the heart of the action today right now on capitol hill, dozens of ceos are working the hallways trying to convince lawmakers to get a deal done and avoid the fiscal cliff. >>> next stop, the white house later this afternoon. good afternoon, everybody. i'm tyler mathisen. it is a big day in this national discussion about how washington can avoid the fiscal cliff. some of the senators in the center of the debate will be stopping by. we may hear from some ceos this hour. we do expect to hear from some of them at a press conference later this hour. the president, by the way, weighed in on the debate this morning as well. sue, a busy day down here in washington. >> it sure is, ty. indeed it is here as well. we are going to be joined by a very special guest, noted author and investor nassem taleb. after dropping more than 100 points in the early going, the dow sittingality the highs of the day. it's been an extremely volatile trading session, we're up just about 80 points or so. bob pisani joins me from the floor of the nyse. bob, they're parsing every word coming out of capitol hill and hou

officials will be here on capitol hill answering questions from lawmakers. meanwhile, we are getting a first glimpse learning that paula broadwell could be right here in d.c. eating and drinking at her brother's d.c. home, a first look at paula broadwell since word of her alleged affair with now former c.i.a. director, david petraeus. we are seeing one woman said to be involved, but we're hearing from another. in a 9121 call obtained by abc news, joe kelley tells tampa dispatchers she needs diplomatic protection because she's an honorary counsel to south korea, an unofficial position. >> because i'm an honorary consul general, so i have in viability, i don't know if you want to get diplomatic protection as well but now -- >> officials uncovered thousands of emails described as flirtatious between kelley and general john allen. amidst all of this allen's possible promotion to become nato supreme scommander has been put on hold. >> the president thinks very highly of general allen and his service to his country, as well as the job he has done in afghanistan. >

a lot of people here on capitol hill say how -- have now more questions. new information's the new questions surrounding the resignation of david petreaus. petreaus left his post as cia director last week after saying he had an affair, reportedly with his biographer paula broadwell. according to sources new information shows the fbi had been looking into broadwell for allegedly sending threatening e- mails to a family friend the petreaus. >> the and assault -- initial complaint was harassment that possibly could of gone to email hacking but there was no substitute information that this had anything to do with national security. it wasn't until last week the white house was made aware of the situation. some lawmakers say they should have known about the program. >> it just does not add up -- that the fbi would be carrying on this kind of investigation without bringing it to the president of the highest levels of the white house. >> senate intelligence committee chairwoman dianne feinstein says she plans to investigate the fbi. >> this is something that coul

the next day, september 14, cia director petraeus goes to capitol hill. he makes the report and raises the video and the protest in direct conflict to what the day before, the fbi and ctc said and what the cia station chief said, who was in libya on the day of the attack. >> these are critical evens in the first week of september. this sets out the conflict that the lawmakers saw between what director petraeus was saying as the cause, what fox news was told by lawmakers, that he was very much wedded to the narrative of the administration, that it was a flash mob or connected to the video. and this was in direct conflict with what the fbi was stating to lawmakers. this is the first time in our reporting of fox news that we have heard lawmakers express anger and frustration with director petraeus because this is someone who in many respect, until this point, had been untouchable. >> greta: supposed to testify next week. he is no longer the director of the cia. but is he going to testify? he's a civilian. >> the cia told fox he is gone. he is out. they are c

i have seen precedent coughing capitol -- covering capitol hill, i remember donald rumsfeld testifying about various situations involving the war in iraq or afghanistan after he stepped down as defense secretary. whether a week from now they want to do that, that is something the congressional committees have to work out. there is certainly precedent for former officials coming in and testifying, testifying and now that general petraeus in longer has the pressure of the job, he could be able to speak more freely about exactly what went down in benghazi. to underscore what bret is saying about general petraeus' service i remember covering president obama remainly in the administration and there was a crisis because the general was overseeing the war in afghanistan, a critical point, one of many critical points in that war that still is ongoing right now and the general abruptly stepped down and president obama had to turn to general petraeus, someone that the president has not always gotten alo with personally. they have butted heads but he turned to general petraeus and said i need to

