And theres no plan to keep us from going over the fiscal cliff. Broken record, broken record. Im Christine Romans in today for john berman. And im zoraida sambolin. Up first, president obama standing his ground over the fight in the fiscal cliff. Americans face crushing tax hikes and severe spending cuts in 27 days if democrats and republicans cannot come together on a deal. By the way, congress breaks for the holidays in ten days. Slash that number. In an interview with bloomberg news, the president made it Crystal Clear hes not about to blink on the issue of tax hikes for the wealthiest americans. Well have to see the rates on the top 2 go up. And were not going to be able to get a deal without it. White house correspondent dan lothian joins us live from washington this morning. Very nice to see you, dan. Good to see you. Heres the deal. We have republicans pitted against democrats. Now we understand there are issues amongst republicans as well. Thats right. Theyre in a tough spot he
Kremlin has been amassing military along parts of ukraines eastern border. Ahead of the meeting, john kerry stopped to speak with reporters. About. Ave a lot to talk i look forward to an opportunity issues and the possibilities that we may be able to find about how to move Forward Together to resolve some of the differences between us. We look forward, i know, to a good conversation. We will take you live to the Russian Embassy later in the hour for an update. The public face of russias seizure of the peninsula is holding a News Conference ahead of the vote. You can watch it at bloomberg. Com tv. We want to focus on the oil ties between the countries. The u. S. Is selling 5 billion barrels of oil today. It is the first time the u. S. Will be testing its release system. Barrelsel, 5 million sounds like a lot, but put it into context. It is kind of like a drop in the bucket. It is basically less than 1 of all of the oil we stockpiled. The whole enchilada is 690 Million Barrels. Huge, and
It is always an honor to be here, not just for the history of this wonderful establishment, but for the people who devote so much of their efforts and time to work here. As always, im happy to be here to get a chance to talk about something near and dear to my heart, the Continental Navy. We were here in june, to be honored with the, door the , itodore barry award occurred to me that if a book on Commodore Barry could win the Commodore Barry award, we were in the throes of finishing give me a fast ship, and i suggested a couple of different titles. He turned down were the naval correspondence of joseph Alyssa Joseph pulitzer, the naval ordinance of our for it no bell, and my personal favorite being a baseball fan, cy young, sailor. Mythe summer of 1959, father, to placate my mother, abandoned new jersey and all of my mothers inlaws for two weeks. There was no boardwalk. There were no Amusement Rides to speak of, no playing with lifelong friends lifelong reading about three years and no
Trapped. The miners took us for a little tour of the conditions in which theyre living. Well give you an update on when they will get out. Thats the most incredible story that they have been able to survive this long and still so far getting along and it could be a long time before theyre rescued. Remember this video . Just incredible. Its amazing that the teenager driving that car is still alive. Yeah. Apparently, he was this was just 20 minutes after he was released from police custody. Well tell you why he was under arrest and whats happening with him today. First, we hope our compute doesnt look like that. No. We have lots of good drives. Just want to get through this friday so our drivers can enjoy this beautiful weather. Yes, im all about it. Friday light traffic conditions so far except for highway 4. It is always bad at this time of the morning. First out to chopper 5 live over oakland near the 880980 interchange. So thank you, chopper 5, showing us how great traffic looks as y
Serious major injury accident here. Overturned big rig. Northbound 101 is completely shut down between highway 156 and highway 25. So cars are being detoured off to eastbound 156. You can use 25 to get back on 101. All right. Thats a check of your traffic. Lets get a first check of your forecast with tracy. Hey, thanks, elizabeth. Well, this morning, more clouds out there, fog at the coast, some low clouds at the bay and inland. Get out of my way, john kessler [ laughter ] temperatures this morning ranging from the upper 40s to the upper 50s. Thats going to be as you head out the door. Your sevenday forecast, sunshine expected later on today throughout the bay area. Temperatures mid60s for the coast, mid to upper 60s around the bay and the mid80s inland. Tomorrow more clouds, maybe even a little precip for the north bay. Temperatures cooling down. Sunday we warm up. And were back in the 90s, yeah, by the middle of next week. So if this was a rude an abrupt change to the warm weather th