The Morning Meeting: G-20 Finale…Blagojevich Indictment?…North Korea Threats…Farewell, “ER” & “Guiding Light”

The G-20 leaders report "good progress" in London — with an arrangement that would "show the world coming together in an unprecedented way to fight a global recession." That may be — though it also may be that this global financial summit has produced more money for the International Monetary Fund, some moderate push toward greater financial regulation, some unrelated (to finance, at least) deals on U.S.-Russian and U.S.-Chinese relations), and otherwise a basic agreement to disagree on the fundamental question of what to do about the global financial mess.

We’ll get more details in a few hours — as well as news conferences from both Gordon Brown and Barack Obama.

Other news today: Chicago braces for a possible Rod Blagojevich indictment, and the visit of an International Olympic Committee delegation to examine the city’s readiness for a 2016 summer games bid; a tornado hits Alabama, the most severe example of nasty weather rolling across the southeast; North Korea begins fueling at that launch site — and ratcheting up its threats against any who might seek to interfere with the launch; and lights out for two television staples — "ER" airs its finale tonight after fifteen years, and "The Guiding Light" will close after 57 years on television (and fifteen before that on radio).

Stay tuned…