Were still trying to sort out exactly why he was here, but he wasnt here for very long, it seems. He left in the last hour. Also, we were able to see some of senator mcconnells staffers. I was able to speak to one of them coming in and out of these kind of closeddoor planning meetings. He said theyve been here since 9 00 a. M. They plan to work all day and we may see his boss, senator mcconnell, later today. That shows us kind of where things stand. I wanted to break this down simply because theres so much that complicates the story. Lets look really quickly at a graphic of the basics, whats happening right now. Heres where we stand with the fiscal cliff. First of all, whos doing the negotiating . Ice the top two senators, senator reid for the democrats, senator mcconnell for the republican, and it is their staff who are working out details right now. What are they talking about . Mainly trying to find a way to avoid those tax hikes for most americans. That could also include an extens
Hi, everybody. So glad youre with us today. Im alina cho. Lets get started. Four days before the fiscal cliff. Four hours before a lastditch meeting at the white house. Its still not clear whether a lastminute deal is even possible or whether this is now all about shifting blame. President obama and Vice President biden are sitting down with house leaders. The guest list includes harry reid, who this time yesterday said he didnt see any way the fiscal cliff could be avoided. Whatever the case, our chief White House Correspondent Jessica Yellin will be watching. What can we really expect to come out of this meeting this afternoon . Well, alina, were not sure what really will come out of it. The ideal scenario would be if all sides agree to a scaleddown version of the fiscal cliff agreement that the president and spe Speaker Boehner had been discussing weeks ago and then senator mcconnell would agree that no republicans would block it in any way if he can promise that. He argues that he
Begin with a Winter Weather alert, another round of snow heading our way. Thanks for joining us tonight. A Winter Weather advisory for the d. C. Area will go into effect in just a few hours. Fox 5s gary mcgrady has the latest tonight. Thanks a lot. Cold out there tonight is the first thing youll notice. The snow is still hours away now. Temperatures outside really dropping out in the suburbs, frederick right now 28, baltimore 32, here in town holding at 38 degrees, manassas is freezing, culpeper freezing, winchester freezing, martinsburg below. Once this precipitation overspreads the area, i think its going to start as all snow, heres what were talking about. Were already beginning to see the faintest of returns back out to the west just about to cross over into at least parts of extreme western virginia. Most of West Virginia is covered up with some sort of precipitation now. Distinct rain snow line, too and the snow is falling around towards indiana up towards ohio, but cold air is i
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