And theres no plan to keep us from going over the fiscal cliff. Broken record, broken record. Im Christine Romans in today for john berman. And im zoraida sambolin. Up first, president obama standing his ground over the fight in the fiscal cliff. Americans face crushing tax hikes and severe spending cuts in 27 days if democrats and republicans cannot come together on a deal. By the way, congress breaks for the holidays in ten days. Slash that number. In an interview with bloomberg news, the president made it Crystal Clear hes not about to blink on the issue of tax hikes for the wealthiest americans. Well have to see the rates on the top 2 go up. And were not going to be able to get a deal without it. White house correspondent dan lothian joins us live from washington this morning. Very nice to see you, dan. Good to see you. Heres the deal. We have republicans pitted against democrats. Now we understand there are issues amongst republicans as well. Thats right. Theyre in a tough spot here. They dont want to be in left in a position of being blamed for the fiscal cliff. Youre seeing a division between house members and senate members. The reason for this is mainly over the 800 billion in new tax revenue. This was part of john boehner and plan. Those tea partybacked conservatives say this is something that would help job growth. Clearly what were seeing here is republicans are not speaking with one voice. Republicans should not be conceding that the federal government needs more money, negotiating with ourselves and treating the president s proposal like its serious. We do agree that 8 of the American People are getting about 80 of this tax cut shouldnt have their taxes raised. My suggestion was lets take the one area we agree and take it off the table. But zoraida, as you saw there from the president earlier in that bloomberg interview, he is digging in, saying there cant be a deal unless upper income americans pay more. Middleclass americans should get the bush era tax cut extension. Is he not backing down from that at all. The president saying in that interview that hes not being stubborn. Hes not being partisan but rather that its, quote, a matter of math. Weve been talking now for a while that americans blame republicans if a deal doesnt go through. New polling Shows Americans are pessimistic a deal will be reached at all. Break down those numbers for us. The tune that were seeing now from not only the white house but also members up on capitol hill where they once were very optimistic that a deal would get done, theres more pessimistic about a deal getting done. So this is reflected in that poll when people were asked whether or not they thought this deal would get done, 49 said no. 40 said yes. So clearly more people pessimistic than optimistic that a deal would get done. As to what the tactic should be behind the decision of these lawmakers, 62 say lets just reach an agreement. Only 25 say stick to your principles. We know that some of the conservatives who dont want to back down, want to stick to their principles. Those being asked in this poll say lets get the deal done, worry about the principle later. One more thing i want to talk to you about. The president and Speaker Boehner didnt meet for a week. They did attend the same Christmas Party on monday. I understand they didnt even speak to each other. Do you know anything about that . They did not. They line up, get a chance to exchange a few words and they get that photo. It did not happen, usually does happen, john boehner gets the photoop with the president. He didnt do it this time. Aides are trying to downplay theres any problem here. But look, the president was asked about this yesterday. Take a listen to what he had to say in that interview. Speaker boehner was here at the white house for a christmas paefrt. The two of you didnt even speak. Whats it going to take to get the two of you in a room to hash this out. Speaker boehner and i speak frequently. When, when will the two of you sit down in a room . I dont think the issue right now has to do with sitting in a room. I wonder if this relationship is a little frosty or not. One thing i can tell you is that both sides cannot agree on whats going on behind the scenes. Jay carney is saying that the conversations continue but i was hearing from members up on capitol hill, haids to members on capitol hill who were saying behind the scenes, no phone calls, no emails, no smoke signals. Theres nothing going on. Its unclear how theyll move the ball forward if they arent talking. A couple of days ago Christine Romans was in washington, d. C. She said normally youre having conversations behind closed doors but nothing. Nothing. Thank you. The first call made by belchers frantic mother after finding her sons girlfriend, Cassandra Perkins shot and barely breathing, the couples infant daughter can be heard crying in the background. Listen. Is she bleeding . Yes, she is. Where is she bleeding from . I cant tell. In the back it looks like. Where is your son at . He left. Huh . Get an ambulance here. Were on the way. Where is your son at. He left. He left . Yes. They were arguing and he shot her. Yes, they were arguing. Whats your sons name. [ bleep ] please just get the ambulance here. He thanked his coaches and shot himself. A second call coming from the stadium. Hello. We need a code one ambulance although they think hes probably dead. Number one arrowhead drive, the practice field at the [ inaudible ] stadium. Its a selfinflicted shooting. They said its a done deal. They have a player that shot himself. The chiefs new belcher and perkins were having relationship problems and provided them with counseling, provided the couple with counseling in an effort to help. Just a tragic ending to that story. Seven minutes past the hour. At least 59 Police Officers in brazil arrested on corruption charges. Theyre accused of taking bribes from drug dealers and from gangs. The arrest, part of operation pure fictiificati purification. It is brazils effort to slash crime from rio hosts the 2016 olympic games. Workers at los angeles and long beach are heading back to the docks this morning. They made at announcement late tuesday night, coming just hours after federal immediate ators arri mediators arrived to help with the talks. The strike cost the u. S. An estimate 1 billion a day. Typhoon bopha tearing up the philippines. Its triggering flooding, landslides in the southern part of the country. At least 77 people have been killed. Dozens of buildings there are destroyed and the death toll is expected to climb higher. Officials in the philippines fear typhoon bopha could be just as devastating as a storm that killed over 1,200 people in the region. That was just last year. Here in the united states, were getting our own helping of bad weather. Karen mcginnis joins us live from atlanta. Good morning. Good morning, christine. Weve seen four storms in just about a week. They have pumped in that moisture across the west coast. What now has been the pineapple express, this long fetch of moisture aimed at the west coast, in some cases produced as much as two feet of rainfall. And now were looking at more of a northerly component thats moving in here. But still a number of rivers across portions of oregon and into california, they are looking at readings that will be, all right, it looks like we have a little difficulty taking place here. But right now we have some of that moisture aimed at the west coast. As a result, we could see a couple more inches of rain. Take a look at this. The rain falls from San Francisco to portland, into seattle. Portland, we have pictures coming out of this region over the last 24 hours. Theyre looking at a kim more inches of rainfall before its all said and done. They had a boulder fall on the highway from florence to eugene, oregon. Took a couple hours. Now, this tree landed on the home. We dont have the reports of injuries or damage there. Then, christine, zoraida, looks like for places like chicago, theyre expecting those temperatures to drop from the 60s into the 30s. Now it looks like winter is going to arrive. In chicago shes been enjoying the weather. The winter in chicago lasts so long. Once it comes its there till may. Yes. Thanks, karen. New twists in the wheres about of john mcafee. His attorney said he will seek asylum in guatemala. He went into hiding weeks ago. That followed the murder of his next door neighbor. Mcafee insists he had nothing to do with that crime. Police in bilis said he is not a suspect but they would like to talk to him. Four tv channels go dark today. Thousands protested outside the president ial palace yesterday breaking barbed wire and throwing chairs at police. Two weeks ago president morsi issued an edict. Hes going to leave. Hes not our president anymore. Egyptians get a chance to vote on the draft constitution on december 15th. Nato foreign administrators approved turkeys request. Back in october errant syrian artillery shells hit a turkey bordertown killing five turkish civilians. Royal mom to be Kate Middleton is said to be feeling better but she isnt out of the hospital yet. Presence william spent hours at her side as she recovers from extreme morning sickness. A royal Spokesman Says they are immensely grateful for the good wishes they have received. You dont have to live in new york to be disturbed by this story. 