the hearings get under way here on capitol hill. but tomorrow a different committee, the house intelligence committee holds its hearing. we hear general david petraeus will testify on what he learned about the attacks in benghazi. four americans, including ambassador chris stevens, killed in what susan rice initially said were protests and there were protests going on in the region. turns out this is a terror attack. she has been criticized for not knowing that five days after the attacks. the president defended her at a press conference yesterday. >> senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody they should go after me. >> this president and this administration has either be guilty of colossal incompetence. >> rice's name has been mentioned as possible replacement for hillary clinton as secretary of state. the president yesterday did not discuss whether or not he's actually considering her for nomination, whether he would be remiss to do that because of what republicans have said. he says that process is on

back to you. >> surae chinn live on capitol hill. thank you, surae. >>> in president obama's first news conference since winning reelection last week, he ended up calling republican criticisms of u.n. ambassador susan rice outrageous. the president called out republican senators lindsay graham and john mccain for their comments saying they would block the u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice if she is nominated for secretary of state. >> if senator mccain or senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i'm happy to have that discussion with them. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence that she had received and to besmirch her reputation is outrageous. >> summer mccain will do whatever it takes to block the nomination. >>> the president also spoke about the fiscal cliff in his news conference. >> jessica doyle is back and this your money report, the latest on the negotiations and high st

live on capitol hill this morning. an investigation is under way into the cause of a late night house fire in bealsville, maryland. the assistant fire chief scott gram tweeted out this photo of the fire. look how tall the flames are. the house a total loss. it's in a nonhydrant area that sits along beallsville road. all eight people insood the home were -- insides the home were able to get out safely. >>> there's another female police chief in the area. mary gavin becomes the first woman to lead the falls church police department. she's served as deputy chief for the past five years. before that she served for 21 years with the arlington county police force. chief gavin will succeed harry rice who retired after 37 years with the falls church police department. >>> veterans day is being observed today since the 11th fell on a sunday. if you're looking for a way to honor local veterans, you might want to consider contributing money toward a thanksgiving and christmas food basket. a $50 donation to the uso's turkeys for t

in days he is supposed to go to capitol hill to testify on benghazi.ork. byron... go aheadanism the fbi investigating the cia director in the heat of a presidential campaign and the white house apparently doesn't know about it. and the-- the opposition party in congress is hot on the heels of the cia about this debauch nel libiasm i mean, it's an insane situation. and we need to know more about it. a few minutes ago, a republican who was until 2011, chairman of the house intel committee, sent a tweet that said petraeus resignation will get worse, more here than meets the eye. i don't know if that's true, but it has to be investigated. >> greta: steve? >> well, it's interesting that the white house is saying that the president didn't know until -- until he was informed yesterday, i guess, others at the white house were told wednesday. i was told by talking to some intelligence sources that i that the fbi has been looking into this for a while -- >> greta: what's a while. >> i was told for a while. i don't have a thyme frame. but that suggests longer tha

finally, today's decision day on capitol hill. house minority leader nancy pelosi had will answer questions about her political future. >> will you plan to stay on as the leader? will you run again for the top slot? >> let's see, what time is it now? it's 2:00 on tuesday. i'll see you right here 10:00 tomorrow morning. while i love you all very dearly, i thought maybe i would talk to my own caucus before i shared that information with you. >> well, the person probably watching that 10:00 announcement most closely is her number two, congressman steny hoyer. we do believe we'll learn something before 10:00, by the way. house republicans will choose between washington state's kathy mcmorris rogers as they're conference chair to the number three position in house gop leadership. it's become a proxy fight, if you will, between speaker boehner, who has remained neutral publicly but considers a royal ally and congressman paul ryan who is supporting price. last night ryan responded to boehner's memorable line about whether ryan may step u

