True story. I said no way. It is. John berman is hosting starting point at 7 00, its now 5 00 a. M. In the east. First 33 days until we reach the fiscal cliff and things are heating up on capitol hill. Tim geithner, the chief fiscal cliff negotiator will meet with congressional leaders in an effort to get talks moving. Theres no time to waste because there may be 33 days to get a deal done, but congress breaks for the holiday. That happens in just 15 days. White house correspondent dan lothian is live from washington this morning. Dan, that clock is ticking louder and louder what is the very latest . I hear there are oneonone meetings happening today. Thats right. These are the president himself not sitting down and talking with lawmakers, but Timothy Geithner will be on capitol hill and other senior level members of the administration trying to hammer something out here. This is a complicated process. So far it does not appear the two sides have gotten closer. Thats why you see the president pushing hard, first of all through social media, trying to get americans out there to pass the message along, put pressure on lawmakers to get this middle class tax cut extension down. The president sitting down with Small Business owners, with ceos of major companies, pushing that middle class tax cut message. They dont believe that this is the comprehensive solution, but they believe this is a step towards the final solution, a final agreement to prevent this fiscal cliff scenario. The president saying he believes that this can get done before christmas. Take a listen. A clear majority of americans, not just democrats, but also a lot of republicans and a lot of independents glee that we should have a balanced approach to deficit reduction that doesnt hurt the economy and doesnt hurt middle class families. If we agree that we should not raise taxes on middle class families, lets begin our work with where we agree. Of course there are some lawmakers who are not that optimistic. They dont think theres enough time between now and the end of the year to get a deal done. Nonetheless the president will continue pushing his message. He heads to pennsylvania tomorrow. He will go to a manufacturing plant where he will continue talking about extending the middle class tax cuts, not extending them for the upper class americans. In the meantime, theres pushback from republicans who are saying the president should not be out the road campaigning but back here in washington negotiating. Dan, i will ask you to look into your crystal ball. President obama is meeting with mitt romney later today. Do you have any idea what they plan to discuss . You know, theres a lot of speculation about governor romney playing a role in the administration. But the president himself, during his victory speech after he was reelected talked about wanting to sit down with mitt romney to talk about ways of moving the country forward. During his post reelection news conference, the president was asked about what roles he could play or if what the president hoped to gain from him. The president talked about how mitt romney did a good job with the olympics, and he thought in turning around the olympics, some of that could be used to streamline government and make it more user friendly. Thats what we expect for the president to be discussing with mitt romney when they sit down today for lunch at the white house. Of course everyone is speculating about some possible role he could play in this white house. Its interesting because its a very highprofile bipartisan showing from the president today at a time the timing. Yes. When hes trying to work with republicans to get something done on the fiscal cliff. Dan lothian, thank you. 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This is happening because powerball made a move at the beginning of this year, increasing the ticket price from 1 to 2, which doubled the starting jackpot from 20 million to 40 million, and then the top winning jackpot average from 141 to 255 million. I got to tell you why im in mapleton, georgia, this is one of the busiest locations in the state of georgia for buying powerball tickets. Why . Theres a sign on the front window that tells you. In 2010 they sold a Winning Ticket worth 116 million. A lot of people thought this would be a lucky location. More than a half billion dollars. Whats the cash pay out then . Cash pay out is about 385 million. And a lot of people were chasing that. We know at the peak, 133,000 powerball tickets were sold aper minute across the 42 powerball states. For the people who did not win the jackpot, there are about 8. 9 million winners of smaller prizes ranging from 4 to 1 million. So, a lot of people spilling this morning. So 385 million before taxes. After you take taxes out, quite a bit less. You know, if we went over the fiscal cliff, tack taxes would much higher next year on that winning. Our crew here, we won a grand total of 4. Well let it ride. Thank you. Thank you, everyone. And you are splitting that between how many people . Between 41 people. Thats why well let it ride. Yeah. Thank you very much. He was smart. He bought his own ticket. Susan rice is still struggling to find support among her Many Republican critics. The u. S. Ambassador making a second visit to capitol hill yesterday, insisting her comments in the aftermath of the bengahzi consulate attacks were based on intelligence reports. And they were not intended to mislead the American People. But Susan Collins saying that is a tough sell. I continue to be troubled by the fact that the u. N. Ambassador decided to play what was essentially a political role at the height of a contentious president ial election. 