• Rep. Earl Perlmutter (D-CO) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to update us on health care reform.

• Christine Romans, host of “Your $$$$$” on CNN, calls in at 7:50am Pacific to update us on the economic recovery.

• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is preparing to unveil a retooled health care overhaul plan today intended to bridge differences among Dems. She wants to have the legislation on the floor next week with a final vote before Veterans Day, that would give President Obama a bill to sign by year’s end.

• President Obama is considering a scaled-down version of the war plan advanced by his top Afghanistan commander, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, U.S. officials say. The plan would focus on protecting Afghan cities and key infrastructure. One official described the plan as “McChrystal Light.”

• Fox News Channel and the Obama administration are talking. The network confirmed a Politico report that a Fox News executive met at the White House yesterday with Robert Gibbs, President Obama’s press secretary. There were no details given about the meeting.

• The Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Yankees 6-1 last night in Game 1 of the World Series.

• Del. Donna Christensen (D-VI) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform and about the accelerated stimulus program.

• President Obama yesterday challenged Congress to pay for its new increases in federal benefit programs as it goes, rather than sink the nation deeper into a debt, calling it a matter of public responsibility. Republicans lashed back that Obama is no voice of fiscal restraint as the deficit soars.

• Democrats in both the House and Senate accelerated their drive to enact health care legislation yesterday, outlining proposals to extend coverage to uninsured millions but omitting most details on plans for raisin more than $1 trillion needed to cover costs.

• Late yesterday, the Supreme Court cleared the way for the sale of the bulk of Chrysler’s assets to Fiat, rejecting an appeal by a group of Indiana pension and construction funds, consumer groups, and others to block the transaction. The deal will now likely close early today.

• The remote Pacific island nation of Palau said today it has agreed to a U.S. request to temporarily resettle up to 17 Chinese Muslims now held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center on Cuba. The nation said it would be “honored and proud” to resettle the detainees as a humanitarian gesture.