it could be your saving grace. reporter: 9news now. john edwards and children were at elizabeth s side we understand at her chapel hill home. a family friend said just yesterday she was making the announcement the cancer treatment was not going to be continue. elizabeth edwards has died. we have other breaking news from the white house where president obama held a late afternoon news conference trying to convince democrats to get on board with his plan to end the gridlock over tax cuts. joel brown joins us with more on the deal the president struck with republicans. joel, this is going to be a hard sell for members of his party? reporter: the white house knew it had a sales job on its hands with democrats. by this afternoon the president decided he was going to make the case for his tax cut deal with republicans. president obama called reporters together so he could send a message to capitol hill. it is time to put politics aside. my number one priority is for jobs