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Palestine palestinians are asking to be upgraded to nonmember state. If it passes it is a u. N. Recognition of palestine statehood. Mahmoud abass is in new york to witness the vote. The United States, israel and other western countries oppose this move by the palestines. Palestinians. More than a dozen European Countries are supporting this rez lug. The uk says it may vote yes pending a couple of conditions. The u. S. Has supported a twostate resolution for palestinians and israelis. Why do american officials oppose u. N. Recognition . For the most part it wont give the palestinians what they want, which is an actual state. This vote is largely symbolic. It would have no effect on the palestinian sovereignty or borders or any of the things theyre looking for. Israel is vehemently opposed to this vote. It said it threatened to cut off aid to the palestinians, impose new checkpoints if they do so. What the u. S. Is fearing here is that if this vote goes ahead, and we see that its pretty much a guarantee that it will that the palestinians will be upgraded at the u. N. , basically its not going to lead to anything good on the ground. What the u. S. Is afraid of is that it will lead to more violence if the palestinians dont see their state actually realized. And there are more economic measures from israel. Really afraid that it will destabilize the region. Who is weighing in on this . Do we know anything from secretary of state Hillary Clinton perhaps . Secretary of state clinton yesterday was asked about this from reporters. She was in israel last week. And she met with president abbas. Lets listen so what she said about u. S. Objections to the vote today. We have made very clear to the palestinian leadership, you know i met with president Mahmoud Abbas last week, that we oppose palestinian efforts to upgrade their status at the u. N. Outside of the framework of negotiations to achieve a twostate solution. So the u. S. Is not supporting it. Has been really rallying its supporters in europe trying to get president abbas to abandon this. No luck. The former israeli prime e d minister says it lays the foundation for a twostate solution. Is there any fear that once the palestinian get the recognition, they will not go back to the peace negotiations . President abbas has promised to seek immediate peace negotiations with israel. But others fear that this vote could give palestinians access to the International Criminal court where they could go after israel for war crimes. Because this vote is so antagonistic to israel, its not going to lead to negotiations, and what the u. S. And israel are afraid of is that president abbas wont go back to the table because israel is so opposed, and hell seek these other u. N. Measures. That would exacerbate the crisis. All right. Thank you. Its about 17 minutes after the hour. Lets get you caught up on the top stories. Mitt romney is on his way to the white house for lunch with the president. Its not clear if they will be discussing the fiscal cliff or a possible role for romney in the Obama Administration or if theyre just having lunch. Tim geithner also entering the fray, the chief fiscal cliff negotiator will meet with congressional leaders today in an attempt to get talks moving. This alabama teen alleged by beaten by her girl friends brother insists it didnt happen because she is day. They say the real story will come out when the time is right, for now thats all theyre saying. The family is saying it is a hate crime and they want 18yearold Travis Hawkins Second Degree charges upgraded to murder. A texas man is in custody for allegedly making terrorist threats against a san antonio mosque. 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The officer purchased them at a nearby shoe store after he realized the homeless man was barefoot and blistered. A passerby took the photo and mailed it to the new York Police Department who posted it on its facebook. The officer says he keeps the receipt for the boots in his vest to remind himself that sometimes other people have it worse than he does. I would like to meet that man. Incredible. In michigan there is no place for sexy at school. Thats the reason why High School Principal Joe Lynn Clark gives for taking on teens in tights. Earlier this month she sent a message to teens and their parents saying leggings are not pants and could violate dress codes. She also asked girls to think what about your message is and what message your clothes are sending. Im so confused by that story. I am, too. To look at all of our top stories go to our blog and see more about that story. Its really cold in michigan, i would be wearing leggings. 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Yes, stock markets around the world are up this morning after comments made yesterday by president obama and the house speaker, john boehner, both expressing optimism on those fiscal cliff negotiations in washington. The dow rallied 100 points yesterday off of those comments. How many times have you heard me say congress will mess it up. Goldman sachs ceo met with the president and others yesterday for those fiscal cliff talks. Listen to what he told wolf blitzer when asked if taxes should be raised on those making more than 250,000 a year. If thats what it takes to make the math work when you look at entitlement side and revenue side, i wouldnt preclude that. Of course we would have to do that if the numbers drive that way. He said america cant afford itself right now the way were going. Fiscal cliff talks today continue with geithner making the rounds on capitol hill. Later this morning, Third Quarter gdp expected to be revised higher. 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We are happy youre with us. Im zoraida sambolin. Were not the winners. Im Christine Romans. Its about half past the hour. There are about 33 days until the fiscal cliff, while politicians try to sell their plans, the first negotiations get underway today with tim geithner heading to capitol hill with separate meetings for congressional leaders. Both the president and Speaker Boehner made optimistic predictions yesterday. My hope is to get this done before christmas. Ill go anywhere, ill do whatever it takes to get this done. Its too important for washington to screw this up. Im optimistic that we can continue to Work Together to avert this crisis and sooner rather than later. All right. A couple of optimists, but what will both sides give and what will it cost those politicians . Erick erickson is of redstate. Com. Good morning. Good morning. All right. So, congressman tom cole was on ac 360 last night. He got criticism for saying he would accept compromise. Heres what he said. I want to make all of them permanent, quite frankly. This is a debate about political tactics, not a difference over political theology. In the end, all republicans want to make sure we dont increase taxes. Thats where we differ with the democrats. If we can get 98 of the tax cuts for the American People made