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Why exactly these men were fighting is unclear but moments after this video obtained by the new york police was recorded, 58yearold kisa kahn whose face is obscured was pushed on to the tracks, police say, by the man yelling at him. A subway barreling through the station killed him with horrified onlook eers. People trying to flock the train down. The fight happened around 12 30 in the afternoon on this platform thats only about ten feet wide. A doctor says the victim was trying to protect people that he didnt know and she says that many people tried to help him by alerting subway personnel. The victim was struck and she says she performed three to four minutes of chest compressions on him but it was too late. One eyewitness describes the train coming to an abrupt stop three quarters into the station. People were standing in fear and shock, not really knowing what was going on. Some people started running out of the platform, others stood there. The suspect meantime was able to slip out of the station into times square and police canvassed the area with his image placed on wanted posters in the streets. It was another image in that cruel killing that has sparked an uproar. This one of several photographs published by tthe new york pos of hahn. Online, there were Public Comments of disgust, wow, enough time to take a few pictures. Why didnt person help . What an age we live in when getting the picture is more important. I am appalled. We reached out to the photographer and the New York Post. But both decline our request for comment. As for hahn, he was among the more than 5 Million People who ride the new york city subways on any given day. He was on his way to the korean consulate to get his passport renewed. Mary snow, cnn, new york. When you looked at the front page of the paper yesterday, you said i cant believe im looking at this picture on the front page of a man about to die. Here on the side, this little photo right there was the entire front page cover. It says pushed on the subway track, this man is about to die. And i kept on looking at it thinking no way, are they showing us of a man about to get hit by a train. Sure it was. We have another picture i want to share with you because it is the photographer who took that photo. Here he is in todays newspaper and the reason that he is in there is because he is explaining why he took that photo. Hes getting a lot of criticism from people saying why instead of taking pictures did you not run to try to help that man. He says out of the corner of his eye he saw a body fly on to the tracks and he held up his camera shooting, running toward it. By his estimation it was 22 seconds from the minute he saw that out of his corner of his eye to the time the man was hit by the train. Hes saying the krit eks are being unfair for not doing something, it was simply not possible, it happened so quickly he wasnt able to get to him. Part of the criticism is because the pictures are so good, right . Theyre so Crystal Clear. Folks are saying you must have taken time to get your camera set and ready. His argument is he was outside, he was taking pictures and the camera was already set. In times square. Yes. Its just a bizarre story. Sad. 20 minutes past the hour. Time for your early reads. Your local news making National Headlines from the Atlanta Journal constitution, Lockheed Martin has announced the company is planning to move 560 manufacturing jobs from georgia to ft. Worth, texas. This hits employees in marietta. The move will save the company about 50 million a year. Lockheed has cut about 6,000 jobs over the past three years overall. The company is warning more jobs could be at risk if we go over the fiscal cliff. I can tell you that all of the defense contractors very nervous about what theyre seeing in washington right now. Put down the cell phone and the breakfast brooit burrito. Huron, south dakota has approved one of the toughest bans on distracted driving in the country that includes, listen to this, a ban on eating while you are driving. If anyone is caught texting and driving, they will be fined 100. You can get a ticket if youre eating lunch, reading the paper or putting on your makeup in the mirror. Im in trouble. Makeup and eating. Head to our blog, cnn. Com early start for the top stories. Were right back. With the spark cash card from capital one, svens Home Security gets the most rewards of any Small Business credit card how does this thing work . Oh, i like it [ garth ] svens Small Business earns 2 cash back on every purchase, every day woohoo so thats ten security gators, right . Put them on my spark card why settle for less . Testing hot tar. 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They expect 125,000 jobs will show up in this report. Its a report for private sector payrolls. We get a broader reflection on the jobs market on friday. Oil production reaching the highest level in 15 years. This is according to a report from the information industry. The highest level since 1 98. This new eia report says the increase in production due mostly to the extraction process known as fracing. There are those who have coined a new phrase, saudi america for americas projected energy boom over the next decade. A report from last month says the u. S. Is expected to unseat saudi arabia as the worlds Top Oil Producer by 2020. Huge implications for Foreign Policy and how we do business. Its really been an Interesting Development in the oil patch. It will be really nice to talk about something other than the fiscal cliff. I will say that. Jobs. Thats right. 25 minutes past the hour. The Republican Party needs some new younger blood say some pundits. 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Cnn Political Editor Paul Steinhauser live from washington this morning. Paul ryan got hammered during the election. Is he dialing back the rhetoric now . This was ryans first speech since the election. Both he and rubio seemed to be talking about how the Republican Party needs to be a party thats more inclusive, helping those in the lower associatio economic levels to rise up and prove their standing. Both of them, ryan specifically talked about how he was proud of the campaign and that he mitt romney ran this past year. Both men seemed to be critical of romneys controversial comments that 47 of the nation is beholding of the government and feels that the government is responsible to take care of them. Take a listen to what both men said. Both parties tend to divide americans into our voters and their voters. Lets be really clear. Republicans must steer far clear of that trap. We must speak to the aspirations and the anxieties of every american. Ive heard it suggested that the problem is that the American People have changed. Too many people want things from government. But im still convinced that the overwhelming majority of our people, they just want what my parents had, a chance. This awards dinner was in honor of the late jack kemp. Of course he was a former congressman. He was a cabinet secretary, Vice President ial nominee and a real hero to the conservative clause. Rubio got the award this year, the first year they gave the award, ryan got the award. Christine. Jack kemp had influence on ryans development as a politician. Very much so. They joked about the race in 2016. Didnt they . Yes. 2016 is a long way away. Theres a lot of attention on both of these guys. Both of them made light of it at the top of their speeches. As you know, marco is joining an elite group of past recipients for this award. Two of us so far. Ill see you at the reunion din, table for two. Thank you for your invitation in iowa and New Hampshire. I will not stand by and watch the people of South Carolina ignored. Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, those are the three states that traditionally lead off the president ial primary caucus calendar. There will be a lot of attention paid to these men. 2016 still a long way away. Marco rubio has already been to iowa for the governors fundraiser. Ryan also in the news, cosigning boehners budget proposal. He talked about that in the speech last night as well. He talked about how both sides, democrats and republicans need to be able to compromise here. Take a listen. At a time of great consequence, the American People have, again, chosen divided government. Its up to us to make this divided government work. Weve got to set aside partisan considerations in favor of one overriding concern. How do we Work Together to repair this economy to get people back on their feet to restore upward mobility and opportunity in america . You know, this will have a big saying in whatever they vote to do to avoid the fiscal cliff. Tea party type groups saying it is going too far in raising revenues which is interesting because ryan is considered to be a hero to many in the tea party movement. Some conservatives actually complaining because it was news to them, the boehner plan and the people who signed it, it didnt include enough different points of view, enough people in the party. All right. Paul steinhauser, nice to see you, paul. Thanks. 34 minutes part the hour. New York City Police say the man being requested for allegedly pushing a man into the path of an oncoming train is implicating himself. There it is for you to see this be theyre arguing on the subway platform. A New York Post photographer who shot a controversial frontpage photo of the man trying to climb up from the tracks is explaining himself. Hes writing in todays paper, he says its unfair for people to condemn him. He says, quote, i cant let the armchair critics bother me. They were not there. They have no idea how quickly it happened. He has a full story in there if you care to read it. The fbi says a suspected seer yool killer has committed suicide while in custody. Israel keys was charged with the murder of 18yearold barista. Before killing himself on sunday, police say he confessed to at least seven other mrds, to in vermont, four in Washington State and one somewhere on the east coast. Keys also told investigators that he buried supplies he planned to use in future crimes and agents found two stashes, one in eagle river, alaska, and one near lake Falls Reservoir in new york state. Dash cam video of police intuition in action. Officers pulled over a car for an expired plate and hear something coming from the trunk. This is the moment they discover 22yearold shawn bloomer. The gas station clerk had been kidnapped and stuffed in the trunk. This incident happened in august but this video is just now being released. Two men and a woman who were in the car charged with robbery, kidnapping and endangerment. A colorado Mother Holding her 2yearold daughter is hit and pinned underneath a car. Officers and Good Samaritans respond, listen to this, by lifting the car off of them. Police say they improperly crossed the busy street on monday night with her mother daughter and twin 4yearold sons. The children are all said to be okay. The mother has serious head injuries but she is expected to survive. Police cant say enough about the Unsung Heroes who helped. These guys are so selfless, once the scene was secure, that they left the scene and did not leave their names. I talked to two of the officers involved. They cant tell me how many people helped them because it was so chaotic. Were lucky this morning, coming up on early start well talk to the two officers involved in that rescue, including one who was working offduty at a walmart across the street and still jumped in to help. Thats coming up at 6 30. The worlds oldest person had died. 116yearold Bessie Cooper was among the first women to vote in georgia. Her son says she died peacefully yesterday. In an interview on the Guinness World records website, she said her secrets to a long life were minding her own business and avoiding junk food. Shes survived by four children, 11 grand children, 13 great grand children and 2 great grand children and bessie, thank you for being part of that movement. She looks great in that photo as well. 37 minutes past the hour. With republicans and democrats now battling each other over the fiscal cliff, there may be one person who can unify washington. Its a shame he doesnt work on capitol hill, at least not yet. Earth as weve never seen it before. 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Welcome back to early start. It is 41 minutes past the hour. Its been quite a year for rookie quarterbacks in the nfl. The colts andrew luck and the reds skins Robert Griffin iii, the top two picks in the nfl draft have delivered big time for their respective franchises. Thanks to rg3, the fiscal cliff isnt all theyre talking about in washington these days. Theyre also talking playoffs. Cnns brian todd has a closer look at the teams rookie savior. Reporter nicknamed rg3, this 22yearold has mesmerized the entire city, captured the hearts of football fans throughout the nations capital. A 2011 Heisman Trophy winner from baylor and number two overall pick, rg3 is helping to instill a winning attitude as the redskins rebuild. Accelerating, sliding down, lost the ball, into the hands of joshua morgan. Reporter he may be the only person who can actually unify washington. Redskins rookie quarterback Robert Griffin iii. The phenomenon that is rg3 seems to be immuned to pressure. He took another step closer to an improbable playoff run by leading the redskins to their third consecutive win monday night over the defending super bowl champion new york giants. Cnn spoke to him in may, shortly after he was drafted. Its not about, hey, were a team that have only made it twice in the past 12 years in the playoffs. Its a team, we have a new start, a new quarterback. Were going to go out and win. Reporter and winning is what rookie quarterbacks have been able to accomplish at unprecedented levels this season in the nfl. Seven rookie quarterbacks, started in week 13 across the league. Rg3, andrew luck and Russell Wilson are leading the rise of the rookies and have high hopes of reaching the postseason. You cant come in and say we just want to win seven games, just be competitive. No. You cant come out and say you want to be competitive. You want to conquer. Peyton manning went 313 his first year in the nfl. Does that mean the rookies have th that excuse . It doesnt matter. We have to come out and win. Reporter Robert Griffin iii could be in the discussion for the leagues most valuable player award. Rg3 reporter theres little doubt where a franchise that struggled on the field for 0 years would be without him. Brian todd, cnn, washington. 80 years is a long time. It sure is. An image that captured the worlds attention. A new York Police Officer giving a homeless man a pair of boots. Theres a twist to the story now. The story that keeps on giving. And Ashton Kutchers new role as apple founder steve jobs. What do you think . He looks the part. If you put sidebyside pictures it is amazing. Watch us any time on your de desktop or mobile phone. Go to cnn. Com tv. Well be right back. [ female announcer ] food, meet flavor. Flavor, meet food. Its time for swanson flavor boost. Concentrated broth in easy to use packets. Mix it into skillet dishes, for an instant dose of. Hello [ female announcer ] get recipes at flavorboost. Com. 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President obama playing fiscal cliff hardball this morning. Hes telling republicans he will not agree to a deal that doesnt include a tax hike on the wealthiest americans, hardening his position on this. Hell be meeting with Business Leaders today. Later this morning, Speaker John Boehner meets with fellow house republicans. Sources tell cnn gop leaders are looking for a way out. It turns out the barefoot recipient of boots by a new York City Police officer was shoeless but guess what, not homeless. City Officials Say Jeffrey Hillman does have stable housing, an parm in the bronx. They say hes lived there rentfree for the past three years. But hillman regularly panhandles in times square. A former boy scout who says he was sexually abused is suing is the boy scouts of america. The lawsuit claims his former troop leader, thomas hacker was barred from the group in indiana in the 1970s but was able to rejoin as a volunteer in illinois in the 1980s. 