testimony will occur. we know she was back to work yesterday. congress is in recess until january the 21st. so she may have to technically stay on as secretary of state for another week or so after the president's inauguration in order to do this testimony. senator john kerry of course has been nominated as her replacement. all right. we are just getting word of a tragic accident. five americans are among the dead in a horrific helicopter crash that has happened in peru. authorities say that the chopper went down and exploded minutes after takeoff. seven people were onboard. only three bodies have been recovered. according to the reports they were all employees of a canadian-based oil exploration firm that con straits their work in latin america. no word yet on what caused this awful chopper crash. bill: it is. martha: just days after raising taxes on more than 77% of americans democrats say that they want even more