hello, mr. hayes. hello, mr. hayes. >> miss maddow, how are you? >> good, thank you. s.t.a.r.t.of don't ask, don't tell. what do you think passes? >> well, you know, january 4th is the expiration date on the congress. harry reid seems to be quite serious about working through that. the new congress starts january 5th. up until the stroke of midnight on january 4th, this congress is in session. harry reid wants to squeeze all the juice out of it as possible. what's going to pass? the tax cut deal i think. i don't think it's a sure thing. it's more likely to pass than not. not a sure thing. you're starting to hear rumblings from tea party types on the republican side of this about a backlash against the deal. it will be interesting to see how that plays out in the house. dadt, don't ask, don't tell, repeal is right, right, right on the razor's edge as we saw. the dream act i think is probably short of the votes it needs to pass. at least it was a few weeks ago. i don't think anything changes in the interim. the s.t.a.r.t. treaty looks like it has the votes to pass. if you talk to

when anna may mccabe-hayes became the first woman in the united states' history of military history to reach the rank of brigadier general, mrs. eisenhower presented the stars that had been pinned on her husband when he made general years before. anna may hayes told us, i was very touched by mrs. be eisenhower's kindness and generosity. now, years later coast guard captain jane hartley had laughed at the very idea that she would ever have joined the military. she told us, i'm a child of the '60s. the thought of going into the coast guard or any other military branch was about as far from my be mind as it could get. however, during a dinner party at their home her husband's boss kept insisting that she should think about joining the coast guard because he said they really needed women, especially one with a master's degree in environmental biology. well, she said, anyway, i couldn't get this guy to shut up, and i needed to serve dessert. is so i told him i would check out the forward in the very near future. well, she did. and that is how it came to be that lieutenant jane hartley happened to be at the port of well mington, no

mr. obama himself had a face-to- face talk with 20 business leaders including three from right here in the bay area. samantha hayes has the details. >> reporter: the $858 billion tax cut package passed the senate yesterday by a wide margin, 81-19. while it is expected to pass the house of representatives even some republicans are airing objections. >> i believe the tax deal is a bad deal for taxpayers, will do little to create jobs and i cannot support it. >> reporter: it would extend the bush era tax cuts for all americans and some unemployment benefits for 13 months. it also includes a 2% payroll tax cut for one year and would restrict the estate tax at a lower level. the bill also includes billions in new earmarks. meantime at the white house 20 prominent business leaders met with the president to discuss jobs. the so-called ceo summit comes when corporations are facing criticism for holding cash reserves instead of hiring. companies including cisco systems, google, and general electric. the department of labor hosted dozens of group from around the country to help unemployed americans find work. >> this is abo