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Bny mellon Wealth Management we are taking a look at the top cnn trends. Hes the dude that lost his car in dude wheres my car now Ashton Kutcher is playing the role of steve jobs. Those are two very different characters. I would say so. Its one of the greatest and innovative american minds ever. The resemblance to a young steve jobs right out of the cradle of computers, its pretty striking. Michelle turner has that for us from hollywood. Reporter yes, just a few weeks the world will get its first look at the new movie about steve jobs. But we can share the first image from the film which stars Ashton Kutcher as the legendary man behind apple. This is the photo of kutcher in costume as jobs. He has the beeld and the long hair parted on the side. That was his look back in the day. Critics are saying there is a deficit resemblance. Ill let you be the judge of that. This biopic has just been announced as the closing night film for the Sundance Film Festival in january. Its calling the movie, quote, the true story of one of the greatest entrepreneurs in American History which chronicles the defining 30 years of steve jobs life. It says its, quote, candid, inspiring and personal. This is actually one of two movies coming out about steve jobs who died just a little over a year ago. Aaron sorkins writing a different movie based on the bestselling biography by walter isaackson. For now, Ashton Kuchar is the man and christine and zoraida, some people are questioning the casting of ashton as jobs. Mostly because hes known for comedy. But you know, hes also famously tech savvy. He got out ahead of the curve on twitter. He now has 13 million followers plus. Hes entrepreneurial, too, he has his own movie production company, all kinds of business ventures. Maybe its not so much of a stretch to see ashton as steve jobs. Back to you. I cant wait to see how aaron sorkin models this film. Theres a lot of buzz about what the structure of the film will be. I have another story. Hova hoop . A clip from jayzs documentary called where im from. An older lady chats him up, has no idea who he is. Check it out. So jay z was on his way to the last of eight performances at the new Barclays Center in brooklyn. Is that not the funniest thing ever. To be on a subway is the best way to get to the Barclays Center. That is so cool. The stars leaning left . No, its leaning right. The tree, house Speaker Boehner lighting the capital Christmas Tree on an unusually warm december night in washington, d. C. It is unclear if any lightbulbs have gone off over democrats and republicans on the fiscal cliff, however. A giraffe was spooked at a Christmas Tree lighting ceremony. This is downtown charleston, South Carolina. The giraffe freaked when a confetti cannon went off. Oh, my goodness. Well, that 2yearold giraffe is okay. Oh. Come on, dont shoot off a cannon in front of a little giraffe. Former republican president ial hopeful mitt romney back in business joining marriotts corporate board. Romney wasnt their only target. Letterman took aim at playboy founder hugh hefners on again now engagement. Mitt romney is going back to work. Mitt romney is joining the board of directors at marriott hotel. Who says president obama cant create jobs. Theres one right there. He created a job. Mitt romney has a new job. Hes going back to work. He got a job at a marriott. How about that . Mitt will be the guy when youre at the front desk arguing over your mini bar bill, mitt will be the guy that comes from out back, i understand theres some trouble. Here, let me have a look at that. You know whos engaged . Take a guess. Hugh hefner. Is this a rerun . Isnt he always . Always getting engaged. E hef admitted, ive fallen for her and i cant get up. She was looking forward to the ceremony. People saying are you talking about the wedding or a funeral . Early start continues right now. The manhundred is the over for the man accused of pushing another man inoncoming subway train. Coming up, brand new video of the men arguing on the subway platform and the New York Post cover that has the paper in hot water this morning. Plus, 133 people dead, killed in the massive typhoon that hit the philippines. Complete details straight ahead. We are ten days away Interest Congress going on break. No approved plan to keep us from going over the fiscal cliff. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im Christine Romans in today for john berman. Im zoraida sambolin. It is wednesday, december 5th, 6 00 a. M. In the east. Lets get started here. Up first, president obama refusing to blink in the bitter fight over the fiscal cliff. In 27 days americans face severe tax hikes and spending cuts if democrats and republicans cannot cut a deal. And remember folks, that congress breaks for the holidays, that is in ten days. So slash that number. In an interview with bloomberg tv, the president making it clear any agreement has to include tax hikes for the wealthiest americans. If were going to be serious about reducing our deficit, while still being automobile to invest in things able to invest in things like education and research and development that are important to our growth, and if were going to protect middleclass families, then were going to have to have higher rates for the wealthiest americans, folks like me. White house correspondent dan lothian joins us live from washington this morning. Nice to have you with us. Good to see you. Whats the next move for republicans, dan . Well, you know, i think republicans are in a difficult spot here. One of the sticking points is this 800 billion in new tax revenue. This is part of Speaker John Boehners proposal. It doesnt call for more taxes on the wealthy, but it does call for eliminating some deductions, closing loopholes. Nonetheless, there are some conservatives who are pushing back on this. They think that this will hurt job growth and these are conservatives who are backed by the tea party. Theyre outright rejecting it. What youre seeing here developing is that republicans are not speaking with one voice. Republicans should not be conceding that the federal government needs more money, negotiating with ourselves, and treating the president s proposal like its serious. Look, i support the speaker and were actually not very far apart on anything. You know, at the end of the day he has to negotiate a deal. If there is an area we do agree with the president on, 98 of the American People getting about 80 of this tax cut shouldnt have their taxes raised. My suggestion was lets take the one area we agree and take it off the table. Now the main issue, though, here is that the president is not budging at all. He says theres no deal unless taxes do go up on wealthy americans. The president in that bloomberg interview saying hes not being stubborn, not being partisan but rather, quote, its just a matter of math. Zoraida. Take the one area we agree and then take that off the table. Wouldnt that be a novel area. I know. It would be so easy. It would be crazy. And great. Thats right. The new polling Shows Americans are pessimistic a deal will be reached. You have the numbers, break them down for us. Thats right. You know, this probably is a reflection of the tone change weve seen in washington, where at one time just a few weeks ago, everyone seemed to be optimistic. Now lawmakers, some at the white house, pessimistic that a deal will get done. And so this is the Washington Post Pew Research Center poll when people were asked whether or not they thought the gop and the president would get a deal here. 49 saying no, 40 saying yes. And then the issue comes up, who gets the blame if this fiscal cliff scenario plays out. 53 says the gop, 27 say president obama, 12 say both sides get the blame for this. Clearly americans want a deal to get done here and theyre very concerned because were talking about some real consequences here. Yesterday we heard from some governors who were pointing out that lot of the revenue that they get comes from federal grants and so states like virginia could be impacted because of the defense contractors. Other states even like south dakota, a small state, could be impacted because 10 of its revenue comes from federal grants. Education programs could be impacted as well. A lot of people concerned and want this deal to get done. When you break it down, just about everybody is impacted here. Dan lothian, live in washington for us, we appreciate you this morning. Okay. This morning were hearing for the first time the 911 calls in the alleged murder suicide involving Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher. The first call made by belchers frantic mother after finding her sons girlfriend Kasandra Perkins shot. Listen. Is she bleeding is this. Yes, she is. Where is she bleeding from . I cant tell. In the back it looks like. Okay. We dont want go ahead. Where is your son at . He left. Huh . Get the ambulance up here, please. Were on the way. Where is your son at . He left. He left . Yes. They were