permanent, we should do that, and then fight for the rest. Speaker boehner says he disagreed with congressman cole, is this a debate about political tactics at this point . To a degree it is. I understand what congressman cole is saying, but at the same time its foolish for anybody out there to think congress will be able to come to some sort of resolution. Congress designed the fiscal cliff. I think probably senator thune from south dakota is making the most sense last night saying maybe we should kick the can down the road for six months instead of trying to rush it im not a fan of kicking the can down the road, thats what congress does. In this case, you have everyone scrambling, trying to examine the ramifications of the election. You have new people coming in. Some of the people voting were thrown out of congress. Why not wait until the 1st of the year. Kicking the can, you look at markets today. You have Global Markets up. Stock futures are up. The stock market was up yesterday because this whole idea of optimism from john boehner and the president that this could get done by the end of the year is something the world wants to see. You look at our polling. Our polling shows, and the most recent poll from abc News Washington post, 60 of people support raising tacks on incomes over 250,000 per year. Isnt the argument of kicking the can down the road losing some steam . It probably is. I dont think we need to rely on polling on this because if raising taxes on the top earners of the country would raise enough money to fund the government for eight days. Im not in favor of congress doing something symbolic. On the campaign trail, the president said this is about fair share, not really about balancing the budget. It wont make a dent in the deficit. Congress designed this. They dont want to cut spending. They just want to raise taxes. If congress wanted to go back to the clinton tax rates, i would do it in a heart rate if they went back to the clinton spending rates. Youre right, it has to be a balanced approach, the balance also includes spending cuts. Some democrats say entitlements should be on the table but deal with longterm reform afterwards. Heres what dick durbin said yesterday on starting point. Entitlements need to be part of a longterm strategy but do it in a thoughtful way. Were down to four weeks here. I dont want to see major changes being decided in the heat of the moment here. Lets get through the fiscal cliff, avert it, but at the enof the day take medicare and treat is as an important issue. At the end of the day, how many things will be kicked down the road like entitlements . We had 18 debt an deficit commissions since Ronald Reagan became president in 1981. In more than half of those, medicaid, medicare an Social Security were supposed to be part of fixing the debt and deficit, it never happened. If they kick the can down the road again without fixing entitlements in the process, entitlements still wont get fixed. We asked you to comment on the news and then sometimes you make news. The news about you, it says you are considering running in a primary to challenge saxby chambliss. Are you any closer to a season . Tell me what youre thinking and who is encouraging you to do that. Well, you know, i said all along, no im not going to do this. Ive been dismissive. In the past couple days, a number more prominent names have been calling and saying shy do it. I feel i owe them more consideration. Im not closer to thinking i will do it, but im thinking about it more. 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The president wanted to sit down and talk to him about that, talk to him specifically about ways of creating jobs, of building the economy. He said that, you know there were good things that mitt romney had out there on the campaign trail. Thats what theyll be talking about. In addition, the president said specifically that mitt romney did a good job working with the olympics, turning the olympics around. He thought some of that could translate to the government and make government more efficient, more customer friendly. So its a combination of those things that the president will be talking about during that lunch here at the white house today. This is also part of this prom piece that the president made during his victory speech that he would invited him to the white house and talk about waste and move the country forward. A lot of speculation about whether or not mitt romney could play a role in the white house. Again, the white house pushing back on thachlthat. But it is interesting because it is a highprofile invitation, bipartisan invitation when the president is wrangling with lawmakers on the hill. That timing is interesting. They also had such a contentious battle for the white house. You find this kind of interesting. But thats all forgiven. Really . All right. Ill go with that. Switching gears here, talking about Susan Collins, she joined the chorus of republicans voicing reservation, a senator, considered a moderate, joining the voice of the republicans about a possible secretary state nomination for u. N. Ambassador susan rice in her statement, she voiced support for john kerry as an alternative. Listen to what she said. I think john kerry would be an excellent appointment and easily confirmed by his colleagues. Interesting. How much selfinterest is at play here . If kerry were to get that job, republicans could pick up his senate seat, right . That is correct. Remember, scott brown picked up the kennedy seat in massachusetts and he lost it to Elizabeth Warren in the last election. So there is that scenario that if john kerry were to get that post, then that opens it up again for scott brown to pick up that seat. A couple of things. First of all, its widely known out there that john kerry wants the job. But, of course, you know, the story weve all been talking about that susan rice appears to be above on that list. Thats the first thing. All of this speculation about who could get that job and, you know, if he got that job then this person could pick up the seat in massachusetts, it really is all just sort of hypothetical here. The president has not put forward a nomination yet. Theres a lot of wrangling going on. Democrats are saying republicans are playing politics here. At the end of the day, its all hypothetical until the president puts a nomination on. Its interesting to watch and chat about. Dan lothian, thank you. Okay. 