Keep the country from going off the fiscal cliff . A dangerous winter storm roaring across the eastern half of the u. S. Bringing blizzard conditions and travel nightmares. Plus, the nras controversial proposal to put armed volunteers in every school, well go indepth with the man in charge of the National School shield program. Im joe johns. Youre in the situation room. The u. S. Is now just six days away from the socalled fiscal cliff. And a mad scramble is on here in washington to avoid the drastic tax hikes and spending cuts that many fear will plunge the economy back into recession. President obama flies back from hawaii tonight to be ready if the senate comes back with a plan when it returns to work tomorrow. And house leaders are huddling with members on standby to return. Senior Congressional Correspondent dana bash is following all of it for us. What are you hearing . There was a Conference Call of course members of the house leadership even, theyre back in their districts, but
Billion in revenues over the next ten years. How things are sized up overnight. Ive said all along, our most important priority is protecting middle class families. This legislation does this. This shouldnt be the model of how we do things around here. But i think we can sigh weve done some good for the country. If it passes the house, here is what the plan means for you and your family. Bush era tax cuts would stay in place for individuals earning less than 400,000 a year and couples earning less than 450,000. Unemployment benefits for 2 million americans would be extended for a year, and the alternative minimum tax would permanently be adjusted for inflation. But when it comes to spending cuts, lawmakers defer for two more months. Thats a nice way of saying kicking the can down the road. Expect more finger pointing and fighting in 2013. White house correspondent brian Brianna Keilar up all night. Joining us to talk about whats going phone in washington, in the white house. This is a
Around that cloud, if there is one, and democrats and republicans are still talking. They are still trying to reach a deal to stop the spending cuts and tax hikes that are likely or possible to push our economy back into the recession if we go over the fiscal cliff. But ali, neither side is budging much. You have been reporting on it for the last couple of hours. Friday though, president obama said that he was optimistic that the two sides could reach a deal. This morning, he sounded less positive though. If, you know, if people start seeing that on january 1st, this problem still has not been solved, that we havent seen the kind of deficit reduction that we could have had, had the republicans been willing to take the deal they gave them, and if they say that peoples taxes have gone up which means Consumer Spending will go down. And keep in mind that the senate is the first hurdle. Any deal has to pass the house. We are not into the senate yet and the republican Speaker John Boehner pl
Lemon, thanks for joining us. We are watching two major stories affecting your world tonight. One the health of the u. S. Secretary of state. Hillary clinton is in the hospital right now with a blood clot. Stay right there. Full details on her condition and prognosis. Also tonight, say the words with me here, fiscal cliff. No vote yet, no agreement yet. And not a lot of time left. Can you say one more day . Were going to start with the secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, hospitalized with a blood clot. It was discovered today during a followup exam. Doctors say it is related to a concussion she suffered earlier this month. Youll recall the former first lady was suffering from a stomach virus when she fainted. I want to bring in cnns chief medical correspondent, dr. Sanjay gupta. She was just cleared to return to work this week, and now this. First of all, there are a couple things that are important. Admittedly, the details are vague, don. It sounds like she went in for a routine exam
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