arguing and he shot her. Yes, they was arguing. Weight your sons name . [ bleep ]. Get the ambulance here. I have a baby. After shooting his girlfriend, police say belcher drove to Arrowhead Stadium where he killed himself in the parking lot of the chiefs practice facility. Heres the call from the stadium. Hello . We need a code one ambulance although they think hes probably dead. Number 1 arrowhead drive, the practice field at [ inaudible ] stadium. Its a selfinflicted shooting. Its a done deal. Theyve got a player that shot himself. Police say the chiefs have provided counseling for the couple to help work through their relationship problems but, obviously, a tragic ending to that story. So hard to listen to that too. Five minutes past the hour. After eight days on strike workers at the ports of los angeles and long beach are getting off the picket lines and heading to the docks this morning. Los angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa made the announcement late last night. The tentative agreement between shipping companies and the union that represents 800 Clerical Workers came hours after federal mediators from washington joined the negotiations. The Clerical Workers went out on strike last week and dock workers refused to cross their picket lines. The strike cost the u. S. An estimated 1 billion a day. The philippines reeling this morning from typhoon bopha. The deadly storm packing 110 miles an hour winds, triggering deadly floods and landslides in the southern part of the country. Dozens of buildings have been destroyed. At least 133 people have been killed. That number is expected to rise. The storm is now moving toward the beach resorts in the northern part of the philippines. Here in the united states, were getting our own taste of bad weather. Meteorologist Karen Maginnis joins us live from atlanta with the very latest. Good morning to you, karen. Good morning, zoraida. We saw the backtobacktoback storms, four of them that ushered in that moisture. First of all, it produced that layer of cold air that dropped the snowfall across the cascades. Then we say that tropical moisture, the pineapple express, but it looks like we start to change more from the weather coming out of the northwest. So the snow levels are really going to be dropping across the cascades and the olympics, especially in Washington State. I was speaking with one of the National Weather Service Members out in portland, oregon. He said with the latest round, they did see a number of power outages, but that flood threat is lowering a bit, but those rivers are still running just about moderate levels. The rain is going to continue for the afternoon in places like San Francisco and also for portland, but those rainfall amounts are going to be much less. A different side of the story and that is weve got this cold air thats going to be plunging from canada and moves down across the midwest where temperatures have been exceedingly mild. Places like chicago. They were looking at readings in the 60s. Recordsetting levels. But now were back into the 30s. So zoraida and christine, looks like a taste of winter is, you know, were back to reality. Temperatures in the 30s for today. Poor folks. Thank you so much, karen. At least 59, 59 Police Officers in brazil arrested on corruption charges, accused of taking bribes from drug dealers and gangs. The arrests part of operation purification. Brazils effort to slash crime before the city of Rio De Janeiro hosts the 2014 world cup and 2016 olympic games. John mcafee has emerged from hiding and turned up in guatemala where he claims he will seek asylum. Three weeks ago he disappeared from his home in next doorbell leez after his neighbor was shot to death. An attorney feared mcafee feared persecution by police in belize. Mcafee says he is not responsible for his neighbors murder. Police in belize say hes not a suspect but would like to speak to him. A sit . Considered in tahrirs square and four satellite tv channels will go off the air for a period in solidarity. Last nights thousands protested outside the president ial palace in what they believe was a power grad by president mohamed morsi. He decreed recently himself above oversight. Hes behind the draft constitution which protesters believe will tip power the his favor. Heres what some told reza sa h sayah. He doesnt want to listen to our demands. Whats your message to him coming out here. That what hes doing is completely unfair. This is not what we asked for. Its completely dictatorship. Egyptians will vote on the new constitution on december 15th. Nato Foreign Ministers approved turkeys request for pate yoz missiles to defend its borders. That meant to shore up defense against violence that spills over from syrias civil war. Back in october errant shells hit a turkey town killing five civilians. A man pushed on to the subway tracks into the path of an oncoming train, his terrifying final moments laid out in a newspaper for all to see. If the crime wasnt horrible enough, these images are sparking outrage this morning. Yep. First talking while driving, now eating behind the wheel is against the law in one town. Find out where when we come back. Questions . 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Subway barreling through the station killed han with horrified onlookers unable to save him. I know they kept arguing with each other. People were trying to flag the train down before the train got to him. Reporter the fight happened around 12 30 in the afternoon on this platform thats only about ten feet wide. A doctor who was on the platform says that victim was trying to protect people that he didnt know and she says that many people tried to help him by alerting subway personnel. The victim was struck and she says she performed three to four minutes of chest compressions on him, but it was too late. One eyewitness describes the train coming to an abrupt stop three quarters into the station. People were just standing in fear and shock not knowing whats really going on. Some people started running out of the platform, you know, other people just stood there. Really didnt know what was going on. Reporter the suspect meantime was able to slip out of the station into times square and police canvassed the area with his image placed on wanted posters in the streets. But it was another image in the cruel killing that has sparked an uproar. This is one of several photographs published by the New York Post of han facing the train seconds before his death. The post quotes the photographer saying he tried to warn the train operator by running towards him firing off his camera flash. Online there were Public Comments of disgust. Wow. Enough time to take a few pictures. Why didnt the person help . What an able we live in when getting the picture is more important. I am appalled. We reached out to the photographer and the New York Post, but both declined our request for comment. As for han, he was among the more than 5 Million People who ride the new york city subways on any given day. Police tell us he was on his way to the korean consulate to get his passport renewed. Mary snow, cnn, new york. So the photographer that mary snow is referring to is actually in the New York Post today. This is todays paper. And it shows again that photo that was front page news yesterday that said pushed on the subway track, this man is about to die. That is a photo he took. He is inside the New York Post explaining his side of the story. The headlines reads anguished photographer critics are unfair to condemn these. Part of the criticism is why did you take pictures instead of running to help him. He says this, it all went so quickly from the time i heard the shouting until the time the train hit the man was about 22 seconds. He said he was never close. He had his camera set from shooting up in the street and he just started shooting and didnt know what those pictures were until after he turned the memory card over to the police. I wanted to clarify the man is in custody has not been charged with anything yet. He is in custody at this time. So as soon as this continues to develop we will bring you whatever information we get. It is 17 past the hour. Its time for your early reads. Your local news that is making National Headlines. First up, the Kansas City Star which has been out front in reporting on the Jovan Belcher murder suicide. The paper says seconds after fatally shooting girlfriend cassandKasandra Perkins belchere was sorry and he kissed her on the forehead. He apologized to his mother, kissed his infant daughter zoey and fled the home for Arrowhead Stadium where he took his own life. The longterm custody of 3 ylds zoey belcher suddenly an orphan remains unclear although temporarily it did go to his mother. Put down the cell phone and breakfast burrito, the city of huron, south dakota, approved one of the toughest bans on distracted driving in the country that includes a ban on eating while driving. If anyone is caught texting and driving it they will be fined 100. 