In a cnn orc poll taken a few weeks ago, 67 said washington officials would behave like spoiled children in the fiscal cliff discussions. Only 28 said they would behave like responsible adults. Tonight, signs that maybe some adult behavior might be prevail. And a compromise might be reached. Joining me now live is senior White House Correspondent dana bash, Jessica Yellin and david gergen. Whats the latest . What are you hearing . Reporter they are a long way from a deal. But late today Speaker Boehner and president obama did speak to one another on the phone. Now, this is an Important Development because its the first time theyve talked in a week about the fiscal cliff. I am told, though, that there was no Real Progress in negotiations. In this sense there was no breakthrough on that Central Point of tax rates. As you know, president obama insists there is no deal unless the gop agrees to raise rates on the top 2 of earners. The gop says thats a nonstarter. And the two men have not mo
Good evening. Its 10 00 on the east coast and we begin with brooking news on the looming fiscal cliff. For the past few nights weve been telling you about the frustrating lack of progress to avert a deal on automatic tax hikes and spending cuts that kick in less than four weeks from now. Poll after poll shows the American People want compromise but there werent many signs that was going to happen, nothing was getting done. In a cnn crc poll, 67 said washington officials would behave like spoiled children in the fiscal cliff discussions. Only 28 said they would behave like adults. Tonight signs that maybe some adult behavior might be prevail and a compromise might be reached. Jessica yellen joins us, dana bash and david gergen. Whats the latest . Reporter they are a long way from a deal, but late today Speaker Boehner and president obama did speak to one another on the phone. Now, this is an Important Development because its the first time theyve talked in a week about the fiscal cliff.
This hour. Well talk about his decision and new job. And syrias civil war is in a very dangerous perhaps decisive Tipping Point right now. Can the world prevent Bashar Al Assad from using chemical weapons against his own people . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with president obama taking his battle to extend tax cuts for the middle class into the heart of the middle class suburb today. He visited a family just outside washington, d. C. , using their story to dramatize what will happen in just 26 days if he and congress cant make a deal on the socalled fiscal cliff. A source of great concern for so many people, everyones taxes will go up, will go up if theres no deal. Lets go live to our White House Correspondent dan lothian. Hes on the scene for us over at the white house. How did it go, dan . Reporter well, wolf, weve seen the president do this before in the past whenever hes locked in negotiations with lawmakers. He heads out on the road, either goes to a back
In a cnn crc poll, 67 said washington officials would behave like spoiled children in the fiscal cliff discussions. Only 28 said they would behave like responsible adults. Tonight, signs that maybe some adult behavior might be prevail. And a compromise might be reached. Joining me now, dana bash, jessica yellin, and david gergen. Whats the latest . Reporter they are a long way from a deal. But late today Speaker Boehner and president obama did speak to one another on the phone. Now, this is an Important Development because its the first time theyve talked in a week about the fiscal cliff. I am told, though, that there was no Real Progress in negotiations. In this sense there was no breakthrough on that Central Point of tax rates. As you know, president obama insists there is no deal unless the gop agrees to raise rates on the top 2 of earners. The gop says thats a nonstarter. And the two men have not moved from that basic position. Now, all of this comes at the same time treasury secre
Octagenarians doing gangnam style, no deal, and what syria is planning to do if Bashar Al Assad will do if he uses chemical weapons against his own people . A woman with a 1 survival after contracting a flesheating bacteria. She made it. Tonight lets go out front. Good evening. Im erin burnett. Out front, gangnam style. This is how one man sees the fiscal cliff. This is allen simpson, as in the simpson in simpson bowles. Yep, that may be the most actions the fiscal cliff saw today. Heres the scene on capitol hill here at noon. Yep, people leaving, members of congress leaving washington, heading home on a wednesday afternoon. One man standing was the House Speaker and he says, im not going anywhere. Ill be here and ill be available at any moment to sit down with the president to get serious about solving this problem. But, of course, it takes two to tango. Where does president obama stand . We can probably solve this in about a week. Its not that tough. Hes absolutely right about that.