tells me they own that, they don t. that s a practical thing. i don t blame that on the president, but i do think the democrats were so tough on the republicans, you re seeing a little bit of that give-back at this point. you don t learn that at harvard business school, you learn that in the school yard. you beat up my buddy, i m going to beat up yours. i understand why it s partisan, but i wish they d all put their knives down and get back to work for the american public. to you, that s simple. you said that in the past couple of weeks, there s a simple solution that would help the economy. the debt reduction deal. simpson-bowles commission. the president s debt reduction commission that he didn t push, republicans opposed. it s gone nowhere. i don t know the inside story. i have read the stories. it s hard to tell. i personally don t care. i wish they d split the difference in half at one point. if you read, i hope the american public reads simpson-bowles. i think it s a fantasti
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how would a president romney or gingrich or cain handle a situation like this? that is the kind of topic the republican candidates will debate tonight. its focus will be foreign policy and national security. cnn, the heritage foundation and the american enterprise institute will bring it to you from washington tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. we re talking to our deputy political director paul steinhauser, pentagon correspondent chris lawrence and joe johns at constitution hall where the debate will take place. joe, let s start with you. is the 11th big gop presidential debate this year, what are the expectations? who might benefit from a foreign policy question tonight and who might, you know, possibly be in trouble? well, when you look at the range of all these republican candidates who are going to be here at dar constitutional hall, the first thing you can say is that there are at least three candidates who are expected to know this stuff cold. that would be the former spe
on the executive power of the president. the bill codifies indefinite defense but prohibits gitmo detainees from being brought to the u.s. mainland using defense department funds. in washington, catherine herridge, fox news. shannon: gop presidential hopeful mitt romney is set to pick up an important endorsement in the state that holds the nation s first primary. new hampshire senator kelly ayotte will be the first member of the congressional delegation to endorse a presidential contender. the gop presidential race is heating up. several one-time frontrunners have lost momentum. i will talk with the wife of one of those men coming up, anita per arery. i m shannon bream. hour number two of america s news headquartering live from the nation s capital starts right now. the congressional supercommittee has just hours to post a debt reduction deal to make its deadline.
story through the morning, as it develops. jamie: the deadline could not be creeping any closer, on capitol hill for a debt reduction deal. much needed. members of the congressional super committee have to agree on a plan by the end of today, in order to meet wednesday s deadline, and lawmakers from both sides sitting down for an exclusive interview on fox news sunday, to discuss where things stand, right now. some of the democrats are willing to put some aspect of health care on the table. but, at best it would just kick the can down the road and, frankly, part of the challenge we have, i think it was on your show last week, where congressman jim clyburn said the democrats hadn t coalesced around a position, and so it is hard for to us negotiate with them when they are still negotiating with themselves. i believe there is a better deal than letting automatic cuts decide for out. chris, that is why i don t think that we should call the game over deep into the fourth quarter. we s