257167. Better than late than never. Congress finally comes together and passes a late night fiscal cliff deal. This morning we have the winners and losers for you. Delicate condition. Thats the word on hugo chavezs health this morning. Their people told to pray for their president. Sure, why not. Thousands take an icy plunge all for a good cause. Have you ever done that . Never. Ive considered it. On the list of things i will never do. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to early start. John berman will stop by later. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. Up first, back from the bottom of the fiscal cliff, at least for now, millions of taxpayers and Small Business owners can exhale this morning sort of because late last night, the house passed a senate bill that temporarily brings you us back from the brink. The final tally, 257 for, 167 defense. Its interesting to note that while some top House Republicans voted no, Speaker John Boehner voted yes. And heres what the deal means for you. No tax hi
Newsroom continues. Good morning, happening in the newsroom dodging the fiscal cliff crisis for now. With all of the talk about spending less why are lawmakers giving billions to businesses that are already thriving . Well show you who is cashing in. Party crashers, republicans split over the tax deal and the core values of the gop and that strained unity faces a bigger test as a new deadline looms over spending cuts. While the gop licks its wounds, wall street gets ready to celebrate. U. S. Stocks set to open higher as markets around the world trade higher on the deal. And they told us to basically drop dead. Thats how one new yorker is reportedly characterizing the house after ending the session without sending any sandy relief to the northeast. Everybody played by the rules, except tonight, when the rug was pulled out from under us, inexcusable, indefensible. Newsroom starts right now. Good morning, im Victor Blackwell sitting in for carol costello. 11th hour drama, congress swerves
Terms of the way they conduct their personal lives and i think if we could do that as a party more openly, we would have more representation directly in the northeast. All right, congressman nan hayworth, thank you very much for joining us. Cnn newsroom with Victor Blackwell begins now. Good morning brooke and john. Happening now, their homes in ruins, their lives in limbo. Frustrated victims of Superstorm Sandy lash out at congress and the latest delay to their longawaited help. All of yous stink. Yous have no compassion, and you got, you dont have blood in your veins. You got ice cubes. Just ahead well talk to a couple who lost their home and their plans for retirement. Plus this there are going to be consequences. How long can we continue down this path . Tea Party Activists are disgusted and angry over the fiscal cliff deal. Now some tea partybacked politicians may have to answer for their vote. Well talk to amy cremer, chairwoman of the Tea Party Express. He may be the best middle
Its consistent with the trend weve been warned about. Five Straight Days now of record breaking new cases, new highs at hospitals as well as many reach critical capacity and staff is stretched thin. President elect joe biden is making the pandemic his top priority. One of his advisers calling the coronavirus a National Security threat. Yet despite that very real threat the Current White House is refusing to cooperate, still refusing to low the Transition Team to classified information, information that could be vital in helping to stop the spread of the disease. Today biden meet with his transition advisers to go over their next steps which include speaking with former meantgon officials who worked under former defense secretary jim mattis in the hopes of gathering crucial information. Our reporters are covering all of the latest developments unfolding across the country. We begin our coverage with cnns Poola Sandoval and the alarming rise in cases. Set the stage for us this morning. W
[ theme ] stephanie oh im sorry. Are we on . Glug glug, glug. Stephanie good morning Jacki Schechner. Is she there . Hold on. I just had to sip some water. Stephanie were you also drinking . Totally parched. Stephanie wow. Dry as a desert in here. [ laughter ] sean hannity said that was the best response to a state of the union hes ever seen. Stephanie awkward he was going along fairly well. Compared to jindal and some of the others in the past. He looked like he was running for a fraternity president. Stephanie he didnt get the Chris Matthews oh, god until that point. Always look so young too dont they . I dont know if it is the background or the setting. Stephanie nervous much . I think im pretty sure boehner was drinking bourbon. Well talk about that in a bit. In the meantime, Jacki Schechner in the current news center. Good morning, everybody. President obama heads to asheville, North Carolina, today, where he takes his state of the Union Proposals directly to the people hes going