Congress, America Ready Themselves for New Year Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Top of the Hour: Back to Congress, Morning Headlines This Week's Agenda: The New Congress, Health Care, Unemployment 2011 NFL: Previewing the Playoffs Thousands of Australians Evacuated During Worst Floods in Decades 2011: The Auto Industry Looks Ahead As Oil Prices Rise, Looking at the Year Ahead for Energy Top of the Hour: Pakistan's Shaky Democracy, Morning Headlines Arizona's Gov. Jan Brewer: Immigration, Medicaid and Unemployment Increased Secret Shipments Endeavor to Secure Nuclear Material Pakistan's Ruling Coalition Loses a Political Party, Undermining Stability Ivory Coast's Gbagbo Offered Amnesty for Stepping Down One Teacher and 70,000 Students Facebook Valued at $50 Billion Dead Blackbirds Fall from Sky in Arkansas by the Thousands The Capitol Building, in Washington, D.C. ( vgm8383 / flickr ) Produced by PRI and WNYC