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Congressional leaders as leaders in the Senate Continue to try and hammer something out. We just found out minutes ago the meeting that was scheduled for right now has been postponed. Lets get to john harwood whos there at the white house with the very latest. I guess the way were reading this is, theyre making progress. Lets give them time to continue that, right . Reporter necessity want to get all four leaders, reid, mcconnell, pelosi and the president in a room to move forward. What i learned from a leadership aide is the likely contents of that deal. One would be a reopening of the govern...

But keeps the same deadlines in place. Some argue this is the kick the can down the road style that weve seen before. Doing the same thing over and over again is insanity. And we got one more chance here to actually get a deal. Its an embarrassment to me that we have spent all this time on a rabbit trail leading us to where we are. Theres a lot of work thats going to be done over the next two or three days. I dont think its time to spike the football in the end zone yet. There was actually 13 of us, six democrats, six republicans and one independent, and we put something together and presented...

To avert a debt default as a major Rating Agency has warned of a possible downgrade of the countrys credit rating. A powerful storm has churned past japans Pacific Coast, bringing with it heavy rains and strong winds. Typhoon wipha killed at least 17 people, almost all of them on an island south of tokyo. Damage on oshima is widespread, and dozens of residents are missing. Nhk worlds Mitsuko Nishikawa reports. Reporter typhoon wipha left a trail of destruction on izu oshima, one that stretches on and on. The islands residents have never seen this much rain. More than 800 millimeters fell in 24...

If you have got travel plans today, nice and quiet as we get into late night tonight and saturday, that is a different story. Well be talk about that all morning as we have more snow in the forecast. Lets get started with Current Conditions and wear nice and quiet. Do have some clouds rolling through. Kind of a partly cloudy overnight period. That is helping to hold the temperatures up a little bit. We havent had any freezing temperatures yet. What is going to happen today . Well see partial sunshine. We should be nice and quiet. Storminess off to the south and west will be developing. Monday ...

Ms. Ayotte mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from new hampshire. Ms. Ayotte mr. President , i ask that the quorum call be vacated. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Ayotte thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i come to the floor today to talk about an amendment that i will seek to offer on the pending bill, amendment number 2603. We all sympathize with those who are struggling to find work in a difficult economy, and i want to see people get back to work. Certainly a shortterm extension for those who are relying on Unemployment Insurance, if its paid for, will a...