Also pat houston, Whitney Houstons sisterinlaw and manager and jeopardy champion ken jennings written a new book. Its tuesday, december 4th, starting point begins right now. Welcome everybody, youre watching starting point. Were honored this morning to have the former british Prime Minister tony blair with us as our guest. Hes going to be weighing in as a number of topics. Were going to talk about the fiscal cliff, were going to talk about the global economy. Were going to talk about the civil war in syria. Well talk about the royal baby coming soon. First we want to get right to Zoraida Sambolin for an update on the days top stories. Soledad, the fiscal cliff debacle, with 28 days remaining before drastic tax hikes and spending cuts take effect, a republican spending plan has been rejected by the white house. Brianna keilar is live from washington. What now, brianna . Well, right now its about the pressure building and the clock kicking, zoraida. As House Republicans in the white hous
An outfront investigation. Lets go outfront. Good evening, everyone, im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, let there be light. Finally, some bulbs turned on in washington this evening. Well, on the congressional christmas tree, that is. Pretty beautiful. Lights, love, camaraderie, song. But while our lawmakers took some time to celebrate together, they still werent showing any spark when it came to negotiating a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, which is the Christmas Present the country needs. Today we heard president obamas response to the proposal that House Speaker john boehner put on the table yesterday. The speakers proposal right now is still out of balance. Of out of balance. Kind of similar to what republicans said last week when the president sent over his terms. So now what . Will they sit down and talk it through . Well, not according to at least one senior republican aide who told cnn today, no conversations today, no emails, tweets, carrier pigeons. As for boehner and obama, t
Film makers had access to. An outfront investigation. Lets go outfront. Good evening, everyone, im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, let there be light. Finally, some bulbs turned on in washington this evening. Well, on the congressional christmas tree, that is. Pretty beautiful. Lights, love, camaraderie, song. But while our lawmakers took some time to celebrate together, they still werent showing any spark when it came to negotiating a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, which is the Christmas Present the country needs. Today we heard president obamas response to the proposal that House Speaker john boehner put on the table yesterday. The speakers proposal right now is still out of balance. Of out of balance. Kind of similar to what republicans said last week when the president sent over his terms. So now what . Will they sit down and talk it through . Well, not according to at least one senior republican aide who told cnn today, no conversations today, no emails, tweets, carrier pigeons.
Negotiations are still up in the air. Most lawmakers have gone home for the long weekend. Ill be here and ill be available at any moment to sit down with the president to get serious about solving this problem. Duchess of cambridge has left hospital. She was being treated for severe morning sickness. How are you feeling this morning, kate . As of today, possession of small amounts of marijuana become legal in the state of washington. It feels so good. Nominees for the Grammy Awards, top contenders include kanye west and jayz. Kobe bryant, the greatest player in the history of the los angeles lakers. All that are you ready for your mistake, costas . Can eating while driving be distracting . No and all that matters. Former senator simpson is bringing his message to a new generation. Gangnam style. On cbs this morning. Boo boo a star earning a spot on Barbara Walters 2012 list of most fascinating people. Then barbara said i cant do this [ bleep ] anymore and retired. Captioning funded by
Held to kwt. Pressure grows to stop the syrian regime. Credible use of weapons by syria. If that gas discharges it would take only one minute to kill tens of thousands of people. I would not put it past assad to use this weapon its the kind of regime hes been leading. Where are they taking you, john . To jail. John mcafee under arrest in guatemala for entering the country illegally. He vanished after his neighbor was found dead. The administration, are they prepared to go over the fiscal cliff. Absolutely. Fiscal cliff negotiations in washington, still up in the air. Most lawmakers have gone home for a long weekend. Ill be here and ill be available at any moment to sit down with the president if he gets serious about solving this problem. The duchess of cambridge has left hospital. There for morning sickness. How are you feeling this morning, kate . As of today, possession of small amounts of marijuana is legal in the state of washington. Now the 55th annual Grammy Awards revealed. The