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What congress is going to do to help them. fred, the president is trying to drum up support. now, in a statement the white house said, quote, the president as well as the democratic congressional leadership has made clear the importance of extending the benefits immediately upon congress' retu return. this tees up a nasty fight for the new year. some republican ps say it's time to end the program altogether. they argue it's too expensive. a year's extension costs about $25 billion. people have gotten dependent. and they say the economy is strong enough now without them. now, here's a little pr...

More than 200,000 americans are days away from losing their jobless benefits. senators headed home for a two-week break without a deal, after republicans balked at extending the benefits without cutting other spending. the extension costs about $10. a month. no deal means those individuals getting state jobless benefits won't be able to apply for additional federal help, and those receiving federal checks could be cut off. crews in maryland are on the scene of a train derailment, they are trying to clean up several hundred gallons of fuel. check out the front of the coltrane, you see it ther...