two important developments here on capitol hill. fox' confirmation this morning that the former cia director david petraeus will testify before the house and senate intelligence committees. these will be closed or classified sessions early friday morning, and also confirmation that secretary of state hillary clinton will testify here on the hill and give the read out, or the results of their internal review at the state department about the benghazi attack, and that announcement was made at the house foreign affairs committee a short time ago. >> further i would like to note that secretary clinton has committed to testifying before our committee and the senate foreign relations committee on the accountability review board's report, which is expected to be concluded by early to mid december. >> reporter: also today on capitol hill two important hearings in front of the house intelligence again and the senate intelligence committees, they are closed or classified hearings and they bring together the top intelligence officials in this

petraeus yes that guy the one who had to resign last week because of the sex scandal a report from capitol hill on today's testimony in just a few minutes. plus the u.s. likes to talk about energy independence but what would happen if the u.s. was actually able to break up their dependency on oil from the middle east what kind of relations with the u.s. have in the region will question more. it's friday november sixteenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r.t. all right well all week here at our team we've been telling you about the rolling jubilee real world debt solutions with the occupy movements unique brand last night the rolling jubilee hosted a telethon and a variety show in order to raise money they plan on taking that many money and buying up consumer debt for pennies on the dollar and the racing that debt forever or as the occupy organizers say they want to bail out the ninety nine percent by the ninety nine percent are correspondent on a saucy churkin i was at last night's telethon and brings us this report. the rolling jubilee fund raising project to a

david petraeus yes that guy the one who resigned last week because of a sex scandal or a poor from capitol hill on today's testimony in just a minute. and so the t.s.a. madness they've bought up those very expensive very invasive body scanners now some of them are going into storage so what can travelers look forward to the next time they head to the airport we'll tell you coming up. it's friday november sixteenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r.t. . all right well all week here at r t we've been telling you about the rolling jubilee real world debt solutions with the occupy movements unique brand last night the rolling jubilee hosted a telephone and a variety show in order to raise money they plan on taking that money to buy up consumer debt for pennies on the dollar and in a race that debt forever or as the organizers describe it a bailout of the ninety nine percent by the ninety nine percent are to correspondent on a stasia churkin i was at last night's telethon and brings us this report. oh and. the rolling jubilee fund raising project to a race of huge bor

meantime, here on capitol hill we're seeing some small signs of compromise. today president obama meets with small business leaders continuing his push for higher taxes for the wealthy. a new xhous economic report warns if tax breaks go away, the average middle class family will owe uncle sam another $2200 next year. >> it seems to be the thing we can agree on, that middle class families should see an extension of these tax cuts. >> reporter: some prominent republicans dead set against raising taxes on anyone now hint they may consider other options. >> we've been open to revenue by closing loopholes as long as it's tied to spending cuts and pro growth tax reform that broadens the base. >> you don't raise rates. you cap the amount -- it hets the wealthy. >> reporter: the bottom line, americans are borrowing too much money trying to keep medicare and social security afloat. lawmakers with the fix the debt coalition meet here tomorrow. >> there's going to come a point in time where we can't borrow anymore money and interest rates are going to skyrocket. >> this

the push for answers on capitol hill. today. >>> and we're live in daly city where there's still a lot of clean-up work to do after an old water pipe burst. could there be more in the city? and what is the city doing to make sure this doesn't happen again? ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it really sounded like a rushing river. >> a human clean-up after a manmade flash flood leaves a bay area neighborhood buried in mud. >> oh, my gosh. please help us. >> the search is on for this man after a terrifying east bay kidnapping. >> now police are relying on some very revealing surveillance video to help them catch the suspects. >> no one should leap to any conclusions. >> a top military general's career in question. >> investigators discovered e- mails to jill kelley that the dod termed inappropriate. >> unbelievable video an an emergency room doctor's wild drive. >> she hit me like i just thought it was all over. >> i'm not looking to get fired. >> a nationwide campaign to put the holiday back in thanksgiving. >> she is calling ou