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Welcome back. Lets get you up to date on the top stories. President obama and mitt romney are having a private lunch at the white house today. It suspected they will be sharing ideas about the fiscal cliff and growing speculation there may be a role for romney in the Obama Administration. If you played powerball in arizona and missouri, you could be filthy rich. Two tickets, one in each state, matched all six numbers. The holders will split a record 588 million. How long do you think before they come forward . I dont know. I would wait personally. A couple weeks, yep. New york city nanny accused of murdering two children in her care has pleaded not guilty to those crimes. The killings of the children last month sent shockwaves throughout a city where many working parents rely on nannies to watch their kids. It sent shockwaves across the nation. Yets hearing took place in a hospital where the nanny is being treated for selfinflicted stab wounds. Seattle Police Released dash cam video of a suspect allegedly beaten by officers during his arrest. He was held down on the back on the hood of a car. His Attorney Says Excessive Force was used. The retail chain has been offering incentives like retail plans, but toys r us is being said items are not being filled and hundreds of items are out of stock. While youre hitting the gym, the dude in skinny jeans is stealing your girl. A new report says women prefer thin men over macho girls. The theory is bigger, stronger guys who are extra fit are making up for weaker immune systems, and women who have men with a stronger immunity are a better mate. Where did the women come from that they were studying . You dont like skinny men . The threat of flooding still plagues the west coast this morning. Meteorologist rob marciano, i cant even say your name, you foe why . Havent seen you in a while. Never fight with evolution, if thats what the study says, thats what it says. Ive been caught in the middle. 71 Miles Per Hour in redding, these are the numbers from yesterday. One of several storms that will blast away at the entire west coast from San Francisco up through seattle. 67mileperhour gust in high glade. Duncan peak seeing 64mileperhour wind gusts. Here is the satellite picture. This is the infrared, water vapor imagery which shows you where the biggest punch of moisture is about to get slammed again in portland and seattle. This is not moving much. It will be here for several more days. Because of that, we have many concerns. One of which is a storm warning out for the oregon coastline, gale warnings out for 50 Miles Per Hour and winds certainly will be higher than that. That can cause damage and power outages. Snow levels will be high, but at the highest peaks 10 to 20 inches of snow the greatest threat is the amount of rain, 8 to 10 inches or more over the next five days, and that will cause some flooding and maybed so mud slides. East of the rockies, looking good. Chilly, mostly quiet. Showers around the great lakes, but feels like it should for the end of november. Thank you very much. A packed hour ahead on early start, including mitt romney on his way to the white house, but he wont be measuring curtains. Details of his lunch date with the president , what it could mean for his future, your future, your money and hopes of a compromise in washington. And yoko ono, if you like her music, you will love her fashion debut. First, right next to the doritos, 500 an ounce caviar . We will show you the vending machine that only makes sense where, folks . Yes, in l. A. Thats coming up next. Thats dos you can actually use. Sadly, their brothers White Christmas just got blacked out. [ brother ] but its the family party really jingles your bells, doesnt it . My gift to you the capital one venture card for any flight, any time thats double miles you can actually use how illuminating. Whats in your wallet . 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Seems like you can buy anything out of a machine anymore. Not just any caviar, theres the garden variety 12 types, or the 500 an ounce boluga. 50,000 worth of rare merchandise inside three vening machines in southern california. Making their debut just in time for the Holiday Shopping season. The idea came from the cupcake vending machine, already a hit in beverly hills. Caviar can be just as sweet says the vending machines owner. Is it about making it accessible to people . Very accessible, convenient, at every price point. Reporter so it is caviar out of a vending machine in a Shopping Mall, but some say this just doesnt belong. Reporter owner david lenz says his caviar is served with more flair at his restaurant, not food court fudge. Thats the part i dont get. I can see getting it, taking it home to have some champagne with it just on your lunch break . It doesnt add up. With a soda from the food court . Exactly. Reporter we found plenty of caviar critics. Would you put 500 in a machine . No. Would you buy eggs out of a vending machine . Much less fish eggs. Reporter but the flurries are buying for their daughter this christmas. A little luxury for the layman, conveniently dispensed just in time for the holidays. Nothing too fishy about it. Kyung lah, cnn, burbank, california. Aspiring to be the 1 in a Shopping Mall. 500 bucks . I wonder which one she tasted. Once bitter rivals doing lunch. The prospect of president obama and mitt romney playing nice after such a long, contentious political battle made for some juicy conversation. Latenight hosts feasted on the news. Check it out. Mitt romney is going to meet president obama at the white house tomorrow. Theyre going to get together and talk things out. Yeah. After three weeks of dealing with the bengahzi scandal and the fiscal cliff, obama is prepared to offer romney in the administration, president of the United States. Hes like, i made a mistake. Its all yours. Theyre eating at the white house. Here is how the lunch will go. Mitt, this could have been your private dining room. These could have been your president ial knives and forks. But heres what i dont get, for the last eight months mitt romney has been saying nobody should get a free lunch. Now hes going to the white house to have a free lunch. Its part of president obamas plan to cut fiscal