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we begin this morning with cutting a deal. as expected, a weekend vote in the senate took democrats' proposal to extend bush-era tax cuts for only some americans off the table. now with the clock ticking on this lame-duck session of congress, lawmakers on both sides are signaling they may be ready to compromise and get a deal done. nbc's brian mohr has our report. >> reporter: with time running out for the lame duck congress, republicans and democrats are softening their hard lines on extending the bush-era tax cuts. >> at least in theory, i think an agreement could be reached in ...

to that of other presidents, primarily because of the activism and injection of working international affairs and to some degree, domestic affairs on energy conservation and environment and things of that kind. we're right in the midst of constant daily debate. and the carter center has decided, under my leadership, to fill vacuums in the world. when the united states won't deal with troubled areas, we go there and meet with leaders who can bring an end to conflict or human rights abuse and so forth. i feel we have an advantage over many other former presidents involved in daily affa...