year the revenue stream, the funding stream i should say for uncle sam will run out. the federal government will not be able legally to continue operations after december 4 unless lawmakers in that final lame-duck session pass a stop gap funding measure. john boehner seemed pretty much content when he was questioned by reporters last night to wait until he commands a majority in the house early next year to deal properly with the expiring bush-era tax cuts. i believe we ought to extend all of the current tax rates for all americans. do you think this congress will do it at lame-duck or next year. you better talk to those in charge. reporter: to those in charge. as i say for about another ten days or so. shannon: we like to think of you being in charge there on capitol hill, james. reporter: i like you to think of me that way. shannon: thank you very much for the update. reporter: you got it. shannon: you heard james talking about this ringing in the new year. you could be p
but had scheduling problems and continue make it. they hadn t reached a consensus of one hundred percent policy of what was going to be do. senator durbin said the president is going to let congress lead on that. a lot of people think he s done that on healthcare and other things. do you think the white house should be more actively involved in crafting the solution or leave it to congress. i think the white house is very involved in this. this is incredibly important. this speaks directly to where the president how the president believes the economy is going to proceed. i think he also recognizes he has to work with congress. this is a cooperative thing. he s going to work with john boehner and the republicans when they are in power starting in january. i think the president is deeply involved and i think the democrats are making the right decision for economy. i am anxious to have the republicans make the case that it s critical that people making over $250,000 a year get a massi
finding the owner of the bag. germans remain on high alert. they raised -d terror alert wednesday. yesterday they seized a bag on a flight bound for munich. they found a fake bomb-like device and suspect it was to test their security. michael mukasey slamming eric holder for his handling of the terror trial of ahmed khalfan ghailani. they tried him in in his role for bombings in africa tph-p 1998 attacks that killed 224 people including 12 americans. the jury acquitted him on all but one account on wednesday. coming up former attorney general moo casey is here. we will ask him what the verdict means for all of the future terror trials. house democrats aggressively moving forward with their wish list agenda right before the next congress moves in six weeks from now.
president karzai this weekend in lisbon to try to find a unified strategy and unified voice on this strategy. shannon: conor powell live in afghanistan, thank you. a stalemate in the debate over the extension of the bush tax cuts. congressional leaders failing to come to an agreement after hoping to hammer out a deal. now the lame-duck congress is hoping to vote on it any way. are they going to strike a deal? joining us jason lewis and simon rozenburg, president of ndn, a former clinton campaign adviser. welcome, gentlemen. good to see you. shannon: the democrats don t seem to have a strategy yet. have they settled this internally before they move forward, should they? i think what the democrats will do is buy a vote during the
congress is dog doing anwhat . i think they know that or they will be thrown out. we have heard the song and dance before. i think regardless of republican or democrat, time for a new tune. shannon: an issue of divorce. i read divorce is good for the children. this author goes through a series of things why it s good for your kids. when you come from a divorced family, what s your take? my parents got divorced very late in my life. i disagree. families are changing in america. the definition of family is changing. probably this poll represents some feelings that are ahead of politics and so whether it s divorce or same-sex marriages, that the definition of family,