spending, invite someone for lunch and have us pick up the tab. Were all picking up the tab for that lunch. Thats right. Early start continues right now. Suddenly rich. So far we know of two Winning Tickets for the recordbreaking Powerball Jackpot. Lunch date, mitt romney meeting with president obama. And only in new york. A zebra hot on the heels of a pony in new york city. Never thought about hot on the heels of a pony. Okay. Im Christine Romans. Im zoraida sambolin. In egypt the u. S. Embassy in cairo is closed. No one is being allowed in or out of the embassy now. Embassy Officials Say the entrance is blocked by protesters as clashes erupt nearby. Massive demonstrations against president morsy threatened the new young government after a degree last week extending his powers to an e uneasy level for some egyptians. Americans in cairo going to the embassy for business, please dont. No one is going in or out of the embassy in cairo. And finding a way to steer clear of the fiscal cliff. The chief fiscal cliff negotiator tim geithner working with leaders to get things moving. There are just 33 days left to get a deal done. Congress breaks for the holidays in just 15 days. Dan lothian joins us. So the clock is ticking away. After the meeting the president had after he went to Southeast Asia the lawmakers were optimistic. Now you are hearing some pessimistic as the clock winds down. You see the president pushing the bush era tax cut extension for middle class america. The white house doesnt believe this is the comprehensive solution, but part of a solution. They are reaching out to Small Business owners, sitting down with top ceos yesterday. He will head to pennsylvania tomorrow. You saw him at the white house with middle class america who emailed the white house about how they would be impacted if the middle class tax cuts were not extended for them. The president sounding optimistic that the deal can get done. Our ultimate goal is an agreement that gets our longterm deficit under control in a way thats fair and balanced. That kind of agreement would be good for our businesses, good for our economy. It would be good for our childrens future. I believe both parties can agree on a framework that does that in the coming weeks. In fact, my hope is to get this done before christmas. Americans are divided a as to what the solution should be to reach some sort of agreement on the fiscal cliff. Look at this abc News Washington post survey that says 60 of americans support raising taxes on the wealthy. 37 oppose it. What about reducing deductions . 44 support it. 49 oppose it. Americans, much like lawmakers, want a solution to the problem but clearly divided on how to get there. The consensus is there to solve it. The question is how. President obama is meeting with mitt romney today. Big news. Do you have any idea what they plan to discuss . They are having lunch at the white house this afternoon. The president talked about this after his reelection. He said he wanted to sit down with mitt romney, talk about ways to move the country forward. But the president pointed out mitt romney did a good job turning the olympics around. He thought it could work in the government. Streamline agencies to make it more userfriendly. The president will talk with him about that. The president pointed out that out there on the call pain trail mitt romney had good things to say about job creation, turning the economy around. They will discuss those things. The rumors of a potential cabinet position romney surrogates said no way would he accept a position. There is still talk about it. A lot of speculation. The president was saying when asked about this, that his post Election Press conference said hes not suggesting there is any specific assignment he has for mitt romney. That doesnt stop the rumor mill that maybe the president will tap him for something. Dan, thank you. Now back to cairo, egypt. The u. S. Embassy is closed now. The entrance is block bid protesters as clashes erupt nearby. We want to get to reza saya in cairo. What can you tell us about whats happening now . Reporter a short time ago the u. S. Embassy released a statement that the embassy will be shut down until further notice because some of the clashes are getting to close for comfort. In their statement they said specifically there is no indication that the embassy is a target of the protests, but the embassys proximity to Tahrir Square which is a couple of blocks away, exposes it to the violence. Just as a precautious they have shut down until further notice. During the past few days during the demonstrations on the side streets, the arteries leading into Tahrir Square we have seen clashes between protesters and police. Most of the clashes are being triggered by troublemaking elements. These are teenagers, young men, 20somethings who continue to throw rocks, debris, molotov cocktails at police and Police Respond by firing teargas, stun grenades. Thats what we have seen. A little bit more intense. Its approaching the embassy which is not a target, as the statement said. Again, just as a precautious they are shutting down. I know this weekend the embassy is urging americans to stay away from garden city this weekend. The Muslim Brotherhood is broadcasting they would like to have a million myanmar. This weekend. So we could see gathering people. This is sort of something to look into into the weekend. Reporter the stage is set for more tension in the coming days, especially on saturday. The Muslim Brotherhood has called for demonstration in support of the president in Tahrir Square which is where we have seen antimar s mama mamos camping out. The stage is set for more conflict, more turmoil. Thats why the embassy is telling people to keep away until things calm down. People reminded to remain alert to their surroundings at all times. Thank you very much. Lets stay in egypt. Egypt is rushing a vote on a final draft of a new constitution as protests continue against president morsy. Former Assembly Members have called this mornings vote treasonous. Morrissey faced bitter criticism since deciding to grant himself powers beyond the chex and balances of the courts. If susan rice is voted to be secretary of state shes not likely to find much support. She made a second visit to capitol hill yesterday. Once again claiming her comments in the aftermath of the benghazi consulate