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the new reality. how real-looking robots are taking over jobs in one country. is this a job that will spread? good morning. we re getting a little bit of a late start here because it s 9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. on the west. things in washington are about to get a lot busier. president obama is heading whack from his overseas trip as congress kicks off a lame-duck session with a long list of hot button issues. nbc s mike viqueira is live for us. good morning, mike. good morning, alex. what s coming up this week? reporter: the president had some success and he s had some failures. he s winging his way back to washington now. when he gets back to washington, it does not get any easier. the lame-duck session convenes tomorrow and it promises to be a short and angry session of congress. president obama wrapping up the last of his ten days in asia. sitting down with russian president, dmitri medvedev to talk arms control, sightseeing, returning returning to this