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We always, we are the nation that we i know. We work so hard, dont we . Too much. Take your vacations, folks. Mind your business this morning, stock futures are up right now suggesting a higher open for stocks if this holds over the next couple hours. Fiscal cliff uncertainty still weighing on stocks and i expect that to happen until thats all resolved. U. S. Oil production reaching its highest level in nearly 15 years. This is according to a new report from the Energy Information administration daily production average almost 6. 5 Million Barrels in september, the highest levels since 1998. The increase is mostly due to an extraction process known as fracking. Some have coined a new phrase, saudi america for americas projected energy boom over the next decade. Another report last month from an International Energy watchdog says the u. S. Could unseat saudi arabia as the worlds Top Oil Producer by 2020. All right. What are the best and worst things to buy in december . Zoraida has been im excited. I want to know. Deal news has tips. What could you save money on this month . Toys, but only if you wait until the two weeks before christmas. Dont buy toys too early. They may be gone by then. Thats what the industry wants you to think. Tools and hardware, screwdriver sets, lawn tools. Cooking and kitchen ware. What i always wanted bakeware, Small Appliances at stores. What should you stay away from . Jewelry. How many times have you heard me say that. Just like on black friday you will not find low prices. Electronics. Its best to wait until january or february for the newer models to launch. The 2013 models when you find the markdowns on the 2012 models. And the one what, it tell me. I was thinking right before you are going to watch the football games. Im not going to buy you a diamond necklace. I would love one. The one thing we need to know about our money. Plenty of Economic Data. We is v a welcome respite from all the fiscal cliff. But sandys fingerprints will be over this data. Youre going to see fewer jobs created than expected because sandy kept companies from hiring, people from going out and finding jobs because that was a big disruption in the northeast. Well start to see the effects of sandy, expected to be temporary but you will see that. Do you think it will be big some. I think that i think that i think that sandy is going to mean tens of thousands of jobs at least. All right. More on that tomorrow. Thank you. Extreme makeover gop edition. Paul ryan, marco rubio set a course for rebranding the Republican Party. Can you guess the word of the year for 2012 . Your odds of getting it right are better than in previous years. Thats because there are two words almost always looked up together. Powerball. Thats your hint. This holiday, share everything. Share not even close. Share you owe me. Share just right. The share everything plan. Sharable data across 10 devices with unlimited talk and text. 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It is adorable and headed your way next. Whats your name again . Who are you. Im Christine Romans, in today for john berman. Its 29 minutes past the hour. All right. New York City Police say the man being questioned for allegedly pushing a man into the path of an oncoming train has implicated hillself. New Surveillance Video shows a suspect arguing with the victim on the subway platform. There it is. It happened moments before 58yearold kisuck han was pushed on to the tracks and then killed. A New York Post photographer who shot a controversial front page photo of the man trying to climb up from the tracks is explaining himself writing in todays paper photographer umar abbasi says it is unfair for people to condemn him. He says, quote, i cant let the armchair critics bother me. They were not there. They have no idea how quickly it happened. Rubio and ryan, has a nice ring to it, and republicans are hoping these two rising stars can, you know, can reshape their party after a bruising election. Senator marco rubio and paul ryan of wisconsin appearing together at the Jack Kemp Foundation awards dinner in washington. Theyre trying to rebrand themselves and the gop after a bitter november defeat. Cnn Political Editor Paul Steinhauser live from washington this morning. Good morning, paul. You know, ryan, took a lot of heat during the campaign for referring to some americans as makers, others as takers. Is he dialing that back now . He definitely sounds different than the paul ryan you heard on the campaign trail a few months ago. This was ryanss first speech since the election last month. And both ryan and rubio talking about how the Republican Party needs to be more inclusive and a party that helps those in the lower economic levels rise up and improve their lot. You know, ryan did specifically talk about mitt romney and said he was proud of how he and romney ran the campaign. Ryan and rubio seemed to be pushing back a little bit at the controversial comments that 47 of americans are dependent on the u. S. Government. Heres a taste. Both parties tend to divide americans into our voters and their voters. Lets be really clear. Republicans must steer far clear of that track. We need to speaks to the aspiration aspirations. We must speaks to the aspirations and anxieties of every american. Ive heard it suggested that the problem is that the American People have changed. Too many people want things from government. But im still convinced that the overwhelming majority of our people, they just want what my parents had. A chance. This foundation is named after the late jack kemp. He was a congressman from new york state. He was a cabinet secretary, a republican Vice President ial nominee. I hear many conservatives. He was a mentor to paul ryan. You know, ryan got the award last year, the first year this foundation gave out the award. Rubio got it this year. Ryan and rubio talked about as potential contenders for 2016. And they even joked about it. They did. Right off the bat. In both their speeches both guys got it out of the way. Heres what they said. As you may know, marco is joining an elite group of past recipients fors this past award. Two of us so far. Ill see you at the reunion dinner. Table for two. Know any good diners in New Hampshire or iowa. Paul, thank you for your invitation for lunch in iowa or New Hampshire, but i will not stand by and watch the people of South Carolina ignored. I dont have to tell you this, youre from iowa, iowa and New Hampshire and South Carolina traditionally lead off the president ial primary and caucus calendar. Listen, it will be a lot of talk about these guys, in the spotlig spotlight, but 2016 a long way away. Marco rubios has already been to iowa. Already. One of the most republican governor fundraising events. Hes already been there. Thanks so much. Americas oldest dictionary merry man webster announced the word of the year. After analyzing a billion paid views on its website the word of the year is actually two words socialism and capitalism. Merriam webster says there was a massive spike in lookups with socialism and capitalism almost always searched together. Wow. Wow. That is real soul searching in america. Rounding out the top five words of 2012, bigot, democracy, globalization and malarkey. Oh, my goodness. Two irish americans on the tickets, the Vice President ial tickets, and they used it in the debates. That tells you about what americans are watching. Americans care about politics. Newark mayor cory booker started his weeklong food stamp challenge. Hes living on the groceries he can buy 30 a week or less, five bucks a day. The amount he says new jersey residents receive they qualify for federal assistance. Heres how day one went in his words. Seems a little more difficult because i didnt plan in my travel schedule got a little messed up so i found myself not having access to food and the food i bought. I went through a long period of the day actually not eating anything. So i think that its very clear that if you are on a very limited budget, you have to put a lot more thought into what youre going to eat, where youre going to find food, and especially if youre on a program like snap, what places will accept my snap dollars. Heres the photo he tweeted of 17 cans of beans, 7 yams, two bags of frozen vegetables, two apples that will be his food for the week. I would like to add a point here. A lot of times people try to do this to prove a point to live on snap whichs is supplemental nutritional assistance program, its not meant to be your only calorie intake source. Supplemental is the key. The government designs it so this is on top of what little money you might have, food pantries, soup kitchens, some people are getting meals quite frankly in schools and the like, like kids are getting, you know, two meals a day in schools. Meant for a family to be supplemental and its never designed. To totally survive on it. Be the only thing to survive. If youre going to survive on it, we have to discuss as a country are we, are taxpayers going to pay for every calorie somebody consumes. Are we going to completely support people. 