Fishermen about the increasing dangers of working in disputed waters. U. S. President Barack Obama Says he still Hopes Congress can Reach Agreement to avoid the so called fiscal cliff. Obama met congressional leaders at the white house on friday to discuss a deal. He said the talks were constructive, but did issue a warning on behalf of the American People, demanding Congress Take action. America wonders why it is that in this town, for some reason, you cannot get stuff done in an organized time table, where everything has to wait till the last minute. We are now of the last minute. In the American People are not going to have any patients for a politically selfinflicted wound to our economy. The president said he was modestly optimistic that the january 1 deadline for the fiscal cliff could be averted, but that is contingent on a vote in the senate on a compromise bill, and that will have to get an up or down vote. There is a majority for that, with some tax increases for upperincome