and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washinon that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. >> plan at that are paid the price at airlines. starting today, it will cost $100 to check your carry-on bag once you arrive at the airport. that is more than double the previous fee. you can pay $35 when you book a flight in advance. >> virginia tech will soon be the first school to offer a degree in real estate. they approved the bachelor of science degree in architecture, construction economics engineering, and property management. the program will begin in the fall of next year. >> some residents of northern new jersey awoke to a small earthquake early monday and new evidence shows the power of east coast earthquakes. the scientists say quakes in the easter fell further away than those out west even though the magnitude is not as high. east coast earthquakes can cause damages ov

it doesn't matter whether you sign the pledge to someone down washinon or not, you really have to make a pledge your constituents at home and what are you going to do for themo all those promises? >> we did some research and found out that if we don't tend the bush tax cuts, we don't have enough revenue to run the government for more than 8.5 days. >> that is correct. it's a drop in the bucket. i think if you pass that one buffettax and that's only 4% of it. that's not going to solve the problem. it's a spending problem, not a revenue problem. >> well, tmorrow when he returned, it will be interesting. >> okay, congressman, thank you so much and it's great to see you again. he wants know what all of you to get home. here's a question to tonight congressman barney frank said that voterasked congress to do the impossible. do you agree with him? logons gerriwillis.com and vote on the right-hand side of the screen. i will share the results of the end of tonight's show. meanwhile, if you think we have seen the worst of this economy, think again. another recession could be just around the cor

people cannot afforda tax increase coming out of washinon as everybody knows.t and a half days. it will not make the people who vote happy with republicans, but it will undermine the very base of the republican party. but the republican party needs to do is get a new message and a new messenger out there that is inclusive, not exclusive. i talked to a group just this friday in west palm beach, florida. ronald reagan, you're talking too much about ronald reagan. any to embrace and he was. be inclusive within the party. if you listen to an asian or hispanic and all they think the republicans want to do is throw their butts out of the united states. it's time to be inclusive, not exclusive. get the kind of necessary to everybody and get off of the tax program. that is not the answer. tom: the social issues are another story. being inclusive is another whole story, but when it comes to fiscal i am convinced that pele on the left and the right are fiscal conservatives. they don't want to throw their money away. they don't want to give it to the government and have b

. >> rose: joining me from washinon, c. is albtu of bloomberg news and john harris of politico. from des moines, iowa, john mile man. in new york, mark hall prin, cokie roberts and mat dowd of abc news and bloomberg news. i'm pleased they have them back on this program. we go to washington and albert hunt. where are we? >> charlie, i think that the fat lady is started to sing. it looks like things are moving in a very, very slow but steady direction in barack obama's favor both in the popular vote and the electoral vote. i base that on the plls, to be sure. also talking to both sides today i think's clearly more confidence in the obama camp. i think this is one of those great elections. there are very few of them, 2004 and 2000 were two where you aren't certain who is going to win but certainly all signs are pointing to a small obama victory tomorrow. >> rose: john harris? >> i agree with that if you look at these numbers and you look at the electoral college landscape and through any conventional prism what al said is completely true. the only caution i would make is this has n