what this interpol warrant means for assange and whether he could be charged as a spy by the united states. and next hour we re going to hear from white house spokesman robert gibbs. the huge diplomatic mess they re dealing with and the fallout in places like the middle east. no slurpees at the white house, but there might be more summits ahead. both sides agreed to start talks right away on extending bush-era tax cuts and both wanted to work together, but neither sounded ready to give any ground. there s a shot of the president with eric cantor. president obama wants more summits and says he will invite republicans to camp david. as classes resume today at a wisconsin high school, we re learning more about monday s hostage standoff. the students tried to calm him down with talk about hunting and fishing. marinette high credits the teacher with keeping the
no slurpees and not really a summit. but a face-to-face meeting between a democratic president and republicans who barely know each other. that unflaherty is the source of washington s most fundamental problem, the trust deficit. whether it s an issue with your spouse or partner or disagreement with your boss, a foundation of trust is how we get through the tough ones. so it should bother you that president obama and the country s two most powerful republicans, one of them, who got to be speaker of the house barely know each other and don t really trust each other. that makes progress on about anything more difficult. which is why this post-meeting tone was more than a little note worthy. let s not try to work the washington spin cycle to suggest that somehow the other side s not been cooperative. i think that there was a sincere effort on the part of everybody involved to actually commit to work together, to try to deal
the statements come amid increased tensions a week after north korea fired artillery rounds at a south korean island. the pentagon s long-awaited survey on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military is being released today. 400,000 military personnel were asked about their attitudes toward the don t ask, don t tell policy. today s results are expected to reveal most servicemen and women support repealing the policy. however, a large number of marines, 40%, still oppose it. the name sounds silly. the slurpee summit. but it will all be business when the president and top republican leaders meet today at the white house. it is the first such meeting since those mid-term victories by the gop. sunlen miller is at the white house now with a preview of today s events. hi, sunlen. reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. first came the shellacking and next comes the slurpees. the white house hopes to have something more than a tasty drink as a takeaway from this summit. still reco
the new leaders in congress. informally dubbed the slurpee summit. the republicans standing up there sipping on a slurpee, fanning themselves. fanning themselves. sipping on a slurpee. reporter: at first a campaign line reprimanding republicans. now an informal summit slogan meant to bring in republicans. i serve slurpees. they re delicious drinks. the slurpee summit, that s good, i like that. reporter: someone else who likes this, 7-eleven. who has offered to serve the drink du jour at the meeting. slurpee is a great brand to bring people around. it s hard to be upset or angry at somebody when you re drinking a slurpee. reporter: a special flavor created in the name of bipartisanship. the purple slurpee, purple for the people is our new flavor. reporter: more than drinks, this summit is about their to-do list. this is a meeting in which i want us to talk substantively about how we can move the american people s agenda forward. it s not just going to be a photo op.
what s left of the lame duck session of congress. in the senate, ratification of the s.t.a.r.t. treaty with russia. in the house, a child nutrition bill. top priority is extending the bush tax cuts for the middle class. there are still considerable differences with republicans over tax cuts, something that few believe can actually be sorted out over a few slurpees. rob and vinita? we have all heard the saying milk does a body good. just how good? a study out today by the institute of medicine says most americans are getting the vitamin d they need for strong bones. the study found big doses of vitamin d do not prevent cancer or heart disease. researchers say most of us need a maximum dose of 600 units of vitamin d today. people over 70 should get no more than 800 units. or just have a slurpee. here s a look at your weather this tuesday morning. stormy in the south, along the gulf coast, into georgia and the carolinas. late-day rain in the northeast and ohio valley. snow in the up