46 Million People getting food stamps. A whole other argument. 35 minutes past the hour. Two Police Officers and a few Good Samaritans are being called heros after they saved a woman and her 2yearold daughter from being crushed to death. It happened just two minutes away from the Movie Theater in aurora, colorado, where a gunman opened fire killing 12 and injuring dozens, just five months ago. The woman was crossing a major road with her twin sons while holdling her 2yearold daughter in her arms when she was struck by a vehicle. If that werent bad enough, she and her daughter were trapped underneath the car. Thankfully, two officers and a few bistanders came to their aid. Listen to the police scanner. We just lifted the car off her. Im not sure what her status is yet. Thats right. They lifted a car off of her. The mother and daughter are still in the hospital but they are said to be recovering. So i am joined now by Sergeant John kessler, and Sergeant Matt brookbacker, of the Aurora Police department, they were the two policemen who came to this familys aid. Congratulations, gentlemen. You are both heros in everybodys book. Although i know thats difficult for you to digest this morning. Sergeant kessler, i am going to begin with you. You were actually off duty, working at a walmart. I understand that is behind this street at the time of the accident. Can you describe to me how you found out and what happened . Well, while i was working the police radio dispatched out an accident involving a pedestrian nearby and i walked outside to see if i could see what was going on and a lady came up running to me and said theres a lady pinned under a car and pointing back towards the street or the parking lot. I ran down and found the lady underneath the car in the street. And sergeant brookbacker, how did you get involved . What happened . I was a patrol supervisor and heard the dispatch call and responded. And i was only a couple blocks away so i got there fairly quickly. And saw Sergeant Kessler attending to the victims when i arrived on scene. When you got there, the victims were still pinned underneath the car. Is that right . Yes. And so what happened then . Sergeant kessler was still working with the victims trying to get them out, but they were definitely trapped under the car. Because of their position i didnt think we had any time to waste. So i determined that were going to just lift the car off of them and be able to get them out so we can try to pace their breathing and keep them alive. I began to do that and ask for citizen help. There were quite a few citizens around and people jumped in and it went up very easily. And what condition were they in when you lifted the car off of them . Well, the mother was she was unconscious at the time. She was on her side. She had her arms wrapped around the 2yearold. The little 2yearold was a awake, but we couldnt get her out until the car lifted because her mom had ahold of her and was pinned underneath the car. Once the car came up we were able it to get both of them out. Sergeant kessler, you were off duty at the time. You know, a lot of people, you know, when theyre working another job they dont get involved. Why did you do that . Although i was offduty, i was working in a uniformed capacity, doing security at the Walmart Store there when people came in and said that a lady was pinned i knew i was probably the closest person to there until the guys could arrive. Its quite an effort to actually lift a car in order to take those people out from underneath. Tell me about the people that were standing by that assisted you. Have you met them, talked to them . We met two people that helped us yesterday and the other folks that were there, they left very quickly after getting the job done and we were got busy attending to the victims. So they just went back home, went about their business. Wow. Ive talked to a lady and her husband who were involved. They wish to remain anonymous. He helped lift the car up and stuff but they felt it was the right thing to do and once it was done, they just left. And how about the mom and little girl . Have you visited them . I have not. Not yet. I havent had a chance. I figured the family has enough going on. They dont need me bothering me right now. Such humble gentlemen you are. Sergeant, thank you for joining us this morning. Congratelations to you. I suspect you will be visiting with that family shortly. Thank you. Thank you. Youre jayz and im the statute of liberty. A clip from the rappers documentary called where im from riding in a new york city subway when an older lady chats him up and has no clue who he is. Already. This is the last show. This is the eighth show. Really . Jay, jayz. Youre jayz. Jayz was on the way of the last of eight performances to the barclay center. Flatbush avenue can have it terrible traffic steriously. It really can. Ride the subway, jayz. I would take the subway too. In this fiscal cliff mess, i dont know whether we need a president ial historian, a political strategist or Hostage Negotiator to help out in the talks now at this point. Either way its getting close to deadline. This morning we have brand new details about the negotiations. Thats next. Gulf. Bp has paid over twentythree billion dollars 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. Were working to fuel america for generations to come. Our commitment has never been stronger. We dont let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. So if youre one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats day after day. Block the acid with prilosec otc and dont get heartburn in the first place [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. Zero heartburn. Welcome back. 43 minutes past the hour. Soledad obrien is with us with a look at whats coming up on starting point. Well talk about the fiscal cliff, the president s demand wealthy americans pay more in taxes. Is he willing to compromise with republicans . Well talk to Stephanie Cutter the Deputy Campaign manager from the reelection campaign. Also well talk to republican congressman from texas jim hensarling. A horrifying moment ends up on the cover of the New York Post. Look at the picture of the man in the shot moments later who would be killed, crushed by that train. Was the post wrong to publish this picture . Teachers should they have to ta take tests before they practice teaching like doctors and lawyers . A recommendation in a new report from comes from the American Federation of teachers. Well talk about that with the president of that Organization Randy weingarten. Passing the bar, like an attorney passes the bar, should teachers have to pass the bar. Thats how they explain it. It is like a bar for teachers. See you soon. 27 days until we fall off the fiscal cliff and neither side seems any closer to coming to a deal. This morning president obama is going to talk to members of the washington business round table. House Speaker John Boehner and congressional leaders will meet with Small Business owners on the hill. Talking to everybody else doesnt look like theyre talking to each other. Theyre not reaching across the aisle here. My next guest says that most politicians dont want to go over the cliff but some partisans might derail the discussions. There is a danger ahead, a growing core russ on both sides who insist theres no reason to fear going over the fiscal cliff y if if the cliff exists at all. Call them cliff deniers. Leading directly to the loss of americas aaa credit rating. Listening to them again would be the definition of insanity. John who has a ph. D. In instaneny coauthor of deadline artists. I was in d. C. This week and struck by there is one track going on of negotiations, the track youre seeing on television. Not the smoke filled back rooms at this point. Theyre not there yet. Usually i complain about the deals happening