Day on fears that a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff may actually be a lot further away than we thought. More sparring today. Deal, i dont know. If you listen to what they are saying today, scott wapner in for bill griffith. The president calling for compromise in a News Conference today, but here on wall street there is a bit less optimism for the deal than weve felt in recent days. See where we sit right now. The dow is down 56 points. Nasdaq and s p under some pressure as well right now as we there you go. Nasdaq is down six and the s p, maria, selling off as well. Mr. Jobs, more jabs being exchanged on capitol hill today. What was supposed to be a president ial press conference on gun control quickly transformed into a discussion about the fiscal cliff. With the majority of questions focusing on the issue. Washington correspondent john harwood at the white house right now. John, perhaps no one has followed the twists and turns as much as you in all of these negotiations. Why now does
Biopsy done to determine whether or not he had cancer. He couldnt be seen for two months Reporter Office of special counsel sent a letter to president obama detailing a culture of nonresponsiveness at the v. A. , all kinds of problems. Maybe the most stunning was in a longterm Mental Health facility in brockton, massachusetts. One veteran had his first Mental Health evaluation eight years after he moved in. Another veteran, seven years. I have evidence. Reporter now a whistleblower in phoenix where the scandal broke and where 35 veterans died awaiting care said she was instructed to keep a secret waiting list while she made life or death decisions about whom to schedule and someone has now gone into the system and changed the status of several deceased veterans to still alive. To hide the fact that people died on that list . Thats my belief. Reporter what would be the any other purpose . There wouldnt be any other purpose. Reporter as this story broke while the hearing was going on, mo
front-runner s envy for good reasons, like you re saying. what his point really is, hey, she s not very authentic, i am. but can he beat her? no. let s close. it s a big primary day. talking more about this tomorrow, but in mississippi the big run crop, thad cochran, the incumbent republican senator up against a tea party challenger chris mcdaniel and primaries in five other states as well. charlie raquel on the ballot in new york city, a question of whether he can consider a primary in what he says will be his last campaign. in a sentence or two, what s the most important thing you are looking for? who turns out in mississippi, whether democrats come out to try to help cochran will be interest. specifically black voters. the challenger is trying to scare away black voters, when you scare away black voters in the south it usually backfires. they could come out in big numbers and help cochran. this is very, very unpredi unpredictable. makes no predictions. stay here tonight