Ginger zee in times square. And, so long. So long. So long. So long. The man who said himself, the show must go on. The first new years without dick clark, as we heard tonight from his wife. She answers the one question she says so many have been asking her. Good evening on this new years eve. Diane counting down with her family. Tonight, the other countdown here. The one in washington. Tonight, no deal. Lawmakers are taking this country over the fiscal cliff. As one senator said today, something has gone terribly wrong when the biggest threat to our economy is our congress. Lets get right to abcs chief White House Correspondent jon karl covering this every step of the way. Jon, many angry americans watching all of this. Reporter well, david, they just blew it. It is now clear that congress will fail to pass by midnight tonight something to prevent virtually everybodys taxes from going up. They have known for more than a year that tonight was the deadline and they just blew it. The dea
So long. So long. The man who said himself, the show must go on. The first new years without dick clark, as we heard tonight from his wife. She answers the one question she says so many have been asking her. Good evening on this new years eve. Diane counting down with her family. Tonight, the other countdown here. The one in washington. Tonight, no deal. Lawmakers are taking this country over the fiscal cliff. As one senator said today, something has gone terribly wrong when the biggest threat to our economy is our congress. Lets get right to abcs chief White House Correspondent jon karl covering this every step of the way. Jon, many angry americans watching all of this. Reporter well, david, they just blew it. It is now clear that congress will fail to pass by midnight tonight something to prevent virtually everybodys taxes from going up. They have known for more than a year that tonight was the deadline and they just blew it. The deadline to prevent that massive 600 billion combinati
Year that tonight was the deadline and they just blew it. The deadline to prevent that massive 600 billion combination of tax hikes and spending cuts will be missed. But the scramble continues. To try to get a deal done and passed over the next day or two, that would put the tax cuts, at least, back in place retro actively. And today, they sure seemed close to a deal. I can report that weve reached an agreement on all of the tax the tax issue. Reporter and even though the deal was not finalized, the president seemed to take a victory lap today at the white house. Keep in mind that just last month republicans in Congress Said they would never agree to raise tax rates on the wealthiest americans. Obviously, the agreement thats currently being discussed would raise those rates and raise them permanently. Reporter it was a campaignstyle event. Im going to be president for the next four years, i hope. So [ applause ] reporter that alienated the very people he needs to get any deal passed. V
what can we do. reporter: most of all, they urged kendra to keep fighting for polina, and that s what she plans to do. whatever i have to do, i m going to fight it until i can bring my little girl home. reporter: the road ahead is still uncertain. the ban goes into effect january 1, but kendra remains hopeful. that s just heartbreaking. it really is. that bond is already so strong between them. good luck to them. and on another note, three, two, one, happy new year. at the stroke of midnight, the crystal ball reached the bottom of the pole. the sign flashed. tons of confetti dropped on times square. jim dolan of wabc was there. reporter: hours of standing out in the cold did not slow down the million or so people in times square who didn t seem to mind the weather. all right. some minded the weather. edwin is from puerto rico. how long have you been out here? seven hours. reporter: you re a little cold, aren t you?
routine scan after her concussion and they ll be treating her now with blood thinners. it s a fine balance to keep her blood thin enough so the clot goes away. they say the prognosis for her is excellent. dr. richard besser, abc news, new york. and abc news medical unit said it s a very unusual complication from the concussion which was suffered a couple years ago, the blood clot. it s so rare, the new england journal of medicine estimates there are only four cases per 1 million people each year in the u.s. and she was one of them. thank goodness for that routine mri. it was anything but routine. hundreds of american families blocked from adopting children from russia by a new law there have some new allies. an outpouring support from inside russia is giving some families hope. we have the report from moscow. reporter: kendra skaggs and her husband were just weeks away from bringing home their adopted