Get it done before january 1st. Even congressional leaders are skeptical. The American People have a right to be very upset with this congress. President obama has invited nancy pelosi, john boehner, mitch mcconnell, and harry reid to the white house this afternoon for a fiscal cliff summit. Here we are five days from the new year, and we might finally start talking. Todays white house meeting might be the last chance to come to an agreement. Thats because it takes time for a bill to work its way through both chamber of commerce. I dont know time wise how it can happen now. Under senate rules, the only way a bill could make its way through the procedural hurdles in time is if every senator agrees not to. Theyll have 24 hours. Outside the beltway, carlino will be watching. Everyone is kind of in a waitandsee and fingerscrossed per expect tichb right now. Since 1930 this is only the fifth Time Congress has worked after christmas. And todays summit is the first time president obama has met face to face with congressional leaders since midnovember. Duarte, tick tock. Thank you. General schwarzkopf is being remembered this morning as a great hero and tactician. As Teresa Garcia the general died yesterday at his home in tampa from complications related to pneumonia. Reporter general h. Norman schwarzkopf received military acclaim as a war hero. He led the desert storm, a coalition of 30 countries that successfully drove forces out of saddam husseins group. Were very proud to be able to do this. Reporter schwarzkopf was born in 134 in trenton, new jersey. He followed his fathers footsteps to west point. In 1966 he volunteered to serve in vietnam. His name name was Stormin Norman referring to his notoriously exploding temper. Going around and little, is that why around, through, over the top, underneath, and any other way. Reporter desert storm topped his 34year career. General bush awarded him ahmedal of freedom and he was welcomed back on american soil. The selfproclaimed political independent dismissed suggestions he run for office. He campaigned for former president george w. Bush in 2000 but was ambivalent about the 2003 invasion of iraq. Schwarzkopf retired to tampa, florida, where he served his last assignment as kmanltder in chief of u. S. Central command. He was 78 years old. Teresa 135 homes and businesses remain without power. Edward lawrence reporting. Reporter snow blowers and plows are pushing through a foot of snow in the upstate new york. The icy snow is a challenge for those who only have a shovel. Its been brutal. Reporter the storm drops several inches in the northeast and new england making it hard to get out and get around. Streets are a problem in West Virginia and maryland. This woman skit off the road and hit a mailbox. We just lost control. Yeah, pretty scary. Reporter the weather is part of the same mass av system that crossed the country this week dumping snow from the west coast to the east coast and creating powerful tornadoes in the south. Bad weather continues to delay flights in the northeast. Thats bad news for holiday travelers trying to head home. Brendan frank lip came home for christmas and is waiting to fly back to arizona. Mercifully its so far, so good. Bob akard is from tampa, florida. He spent the holidays with his parents in rochester, new york. Hes hoping to get to the airport on time. Living in tampa isnt all bad at all. Reporter the storm is now moving into new england and into canada. Forecasters say more snow could hit the east coast this weekend. Edward larns for cbs news, new york. Here in new york police are searching for a woman who pushed man to his death in front of a subway. She had been following the man and mumbling yesterday. Its the second time this month a man has been pushed to his death in the new york subways. Coming up in the news, fun real fund scam. A woman is accused of posing ass a relative of one of the children murdered in the Connecticut School shooting. This is the cbs morning news. 6 cbs morning news. Stronger, holds up better, and still a value you love. New angel soft®. Now stronger than ever. Many hot dogs are within you. Try peptobismol togo, its the power of pepto, but it fits in your pocket. Now tell the world daniel. Of peptobismol togo. Now tell the world daniel. He is a good Little Monkey and always very curious. One day george got an important letter. Hes built a rocket ship to travel into space. Google, how far is earth to the moon . The moon is 238,900 miles. The great moment had come. 3, 2, 1. [ giggling ] to the best vacation sp all the gulf it doesnt matter which of our great states folks visit. Mississippi, alabama, louisiana or florida, theyre gonna love it. 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Newtown, connecticut, says its running out of space to store the thousands of donations newtown, connecticut, says its running out of space to store the thousands of donations made after the shooting spree there two weeks ago. Toys, school supplies, and other items fill a 20,000squarefoot warehouse. Newtown Officials Say theyre grateful for the donations and will figure out what do with all of it. A new york city woman is charged with fraud. She allegedly tried to scam donors by claiming to be an aunt of one of the children killed in the shooting. Shes accused of using facebook and texting to get money for a funeral fund. If convicted she faces a maximum of five years in prison and a fine of up to a quarter million dollars. On the cbs moneywatch, con sumter confidence takes a hit and seaworld goes public. Erica ferrari is here with that and more. Good morning, erica. Good morning, duarte. Asia markets were higher. Tokyos nikkei gained nearly 1 . Hong kongs hang sheng added a quarter percent. A new report suggests the looming fiscal cliff is forcing consumers to lose confidence in the nations economy. The Conference Board said on thursday that its Consumer Price index fell sharply in december for the second consecutive month. Thats the lowest level since august. For the fifth consecutive year, individual investors have pulled their money out of the stock market. Its estimated to be about 380 billion. Many are investing in bonds which are considered safer investments. Wall street stocks sank for a fourth consecutive day. The dow lost 18 points. The nasdaq was off 4 points. The Housing Market shows new signs of a rebound. They said on thursday that the sale of new homes increased by 4. 