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official ordered wiretaps of the country's president. >> brown: and we close with two science stories: paul solman raises disturbing questions about a future full of high tech advances. >> there are 60,000 pacemakers in the united states that connect to the internet. it's great when you're suffering from an arrhythmia and your doctor can remotely shock you, but what happens if the kid next door does that? >> woodruff: and we talk with maria klawe, president of harvey mudd college, about her mission to bring more women into scientific fields. >> you get them into an intro to computer ...

your world in 90 seconds. >> oh, my gosh! >> residents dig out from disaster. >> it hit so fast and quick. nobody had time to react to it. >> tornado outbreak pummels the plains. >> hundreds of homes damaged and destroyed. >> deadly tornado took a direct shut on the town of woodward, oklahoma. >> never seen them like this. if it turns out that some of the allegations are confirmed, then, of course, i'll be angry. >> president obama calls for an investigation into the secret service scandal. >> agents allegedly hiring prostitutes in colombia. >> the members reassigned to can't servi...

with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. both parties-- republicans and parties-- republicans andin the most basic function of government: managing the budget. it started six months ago when congress refused to raise the nation's borrowing limit until et cet cuts were made. the nation came so close to s daulting on its debts that the federal government lost its top- notch credit rating. the borrowing limit was raised urn eturn for the creation of the so-called supercommittee of the congress, charged with ressing more than a trillion dollars in budget cuts by this thi. today the su...

>> we're still talking about different ideas. >> reporter: a fight over taxes was at the root of the stalemate-- just as it was when president obama and speaker boehner tried to broker a similar agreement to cut the debt this summer. republicans on the supercommittee were pushing to make the bush-era tax cuts permanent for everyone, while democrats like massachusetts senator john kerry wanted to let the tax cuts for top eners expire next year. >> this is not a tax cutting committee. this is a deficit reduction committee. and we do not believe that the wealthiest people in america sho...

i'm ann curry. >> and i'm matt lauer. according to the latest estimates i've seen, about 42 million of us are going to be traveling away from home on the whole day weekend. >> if you're among those masses heading out today or tomorrow you might want to leave yourself extra time because powerful storm systems are impacting conditions on the roads and potentially airports on both coasts. it's especially bad in the south where highways have been shut down due to widespread flooding. al is on the way, we'll get his forecast coming up straight ahead. actor hugh grant testifies in the br...