and the scenes. There is no behind the scenes and that scares me. And it should. Look right now we are in the stage of public positional bargaining and both sides making opening bids that the other side dismisses as not serious. But, of course, this is serious. This is a selfinflicted crisis. And washington is playing fiscal with the fiscal cliff. Playing chicken with the fiscal cliff. This deal will only get done by president obama and john boehner making a deal. They came close in the summer of 2011. The parties are so polarized and partisans polarized this is a problem. I keep saying we need a president ial historian or Hostage Negotiator. Somebody could say weve been at stalemates before, gotten over it, shut down the government in 96. Tip oneill and Ronald Reagan managed to solve problems and get along. Listen to what john mccain said about what we need here. Its time now to sit across the table from one another, rather than in the way they did with Ronald Reagan and the way you get things done in washington. The way they did with Ronald Reagan and get things done in washington. You sit together and figure it out. They were at a Holiday Party they didnt talk to each other. Theyre issuing sort of statements and rebuttals and saying im not going to budge. Negotiation by press release. This is not how things get done in washington and part of the problem of the growing incivility in washington. People dont Work Together the way they did. Their families dont know each other the way they did. You dont have the reservoir of goodwill that reagan and tip oneill, for example, did. Look, the American People are watching this with the sort of slow motion horror. The economy is improving. And yet, washington is playing chicken with the fiscal cliff and like watching a baby play with a hammer. Youre just waiting for something terrible to happen. Washington has a lot of responsibility here. Both parties have responsibility. As tom said earlier today, were 98 agreement on taxes. Yeah. Most negotiations, thats a win. Lets take that off the table. The parties need a wakeup call. The fact that 2 hangs them up as much as it doess is crazy. So interesting too, because Congress Gave the baby the hammer. Yeah. They gave the baby the hammer to play with. You call it a selfinflicted wound, a problem that turned into a lastminute crisis. Why do you call it that, a selfinflicted wound . Like the debt ceiling debacle this is something that congress did to itself. This is the most anticipatable problem ever. We knew the bush tax cuts were expiring, the sequestration cuts were coming in. Those cuts everyone is so upset about that was a measure of the failure of the super committee. We know what needs to be done for a grand bargain. Every committees come up with its bowlessimpson, gang of six, Obama Boehner super committee. Hensarling was the cochair of the super committee. Blame yourself and dont listen it to those folks and dont make a deal. A lot are saying lets go over the fiscal cliff, as we a winwin situation, both win, republicans and democrats. Thats an interesting definition of win. These are the voices that said dont make a deal with bowl bowlessimps bowlessimpson, with the grand bargain, with the super committee. They got us into this mess in the first place. The cliff was denied to be so horrible we would never ever, ever risk going over it. And now some of those people, its a slope. Its not a slope. John, cnn contributor, thanks. Nice to see you. Nice to have you here. A hollywood film so close to reality its raising eyebrows in washington. Zero dark thirty is about the capture of Osama Bin Laden and some on capitol hill are wondering how much access the filmmakers had to classified information. Welcome back to early start. The film zero dark thirty about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden will be a major oscar player, but even before it opens, the film is courting controversy with questions about unprecedented and some inappropriate access to classified information. Our pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr spoke to the filmmakers. Dont think shes a little young for the hard stuff . Washington says shes a killer. Its a hollywood spy thriller with as much oscar buzz as it has controversy. Zero dark thirty, the story of the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, from the oscarwinning Powerhouse Team of katherine big ga lo and mark bo, recreates how it all happened from the female cia analyst who finally figured out where he was hiding to the navy s. E. A. L. S who killed him. There are two narratives about the location of Osama Bin Laden. Reporter the controversy . The Obama Administration has faced accusations it gave undeserved access to the filmmakers. In real life, everyone involved in the hunt for bin laden remains sworn to secrecy. But the filmmakers say they got firsthand accounts. They just wont say exactly how that happened. I think as a reporter you would understand we take prot t protecting our sources and sort of the exact methodology of our sourcing pretty seriously, just in the same way if i asked you how did you source that story. Katherine, when you hear mark talk this way, are you a journalist or a filmmakerer . Thats a good question. Well, i certainly tried to be as faithful to the research as possible and make a good movie and make a film that was timely. Reporter but how much access they got is the issue. Obviously things went wrong here. Reporter congressman peter king, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee First called for an investigation at both the cia and the pentagon. There was an event where operatives were involved and they did not know until they got there that the hollywood people were going to be present. So which means their identity would have been shown. Reporter king questions whether the military was pressured to cooperate on the film. What access they were told to give, some resisted, some acquiesced. Reporter a senior military official denies the s. E. A. L. S were pressured. Cia and pentagon Officials Say no secrets were given away. My understanding is that the hollywood people got access to cia operatives, to cia locations, that they had access to the navy s. E. A. L. S which they should not have had. I cant go beyond that to say other than this investigation has gone on and been expanded. Reporter he says he and big ga lo were aware of national concerns. Were akultsly aware that there are sensitivities around this material. And i think we approached this with a lot of respect for those sensitives. Sensitivities. Reporter congressman clear makes clear the movie makers are free to do as they wish. His concern is whether the government is getting too close to hollywood at the risk of the nations secrets. Barbara starr, cnn, new york. So interesting. Makes me want to watch it. An olympian, bobsledder and also blind at one point. Up next we asked Steven Holcomb about the best advice he ever received. Music is a universal language. But when i was in an accident. I was worried the Health Care System spoke a language all its own with unitedhealthcare, i got help that fit my life. Information on my phone. Connection to doctors who get where im from. And tools to estimate what my care may cost. So i never missed a beat. Were more than 78,000 people looking out for more than 70 million americans. Thats health in numbers. Unitedhealthcare. You wont just find us online, youll also find us in person, with dedicated support teams at over 500 branches nationwide. 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I was on his team and i had gotten hurt going into the olympic year 2002 olympic year and kept getting hurt over and over again and it was pretty detrimental to me just mentally and he actually ended up cutting me from his team which kind of sucked going into the olympic year. He went on to win a bronze medal but he gave me advice and said, look, tough times never last, tough people do. Keep your head up, keep working hard and never ever give up. Tough times never last, tough people do. I like that. Yes. Thats early start for today. Im Christine Romans in for john berman. Im zoraida sambolin. Starting point with Soledad Obrien starts right now. Good morning. Welcome. Our starting point this morning no plan in sight. Republicans lashing out at Speaker Boehner over his deficit reduction plan. Are lawmakers really going to let us go over the cliff . And a gruesome photo sparking outrage. Should the New York Post have put up this picture of a man moments before he was crushed to death by a subway train. It with you on the cover. Were hearing from t
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