attack were based on intelligence reports and with respect designed to mislead the American People. But Susan Collins is not convinced. I continue to be troubled by the fact that the u. N. Ambassador decided to play what was essentially a political role at the height of a contentious president ial election. Rice is considered a leading candidate to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. Senator collins says shell need Additional Information before she can support the rice nomination. Two Ticket Holders beat the astronomical odds. They will split the massive record breaking 588 Million Dollar jackpot. Is it you . One was sold in arizona and the other in missouri. If you have not checked the winning numbers are 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and a powerball of 6. Victor blockwell is in mapleton, georgia, just outside of atlanta. Didnt i say missouri and arizona . What are you doing there . Well, i didnt win apparently. I put a few into the pool and we didnt even get 4 for hitting one number. I shouldnt be surprised. The odds of hitting the jackpot are 1 in 175 million. You have a better chance of walking up to a random woman in america and guessing her name correctly. As someone whos walked township a stranger and tried to guess the name as part of a lame pickup line its tough to do. Youre always wrong. But you cant blame someone for at least trying to win the Powerball Jackpot. It was the largest and the second largest in history. That was 656 million in march. At the peak there were hundreds of thousands of tickets sold across the 42 powerball states. Why did the jackpot get so large . In this specific case there was no winner for 16 draws. Two months it rolled over and over. We know this was part of a strategy from powerball to increase the ticket price to 2 from a single dollar. The larger jackpots could happen more often throughout the year. Whats the bik cash payout . Thats what Christine Romans is suggesting the winners take is the cash payout. Reporter its 385 million. Of course that will be split two ways between the winners in arizona and missouri. Not everyone won big. 8. 9 Million People won smaller prizes ranging from 4 to 1 million. Victor, we did better. Our pool won 4. Well share with you. Reporter yes. Split a coffee 16 ways. We appreciate that. The winners need to take the money this year. They could pay higher tax years if tax rates go up next year. Always good financial advice. 11 minutes past the hour here. A moment of kindness captured with a camera. Dont miss it, folks. A Young Police Officers deed goes viral for all the right reasons. We cant wait to share the story with you. Thereve been some goo. And some difficult ones. 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Lisa joins us to explain what this all means. I will add in lay terms here and good morning. Good morning. More than a dozen European Countries support this resolution. Uk says it may vote yes pending conditions they have. The u. S. Has supported a twostate solution for israelis and palestinians. Why do american officials oppose u. N. Recognition . Well, first and foremost the u. S. Knows it isnt going to give the palestinians what they want which is a state. This vote is largely symbolic. It will have no effect on the palestinian sovereignty, borders. Secretary of state clinton was in the region last week. She met with president abbas and tried to pressure him. Lets listen to what she told reporters yesterday. No matter what happens at the United Nations, it will not produce the outcome that this government, this president and certainly i strongly support. The only way to get a lasting solution is to commence direct negotiation. So israel is opposed to this and threatened sanctions against the palestinian if it goes through, threatening about 100 million a month withholding of palestinian revenue and the u. S. Fears could lead to renewed violence between israelis and palestinians to lead them further away from a deal. So much so that the u. S. Is threatening to withhold aid to the palestinians if this goes ahead. The former israeli Prime Minister said, quote, it lays the foundation for a twostate solution. Is there a reason to believe once palestinians get u. N. Recognition that they will not go back to the negotiating table with israel . Well, thats what president abbas said hell do after the vote. The palestinians think this would give them leverage in peace talks. If you listen to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he doesnt buy it. He issued a statement that said israel is prepared to live in peace with the palestinian state but for peace to endure israels security must be protected, the palestinians must recognize the jewish state and they must be prepared to end the conflict with israel once and for all. None of these vital interests of peace appear in the resolution that will be put before the General Assembly today. Thats why israel cannot accept it. The only way to achieve peace is through agreements reached by the parties directly through valid negotiations between themselves and not through u. N. Resolutions that completely ignore israels vital interests and national interests. Because this is so onesided it doesnt advance peace. It pushes peace backwards. That doesnt sound like the vote is going to lead to negotiations any time soon which is why, incidentally, president abbas said hes taking this move. Because theres been no progress in negotiations for years. Thank you for breaking that down for us. We appreciate it. 19 minutes past the hour. Lets get caught up on the top stories. Mitt romney is headed to the white house for a private lunch with the president this afternoon. Nothing official, but they are expected to discuss strategies for dealing with the fiscal cliff. Tim ner, the chief fiscal cliff negotiator meets today with congressional leaders to get the negotiations moving. While you were sleeping Lindsay Lohan was arrested again. The new york city Police Department took her in after a fight at a club here in the city. Officers say there is a possibility lohan hit a woman. They didnt confirm if shes being charged with anything at this point. Lindsay lohan, club, 4 00 a. M. , new york, bad combination. Anything can happen on the streets of new york city including a pony and a zebra running free on staten island. They escaped from the pen in the yard where they live but they were returned to the owner. Is the zebra chasing the pony . Looks like it. The New York Times reporting on an officer whos a hero. Hes kneeling down to put a new pair of boots on a homeless man. The 25yearold officer purchased them at a nearby shoe store after noticing that the man was barefoot and was blistering. A woman from arizona snapped this photo with her cell phone camera, mailed it to the new York Police Department. They posted it on facebook and it went viral. More than 1. 