0 cocktail heather: you ll be right in the middle of time square and you know it. gregg: happening now starts right now. jon: the clock is ticking. hours to go before we go over the fiscal cliff. a top lawmaker reporting progress in the last-ditch efforts to hammer out a deal in time. a health crisis lands secretary of state hillary clinton in the hospital, what doctors are telling us about her condition. plus, iran test firing a new range of weapons right near the strait of hormuz where a chunk of oil passes each day. the impact on the middle east and on our world, it s all happening now. reporter: there is a note of optimism in the race to avoid the fiscal cliff. hello, everybody, i m uma pemmaraju in for jenna lee today. jon: good to have you here. vice president joe biden and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell the republican leader have been the key figures in these negotiations after talks stalled over the weekend between mcconnell and senate majority leader harry reid
0 martha: we hope to get some answers from that letter. bill: that is up for us on america newsroom. we hope you have a great thanksgiving. martha: happening now happens right now. jenna: breaking news this hour. jon: so much for a cease-fire. violence between israel and hamas. iran says it s given the terrorist group them with technology to manufacture rockets more quickly. and general petraeus and his testimony on the benghazi attack could be a bombshell on those talking points. plus, planes, trains, and automobiles. how holiday travelers are faring on this massive getaway day all around this great country. it is all happening now jon: a new terror attack on tel aviv. good morning, i am jon scott. jenna: i am jenna lee. the bombing of a bus moving more than two dozen people. while no one has claimed responsibility, gunfire rang out in gaza and hamas rulers there raid for the attack. the deputy prime minister called it the first in the nation since 2004. an escalation in th