See their see deep cuts in their paychecks ten days from now. Lawmakers and president obama have left washington for christmas, and with no consensus on the momentous tax hikes and spending cuts set to go into effect january 1st. Cnns Brianna Keilar is live in hawaii where the president is vacationing. Br breanna, is the president overly optimistic a lastminute deal can be reached . Reporter i dont know, miguel, if you could say overly optimistic. We heard him last night in the Briefing Room of the white house saying hes a hopeless optimist that something can still be done. But the fact is its going to be something smaller. Hes now pushing for tax cuts to be preserved for americans making 250,000 or less and pushing for Unemployment Benefits to be extended for a couple million americans. Listen to some of what he said but also still some of the House Republican opposition to this shortterm plan hes pushing. In the next few days ive asked leaders of congress to work towards a package th
Headlines. The last of the victims of the connecticut mass shooting laid to rest. Funerals for three little girls held today, but as families say their final goodbyes, the debate over gun control is really just heating up. Much more on that conversation in just a moment here on cnn. The fiscal cliff, well, just ten days away with no deal in sight. President obama, House Speaker john boehner literally thousands of miles apart. Boehner is back in ohio. President obama and family are in his native hawaii. He is planning to return to washington after christmas. A weekend of violence. Explosions and death in syria. At least five People Killed in damascus today when a powerful car bomb blew up in this residential neighborhood. It tore through apartment buildings and filled the streets with debris. More than 140 people reportedly died in attacks across syria, most in damascus and its suburbs. India, riot police blasted protesters with highpressure water hoses trying to break up massive angry
Connecticut mass shooting laid to rest. Funerals for three little girls held today, but as families say their final goodbyes, the debate over gun control is really just heating up. Much more on that conversation in just a moment here on cnn. The fiscal cliff, well, just ten days away with no deal in sight. President obama, House Speaker john boehner literally thousands of miles apart. Boehner is back in ohio. President obama and family are in his native hawaii. He is planning to return to washington after christmas. A weekend of violence. Explosions and death in syria. At least five People Killed in damascus today when a powerful car bomb blew up in this residential neighborhood. It tore through apartment buildings and filled the streets with debris. More than 140 people reportedly died in attacks across syria, most in damascus and its suburbs. India, riot police blasted protesters with highpressure water hoses trying to break up massive angry riots against the government. People are f
Connecticut mass shooting laid to rest. Funerals for three little girls held today, but as families say their final goodbyes, the debate over gun control is really just heating up. Much more on that conversation in just a moment here on cnn. The fiscal cliff, well, just ten days away with no deal in sight. President obama, House Speaker john boehner literally thousands of miles apart. Boehner is back in ohio. President obama and family are in his native hawaii. He is planning to return to washington after christmas. A weekend of violence. Explosions and death in syria. At least five People Killed in damascus today when a powerful car bomb blew up in this residential neighborhood. It tore through apartment buildings and filled the streets with debris. More than 140 people reportedly died in peattacks across syria, most in damascus and its suburbs. India, riot police blasted protesters with highpressure water hoses trying to break up massive angry riots against the government. People are
Being laid to rest. Funerals for three little girls were held today. But as families say their final goodness, the debate over gun control is just heating up. On friday, the National Rifle association weighed, making it clear the organization would not budge an inch on gun control. More on that conversation here on cnn in just a moment. The physicianel california divten days away. President obama and House Speaker john boehner thousands of miles away from each other. Both men left washington for the holidays. President obama and family are in his native hawaii for a short christmas break. Well have a live report from hawaii and the latest on the fiscal cliff talks a few minutes as well. Its official. Bp oil company will pay up to the tune of 7. 8 billion. That is a Class Action Settlement amount they agreed to pay, about 100,000 businesses and individuals hurt by the biggest oil spill in american history. A federal judge formized the settlement yesterday. A lot of gulf coast residents