5 from the month before. Thats the fastest pace in two years. Record low mortgage and stable job gains fueled the increase. Dangerously low water levels could force shipping to stop between st. Louis and illinois on the Mississippi River next week. The mississippi is suffering from months of severe drought. It does an estimated 7 billion of trade in february and january. A potential strike by dockworkers could cost the nations economy billions. More than 14 longshoremen are threatening to whack off the job on sunday. A walkoff could shut ports down from boston to houston. They move more than 1,400 million tons a year. Seaworld is known for its water shows and killer whales. Iter and 80 million during the first nine months of this year. Seaworlds other Properties Include two busch garden parks and sesame place in pennsylvania. Duarte . Erica ferrar. Thanks erica. Straight ahead, your weather and in sports dwyane wade gets hit where it counts, in the wallet. This illadvised attack on this player. Heres a look at todays aww man. [ male announcer ] returns are easy with free pickup from the u. S. Postal service. Well even drop off boxes if you need them. Visit usps. Com pay, print, and have it picked up for free. Any time of year. Nice sweater. Thank you. Heres a look at todays forecast in some cities around the country. New york, mostly sunny, 39 degrees. Miami, mostly sunny, 77. Chaurks occasional snow, 34 degrees. Dallas, showers, 47. Las angeles, mostly sunny, 63 degrees. Time now for a check of the national forecast. Heavy winds from a powerful wind and storm is winding down. Rain showers will spread from Northern Arkansas to northern kentucky. Light snow is expected in parts of illinois, wisconsin, and minnesota. Snow showers are likely in western colorado. In sports the l. A. Clippers are the best run the nba has seen in years. The clippers blow out the celtics last night, 10677. They have now won 15 straight games and hold the best record in the league. Thats the longest winning streak in the nba since 2008. Oklahoma city steals one from dallas. Darren collison is an offbalance buzzer to tie the game. And in overtime its all thunder. Oklahoma wins 111105. Miami heat star dwyane wade will miss his teams next game. The nba suspended dwyane wade without pay for one game for kicking Ramon Sessions in the groin. This happened during wednesdays game. Wade will sit out miamis game against detroit tonight. In college football, duke and cincinnati duked it out. Cincinnatis player gets open and scores on an 83yard pass. That denies duke their first goal victory. Thats more than 50 years. 98 hch34. And finally even the unusually talkative coach rex ryan seems stunned by this. Mark sanchez will be taking the snap. Sanchez was benched in favor of mcelroy last week, but it turns out mcelroy sustained a concussion. He hid the symptoms from trainers until thursday. That also means once again tim tebow will once again be on the bench. And when we return, another look at this mornings top stories and dairy dilemma. Families could see the milk prices skyrocket if congress doesnt act. And dairy dilemma. Milk prices will skyrocket if people dont react. Only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. And if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. Just use your citi card and register your purchase online. Have a super sparkly day ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. Citi price rewind. Start saving at citi. Com pricerewind. Many hot dogs are within you. Try peptobismol togo, its the power of pepto, but it fits in your pocket. Now tell the world daniel. Of peptobismol togo. Hours. Can Congress Come to a compromise . The fiscal cliff showdown resumes with facetoface negotiations. Muni celebrates a big milestone. And theyre givg all of us a gift and. Putin puts a stop to l us adoptions. Why . . Plus meet one family whos gotten stuck in the middle this international dispute. Join us for cbs 5 Eyewitness News this morning. Beginng at 4 30. Good morning. Its friday,, heres look at forecast in some cities around the country. Washington, d. C. , partly sunny, 42. Atlanta, partly sunny, 54. St. Louis, cloudy, 38, denver, mostly cloudy, 33, seattle, mostly cloudy, 44 degrees. Heres another look at this mornings top stories. General norman swargts schwarzkopf died at his home yesterday in tampa, florida. He drove iraqi forces out of kuwait. He died from complications related to pneumonia. He was 78 years old. And president obama meets with congressional leaders this afternoon at the white house to try to cut a deal to avoid the socalled fiscal cliff. In just four days acrosstheboard spending cuts take effect. If president obama and Congress Fails to reach an agreement the price of milk could lead sharply. Perhaps 6 per gallon. At issue is the farm bill and how much the federal government pays farmers. John blackstone reports. Who wants milk . Me. Me. Me. Reporter with four children the rasmussen family in california drinks about five gallons a week on milk. If