clarence paige? >> my wife is easy. there's the most beautiful earrings i can find. it's a default position if i can't think of anything else. that's for her. for me, i'm much tougher. i'm much tougher to shop for. chris: what would you like? >> i'm at the age where i appreciate time more than monetary value. i love to see my son leave me a nice little envelope and a card saying, dad, i'm going to write your column for a week, so you can take it off. chris: i love that idea. [laughter] katty kay, the gift you want or the gift you want to give. >> i've rolled the dice and i've been lucky to have four children who are all in good health. and if somebody could give me a little card saying they'll carry on being in good health, i'd be happy. my husband has been very good. he stayed with me in america for 11 years and that's taken him a long way from his family. i'd bring his whole family over. chris: permanently or just for the weekend? >> for a while. >> i'll be going from the christmas tree right to iowa. i would help something that would help get me around, waiting fo

dan balls, susan paige and clarence paige. >> on this issue of the super committee, john kerry and jon "meet the press" yesterday. they had an interesting thing to say yesterday. let's watch the tape. >> when our democratic friends are unable to cut even a dollar in spending without saying it has to be accompanied by tax increases, i think that tells you all you need to o know about our run-away spending. >> what john just said is patently not true. we just cut $917 billion without one dime of new revenue. he knows it. we just did it. >> deja vu all over again. it seems like this issue of taxes and entitlements that's been plaguing both parties and this congress for the last few years showed its face in the super committee. dan, what does this say to voters about the collective will of the congress to make any decisions? >> luke, i think most americans had already judged had congress to be incapable of doing these things and in fact washington in general. i mean this committee failed to live up to very low expectations. i don't think anybody thought they'd do a grand bargain. they thou

clarence paige is a syndicated columnist for the "chicago tribune."ribune." can you say anything about the woman who made the complaint back 12 years ago is ready to talk about what the nature of the charges she made were? do we know anything more? >> yeah. i think we can infer from that that if she wants her side of the story out çthere, it's different than what herman cain is saying, but they feel so constrained by this confidentiality agreement that they are not saying what they would say if they could talk about it. they are just saying they think the national restaurant association should relieve them of their obligation of non-disparagement and confidentiality so that they could come forward. they mentioned both of those points, so that leads us to believe, and i think logically conclude, that if you want to talk about it and tell another side of the story, it's probably going to be different than what mr. cain is saying. >> here's what cain had to say about one of the accusers on fox last night. let's listen. >> i do recall that her performanc