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talk more about it in our "crime and consequences" segment in 20 minutes. the clock is still ticking toward a midnight deadline to avert a partial government shutdown but the pressure's gone down just a little bit. that's john boehner's way of saying both parties in both houses have agreed on a trillion dollar spending package. now they just have to vote on it. the house will vote first. then start its holiday recess. the senate will vote after that. and will try to agree on extending a payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits. if it does, the house will come back to vote on that....

A corner in the effort to save that plant from leaking out further radioactive material. they now have at least two mechanisms pumping water into the plant. two fire trucks, one has a huge crane on top of it where it i shooting water up and down into the number three reactor. the troubled reactor. the other one is a fire truck that is not quite as big or quite as tall, but is successfully getting water in there. what we are told is, they have succeeded in cooling down the reactor. as of a couple of hours ago, at that moment, there were near zero levels of radiation coming out. a positive devel...

Situation and military officials are saying, not necessarily on the record, this is a war. this is the beginning of a long-winded effort that could turn ugly. >> i think that is everyone's concern. when you undertake an intervention like this, no matter how carefully you try to limit the objectives and president barack obama tried to do that and secretary clinton did very clearly try to limit the objectives today in her statement in paris. nevertheless, it tends to be a slippery slope. this is a new circumstance for the united states. we are supporting but we are not leading. we are trying to ...

It would be ron howard. [bell ringing] >> correct. very good, mr. president. now we have got time for our viewer mail. >> do i have to stay for this? sit down! [ laughter ] charlotte woodward of california writes this verse, there was once a news man named bill whose factor program gave everyone a thrill. it was just like a school where no spin was the rule and our heads with knowledge it did fill. very good, charlotte. excellent poem, don't you think so, mr. president. >> it was okay. [ laughter ] >> both charlotte and jim as well as you, mr. president, will be getting our no spin zone tote b...

It would be ron howard. [bell ringing] >> correct. very good, mr. president. now we have got time for our viewer mail. >> do i have to stay for this? sit down! [ laughter ] charlotte woodward of california writes this verse, there was once a news man named bill whose factor program gave everyone a thrill. it was just like a school where no spin was the rule and our heads with knowledge it did fill. very good, charlotte. excellent poem, don't you think so, mr. president. >> it was okay. [ laughter ] >> both charlotte and jim as well as you, mr. president, will be getting our no spin zone tote b...