And the president. we don t know that. he s the kind of guy that the president would respect. he s fwhj charge of something, the largest company in the largest energy company in the borld, private energy company in the world. so he knows his stuff. but he doesn t have a deputy. he s leaving for asia, angela merkel is coming to washington. there s no state department person of any high rank at the table in any of these meetings. and the fact that the foreign minister of mexico is in washington and did not have an boimt his counterpart, the foreign minister, our secretary of state is extraordinary. there ve been a lot of other trips, bond, mexico when there were foreign leaders in washington, and he and that s unavoidable. usually there is a deputy. no undersecretaries. he s just appointed or nominated we expect the nomination of john huntsman to be the ambassador to rush. he will be the fourth nominee to be an ambassador.
9:00 am on the east coast, 6:00 am out west. marathon talks lead to a new debt deal. at least in theory. the president backs it. so do leaders of both parties. still, no reason to celebrate just yet. in syria, a violent crackdown on anti-government protests. more than 7 0 people killed and counting. and new this morning, a big change to health coverage. the federal government will require insurers who provide birth control without co-payments. now, in just a few hours, we could see the beginning of the end of the debt crisis. it s been the issue in washington for weeks. and you re probably tired of the finger pointing and doomsday predictions. today, that could all come to an end if the house and senate approve a compromised plan. the deal identifies about $1 trillion in spending cuts over ten years and raises the debt ceiling by about the same amount. bipartisan committee must find ways to trim another trillion a, a so-called deficit posse. the president and house spea