6 million views. The officer keeps the receipt to remind himself sometimes other people have it worse than he does. What kind of random acts of kindness will you do today . Thats incredible. Financial markets all over the world reacting to the words of a single man. What john boehner had that had so much impact, coming up. To help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. Today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. And bps also committed to america. We support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. 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Goldman sachs ceo Lloyd Blankfine opening the door to raising taxes on the rich. hnd others met with the president , leaders of congress yesterday for the fiscal cliff talks. Listen to what he told wolf when asked if taxes should go up on families making more than 250,000 a year. If thats what it took to make the math work when you look at the entitlement side and the revenue side, i wouldnt preclude that. Of course we would have to do that if the numbers drive that way. He also said the way were going now america cant afford itself. Fiscal talks continue with treasury secretary geithner making the rounds on capitol hill. Third quarter gdp expected to be revised higher today meaning the economy is growing faster than first thought. Economists expect gdp for the last blue bar on your chart there to be revised from 2. To 2. 8 . Thats good news. This is still modest growth except for the last quarter last year. 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Embassy in cairo is closed. No one will be allowed in or out of the embassy. Officials say the entrance is blocked by hundreds of protesters clashing nearby. The clashes arent threatening. They are not threatening the u. S. Embassy in cairo. It is just closed right now. Thats what they are telling us. The clashes are coming from massive demonstrations against president morrissey thsy after that extended his powers to an uneasy level for many egyptians. You cannot get in or out of the u. S. Embassy in cairo now. The fiscal cliff just 3 d3 ds away. Yesterday it was announced Timothy Geithner and rob neighbors will go to capitol hill for meetings. How close are both sides to compromising, reaching a deal. Will the u. S. Have to face the cliff head on . The chairman of the republican doctors caucus joining us. Good morning, sir. Good morning. Tom cole, the latest republican to signal willingness to cut a deal that cuts taxes for almost all americans but not the richest. Heres what he said last night to wolf. If we agree that taxes shouldnt go up on 98 of the people shouldnt we take that now and get it set aside, make sure they know their taxes arent going up. I think they will listen to us, well win the argument. Putting people at risk when we agree their taxes shouldnt go up, is something in my opinion we shouldnt do. Do you think congressman cole is wrong . Tom is my colleague, friend, classmate, a great member. I have less confidence in 2013 that we would be able to oh get those marginal rates back down on the top 2 . Those that pay 37 of all taxes. I dont have that confidence. But tom is a very cerebral member. I dont question his judgment. You wont break the pledge you made. There are others of your colleagues saying, look, we dont want to appear inflexible. We want the best deal we can get right now. Youre going to stick with your pledge. If Speaker Boehner comes to you with a deal that raises revenue by cutting deductions and loopholes or by raising rates, you wont do it. Wait a minute. There are three rs here. Like reading, writing and arithmetic. We are talking about reforming the tax code, raisinging tax rates. Thats the only thing i say that i absolutely will not do. 258 members of congress, republicans all, have taken the pledge. Only six are waffling. Were standing strong on that point. Do you think thats a pledge with grover norquist, with your constituents . There are others saying they have room around the pledge. Well, thats a great question you just asked me. Is that a pledge to my constituents. Absolutely. In 2002 and i was running in a tough primary and those folks back in marietta, georgia, said, phil, are you going to take the grover norquist, americans for tax reform pledge. I said, yes, i will take it. Many would have voted for my opponent. That plenl, i honor that. Its a pledge to my constituents. Absolutely. All right. You say your constituents dont want you to raise taxes on the rich. Let me show you what an abc Washington Post poll shows. 60 would support raising taxes on incomes over 250,000 per year. You wouldnt do that . I understand that their perception. I have constituents that take that position as well. Im sent to congress to represent 700,000 people in my northwest georgia district. They send me because they trust my judgment. They think i have the facts that maybe in many cases they dont. We know that lowering taxes, keeping taxes low stimulates jobs. Jobs stimulates revenue. Were not going to get there. This fiscal cliff youre talking about by raising taxes on the top 2 . What would that do fund the government for eight days . We are facing a fiscal grand canyon if we dont reform medicare, medicaid and Social Security. So you talk about raising taxes. Those were temporary tax cuts. Those bush tax cuts were extended a couple of times. They were temporary tax cuts. Couldnt you live with allowing temporary tax cuts for the richest to go away, keeping them for the middle class and getting the entitlement reform you want. Couldnt you live with that . Christine, you make the point. From a political perspective, the optics of that might look good. Maybe the democrats feel they have an advantage politically. But we republicans, we conservative republicans, fiscal conservative republicans, feel that we are right on this, that we cant allow because of politics to waffle or waiver on something we know will get this country back on the right track, will stimulate the economy. The darn stimulus didnt. 