when needed. but republicans are trying to shift the discussions back to the economy. coming up, democratic congressman elijah cummings. meanwhile, president obama calls another meeting of his national security team as great britain approves 500 more troops for afghanistan. plus, a major blow to u.s. efforts for you hatougher sanct against iran. russian prime minister putin says today this after secretary of state hillary clinton failed to secure a pledge from russian president medvedev on sanctions if iran does not give assurances that it is not seeking a nuclear weapon. coming up, former secretary of state madeleine albright. we are watching the dow. could it hit 10,000 today for the first time in more than a year? good day. in a little over an hour top white house advisers including chief of staff rahm emanuel will be on capitol hill sitting down for the first time with senate leader harry reid and others to start merging two health care bills. with no time to