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
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Bad cop and joe biden is playing good cop. He certainly has a long history of talks and bipartisan negotiations with mitch mcconnell. I want to, over the past hour, we have spoken to two republican senators, i wanted to talk to claire mccaskill, thanks very much for joining us, they just ended their almost twohour meeting, martin, two hours, what was going on in there behind those door . I know you will be shocked to hear that a lot of senators wanted to talk. That is shocking. Everyone wanted to have their same i think the consensus is that we all still want to try to get a deal but some of us are very discouraged that what appears to be on the table now doesnt really do anything to reduce the deficit and this was all supposed to be an exercise in bringing down our deficit and our longterm debt and where we are right now, it doesnt appear that we are getting that done and even more importantly, it appears that republicans are still trying to protect the tippy top as opposed to looking
Outfront next, over the cliff. Thats where Senate Majority leader harry reid says were headed. Can washington save us with just five days to go . Plus, a proposal to give guns to School Principals is gaining support. Were outfront with an arizona sheriff whos backing that plan. And the 2012 election was all about viral videos, tonight were counting down our favorite political video of the year. Lets go outfront. Im john avalon in for erin burnett. Outfront tonight, a stark warning from capitol hill. Senate majority leader harry reid says were all headed for fiscal disaster. If we go over the cliff, and it looks like thats where were headed, mr. President , the house of representatives, as we speak, with four days left before the first of the year, arent here. Were now told the house will finally return to work on sunday. Now, thats december 30th. In other words, less than 48 hours before we go over the fiscal cliff. Meanwhile, president obama cut his hawaii vacation short to return to
There are mandatory evacuations taking place in the lower lying parts of the state, tolls have been suspended in parts of the Garden State Park way to help out evacuees. And then on maryland where it too has been declared a state of emergency, there are voluntary evacuations in the lower lying areas and then in downtown ocean city, there are mandatory evacuations already under way and we understand that some of the other states are helping, including that of louisiana, which are helping out the state of maryland and then in d. C. , Public Schools have been closed. Sandbags are being distributed. So an awful lot is taking place and as it pertains to the race of the the white house, governor romney had some expected rallies that are planned for virginia in ohio there may be a whole lot of snow to content with while folks on the east coast are dealing with wind and rain. Lets get a better view of this big storm now kind of threatening a good portion of the east coast. Our chad myers with