Tax hikes bon 250,000. I think thats grossly unfair. Reporter Senate Republican lead egg Mitch Mcconnell made the tax deal with Vice President joe biden. Lets pass the tax relief portion now. Reporter a hang upis automatic defense and other spending cuts that kick in at midnight. Democrats want a twoyear postponementment. The cost covered by the new tax hikes. The president scoffed at republican demands for deeper spending cuts. Shove only spending cuts down, you know well, shove spending shove spending cuts at us. Reporter so much for winning gop allies. Laughs and jokes and ridicules republicans. Why . Reporter another question will Speaker John Boehner permit a house vote to hike taxes . If most of his reps will vote no. Whatever happens before midnight or doesnt happen. This partisan war on taxes and spending is sure to continue into 2013. Im steve handelsman, news4, capitol hill. Many investors are known for their averse to uncertainty. Wall street is closely watching developments
In her death, then were very sorry for that. Reporter in tear todays the australian deejays who made a prank call to kates hospital, they have been subjected to death threats. Nothing can make me feel worse than what i feel now and for what i feel for the family. Were so sorry this has happened to them. Reporter speaking out publicly for the first time in a series of Australian Television interviews about how they heard the nurse who answered the call had died. Unfortunately i remember that moment very well, because i havent stopped thinking about it since it happened. I remember my first question was, was she a mother . Reporter telling channel 9. The thought we may have played a part in that is we hope theyre doing okay and getting the love and support they need right now, but personally im reporter in those interviews, the radio deejays say the call was recorded and signed off by station management before it went to air. The station says several attempts were made to contact the hos
District near wheeler road and southern avenue. News4s Jackie Bensen is at a gas station in northeast where a woman may have been robbed by the tame suspects moments before the crash. Reporter police do believe that is the case. The woman was robs of her purse here at this bp gas station. She said something to him to the effect of justice is going to catch up with you. It did, and she was there to see it. Im okay now. I just thank god he didnt hurt me. Reporter when Sharon Gardner saw this maxima, it was speeding away from the bb gas station, with the man who would just stolen her purse in the backseat. I was in between vacuuming my car out, i was going from my drivers side to my passenger side. By the time i got to the trunk of my truck, he had immediately hurried up and took my pocketbook. I had it on the floor. I had it covered up. Reporter someone had jotted down the tag number. Gardner called the cops. While the responding officer wall street still at the scene, the radio crackled
And its wednesday, january 2nd, 2013. A bomb squad is in vienna, trying to figure out who left explosive device at a tire shop and why. This led the police to shut down the entire block of maple avenue. Tony is live from the scene with the latest, good morning, tony. Reporter good morning. When we get called to these scenes a lot of time it turns out it was a package somebody was taken to the post oftenst offers or a purse or piece of luggage but that wasnt the case this morning on an excited scene when we found out it was a grenade. Look at the video. This was a grenade left in front of this merchants tire store with an employee opening up the shop around 7 30 discovered the device right by the front step youre looking at right now. They called the Vienna Police and they called in the Fairfax County bomb squad and the Fairfax County bomb squad did say it was a threat and they used the robot and they spent about five or ten minutes using the video come are on the robot to examine the d
Not good. Reporter they say the victim was using oxygen. Investigators are trying to determine if that helped fuel this fire. Live in maryland city, pat collins, news4. The stock market responded to the fiscal cliff deal with a big rally, but there are signs release may not last long. Some republicans were angered by president obamas remarks last night. We will not have another debate with this congress over whether or not they should be the bills that they have already rack up. If the president thinks he not going to negotiate, he better thing again. John boehner signaled a return to a hard line on spending by delays a vote on aid to the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Several members of his own Party Immediately and loudly blasted him this afternoon, including new jersey governor chris christie. The speaker has now scheduled a vote for friday and a second vote on january 15th. And the speaker has just responded to that criticism through a spokesman this evening. Nbc news correspondent Mi