so use that in scrapple or words with friends. >>> more breaking news from capitol hill. nancy pelosi is staying put in her position in house leadership announcing minutes ago she'll seek another term as minority leader. >> we have work to do and i have made a decision to submit my name to my colleagues, to once again serve as the house democratic leader. >> yes. [ applause ] >> nbc's kelly o'donnell joins us from capitol hill with more on that. kelly, the reaction and is this really a surprise she would leave. >> reporter: not entirely a surprise but because she had not given much of an inkling because her deputy steny hoyer and jim clyburn, they also had expressed interest in moving up. that was changed today. now it looks as if everything will be the same. of course, there's still an official election but nancy pelosi will continue on. ten years as the leader of democrats, first woman speaker and first woman to lead her party. she talked about having an insatiable desire to be in this political game at age 72 and after a vigorous campaign when she raised a lot of money

bengazhi is at the center of another capitol hill battle. senate republicans say they will not accept the nomination of u.n. ambassador susan rice as a replacement for secretary of state hillary clinton. >> we'll do whatever is necessary to block the nomination. >> reporter: senators john mccain and lindsey graham said rice was either lying or incompetent when she made this statement five days after the attack. >> we don't have information at present that leads us to conclude this was premeditated or preplanned. >> reporter: president obama said the ambassador was presenting the intelligence information she was given. he challenged those who attacked ambassador rice. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody they should go after me. >> reporter: senator mccain accepted that offer. >> the president of the united states, the commander-in-chief is the most responsible and i hope the president has no illusions about our view of his responsibility. >> reporter: mccain and graham want a watergate style committee

. >>> former cia director david petraeus was the on capitol hill. meanwhile the investigation into the sex camethat cost petraeus his job is heating up. the cia opened up an glags into petraeus conduct. defense secretary leon panetta asked the joint chiefs to review ethics training for officers and eric holder commented on the petraeus affair said there was no security breach or threat to national security. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. general petraeus may be asked about this extramarital affair but the focus today is on benghazi. petraeus went to libya after the killings and these leaders believe he has specific information no one else can offer. former cia director david petraeus is headed to capitol hill this morning to talk about the attacks on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. congressional leaders say he has a unique insight. >> director petraeus went to tripoli, he interviewed many of the people as i understand it that were involved. >> reporter: house senate intelligence members spent thursda

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consulate in libya is front and center on capitol hill today.losed-door hearings scheduled in both the house and the senate. brianne carter is live on capitol hill this morning with more on who will testify. >> four months lawmakers have been looking for answers on exactly what happened at the september 11 attack on -- in benghazi and are hoping to get some of the answers to that act as they hear from members of the cia on capitol hill. we know that have been living questionsthat and in a closed-door hearing does afternoon lawmakers are expected to grill intelligence leaders on the events that killed a u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. now former cia director david petreaus was supposed to be at the hearing but after resigning amid to the sex scandal there was concern whether or not he would testify. we do know he is scheduled to address the committee on friday. he is not expected to be here today but he will be on the hill tomorrow. ahead of the hearing a lot of back and forth. some republicans criticizing u.n. ambassador

thank you, catherine, from capitol hill. lawmakers who were in the hearings are now responding from both sides of the political aisle and we will hear from both sides coming up and president obama and the house speaker at the same table. again. are they any closer to banging out a deal as the clock ticks down to what analysts say could be an economic disaster? [ male announcer ] this is sheldo whose long day setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. campbell's has 24 new soups that will make it drop over, and over again. ♪ from jammin' jerk chicken, to creamy gouda bisque. see what's new from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. well, with the walmart credit card special financing offer, you can get the sony blu-ray home theater system with wi-fi and the high zoom cyber-shot camera with full hd. look at you, spreading some christmas joy! my cart's kinda full

