>> a self-imposed deadline to reduce the giant federal deficit is drawing near. very near. and there's no agreements in sight. a live look now at capitol hill on this sunday evening where talks are still under way. what's fueling the political standoff. >> listen to the predictions of doom and failure. >> we will simply continue to sink as a country and we will risk i think a double-dip recession. >> just the political confusion and gridlock is enough to say to the world america can't get its act together. >> there is no deal yet but

we're not going to quit until the stroke of midnight. >> that comes monday night when a super committee of a dozen lawmakers needs to present an agreement to cut the federal deficit by $1.2 trillion over the next decade. failier to do so triggers automatic sputs. slashing entitlement programs and pentagon spending. right now there is no deal. republicans don't like tax increases and dracts don't want to cut social security or medicare. the blame game is in full swing. >> i blame the white house for a little lack of leadership on this. >> the wealthiest of merps those who earn over $1 million every year, have to share too. and that line in the sand we have nt seen any republicans willing to crash it. >> as they dig in their heels it could jeopardize america's credit rapetting and that's bad news for workers and businesses alike.

>> let's get more on that from david mark, a senior editor with politico. i want to start with the super committee because the deadline is nearing pretty soon. you have the wednesday deadline but more importantly the monday deadline. right? >> they actually have to have at least some form of paper that day so they can bring it to the congressional budget office to score it, to see how much it actually costs so they've got to have something in place by monday even if it's just a skeltle outline. >> and is it really as much of a doomsday scenario as many are making it out to be if they don't come to a decision? >> it's a self-imposed deadline. it's not like the credit markets are going to fall. a lot of the agencies are already saying we expected them to fail. so if they do come up with something it will be a pleasant surprise. but i think the expectations are low at this point. >> sort of the way we look at the redskins. some success would be a great thing. >> but let's get back to these

guys for a second here. so these major cuts that are supposed to be automatic if they don't come to a decision, in essence are they going to go into effect? >> they're not supposed to go into effect until 2013 and of course congress can always just waive that and say we didn't mean that. we're going to rescind that which will defeat the whole point of the super committee. this is why a lot of people were skeptical of it in the first place. it's just politicians putting off tough decisions. >> so it's a two month long exercise in few tilt. >> it could be. >> let's get to the presidential race. we are about five weeks from the iowa caucuses or so. and the republicans seem to have had a new love child that they're in love with all of a sudden for the last week now. how long do you see that continuing? >> he's trying to turn it into a two-person race between himself and mitt romney.

like the other candidates have. they've all kind of flamed out to one degree or another. going rich has name recognition. he has a certain amount of good will within the party. but i still think it's going to be tough for him to go one on one against romney. >> we've gone through balkman cain, perry, now going rich. do you think there's going to be another one they're going to fall in love with? >> not that many of them. maybe one or two others who could come up. one of those folks could rise again. rick perry has a lot of money in his campaign account. i wouldn't rule anybody out at this point. >> thanks for being here with us. >> thank you. >> and one more note. hard to believe but there is yet another republican presidential debate. this time it will be here in washington, d.c. the debate hosted by cnn's wolf blitzer will focus on national security and foreign policy. it will include all a canned

eight candidates and kicks off at 8:00 p.m. this tuesday. a new york city following developing story now in the latest in the arrest of a new york city man who is charged with the conspiracy to commit terrorism. pli moved in when the suspect reportedly had what he needed to actually build a bomb. larry jacobs in new york with the latest. >> new york city officials announced they have thwarted a terrorist plot. >> yesterday afternoon new york city police officers arrested a 27-year-old al qaeda sympathizer who was plotting to bomb police patrol cars and also post al facilities as well as targeted members of our armed forces returning from abroad. our office today filed charges against jose pim tel of manhattan for conspiring to build a bomb for terrorist purposes and for building a pipe bomb which he was alleged to use commit violence.

>> he used al qaeda inspired instructions on bomb making particularly an article called how to make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom. officials constructed a duplicate of the explosive device he built and showed a video of how he intended to use it. >> we think that an event that really set him off was the elimination of alackie that happened on september 30 of this year. >> the mayor have said there have been at least 13 other attempts in new york city. >> he was not part of a larger conspiry emanating from abroad. he represents exactly the kind of threat f.b.i. director and his experts have warned about. >> abc news new york. >> holiday shopping still to come. you no longer have to wait on

black friday. the new trend this year that will have you hitting the stores right after you eat some turkey. mission to mars. nasa is preparing for a major launch this week. a preview is next. out of state we have showers right now a little patchy fog. the question is, the

