deficit on wednesday, which may include cuts to medicare and medicaid. on the 30th day anniversary of japan s deadly tsunami and earthquake the northern part of the country rocked by a 6.6 magnitude earthquake as well as some other temblors. these forced workers at the crippled fukushima daiichi nuclear plant to evacuate again. the number of dead now over 13,000 and there still are more than 14,000 people missing. in a tiny town in iowa becomes a target for a monster tornado. 60% of mapleton, iowa, wiped out by this twister. the governor has declared a disaster area. thankfully no deaths have been reported there. the severe storms that ripped through the midwest are headed east. the next battle for congress front and center, bringing down the country 14.28 trillion dollars debt. president obama is going to unveil his deficit reduction plan on wednesday. meantime he s asked congress to raise the national debt ceiling. that is something that typically