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federal government lost its top-notch credit rating. the borrowing limit was raised in return for the creation of the so-called supercommittee of the congress, charged with finding more than a trillion dollars in budget cuts by this week. today the supercommittee announced it had failed. there's a lot ott stake. we begin our coverage with nancy cordes on capitol hill. nancy? >> reporter: scott, the truth is that the supercommittee never came close to reaching a deal, despite hundreds of hours of closed-door meetings. this evening, the leaders of the supercommittee released this paper...

without power, two days after the unusual fall snowstorm. >> the way it's going to look, it will be a couple of weeks before we are caught up to all of this stuff. >> there were some close calls. >> all of a sudden, there was a noise and the house shook. >> reporter: it shook from these two trees that fell on the ecrich home. >> must have been pretty scary, huh? >> no. the house went like this. >> reporter: in many neighborhoods here in new jersey, the snow from the season caused more damage than hurricane irene. this will cause major repairs after a 100-foot tree fell on top of it. ...

the defense department to get these costs under control. i do not think congress will just let them come especially with the budget coming down, looked the other way. host: megan scully with "national journal." and the piece is called "the pentagon premium." thank you for joining us. we will be back at 7:00 a.m. we go to the floor of the house of representatives. continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, for five minutes. mr. blumenauer: we begin another week in political wonderland. the dow falls 100 points at the opening bell. what i...

were broken. you don't need a weather man to know it's hot out there. we're going to ask is overpopulation partly responsible for global warning. caddie sacked. few people closer than a golfer and his caddy. tiger woods's firing of his caddy is beginning to look like an ugly divorce. he's already said five words that must terrify critics, those words "when i write my book." finally, we start with the debt crisis. senator ben card en is a democrat from maryland. you were with the president in your statement today. tell us the latest on the deal. >> michael, good to be with you. we...

the spending cuts. everyone is going home for the weekend as the clock ticks down. when you find it can't get worse for the murdochs, we learn that james murdoch may have been less than truthful when he told parliament he wasn't aware of how extensive the phone hacking was. now the justice department is investigating whether u.s. laws were broken. you don't need a weather man to know it's hot out there. we're going to ask is overpopulation partly responsible for global warning. caddie sacked. few people closer than a golfer and his caddy. tiger woods's firing of his caddy is begi...