>> aching a look at the week ahead, nasa preparing for a new

mission to mars. this friday the space agency is launching curiosity. it will take nine months and then the rover will explore the planet's surface and try to determine whether microbial life ever existed. the mission will take nearly two years. >> congressional delegation heads to birmingham alabama for a hearing on the state's controversial immigration law. the illinois dract is the chairman of the immigration task force. last month the congressman called for a stop to the deportation of immigrants without criminal records who have been detained under the state's new law. and this tuesday is dancing with the stars finale. the three contestants left, the judges say they are honestly surprised by who made the final cut. program note you can see the

season finale right here. it's this tuesday at 9:00 and do stay tuned. right now the finale and we'll have live reports. now here's what's up with our sports teams this week. the redskins head to the west coast to take on the seahawks. as for the caps they're going to be busy. they'll start off tomorrow night when the phoenix coyotes come to town. the jets will be back at the verizon center. then the caps will welcome the new york rangers. saturday the team heads north to take on the sabers. a lot of opportunities to end the losing streak. a few days away from thank giving and big changes to the start of the holiday shopping season. this year, you are going to have the chance to start shopping on thank giving day itself. >> toys are us surprised the

retail industry by announcing its stores will open at 9:00 on thanks giving night. competition is becoming fierce. kmart led the way by opening all day on the holiday. but this year for the first timer many of the large chain stores are opening on thanks giving. a nebraska man who works for target has started an online petition to save thanks giving. he's asking target to reverse its decision and go back to opening at 5:00 a.m. on black friday. so far more than 75,000 people have signed on. >> this is people are realizing they have to respond to consumers who are tech savvy. >> workers from best buy, wal-mart and macy's have started on line petitions to pressure their companies to push back opening hours. >> i can understand the point. i mean, they want to be with their families. i always think that when i come into a store during a holiday. >> i think it's ridiculous.

it takes away from what thampingse giving is about. >> change.org which is sponsoring this campaign is the same group that sponsored the bank of america campaign that successfully pressured the bank not to charge a $5 amp tm fee. >> i think they all should be grateful they have a job. >> tough love there. >> most retailers are opening at midnight a full five hours earlier than in the past. for a complete list for store hours log on. >> still to come here in washington weekly something on nonprofits. how much do local c.e.o.s make? plus steve's back with your

>> we had some showers today. wondering whether that's an indication of what this week is going to be like. >> a good indication tomorrow tuesday, wednesday. on thursday things will improve. it's cloudy outside. fog will begin to increase a little bit but the rain that we have right now mainly north of d.c. is going to dissipate just a bit and change over to showers then areas of drizzle. so you want to keep the umbrella handy as you head out the door tomorrow because you may need it throughout the day. look at the high temperature. 65 degrees. our average for this time of year 56.

highs across the area warmer to the south of us. slightly cooler air just to the north. light showers this hour. winds out of the east-northeast. a over 4/10 of an inch of rain so far today. not as much in the district and as we head over to ashburn. temperatures have not dropped a whole lot. temperatures only in the 50s. or still in the 50s for winchester and dulles. there's a cold front out there just to the north and west of us. michigan at 23 degrees, detroit at 40. the temperature change from this time yesterday right now 7 degrees warmer.

but look at the cooler air behind the frontal system. 17 degrees cooler in detroit. 15 degrees cooler in indianapolis. this cold front is going to sag just to the south of us. the cooler sector for the day tomorrow. so temperatures not in the 60s but only in the 50s. pretty much what we have right now. the heaviest of showers just north of the maryland-pennsylvania border moving off toward the north and east. the rabe rain will come to an end as we move through the morning hours. beginning to break up across fairfax county and points south and east but the drizzsl going to stick around for the day tomorrow. along with the thick cloud cover. that's going to keep our temperatures down. here's what's going to happen tomorrow night. the cloudy skies will stick around. and by tuesday, we're going to look for more unsettled weather with showers and then a few thunderstorms expected by wednesday once the front and area of low pressure moves out

of here. 48-55 degrees for a night-time low. temperatures hardly move at all. showers and drizzle. here's the extended outlook. thanksgiving day is when everything is going to clear out. new york city, boston, rhode island, you could be looking at travel delay fs you're planning on heading that way wednesday afternoon into wednesday night. >> midwest doing ok? >> yes. >> thanks. appreciate it. >> still to come, new list is out on how much the c.e.o.s of nonprofits are earning. which group [ man ] i got this citi

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>> this of course is the season for giving but when you send money to your favorite charity where does it really go? a new report got our attention this week including the organization that helped build the national martin luther king memorial. greta has a look at the hefty salary paid to the memorial's c.e.o. >> the new martin luther king memorial commands a big presence here. and the foundation's president and c.e.o. harry johnson decommands a big salary more than $277,000 last year. >> that's ridiculous. >> people donating their money to help out whatever foundation that they're working with not to pay somebody sitting behind a desk. >> charity navigator which assesses charities ranked it

fourth. by this afternoon, there was a new number four. the memorial had been removed from that list. charity navigator told us the foundation supplied additional information and upgraded its status. but the c.e.o. does make $277,000. and some say worth every penny. >> that's what they ended up paying him? >> but it's more than just dollars and cents. how well a charity cares for its community and brings about change. >> we're going to take a final look at that all-important