congress doesnt pass the bill, i would cost him 106. That has dad Sean Rasmussen worried. They have to have their milk. We might have to cut elsewhere. Reporter without new legislation government prices revert back to 1939 levels. Back then the process was more laborious and farmers needed a higher subsidy to cover their costs. Dan sumner says the new price of milk would be far above what it now costs Dairy Farmers to produce it. It really will be chaos. Reporter so we would go back to this old farm bill which would force the government to buy milk at an extremely high price. Thats right. Reporter this could be a windfall for Dairy Farmers. Well, heres the problem for Dairy Farmers. They dont want chaos in the milk market. It sounds good. Gee, everybody will double or triple the price, but whos going to buy it . Caller nobody will buy it. Nobody will buy it. Reporter shoppers couldnt understand why congress couldnt solve this problem. They all need to be fired. If they want to continue to eat, the bill needs to be passed. Thats where we get our food, people. Reporter we called the department of agriculture, and they say they have no plan to avoid the scenario. In terms of a price increase, a spokesperson says they have no time for when or if there will happen. John blackstone, cbs news. Federal officials are trying to figure out how a jet got stuck in the med. It was bound for tampa when it went off the airway and ended up in a grassy area. None of the 134 people on board were injured. Coming up after your local news on cbs this morning, a look back at the pop culture. This is the cbs morning news. [ elizabeth ] i like to drink orange juice or have lemon in my water. Eat tomato sauce on my spaghetti. The acidic levels in some foods can cause acid erosion. O its quite a lesson learned. My dentist recommended that i use pronamel. Because it helps to strengthen the enamel. He recommended that i use it every time i brush. You feel like there is something that youre doing to help safeguard against the acid erosion. And i believe its doing a good job. To help safeguard against the acid erosion. ,,,,. Its making a big difference. Theyre helping people in a smalt town in iowa is making a big difference. Theyre helping people in developing countries. Dean reynolds reports on how the priceless gifts that create are making a big difference. Reporter theres a quiet that usually settles over the cornfields of iowa this time of year. But not in leighton, population, 150. Here local retires come two to three times a week with a new purpose in their lives. Bill used to run one of the towns banks. Its unbelievable how much response weve had. Its almost more than we could handle. All retires . All retires and they all get paid the same. Reporter nothing. Nothing. Reporter they get paid nothing to create what are called p. E. T. S, short for personal energy transportation, a handpower iing tricycle designed for the traveling world. Most would be put away in a closet or bed because it was deemed if you were disabled that you were cursed. It really touched my heart and i thought, you know, theres something we should do about that one. Reporter his group is part of an International Organization that has shipped the p. E. T. S to more than 85 skuntries. The Component Parts are packaged here and assembled and transferred to the other side of town. You guys are like the elves. A little bit. Weve got elves all over the place. This machine allows them to go get water at the river, go to school if its a child, you know. Some use it to make a little bit of income. You know, 3 a day to someone in haiti is huge. Reporter this 10yearold lives in haiti and she had been getting around on a broken wheelchair until she received her new p. E. T. And while its 2,000 miles from haiti to leighton, iowa, he says the tangible amount of his work shortened the distance. I feel like were not doing enough. Want me to tell you a joke . Reporter for these old men, generosity truly is its own reward. Dean reynolds, cbs news, leighton, iowa. Coming up after your local news on cbs this morning, an update on washingtons fiscal cliff negotiations. Well hear from republican senator bob corker, plus the damaging economic strikes looming at more than a dozen of our nations forts. A guy getting fit will sit with the bestselling authors of fit this year. Thats the cbs morning news for this friday. Thanks for watching. Im duarte geraldino. Have a great day. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com your realtime captioner linda Marie Macdonald hi, everyone. Good morning. Its our last friday of 2012 december 28th. Im frank mallicoat. Im michelle griego. Time now is just about 4 30. Lets start things off with a look at weather and traffic. I feel like im losing my voice. Oh, no. I know. Are you really . A little bit. You have so many visitors in town. I know the entire state of colorado stayed at your house you will have the weekend to rest your voice. In the weather, we are getting a check of our highdef doppler radar. And its quiet for now. But we are anticipating some big changes by this afternoon. We are watching a low pressure system. It is just off to the coast and its going to bring light rain for the most part between now and tomorrow morning. So you can see it. Its on approach that high that brought us all that sunshine, blue skies yesterday. It is out of here. It continues to move inland. So temperatures out the door right now very cold. 35 in fairfield, only 34 in livermore and santa rosa. So not quite freezing but close. Bring a jacket. San francisco in the mid40s and 40 degrees out in fremont. This afternoon, warming up to the low to mid50s again all across the bay area. And a quick check of your seven day