fingers on what caused the mess. we'll explain that on capitol hill in about ten minutes. speaking of the supercommittee, already markets are reacting...

Republicans did agree to increase taxes and democrats said, no, not good enough? >> i don't think it was necessary. >> gregg: a little greedy on it? >> no i think in order to pay down the deficit, whether you want to raise taxes or not. i don't think people want to raise taxes. it's just a reality. there are so many cuts this that you can actually do. because of where we are, we need to raise taxes. i don't want my taxes to go up, but i want to be paying interested on our debt. >> gregg: if a deal is not reached automatic spending cuts will kick in. now it's looks inevitable and maybe failure ...