family outing. james glanton is credited with saving his girlfriend, their two kids and his niece and nephew by heating rocks and burning a spare tire to keep warm. the body of nelson mandela will be lying in state in south africa today. thousands line the route this morning as his baed was moved to the main government building in pretoria. another memorial service will be held at the national cathedral in washington. speakers include vice president joe biden. it appears that terrorist assault on a mall in nairobi, kenya was far from a sophisticated attack authorities believed it to be. an nypd report says it s likely just four gunmen carried it all and they all escaped. the report debunks claims by kenyan authorities that said more than 15 al shabaab terrorists were involved. police were responding to emergency calls as theirash
announcer: this is new day with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. ood morning. welcome to new day. it s wednesday, december 11th, 7:00 in the east. chris and michaela are off today. i m lucky enough to be joined by john berman and pamela brown this morning. here is something you don t hear too often on capitol hill. it is we have a deal. republican congressman paul ryan and democrat senator patty murray announcing a two-year agreement on a budget plan. can it get through congress? that s the big question this morning. dana bash is live from capitol hill this moing. what are you hearing this morning, dana. even the people who negotiated this admit it s not a grand bargain, it s not perfect but it is a start, they hope, to getting congress and washington back to work. reporter: t democratic and republican budget chairman
cody johnson took off from home in a dark car with washington plates. johnson had been missing for two days. police were searching for him. the reality is, graham knew her new husband of just eight days was already dead at the bottom of a cliff at glacier national park because she watched him fall. the very next day, police videotaped graham again. she went to police because she received an e-mail dated july 10th, three days after her husband s death. the e-mail came from a mysterious friend named tony. it reads, hello, jordan, my name is tony. there is no bother in looking for cody anymore. he is gone. the e-mail claims johnson died during that car trip. detective corey clark knew something was fishy about graham s story. have you had many people lie to you? i don t want to talk about that. reporter: on the stand the detective testified the e-mail traced back to a computer at graham s father s home, a fake
entitlements like medicare and medicaid. even the small deal is not going over well on the left or right. before it was even announced, multiple conservative grass roots groups sent letters urging republicans to vote no because it does increase spending levels. ryan s response? as a conservative, i think this is say step in the right direction. senator marco rubio, a potential opponent to paul ryan for 2016 presidential nomination was quick to trash his deal, saying it continues washington s irresponsible budgeting decisions. rubio s opposition is shared by some conservatives in the house. whether or not that is going to pose a significant risk to this, meaning whether it will make clear that it will not pass the house, we ll find out later this morning, john, when house publicans will meet to discuss this deal. dana bash for us on capitol hill. from the miracle on the hill to the miracle in the mountains. a family of six survived two harrowing days in subzero temperatures in
change that will stick? it will stick, they think, in the house. john boehner, the speaker, eric cantor, his deputy came out so quickly and embraced it. that tells you they ve done the head count. they believe they have the votes. remember, a lost people, especially on the senate sidef republicans have tea party primary challenges next year. is is divided the tea party versus the establishment. we ve seen this movie before. this agreement is the latest hot potato, exhibit in that fight. the tea party doesn t like it. the establishment says we re part of a governing coalition in washington. we he to do our job. that s part of the debate in the republican party. are they supposed to be part of a governing party in a coalition or oppose everything president obama wants. what s interesting when it comes to paul ryan, he used to be the darlg of the right. they used to trust him on these issues. exactly. now they view him as part of the establishment. maybe they should view him as be