Hour. The airbus athree 20, operateed by germanwings part of liewfs was on its way from barcelona to dusseldorf. There was no word of trouble from the cockpit. The twin engine jet was reduced to confetti that allowed no hope for any of the 144 passengers and crew of six. Most were german or spanish. We have extensive coverage tonight beginning with Mark Phillips near the scene of the crash. Reporter the plane went down in the hostile landscape of the french alps. Trying to find the wreckage became the first priority. There was never any real hope of finding survivors. To make matters worse more no is forecast, which will make retrieving the bodies of victims and examining the wreckage to determine why this plane went down all the more difficult. Flying continues even for helicopters is expected to deteriorate, and there are few roads or trailz. Jean louis bietrix, a hiker was accompanying a rescue team to the crash site. There are no pieces anymore, he said. There is nothing. The plane
You are looking live at the u. S. Capital where the impasse over taxes is finally over. The house voted at 11 00 p. M. Washington time and approved a deal averting the dreaded fiscal cliff. Good evening everyone im frank somerville. And im julie haener. The fiscal cliff is now a done deal. The president spoke 20 minutes later. A central premise of my campaign for president was to change the tax code that was too skewed toward the wealthy at the expense of working middle class americans. Tonight weve done that. Reporter and tonight taxes on the wealthiest americans are going up. But in the end, neither democrats nor republicans got all of what they wanted. Ktvus Jana Katsuyama here now to show us how the compromise finally emerged. Frank, the house finished voting on the fiscal cliff agreement just about two hours ago and has passed the Senate Version without any changes. Let me show you the numbers, 257 yes votes and 167 no votes. After what turned out to be a bitter battle. The motion
Too skewed toward the wealthy at the expense of working middle class americans. Tonight weve done that. Reporter and tonight taxes on the wealthiest americans are going up. But in the end, neither democrats nor republicans got all of what they wanted. Ktvus Jana Katsuyama here now to show us how the compromise finally emerged. Frank, the house finished voting on the fiscal cliff agreement just about two hours ago and has passed the Senate Version without any changes. Let me show you the numbers, 257 yes votes and 167 no votes. After what turned out to be a bitter battle. The motion is adopted without objection. Reporter the vote came after a day of high drama and political power plays. Pressure was on the republican controlled house to pass the bill or chance bearing the blame for tax cuts and spending cuts that could send the nation back into a special session. In a vote of 898. Reporter the gop while upset the bill didnt spend more spending cuts finally cuts finally gave up on an ame
And so we couldnt possibly find a better person in the history of sports and civil rights than dr. Harry edwards and he was gracious enough to lend his name to that lecture and we expect well have several presentations under that name in the coming years. Today is we have a conversation thats going to occur on the area of sports and civil rights. Ive been a part of many panels and many presentations over the years and normally you try and find the best panelists and the best people to make that presentation. Rarely do you have the people, the top people, who are presenting. In other words, if you had to pick one, two and three, rarely do you get one, two and three. Today were fortunate that we have probably the three most important people in the civil rights sports and society and sports and Civil Rights Movement in the last 50 years and were ecstatic, were pleased, were proud that we can present them and have a conversation with them with you today. So let me say that again. We have h
But to vote in the committee, they can vote in the our committees in the house we ought to give them that right here as a show of respect to honor their service to american citizens in territories and the District Of Columbia. As this new congress begins, we have an opportunity to commit ourselves to the spirit of compromise which our constituents so desperately seek. Our nation continues to face a number of challenges that can only be addressed by working together and giving every family the opportunity as leaders said when she spoke so eloquently to make it in america. Lets take advantage of this session to start off on the right foot and show americans that we are ready to come together to tackle our greatest challenges. I thank the lady for the time and i yield back the balance of my time. Gentleman from texas i want to address the minority leader the gentleman from maryland. He is a very dear and fine friend of mine. Ive enjoyed the opportunities to work with him and in fact what