850 billion dollars. So we know that lower, broader reform tax code and more people working, thats what it will take to finally lower the deficit and get this debt down below 16 trillion. Can you believe it . I know. Well talk about the debt ceiling soon. Thank you, sir. Thank you very much. 36 minutes past the hour. Not the way he hoped he would get there, but mitt romney is on his way to the white house today having a private lunch with the president in a show of bipartisanship at a time the two parties are banging heads over the fiscal cliff. There is buzz about a potential role for romney on the obama team but the president s spokesman isnt letting on if he knows. Is governor romney here tomorrow in some kind of cabinetlevel position . Some kind of audition . No, no. [ laughter ] White House Correspondent dan lothian is live from washington this morning. Do you know anything more about the lunch . The president suggested it wasnt about some particular assignment for mitt romney. But rather a chance for both men to sit down and talk about moving the country forward. You look back. It wasnt long ago that both candidates were going at each other. The president attacking mitt romney for his time at bane capital, for sending jobs overseasment remember the 47 . Mitt romney was attacking the policies saying they essentially put the country in reverse. I expect there will be a much different tone today when these men sit down for lunch. The president said there were things mitt romney said on the campaign trail that were not partisan but smart ideas. He wants to talk to him about job creation for the middle class. Also thinks mitt romney did a good job with the olympics, turning that around and some of it might be good for the federal government. Romney, in a private conversation with donors after the election, blamed his loss in part on the president promising giftses to democratic constituents like minorities and students. I suspect that wont be a topic of conversation today. Lets switch gears. Senator Susan Collins joined the group of republicans voicing reservations about a possible secretary of state position for susan rice. She voiced support for democratic senator john kerry as an alternative. Lets listen to what she said. I think john kerry would be an excellent appointment and would be easily confirmed by his colleagues. How much selfinterest is at play here if kerry got the job . Republicans pick up the senate seat. Thats right. Democrats say in all of this republicans have been playing politics. Youre right. There is the scenario where, of course, scott brown who picked up the Kennedy Senate seat then lost it in the most recent election to Elizabeth Warren. The scenario is if john kerry then gives up his seat to become the secretary of state that scott brown then has the possibility of regaining a senate seat. Again its great talk in washington. A lot of peculation. But ultimately we are looking here at a lot of scenarios. The president has not yet made a nomination. We are talking about people on the short list. Until the president names someone all these pieces cant come into play. Lots of speculation before that. Nice to see you this morning. Good to see you. You want to retire rich . 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This is what he said about the bush era taxes. I want to make all of them permanent, quite frankly. This is a debate about political tactics. Not a difference over political theology. In the end all republicans want to make sure we dont increase taxes. Thats where we differ from the democrats. If there is a place we can get 80 of the bush tax cuts for 8 of the American People made permanent we should do that and then continue to fight for the rest. Speaker boehner said he disagreed with cole. Is this a debate about political tactics . To a degree, i think it is. I dont think the republicans really know where their negotiating position is which is a reason youre hearing republicans say kick the can down the road six months and do a grand plan and why democrats say to do it now. The republicans havent found their footing since the election. The big problem is spending. No one wants to talk about spending. The fiscal cliff is a bipartisan compromise that would do draconian cuts in the budget they never wanted in the first place. Its foolish to think congress will have a plan to fix things when congress designed the plan they are trying to fix. Some democrats say entitlements can be on the table but should deal with longterm reform afterwards. Heres what senator dick durbin said yesterday on starting point. Entitlements need to be part of the longterm strategy but do it in a thoughtful way. I dont want to see major changes decided in the heat of the moment. Lets get through the fiscal cliff, find a way to avert it. But at the end of the day treat it as the Important Program it is for so many millions of americans. Eric, if we get a deal, how much kicking of the can down the road do you think that deal will inclu include . I think it will include significant kicking the can down the road which is why they should kick the entire deal down the road and deal with it together. We know it wont from happen history. We have had 18 of these since 1981. More than half of the time they said they needed a deal with medicaid, medicare, Social Security. Now we have the Affordable Care act as well. They never want to deal with it. Meantime the debt is 16 trillion. Thanks for joining us this morning. We appreciate it. 33 days until the fiscal cliff. We just keep talking about this. While politicians try to sell their plans of first big negotiations get under way with treasury secretary tim geithner headed to capitol hill for separate meetings with congressional leaders. Well have much more on starting point as well. And best advice before we go, too. Dont go away. Make a wish i wish we could lie here forever. I wish this test drive was over, so we could head back to the dealership. [ male announcer ] its practically yours. Test drive but we still need your signature. Volkswagen sign then drive is back. And its never been easier to get a jetta. 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