coululd handle the cuts and be justst as strong, but it is the whe olook for t themot knowing what ngress> the navy has already been substantially curtailed. china just launched its first rrier. now it will be able to launch more of them. and will be difficult to continueur r responsibilities and to properly meet the time that challenge in ththe chi sea without is substantially larger navy then what weave now. >> i am going to put each o you on align. i w will say thdeal will not happen but it will matter. >> i say t that it does not happen a and could have any negagative effects on members of congress. >> it will only hapappen if there arare a l of gimmicks and tricksks. that is the most l likely outcome. at t end o of the day the democrats will gain a lot if it all fallss apa. >> i hate being cynicical, but right now i i am cynica about congress.. now, t the preresidential candidates. we have all l had those moments and rick pernd herman cain have had some very embarrassing moments. noteing able to rememember the dertment of energy. hean cain discussing libya. now herman cain is sang to

the washingtoton area has been doing great, and a big part of that is lobbying money to aid ngress is bought and sd legally. that i is the problem. if you don't think that these congressme are bought t and sold you are dreaming. >> taking advantage of inside information that would send somebody ought wall street to prison -- >> the supreme court would say that there is no corruption that justifies restrictions on campaign money. but there are going be billions and billions of dollars spent this year. we won'tt know who spent them and who benefited. and the kind of scandals, you might see, like a solyndra -- we won't know who give the money. >> the conservative critique o of all this is to say that the federagovernment has decided over the lasast 50 years thahat he would intrude into every avenue of american life -- business, textiles --- everything is regulated in one way. you create a state of thatize, the intrusiveness, of course you of lobbying over every element of american life. the root problem is the over extension of the federal power. if you have the government of jefferson a

religious groups lobbied with federal budget cuts with the latest bills to fund the programs came before ngress. the several of several they asked not to reduce global aid. the super committee agreed to cutting the deficit, a super vigil is taking place in washington this weekend. participants are praying for the committee to protect programs that help the poor. in kansas city, missouri a roman catholic bishop cut a deal to avoid prosecution for failing to report a child pornography complaint against a priest in his diocese. to avoid additional charges, bishop robert finn agreed to meet for years to report any incidence of child abuse. the victims advocates called it a cozy deal that was ineffectual. as a u.s. conference gathered in baltimore, the group's president timothy dolan said the sex abuse scandal at penn state reopens a wound for the church. to discuss the parallels, we are ginned by kevin eckstrom and kim lawton from religion and ethics news weekly. let me start with you. what are the parallels between what happened at state and the long running sex abuse scandal in the catholic churc

prior to running for ngress. and truman told himyoung man, you have to know your history if you want to be a good citizen. that's the founding rock for the united states capitol historical society. fred took tha advice to heart when he entered the congress. he worked with then speaker of the house sam raburn, congresswoman church, among man other members of congress to create the u.s. capitol historical society. his vision was that the society would be the history teacher to the nation. next year in 2012, the society will celebrate its 50th anniversary. obviously fred had an idea that was right for the time and for the next five decades. given the state of history and civic education in our schools today, the society's educational mandate is much more important than it ever was. if we are to involve knowledgeable participation in government by future generations. it's part of its mission to educate the public about the history of the u.s. capitol and the congress. the u.s. capitol historical society created the f

>>> the blame game after ngress's sup fail to cut the deficit, accusing the president of being disengaged. where can we go from here. super committee member and congressman jim clyburn will join me live. >> let me go ahead and make mine and then i will listen to you and you listen to me. >> interrupted. the president forced to respond to protesters in new hampshire as he tries to push for a payroll extension and vows to not let congress off the hook when it comes to the jobs bill. >> autumn awakening. the count rae's cabinet. they resign and military leaders promise that elections are coming. and storm of trouble. the weather that could keep a lot of folks that keep grandma in town in time for the turkey.ç >> i'm craig melvin in for tamron hall. the full out from the collapse of the super committee on this tuesday. a short time ago at a high school in new hampshire, president obama urges congress to do the right thing on the deficit and his jobs bill. they said next week lawmakers have a chance to vote on extending the tax cut and warned if republicans voted down, the average american fam