it's busy on capitol hill these days. i want to ask you about susan rice, who has spent a lot of her week down on capitol hill meeting with senators, people like susan collins. what susan collins had to say last night about susan rice and let's come back and talk about it. >> i walked out of the meeting with a profound sense of disappointment. i actually presented susan rice to the foreign relations committee in the senate when she was first nominated to be the u.n. ambassador. so clearly i want her to be successful. i was proud of her. and yet i left that meeting with less of a feeling with about her judgment and about her suitability to be secretary of state. >> now, kelly, much has been made of this. and i think some of it rightly so, susan collins is not a conservative republican. is this -- is this just, again, posturi posturing? because susan collins, what you don't hear susan collins saying if nominated i will vote against her. you've heard few say that. what is this? is it real opposition there with susan rice, or

. >> and right now, petraeus in the hot seat on capitol hill. what he is expected to tell lawmakers about the libya attack. >> hold on, we're about to get dumped on. right now heavy rainfall about to move onshore. we'll have details coming up. >> and you may want to consider bart or the san mateo bridge this morning if you work in san francisco and typically use the bay bridge. we have major delays after a five-car crash. more details coming up. >>> all right, liz. thanks. good morning, everyone. it is friday, you made it, folks, november 16. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now 6:01. get ready for a wet weekend. >> the rain is moving in. it's already here and i think it's going to be around for a while. let's check in with lawrence and find out how much, how long and when it's all going away. >> reporter: yeah, guys. the storm door opened up. i think it couldn't be worse as far as the timing is concerned for all the computers today on the way to work today we have a heavy band of rainfall about to make its way onshore. you can

. >> general petraues goes to capitol hill to testify on benghazi. >> cynne simpson will co-host with anderson cooper today. >> we will catch up with art and about 20 minutes. >> look at our forecast. >> it is a chilly start this morning and we have clouds as well so get used to these temperatures. the headline today will be cold weather will continue right into the weekend. we've got the clouds to contend with this morning and saw on this afternoon and it will be a sunny start to the weekend and we will have the peak to the thanksgiving forecast in a minute. 42 degrees right now. . we will make it into the 50's this afternoon. >> we will go back to that map. there is a work zone at the key bridge. looks like they're getting it out of the way right now. take a look at the paving operations on pennsylvania avenue between 3rd and 9th, now getting out of the way. >> no accidents or incidents on 395. >> this is about the amber alert issued overnight. >> virginia state police have been looking for " adults and this amber alert. 395. >> this is about the amber alert we can confirm they chan

back to you. >> surae chinn live on capitol hill this morning. thank you. >>> neighbors tell us a woman watched as a prince george's county sheriff's deputy shot and killed her son last night. the shooting happened on 63rd avenue in east riverdale, maryland. the sheriff's captain nancy ridgely says the deputy was trying to serve a temporary protective order. it's believed the man's mother opened the door but then he appeared behind her pointing a gun at the deputy. the deputy fired one shot and killed the man. the deputy is a ten-year veteran and has been placed on leave while the shooting is investigated. >>> also in prince george's county, police have arrested four men in a deadly 2010 shooting that just became a murder case. it's been two years since melvin pike was found shot inside his car, but last week the 29-yard pike died of complications related to that shooting. officers have ruled the manner of death a homicide. the four men have been ged char with murder and several other felony counts. >>> the man convicted of grabbing four women in

dagen: peter barnes live from capitol hill. peter: treasury secretary tim geithner arriving at our or so ago to hold meetings with top congressional leaders. senate democratic leader harry reid, now he is meeting with house speaker john boehner, that meeting just getting underway, after that meeting with senate republican leader mitch mcconnell and house democratic leader nancy pelosi and with the president and republicans on raising taxes republicans are trying to shift the focus to spending cuts and entitlement reform. >> i hope when tim geithner comes to capitol hill that he will put forward something concrete. so far all we got out of the administration are these demands for higher taxes, they're willing to discuss what is driving federal spending and debt and that is in title and programs. peter: we learned president obama and john boehner spoke for 15 minutes last night. i just bumped into a senior leader among senate democrats and asked him how he felt about this news and he said -- he was more optimistic about these neg

