zone. i m lynn berry and today we begin with in custody. wikileaks founder julian assange has been arrested by police in england on a european warrant issued by sweden. that s what london s metropolitan police announced this morning. scotland yard confirm the arrest to nbc news and said he s due to appear before a magistrate later today. swedish prosecutors issued the warrant order arrest order for the 39-year-old australian who is wanted in sweden on suspicion of committing sexual crimes. accusation hess has consistently denied calling them part of an elaborate plot to silence wikileaks for its recent release of thousands of classified cables. well, here at home it appears that the scalemate in washington over expiring tax cuts is nearing an end. yesterday the president announced that an agreement has been reached with republicans, but as is often the case in politics, not everyone is welcoming the compromise, and it still has to pass congress. nbc s steve handelsman rep
we begin this morning with the art of the deal. it appears the stalemate in washington over the expiring tax cuts isç nearing an end. yesterday the president announced that an agreement has been reached with republicans. but as is often the case in politics, not everyone is welcoming the compromise and it still has to pass congressman. nbc s steve handelsman reports. no doubt everyone will find something in this compromise that they don t like. in fact, there are things in here that i don t like. president obama said he had to cut a deal with herepublican or middle class taxes would rise and jobs would be lost. so mr. obama agreed, taxes won t rise for the top bracket for two years. republicans extended benefits for 13 months and for a year to cut payroll taxes by a third to 4.2% which helps lower income families most. a four-part deal. the right thing to do for jobs, the right thing to do for the middle class, it s the right thing to do for business, and it s the rig
making news in america this morning making the case. president obama makes afghanistan his war, outlining a new, u.s. effort. it is from here that we were attacked on 9/11. and it is from here that new attacks are being plotted as i speak. thousands of troops will go, with the plan to bring all of them home. e-mail trail. newly-released messages, from the d.c. area couple, desperate for an invite to the state dinner. and sea monster. 6 ton jellyfish are swarming off the seefs japan. it s wednesday, december 2nd, 2009. good morning. and thanks for being with us. the president addressed a room full of cadets. but the world was listening. the commander in chief made his case for sending 30,000 more troops. saying, he is convinced that our security is at stake. he then explained the new objective will, reversing the taliban s momentum. and strengthening afghanistan s security forces. and he outlined the exit plan. saying, america has no interest in fighting