today s arrest. authorities say they have been monitoring the suspect for some time. and there was never any danger. catherine herridge is working sources and we ll have the latest information on developing story. lawmakers in the house and senate meantime passed the extension of the payroll tax cut. unemployment benefit and the medicare doc fix. mike emanuel has that story from capitol hill. a look at how important is it to keep your big political supporters in libe. carl cameron tells us about two great examples of the presidential campaign. president obama wrapping up a three-day west coast fundraising trip. wendell goler reports from washington. special report starts at 6:00 eastern now. back to new york and my tweeting friends with the five.
his job, do you agree with that? obviously you don t. the day after his press conference he went on a fundraising trip and mitch mcconnell invited him to talk to senate republicans. has to stay in town and dialogue and not go on fun raising trips. heather: ellen, how do you scene that? i think the president put the vice president in charge of deficit talks and they talked for many weeks for many hours, for many days. then eric cantor, the house republican threw up his hands and walked out. it is hard to say the president hasn t been engaged when the vice president has been leading those talks. heather: what do you think is the solution? they both are at a standstill at this point. well, i think that the stand still, let s define the standstill. you have about a four trillion dollar hole you have to close over the next 10 years before experts say that the deficit and the debt are on a sustainable path.