joining me now is tim cain.. >> good to be with you. >> you seem to be reluctantly supportive of this deal. am i reading that right? when you put out a release about it, you didn't say whether you were going to support it or not. where are you this morning and is it fair to call you reluctant? >> i'm strongly supportive of the deal. there things i wish were not in the senate budget. the issue with military retirees and federal employees were not in the budget. i wish they were not there, but we needed a deal and i think this is important for the economy and i give praise to patty murray and paul ryan for helping us get there. and the fact that it's a two-year deal is important. most do two-year budgets. the federal government does and it's better to do two. you get the private sector and agencies more time to plan. that is a better way to go about it. it will be good for the economy and they put shut downs and furloughs and sequesters for the next few years behind us. >> it's funny you bring up the two-year. roy

virginia senator tim cain got jam and jelly from the arkansas senator. the gift exchange was organized by minnesota. >>> a major warm up is in the works. >> amelia has the latest on this spring-like weather. >> yesterday, i talked about warmer temperatures for today, but i didn't talk about temperatures being as warm as they were. look at our high so far today. 61 in washington and manassas. 59 in leesburg. la ray, a high temperature today near 70 degrees. our temperatures will be even warmer for tomorrow. so, what does that mean for this evening? well, a very mild evening tonight. great feel outside right now. 6:00 p.m., 58 pleasant degrees and yes, it's december. winter begins saturday. clouds will increase overnight. what that means is our temperatures won't get as cold. 10:00 tonight, we will be at a mild 52 degrees. how warm is it going to get tomorrow? warmer than 61. i'll be talking about that in ten minutes. pat? >> thanks, amelia. >>> how much money is too much money to spend on a gift for your child's teacher? $5, $20, how about $200? there's a

i got a six-pack of lagger beer from the state of virginia and tim cain is now one of my colleagues inenate. >> are you suggesting the entire six-pack is gone already? >> oh, no, no, no. i shared with everybody. >> you heard it first here. senator johnny isakson, thank you. >> merry christmas to you. >> the fed is scaling back the massive stimulus program and what it will mean for mortgage and credit card rates and what about your retirement? we'll get some answers coming up. if i can impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we built it for our members, but it's open for everyone. there's not one way to do something. no details too small. american express open forum. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. [ female announcer ] let betty do the measuring and get a head start on delicious homemade cookies. visit bet