reporter: kennedy has come back to vote several times since his diagnosis but it s been three months since the last return of the senator from massachusetts. president obama has set a new deadline. he now wants a health care reform bill he can sign into law by the end of the year, a job made much more difficult by the absence of the issue s top advocate on capitol hill. john hendren, abc news, washington. a health scare forced french president nicholas sarkozy to go to the hospital. he was jogging and collapsed. he never lost consciousness and tests performed were normal. a friend says sarkozy is, quote, doing well. the thorny issue of jewish settlements in the west bank is on the agenda this week as george mitchell travels to that region. mitchell opened a new round of peace evidents yesterday but he s also working to settle differences between the u.s. and israel over settlements. president obama has called for a halt in the construction. here at home that proposed