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0 they are going to be crucial as well as, of course, house speaker john boehner, but really there s going to be a lot of focus right now on the senate because, as you remember, house speaker john boehner tried to get his own bill passed through the house. that didn t happen. he didn t have enough votes, so essentially everything shifts right now to the senate. so harry reid, mitch mcconnell, nancy please elosi on the house to say here are the number of democrats i could get if you offer a compromise package. but this is really a tough situation because there s so little time left and we ve already seen the markets impacted by this. so if we do go over the cliff, if you look at the polls, most americans saying republicans will bear the brunt. they will blame republicans, but the bottom line is the president will get a lot of blame as well because this is going to impact a lot of people. right. nbc s kristin welker keeping us honest at the white house. we will stand by. thank you. r
0 concussion. reaction ahead. a house divided now that plan b has gone belly up. what now for the speaker? they weren t taking that out on me. they were dealing with the perception that someone might accuse them of raising taxing. merry christmas, everyone. merry christmas? really? are they leaving town with nothing accomplished? any moment now democrats will respond. nancy pelosi will have a news conference. we ll bring that live. newtown and the nation paused earlier today remembering the 26 souls who were lost exactly one week ago. president obama and his top advisors join the remembrance in the oval office. the nra responded shrugging off protesters today. the gun lobby s answer? more guns. armed guards in our schools. the only way to stop a monster from killing our kids is to be personally involved and invested in a plan of absolute protection. the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. and, finally, the nation says aloha to senator daniel
0 hi, everyone. i m tamron hall. the news nation is following developing news right now. in a new interview president obama says a deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff is still possible but not without higher taxes for the wealthy. the president sat down with bloomberg for his first tv interview since the election and the fiscal cliff face off. he reiterated that lying in the sand is higher taxes for the wealthy. he gave republicans some room to maneuver. the issue right now that s relevant is the acknowledgment that if we re going to raise revenues that are sufficient to balance with the very tough cuts that we ve already made and the further reforms and entitlemented ientitlements i m prepared to make, we have to see the rates on the top 2% go up. we re not getting a deal without it. understand the reason for that. it s not me being stubborn or partisan, it s a matter of math. and the gop plan, which was unveiled yesterday, includes $800 bill onin new taxes made through clo
tough talks on twitter writing we are exacting a heavy price from hamas and the terrorist organizations. the idf is prepared for a significant expansion of its operation. in a press gaggle on route to cambodia this morning, deputy national security adviser ben rhodes says the white house s goal is to have nations with influence in the region speak for deescalation. speaking on sunday, the president urged israel to avoid a ground invasion. israel has every right to expect it does not have missiles fired into its territory. if that can be accomplished, without a ramping up of military activity in gaza, that s preferable. joining us from gaza nbc news foreign correspondent amman mohyeldin. sorry. amman, before we get into the analysis here, give us an update as far as where things stand in terms of egypt s mediating what could be peace talks in this situation? sure. yeah. all eyes have shifted away from gaza about a couple hundred miles south of here and it s all about cai