Were eight people injured, so there is precedent for this before. But not here. A lot of people tonight saying that the catch fence here saved many lives. And did its job. Lester, back to you. Frightening pictures there tonight, janet shamlian, thank you. Remember that fiscal cliff this country nearly toppled over at the end of 2012 . Congressional republicans and the president reached an 11thhour deal that brought us back to safer ground temporarily. Guess what, tonight almost two months later were teetering on the ledge again, this time theyre calling it sequestration. Not as catchy a name but its impact on every single american is no less profound. Six days from now, unless a budget deal is reached, a massive round of automatic Government Spending cuts will go into effect. If you thought the urgency of the situation would have the white house and republicans burning the midnight oil to make a deal youd be mistaken. Nbcs Kristen Welker is at the white house. To tell us more about wha
Republicans. Are they seriously prepared to inflict more pain on the middle class because they refuse to ask more of those at the very top . Reporter republicans blame the president. House republicans have passed two bills to replace the president s sequester. Why wont he work with us . Reporter the countdown clock is ticking down to march 1st and a belt tightening that will squeeze just about everyone. Brian mo brian moore,nbc washington. And were told 2,000 secure cameras have been installed throughout rome, many focused on the vatican, volunteers and paramedics will be in st. Pete hers square and the streets leading to the vatican. He will retire on thursday and most of the cardinals will gather to choose the next pope. This is the first time in 600 years that a pope resigned. After being granted bail, Oscar Pistorius is staying at his uncles home in pretoria. Private security guards stood watch outside the home. The chief magistrate set bail for the South African olympian at 113,00
the u.s. navy fleet of fighter jets were loud and impressive as always, and performs for about an hour this afternoon much to the delight of the hundreds of people who came into the city today to see the air show. more than a million people are expected to attend the four-day fleet week. the chamber of commerce does not give any guesses for what that means to the local economy. but it does mean big crowds and traffic jams this weekend. there was a special naturalization ceremony. the service members became u.s. citizens today. i don t have to worry about getting my citizenship any more, i can reenlist and make the military my career. you may not realize under u.s. law, immigrants who enrole during wartime can go through a spedup naturalization process. tonight at dusk, there is a fireworks display along the san francisco waterfront. public tours of the military ships you mentioned, diane docked here, they continue tomorrow and if you missed the blue angels. they will be b