And tavis a quick look at what is coming up on this program. Actress Keira Knightley is on. And her film Anna Karenina based on the tolstoy classic. Thursday and friday night, a twopart conversation. You do not want to miss this, sally field portrays Mary Todd Lincoln in the new Steven Spielberg film. We continue our look at the fallout from this years president ial election with frank rich, the former ku near times writer. His piece in the magazine this week is called fighting sea fantasyland. He joins us tonight from new york. Good to have you back on this program. Great to be with you as always. Thank you. Tavis i would want to start with the news of the day. There is so much news. Congress is back in session for this lame duck session as it were. Clearly, the top of the agenda for them and i suspect for the nation is how they keep the country from going over what has been referred to as the fiscal cliff. A lot easier to say then sequestration trade your thoughts on how serious both