. >> i'm mary franklin in district 10, founder of the environmental justice movement, inc.. i want to also commend the commissioners who were appointed to the commission initiative and i have to say i would never have thought i would see the changing of the guards. i want to pay homage to mr. leroy king and congratulations commissioner singh for being able to stay on that commission. what i have to say to the newly elected individuals, i want to leave one term to you, disposition agreement. i hope this new commission initiative coalition of individuals will not be guilty of producing documents that are unenforcible or null and void. it's called land disposition agreement and if any of the newly informed, newly appointed individuals would like to see one of those, i will be happy to show that to them. so may i say, too, that a land disposition agreement that is not enforced negatively impacts upon the generation and the community and that is perpetual. thank you. >> thank you, miss franklin. again, if you would like to speak on this item please line up on this side of the roo

. >> reporter: mary beth franklin is a contributing editor for investment news, following the possible fallout from the fiscal cliff. $10 billion in across the board spending cuts, half of them from national defense programs, much of it spilling over into the metro area. >> with so many federal workers, they'll go to work on wednesday, january 2nd, but they don't know if they will go home after that. if the budget cuts kick in, there may not be enough money to run their agencies. >> reporter: the current funding for the federal government could run out before march, leading to a shutdown. while most of the tax changes go into effect the following year, the 2012 returns could get slashed too by the alternative minimum tax or amt. >> reporter: on the average american it could mean the difference of a thousand dollars or $2000 more in taxes. a lot of the tax deductions and personal exemptions they usually lose to lower their tax bill, those would go away. >> reporter: even if you don't have a job, congress is also negotiating an extension of long-term unemployment benefits for 2 million a

host: mary, franklin, tenn., you are up next. caller:. for letting me have the line.e a question and for mr. buckley. i have a little analogy for him. when you have a tv and do not put it in, doesn't come on at? >guest: i don't believe so. that caller: is what republicans are doing. they have turned it on, but they're not putting it in. host: next caller, diane and. -- diane. caller: you have a caller on previously that ran around business and made between $60,000 de thousand dollars per year and you said it was something they did in the tax code that they actually moved the tax on up to her to give the rich a break. what it when republicans talk about all of the small business owners, $250,000 hurting them, what is the difference when this woman who said her taxes have gone up? they are lying. it was actually the small business owner under $250,000 that was being hurt and had more taxes dumped on them? guest: i don't know the individual prior collar's tax return. it would be very unusual for a taxpayer with an income in that range to pay the amt. it's not impossible,

. >> host: mary and franklin, tennessee. you're up next, independent caller. >> caller: thank you for letting me get a line. i've a question for mr. buckley. the question is i have a little analogy for him. when you have a tv and don't plug it up, willett combines? >> guest: i don't believe so. >> caller: that's the way the republicans are. they are turned on, but they ain't plug in. >> host: diane, garden city, michigan. go ahead. >> caller: good morning, thank you for taking my call. here's my question. you had a caller previously he said she ran her own business and will be made between $80,000.60000 a year. he said it was something in the 2001 tax codes that they shut the tax onto her to get the rich the break. why is that the republicans talk about the small business owner $250,000 it's going to hurt them. what is the difference between somebody making under $250,000 in their small company versus this woman says her taxes have gone up? in other words, they are lying it was the small business owner under $250,000 that wa

they say mary cannot sing or do this and i have found out what i know i can do. i am not like my favorite singer like to read the franklinas lucky meeting with this guy who wrote "stormy weather," he put together the stage play and i am part that and so now i songs.l of lena horne's it is what i do well. tavis: you can-you mentioned people say nasty things online. tthat is why i did not read it. i am going to read the piece, not the comments. it can mess you up. all opinions are not created equal. since you went there, it is one thing to navigate that now. how did you navigate that in the day when all the attention was on diana ross? >> the attention was on me. i thought it was. sure did. i loved all of us. it makes me feel bad when people try to divide is in that way. i thought we were all killed. i thought we were all the best -- i thought we were all q cute the best. i always said that i was in the middle of a lot of times. when they moved me in the middle my spotlight with me. my spotlight was always on me. and not in an egotistical way but i would feel so blessed that i was happy doing what i was doing. tavis: here

franklin was in second. just one vote behind douglass she is the fourth gymnast to have a victory since mary lou rett and. >>ood for gabrielle. >> we will be back 11:00 p.m..

franklin county jail before. >> but that doesn't stop two inmates from trying. that day tracy mobley is charged with multiple counts of burglary, theft, possession of drugs, and receiving stolen property. mary morrissey, on the other hand, is charged with a few traffic violations. strangers shackled together by a pair of handcuffs. they're led to the bus in the loading area. >> when the line of prisoners was getting on the bus, tracy and mary were the last two prisoners of a long line of prisoners. >> and that's when they make their move. >> they were sitting fairly low to the ground. you have to be pretty small to be able to crawl under this bus and then maneuver yourself around so that you're hanging on that train. >> but watch closely. initially they were not last in line. mobley waits for the perfect moment to switch positions. >> tracy mobley was the ring leader in this. there was no doubt she was the one who came up with the idea because she had a felony hanging over her head. and mary morrissey was just here for misdemeanor traffic things for which she probably would have gotten a fine. >> after their disappearing act, a full five seconds ticked by before a sheriff's deputy appears i