>> rose: you wrote today, theinf warning to deal with any plan to deal with deficits a raise the naon'sdebt ceiling isn't a freak accident instead it's the culmination of an unresolved debate over the size of government and the growing hyper-partisanship of congress, particularly the house of representatives. as we look a this a bit bit from distance, thiis all about the role of government and partisanship in the house. >> not only the house, but particularly the house. al and dan were jt referring to it. there's a dete that will have to happen in 2012. some people thought it was resolved to some extent in 2008. it realldoes go to this question, how big is the government, what's the role of e gornme in a 21st century in the united states of america, and how do you resolve that questi? in aay that's the backdrop of this eire debate. yes, it's about the precise level of spending cuts, about the tax level, whether there should be increased revenues from some place or another, but it's really this bigger question, how big should the government be? 19% or 20% of th, or 22% or 23%? >> rose: a

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group of senators they hope will come up with a plan to cut the deficit by $4 trillion and raise the naon's and peggy? >>> the government is warning about the possibility of terrorism at the nation's utilities, including chemical plants and oil r rineries. a new report says al qaeda-linked extremists have been hired inside some of those facilities to actually work there. it also says that outsiders have attempted to solicit employees for damaging physical and cyber attacks. >>> the army psychiatrist charged in the ft. hood shootings will face a military trial in march of next year. nidal hasan was arraigned at a military court in texas on 13 counts of murder and 32 counts of attempted murder. he did not enter a plea and it's still not clear if he ever will. hasan dismissed his civilian attorney because he wants three military lawyers to represent him instead. >>> media mogul rupert murdoch is back in the u.s. this morning after testifying about the phone-hacking scandal in london. the british prime minister then took murdoch's place. abc's jeffrey kofman reports about the tense questioning.

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unemployment rate right now is at 7.5%, a full point underneath the state of texas and well underneath the naon. we fl very blessed about san antonio as a community. more special than that, though, is, i think that what defines san antonio is its fundamental character. this city is the kind of place that, eventhough it's grown to a cityof 1.3 million people, is the kind of place that, if you're in a restaurant and you sneeze, two or three people still say "bless you." if you're walking down the street here in the downtown area and you pass someone, they still look you in the eye. i won't name any other cities. but try doing that in some of the other big cities in the united states. there's a sense of connection, a sense of less guardedness than what you find in many other places. and that's because over the centuries, over many generations, folks from different walks of life, different backgrounds, different perspectives and nationalities have come together to create a confluence of culture where people live together well, they work together well, they pursue a common american dream. it is, for