you've seen the gains on capitol hill. do you think it will get done?> i think there's a bargain that can get done. there's a bargain that takes more tax revenue both from tax reform and raising rates on the rich and then some changes to entitlement programs, wage indexes -- price indexes for social security, some changes to medicare, that would bend the cost curve of medicare in particular as a program and that would bring down spending over time. i think that's absolutely achievable especially in this sort of post election atmosphere we have right now. >> and i think that grover norquist is playing the weaker and weaker hand. a bunch of newly elected didn't sign his pledge. there's a bunch of other republicans who disavowed the pledge. you listen to what the folks in the senate are saying. they think there's enough votes on the republican side to given the president what he wants on higher tax revenue so, yeah, i think that things have changed a lot, a lot has changed in the republican caucus. is it still tough? as you know very well there's a big cor

petraeus will be on capitol hill this morning. >> his knowledge is needed. wmakers want to know what petraeus knew as the consulate attack in libya unfolded back in september. 9news now reporter surae chinn is live on the hill this morning previewing today's hearing. surae good morning. >> reporter: good morning to oath of you. it should be an interesting day on capitol hill but lawmakers say they're going to stay en pointe with the benghazi attacks. the justice department says petraeus' affair did not put the nation at risk. well, yesterday's hearing really gave a better picture of what happened in benghazi. that was a five hour event that ended with the killing of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. lawmakers were first shown a cell phone video of the first attack. it revealed the initial attack was not well planned and in part was inspired by televised scenes of protestors storming the american embassy in cairo because of an anti-muslim video running on the internet. others seemed to be more interested in looting. it left the consulate in f

on capitol hill, the reaction from house budget committee chairman paul ryan.said the treasury department announced the deficit for october, suggesting that 2013 would be the fifth straight trillion-dollar deficit. mitch mcconnell says higher taxes won't solve that problem. >> this is partisan politics. this is not an option. raising tax rates would destroy 700,000 jobs >> reporter: on this day, the president met with labor and progressive leaders since the day after his re-election that he opposed cuts to medicare and social security benefits. >> the president is committed to making sure that the middle class and the workers are paying the tax for parties we didn't get to. >> reigning in cost of medicare and medicaid is essential to controlling the deficit. mr. obama offered $34 billion a year in savings. republicans don't think it's enough. and they're demanding to be part of the solution. >> the venters also -- the voters also have republican controlled house and closely divided senate. in a government of three equal branchs, that is hardly irrelevant. >> at

how the regents defend it. >> and a capitol hill confrontation. ambassador susan rice trying to smooth things over with her biggest critics. >> powerful storms are rolling into the bay area. we are talking about heavy rain and strong winds. what you should do to prepare. ,, you oo ,,,,,,,,

chief that it was not a spontaneous protest but it was terrorism and three days later he said on capitol hill it was a video. >> and that's what the hill members that are returning back had wanted to ask him about. they are concerned that he may have per injured himself and now they will have to s&p him to have him appear. >> and as we said it gets stranger by the minute. tonight that one who launched investigation is now himself under suspicious. we are joined with the latest. right before we went on air there was information you were reporting on about the original fbi agent who was investigating this? >> right. what we are told by sources is that this whole -- this whole process begins when a woman in tampa goes to a friend she has who happens to be an fbi agent and said she's concerned about these harassing e-mails she's getting. and that starts the investigation. what we are now told is that that agent at this point in this process was explicitly directed not to have anything further to do with the case because he was -- supervisors had become concerned he was too personally involve with

senator cardin has been on capitol hill working as a congressman since 1987. once he serves out this latest term, he will be representing maryland for more than three decades. in baltimore, lauren demarco, fox 5 news. >> a long time. >> a very long time. >> all right. some call day major blow to the war on drugs. up next, we'll tell you which two states are now the first to legalize recreational marijuana. >> but first, a look at more election results in our area. n our ar stay with us. we'll be right back. ack.

