the 14th terror plot against the city since the attacks of september 11th 2001. to politics, after some ten weeks of deliberation, the congressional supercommittee tasked with working across party lines to trim the national deficit appears ready today to accept failure. with a self-imposed deadline hours away, lawmakers on both sides admit any hope for agreement has all but slipped away. since the beginning, the deadlock has come down to calm of big sticking points, democrats blame republicans for being inflexible on new taxes. republicans blast democrats for not accepting major changes to medicare and social security. on "meet the press" yesterday, republican senator john kyle and democratic senator, john kerry continued the blame game. >> when our democratic friends are unable to cut even $1 in spending without saying it has to be accompanied by tax increases, i think that tells you all you need to know about our run-away spending. >> what john just said is