As the london eye. A bloody good time had by all, im certain. All right. In other major story it was not a good time for lawmakers in the Senate Working through the night to reverse the effects of the fiscal cliff. And a vote came in the wee hours of the new years and Tahman Bradley has more on this lastditch session. Kind of ruined some politicians night, didnt it . Reporter exactly right. Happy new year to you, paula and john. The senate bill passed in the wee hours of the morning with overwhelming support and heads to the house where its fate is uncertain. As americans rang in the new year, the senate was in session in the middle of the night passing a bill after the fiscal cliff deadline had gone by. I think we can say weve done some good for the country. Reporter since lawmakers missed the midnight deadline nearly every american wakes up with higher taxes but congress can undo those tax hikes if the house passes the senates bill. Vice president biden, who was instrumental in broke
We learn more about him this morning. And its gmas new years rockin morning. Were counting down to 2014 with the dynamic duo of times squares big night, Ryan Seacrest and Jenny Mccarthy, with everything you need to know to ring in 2014 in style. Plus, Macklemore Ryan lewis. Good morning america. Good morning, america. A new years eve. Wow, did you see that . What a great crowd here this morning, getting ready for the new year. We want to take you skyhigh here in times square. Want to show you the famous ball right in front of us, right here in times square. Bravest woman in america this morning, rachel smith, who is up there for us. It is freezing cold here. She is in the new years spirit. And well check in with her coming up in just a moment. Dont flip the switch, yeah. It is colder up there. I can tell you that. The windchill by the crystal ball. Its midnight somewhere. Theyre celebrating down under. The clock striking midnight in auckland, new zealand ju, just moment ago. And look a
Being it is new years eve they know people will be firing their guns up into the air. In oakland, ann notarangelo, cbs 5. Now to san jose, which has also seen a rise in killings thisser. This map was generated by the San Jose Mercury news showing where each of the citys 46 homicides occurred. Cbs 5 reporter Patrick Sedillo has more on what was hopefully the last murder of 2012. Were treating it as a homicide scene. Reporter san jose marked the last day of 2012 with yet another homicide are, bringing the murder rate to 46 for the year. There are some cameras. We havent been able to pull up whats on them yet. Reporter at about 9 30 a. M. , San Jose Police received a call of an armed man in this apartment complex at the intersection of lewis and wong. So i woke up in the morning and then i heard eye loud gunshot and followed by screams. Reporter by the time crews arrived he was dead at the scene. Once we determined it was probably going to be a homicide, just ramped up the manpower. Repor
The bill as amended is passed. Reporter the senate voted 898 to avoid tax hikes for 99 of all americans. This shouldnt be the model for how we do things around here. But i think we can say weve done some good for the country. R if the bill eventually becomes law, the bush era tax cuts will be permanently extended for everyone making less than 400,000 a year. And families making less than 450,000 a year. It will also keep the alternative minimum tax for the wealthy from hitting millions of middleclass families. Middleclass families will wake up today to the assurance that their taxes wont go up 2,200 each. Reporter the Senate Agreement delays 110 billion in spending cuts that were due to kick in today for another two months. But because the bill doesnt address spending, getting it passed in the house could be much tougher. The fact that the president won challenges partly on spending cuts is disgusting. The fact that were not where we need to be on revenues is disgusting. Its just disgu
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