i'm joined by catherine herridge live on capitol hill.ne, this is big development. >> reporter: we had two big developments this morning, martha. first former cia director david petraeus will now be testifying in closed session before the house and senate intelligence committees early friday morning. this will not be open to the public or to the media. and second as you mentioned this new information that the secretary of state hillary clinton will be testifying on capitol hill before the house and senate foreign affairs committees. sometime in early to mid-december, but the findings of this internal review at the state department, it is called accountability review board. that review board will look specifically at the issue of these requests for extra help that came from the consulate on the ground, from ambassador stevens and also specifically at this classified cable that summarized an emergency meeting at the consulate in mid-august where they predicted the very way the consulate would be attacked. they warned headquarters they could

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this should not be news to anyone on capitol hill.ertainly not news to anyone in america who was not in a coma during the campaign season. lou: senate majority leader kerry read with a much different take on his meeting with the treasury secretary. an almost gleeful harry reid told republicans to put specific revenues on the table, even as republicans continue to wait for the democratic party and specific spending cuts on the table. >> i had a nice meeting with secretary geithner this morning. i always enjoy meeting with him. democrats are all on the same page. republicans know where we stand. we have senate and said it so many times, and the president has said the same thing. it has been weeks, at least two weeks since we met at the white house. and we are still waiting for a serious offer from the republicans. now is the time for the republicans to move past this happy talk about revenues and put specifics on the table. lou: there is very little talk and none of it has been particularly happy on either side. the president and speake

she made a second visit to capitol hill yesterday.s in the aftermath of the benghazi consulate attack were based on intelligence reports and with respect designed to mislead the american people. but susan collins is not convinced. >> i continue to be troubled by the fact that the u.n. ambassador decided to play what was essentially a political role at the height of a contentious presidential election. >> rice is considered a leading candidate to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. senator collins says she'll need additional information before she can support the rice nomination. >> two ticket holders beat the astronomical odds. they will split the massive record breaking $588 million dollar jackpot. is it you? one was sold in arizona and the other in missouri. if you have not checked the winning numbers are 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and a powerball of 6. victor blockwell is in mapleton, georgia, just outside of atlanta. didn't i say missouri and arizona? what are you doing there? >> well, i didn't win apparently. i put a few into t

let's swing to capitol hill now.r king, chairs the house homeland security committee, first we have general david petraeus resigning as head of the cia and admitting to an affair. now an investigation into general john allen who had a lot of communication with the woman petraeus' mistress may have considered a rival, i guess. is there a discipline problem going on among the nation's top generals, sir? >> i think we have to look at the overall record. the american military has done a phenomenal job as to what general petraeus did or general allen may have done and still no -- nothing definite on that. i think we have to look at -- against the context of the entire careers. we can go back into the bible, the days of king david, human nature is human nature. and we as a government are trying to keep it under control. but the american military is in a class by itself. every professional, i've known reporters, politicians who have been involved in different affairs this does not affect on the military other than certainly

ambassador susan rice faces more tough diplomacy on capitol hill. rice is the leading candidate for secretary of state in president obama's second term. but prominent gop lawmakers are trying to stop her from getting the post. saying she misled the public about the attack on the consulate in libya. in meetings yesterday, rice tried to smooth things over. it didn't work. >> the concerns i have are greater today than they were before. and we're not even close to getting the basic answers. >> we are significantly troubled by many of the answers. >> reporter: five days after the attack and a round of tv interviews, rice placed blame on an anti-muslim video. >> it seems to have been hijacked, let us say, by individual clusters of extremists. >> reporter: but the administration later said the attack was the work of terrorists. behind closed doors, rice told lawmakers the information she received came directly from the cia. the white house is standing by rice, insisting there's no unanswered questions about her television appearances. >> the focus on, some