deal. reporter: if congress doesn t act soon, drastic spending cuts will go into effect and taxes go up for everyone. the tax impact for the average american family, more than $3,400. senate leaders continued to work on the stop gap bill. but sticking points remain. there s still significant difference between the two sides. but negotiations continue. reporter: reid said negotiations will continue through the night, with just hours left until that deadline. john and paula? preeti, thank you. so they are working right now, hopefully on something senator mitch mcconnell is working hand in hand with the vice president who said i think we all know we re running out of time. i want everyone to know i m willing to get this done, but i need a dance partner. which would be nice. it takes two to tango as they say. let s talk about eastern oregon. nine people dead after a tour bus accident on an icy highway. the bus lost control on interstate 84 yesterday and smashed through a gu
setback for venezuelan president hugo chavez after cancer surgery. his vice president says chavez suffered new complications and described his condition as delicate. chavez has not been seen or heard from since undergoing his fourth cancer-related surgery earlier this month. back here at home. talks continue through the night ahead of that looming fiscal cliff deadline. the sticking points are still the same. the white house wants taxes to go up on those making over $250,000 a year. republicans want a higher income tax threshold. republicans want to keep the estate tax from going up. and there s no agreement on what to do about automatic spending cuts. those are set to go into effect on january 2. now to a deadly bus crash on a slick highway in eastern oregon. a tour bus careened off an icy section of interstate 84 yesterday morning and tumbled down a steep embankment, killing 9 and injuring more than 20 others. the bus was traveling to
plunged several hundred feet down a snowy embankment there. the bus was heading back to vancouver from las vegas. it crashed on a section of the blue mountains called dead man s pass. an area so dangerous officials warned it had some of the most severe weather conditions in the northwest. the driver survived but too badly injured to speak with police. winter weather being blamed for dozens of crashes across the country. it is dangerous right now. people from the midwest to the northeast still trying to recover from back-to-back snowstorms. today, temperatures taking a massive dive, with some areas bracing for the chilliest air of the season. we get more now from meteorologist jim dickey. hi, jim. good morning. cold air in place across much of the north and east on this new year s eve. these are your early morning temperatures. 5 in burlington. 9 in portland and 18 in boston. as we switch gears now in the north central portions of the country, these are as high as temperatures wil