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About 40 negotiation sessions with the union and they came to an agreement, we were told nine days ago that members had to decide they were going to end their career, get the shot, or go on unpaid leave. we have had members retire, as of this morning 1700 on leave without pay and a very hard time staffing the firehouse this morning, there are fire houses, fire companies that are closed, there are many companies that are writing without the full contract-mandated number of firefighters on each one. when you see a fire truck rolled down the street, every person on that rig has a unique responsib...

House. molly? >> reporter: hi, jon, yes. president obama spoke to the top republican and the top democrat in both the house and the senate when he was in hawaii before flying back here to washington. still no negotiation sessions have been set, at least not publicly, not formally. the president cut short his vacation, he left his wife and daughters there in hawaii and flew back here to washington to be here at the white house for any last minute meetings on the fiscalcliff. the vice president is scheduled to be here at the white house for meetings as well. over in congress the senate is in ses...

Beef up security there. he also beefed up security at other u.s. installations around the world. he says those responsible for the violence in benghazi will be brought to justice. officials here say libyans are working with u.s. authorities on that. jon? jon: wendell goler at the state department for us today. thanks, wendell. jenna: from washington, d.c. we take you out to chicago. for the third day the strikes there. the thousands of parents scrambling for an alternative to the day care they got when their kids were in school. teachers are taking to the picket lines instead of to the classro...

expected to roll out a plan to cut spending by $2.7 trillion while raising the debt by 274 trillion. reid's plan would not include tax increases which republicans refuse to consider nor would it touch entitlements. my colleague, dan lothian is watching it all from his post at the white house. dan, what is the president's position first on raising the debt in installments? >> reporter: he want it is to go through 2012 and there is a sense at the white house and treasury department in particular even if you had some sort of short-term fix that raises the debt ceiling through the rest o...