Thank you, suzanne. Im Victor Blackwell in for Brooke Baldwin. Thank you for being with us today. The president is pulling the plug on his trip to hawaii to tend to urgent matters in washington. With tax hikes looming in less than a week, hes scheduled to return to the white house tomorrow, just as a Deadlocked Congress reconvenes days ahead of the socalled fiscal cliff. Youre just six days from feeling this. Now, first hit is coming on january 1st when your take home pay will drop by 2 because of a scheduled hike in the Social Security payroll tax. Thats just the start. Income taxes are set to climb too. And youll notice that when employer gets to around the adjusted withholding, the Government Spending cuts, those are also scheduled for january 1st and bound to slow the economy and some argue theyll weaken the military. Congress has seen this coming, but an effort to limit the damage failed last week. Republican House Speaker john boehner could not persuade enough members of his part
Astronomers. Did you feel that . It happened. I hear thats super dangerous. Good morning and welcome to early start. As 5 00 a. M. In the east. Up first, it was an afternoon of horror for Holiday Shoppers in suburban portland. Police say 10,000 people were inside the Clackamas Town Center when a gunman opened fire. Mass chaos followed. Three were dead, including the gunman, and a young woman left critically wounded. The mall is supposed to be a place that we can all take our families, feel comfortable that this is a great place, especially the hole diday seaso like this. These things arent supposed to happen. Lets get right to the scene. Dan, what can you tell us . Reporter well, the main question this morning, and its really the question anytime you have one of these shootings, is who was the shooter, what was the motive, and were any of the victims targeted or was it simply random. At this point we dont know any of that. When we do know is it started about 3 30 in the afternoon, the
Your morning with us. Much more ahead on cnn saturday morning, which starts right now. Good morning, everyone. Im randi kaye. Its 8 00 am on the east coast, 5 00 am in the west. Powerful National Rifle association, heres tom foreman. Hey, randi, nra officials were quiet in the days following the newtown, connecticut, shooting, giving people time to mourn. Now they are speaking up and they have a lot to say. Despite protesters, the president and Public Opinion increasingly pushing against the gun lobby, the National Rifle association sent a sharp message to its leader, Wayne Lapierre, no retreat. The only thing that stops a bad guy with an a gun is a good guy with a gun. I call on Congress Today to act immediately to appropriate whatever is necessary to put Armed Police Officers in every Single School in this nation. Reporter in a wideranging statement, lapierre condemned the violence in connecticut, colorado and other places, but steered the conversation away from guns and gun law. Ind
Early start begins right now. I think right now it has to be the Safest School in america. Back to class. The students of sandy hook elementary return to school this morning, but it wont be the one they remember. Fresh faces, same problems. Members of the new Congress Take their oath of office hours from now. And Speaker Boehner finds out if he keeps his leadership job. 66 days and counting. Shame on you. Shame on congress. And political war. New jerseys toughtalking governor explodes at the leaders of his own party. Good morning to you. Welcome to early start, thanks for being with us. Im zoraida sambolin. Im christine romans. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. Newtown, connecticut this morning, backpacks are being filled with books, tiny teeth are being brushed, and the students of Sandy Hook Elementary School are preparing to return to class for the First Time Since a gunman took 20 of their friends and their innocence as well. Debra feyerick is near the new sandy hook school. Its in monro
Snow, wind, and icy rain, the aftermath of an all night blizzard, the northeast is still getting pummeled by a historic storm and now this. The noreaster has turned deadly. It is not likely to come back any time soon. Plus well also be following that man hunt thats continuing in los angeles for a former cop on a rampage. Cnn now has exclusive video showing just how deadly he is. It is february, february 9th and youre watching our special coverage of the noreaster. Police say somebody died in ray stormrelated crash in poughkeepsie new york. The boston area being slammed with hurricaneforce winds and looks like connecticut is taking the brunt of the snow and up to two feet of snow in some places, more to come elsewhere falling at a clip of 3 inches an hour. And hundreds of cars now stuck in that snow on long island on the long expressway and sunrise highway. The roads are closed now to just about everybody except those emergency vehicles. Police say nose have been rescued but still some