"Baby-led weaning" is about skipping the baby food and letting your infant feed himself. The Takeaway talks to Helen Stewart, who blogs about baby-led weaning and to Keith Dixon, the father of an infant who eats everything he does — in mashed up form.

Waiting is what we are doing today — waiting for the folks on Capitol Hill to come to some kind of agreement over the bailout bill. or is it a "rescue plan?" Whatever you choose to call it — the Senate has chosen to vote on the bill tonight. But the bill has had a little sugarcoating, including a new provision added that increases the limit on federally insured bank deposits to $250,000 from $100,000. Edmund Andrews, reporter for the New York Times, joins us from Washington.

Wall Street's latest free fall is hitting Main Street hard. The credit crunch, compounded by high unemployment rates and low consumer confidence, is making it hard for small business to stay afloat. And Congress' failure to pass the $700 billion bailout bill has only made these problems more urgent.

Key to the success of the troop surge in Iraq was a change that took place between U.S. forces and former insurgent tribal groups that came to be called "The Awakening." These groups, impatient with militants like al-Qaida in Iraq and Shiite insurgents, began to work with U.S. forces. They used to work with al-Qaida. Now they fight against them, with the help of the Americans. They were paid for their allegiance, but starting today U.S. forces are going to stop paying these groups. The Iraqi army will hand out their pay packets instead. Will the alliance hold?

A first try at a bailout has failed in the House and the markets are volatile. It's harder than ever to get a mortgage, to get credit, to get a car loan. We all know where Wall Street is turning for help. But where should Main Street look for advice? The Takeaway turns to Harriet Johnson Brackey, personal finance columnist for the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.

Usually figurative language serves to inform and make difficult concepts easier to understand. However, describing the intricacies of the financial crisis and subsequent proposals has proved challenging for many politicians.

What was wrong with the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 proposed by Bush administration and its congressional allies? It could have been marketing, starting with the use of the word "bailout."

Senate leaders say tonight’s the night for the bailout bill. They are expected to put it to a vote. They've tried to sweeten the deal for skeptical lawmakers.

Guest: Chris Mason, senior fellow at the Center for Advanced Defense Studies. Mason recently served in the U.S. Foreign Service on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and he lectures regularly on Afghanistan and counterinsurgency.

The American Dream — owning your own home — is still within reach! The Takeaway talks with Christine Clifford, vice president of Wholesale Access Mortgage Research, who explains the recent history and coming trends in mortgage lending. And, hopeful homebuyer Grace Smokowski is seeking a mortgage. She tells us her story.

Mass produced on an assembly line, with a will of its own, it's 100 years old today: The Ford Model T. The car started a global craze and made Ford Motor Co. one of the world's largest companies.

With Wall Street in disarray, New York Times Columnist David Leonhardt compares 2008's economic climate to America circa the Great Depression and discusses the loss of trust in the banks.

The bailout has failed…for now. The markets are tumbling and then jumping up again. It’s harder than ever to get a mortgage, to get credit, to get a car loan. We all know where Wall Street is turning for help. But where should Main Street look for advice? The Takeaway continues the conversation with Harriet Johnson Brackey, personal finance columnist for the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.