michaela returning to the program. maria kumar, the executive director and making a due bu appearance maya. all right. first, the big news out of washington, d.c. what they will be talking about on the sunday shows today. the supercommittee failed and the nation mourns. maya mourns. she came in all black. the next big date on the budget agenda is january 1, 2013. ezra pointed out, automatic spending curtailments kick in including a $600 billion. an automatic tax increase kicks in as all bush tax cuts are set to expire. the good news, according to the