Our sister station news channel 8 will have strong what coverage all morning tomorrow. Tune in at 6 30 a. M. Lets move on to breaking developments in the showdown over the fiscal cliff. We are four days before the deadline. Top congressional lawmakers wrapped up a meeting with president obama at the white house. Among the leaders, Republican House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority leader mitch mcconnell. Harry reid and nancy pelosi were there. Steve chenevey live on capitol hill right now. That meeting at the white house lasted just a little more than an hour. They started at 3 10 and were done by 4 15. No major decisions were made. President , reportedly telling congressional leadership, if you do not have a better plan than i do by now, we need to get to voting on my plan. The clock is still ticking in advance of monday nights deadline. Frustration being felt not just inside the capitol, but i constituents outside as well. I am a little worried about the future as well, for my
The White House Briefing room. I just had a good and constructive discussion here at the white house with start and house leadership about how to prevent this tax hike on the middle class. Im optimistic we may still be able to reach an agreement that can pass both houses in time. Senators reid and mcconnell are working on such an agreement as we speak. But if an agreement isnt reached in time between senator reid and senator mcconnell, then i will urge senator reid to bring to the floor a basic package for an upordown vote. One that protects the middle class from an income class hike. One that extends it to 2 million americans looking for a job and lays the groundwork for more Economic Growth and debt reduction. That leads to the insistent park, asking reith who control the Senate Agenda and has a majority to pass things gets you most of the way through the senate. Clearly the president wants mcconnell and the republicans not to filibuster and to be a senate vote, which leads to the mo
We begin with a big change in the works for people who use and make electronic cigarettes. The fda is taking a bold move and cracking down on every step of their manufacture, marketing and consumption. Abcs Tahman Bradley joins us, now, from washington, with more. Good morning, tahman. Reporter good morning, diana and john. This is something the federal government has been working on for years. Theres virtually no federal oversight of electronic cigarettes, which more and more people have been using for a quick high. Theyve been called a safer alternative to cigarettes. And theyre wildly popular. Ecigarettes, those batterypowered devices that give users a nicotine high from a vapor. We think the harm is less than with a traditional cigarette. Reporter maybe. Ecigarettes dont have tobacco tar found in traditional cigarettes. But its not clear whats in them. Thats because since they burst in the u. S. Back in 2006, theyve gone unregulated. The federal government wants to change that. Rig
[ theme ] bill hey, good morning everybody. Welcome to the full court press this Tuesday Morning january 8. Good to see you today. Good to be back with you. Im here with 100 brain and heart and 50 voice but well try to struggle through it with the help of our friends today. Good to have you with us. Lot of big news to talk about. President obama completing the nominations for his National Security team yesterday. Nominating chuck hagel to be secretary of defense and john brennan to be the next director of the c. I. A. The critics are already out with their sharp swords. They intend to do to chuck hagel what they were able to do to susan rice but its not going to work this time because the white house is fighting back. Theyre already doing so. Weve got to join that fight. Well talk about that and a whole lot more. First, we get the latest, todays current news update, here she is, Lisa Ferguson out in los angeles. Hi lisa. Hey bill. Welcome back. As bill mentioned obamas new appointments
Warmer this afternoon an the bay and 66 so it will cool off nicely in the evening. Inland is where the heat is, 80 at noon and 90 at 4 00 and mid70s by 7 00 and partly sunny along the coast starting in the low 50s and warming to 60 at 4 00 and fall into the mid50s by 7 00. As mentioned, we have good news regarding muni this morning so we have more vehicles that are on the roads and Cable Car Service but as we take you over to the bay bridge, this construction project is going to block off one lane, eastbound between anchorage and the new tower to 3 30 this afternoon. If you need to leave the city to the east bay expect delays. Heavy delays because of emergency sinkhole repair and southbound 101 between san antonio road and castania the construction is picked up but leaves us with major backups. In san jose homicide are still on the scene after being called this morning after the body of a man was found in the street with visible injury. The initial investigation was treated like a hita