Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Good evening. Scott is off. Im rebecca jarvis. In a few hours, the u. S. Will go over the fiscal cliff which could trigger acrosstheboard tax increases and billions in spending cuts. However, there is hope for a soft landing. Senate republican leader Mitch Mcconnell and president obama said today a deal was close. But late in the day house leaders announced they will not vote on a deal tonight. Theyre waiting for the senate. So what happens now . We have two reports beginning with nancy cordes on capitol hill. Nancy, good evening. Good evening to you, rebecca. It looks like the deadline pressure finally prompted a meeting of the minds today. Negotiators agreed to a plan that extends the bush era tax cuts for 99 of americans. But they are hung up on one key spending issue, and so it looks like we will go over the fiscal cliff at least temporarily. Were very, very close to an agreement. Reporter Senate Republican
Long todd hey, we have a big day ahead of us. Polls opening in 2 hours for one of the most highstakes elections a lifetime. Republicans in the runoff, aiming to take total control of washington. A race so important which is why we play j lo. Jillian all hands on deck in the peach state as donald trump and president elect joe biden make lastditch appeal to voters, live team coverage, fox and Friends Weekend cohost pete hegseth and will kane made their way to atlanta following several threats to georgia polling places but Griff Jenkins is live in dalton, georgia with the latest. Reporter good morning, the fate of the control of the senate will be in the hands of george of voters and republicans are counting on strong turnout in north georgia, that is why the president came last night to drive home how high the stakes are. Your vote tomorrow could lose and it could be your last chance to save the america we love. That is why im here. I dont want to do rallies for other people. I told you.
Level of emergency for iraq. Which means the maximum amount of help for refugees. Get the latest from greg palkot in irbil. He is just back from the front lines. Greg . Reporter heather, we are just back from another front line where the isis militants, more on that in a moment. But first, to that developing story involving the ethnic minority yazidis on mount sinjar, to the west of where we are right now. U. S. Special forces on the ground found that those who were left were in better condition and fewer in numbers than feared. So a possible u. S. Led International Evacuation effort appears to be on hold. Still, humanitarian aid flights will continue as well as local efforts to get the remaining yazidis off of that mountain. That is not the only place where isis is threatening the local folks. Take a look at what we found. This is the a town just couple days ago it was run by isis militants. Then the Kurdish Peshmerga fought them back but the residents have not come back. Were told th
Certainly the status of Robert Mueller and Jeff Sessions and others will be forefront here. Lets get to the press secretary. Good afternoon. Earlier today, the president signed a bipartisan antisex trafficking bill that provides Law Enforcement officials including state attorneys general and local prosecutors invaluable tools. The new law makes it clear to take legal action against websiting promoting advertisements for this modern day slavery. Human traffic is one of the most barbaric exploits and it has no place in our world. They provide new legal recourses for victims and Law Enforcement by enhancing penalties for people that promote or facilitate prostitution. Yesterday the was signed an executive order on reducing poverty in america by promoting economic nobility. Theres nine principles of mobility that guiding asies or public assistance programs to review all regulations related to work and send a report to the president on what they can do to get americans back to work. The Tru