Reporting, trying to find the facts and the truth. Calling out hypocrisy. Tonight we are one day closer to the fiscal cliff and not one iota closer to a deal to avoid it. Now, on january 1st, four weeks from today, automatic tax hikes and spending cuts kick in with potentially serious consequences for virtually every taxpayer in america. There has been zero progress on a deal, zero. Keeping them honest though, the American People clearly want some sort of a compromise. Polls show they want results but the two sides are still far apart on the issue at the heart of the debate, whether the wealthiest americans should pay more taxes than they do right now. The people you elected to get things done simply are not getting it done, not even close. But maybe we should not be surprised, because in a cnn orc poll taken a few weeks ago, 67 said washington officials would behave like spoiled children in fiscal cliff discussions. Only 28 said they would behave like responsible adults. With that in
Potentially serious consequences for virtually every taxpayer in america. There has been zero progress on a deal, zero. Keeping them honest though, the American People clearly want some sort of a compromise. Polls show they want results but the two sides are still far apart on the issue at the heart of the debate, whether the wealthiest americans should pay more taxes than they do right now. The people you elected to get things done simply are not getting it done, not even close. But maybe we should not be surprised, because in a cnn orc poll taken a few weeks ago, 67 said washington officials would behave like spoiled children in fiscal cliff discussions. Only 28 said they would behave like responsible adults. With that in mind, heres what the key players, the grownups, have said in just the past 24 hours. Listen. The math, it doesnt work. His proposal was so outlandish, i dont think we should go back to the table until he puts something there that we can work with. Were not going to
There has been zero progress on a deal, zero. Keeping them honest though, the American People clearly want a compromise, polls show they want results. But the two sides are still far apart on the issue at the heart of the debate, whether the wealthiest americans should pay more taxes than they do right now. The people you elected to get things done, theyre not getting them done, not even close. In a cnn orc poll taken a few weeks ago, 67 said washington officials would behave like spoiled children in fiscal cliff discussions. Only 28 said they would behave like responsible adults. With that in mind, heres what the key players, the grownups, have said in just the past 24 hours. Listen. The math, it doesnt work. His proposal was so outlandish, i dont think we should go back to the table until he puts something there that we can work with. Were not going to twist ourselves into contortions to appease a vocal minority. What im not going to do is to agree to a plan in which we have some rev
A deal, zero. Keeping them honest though, the American People clearly want some sort of a compromise. Polls show they want results but the two sides are still far apart on the issue at the heart of the debate, whether the wealthiest americans should pay more taxes than they do right now. The people you elected to get things done simply are not getting it done, not even close. But maybe we should not be surprised, because in a cnn orc poll taken a few weeks ago, 67 said washington officials would behave like spoiled children in fiscal cliff discussions. Only 28 said they would behave like responsible adults. With that in mind, heres what the key players, the grownups, have said in just the past 24 hours. Listen. The math, it doesnt work. His proposal was so outlandish, i dont think we should go back to the table until he puts something there that we can work with. Were not going to twist ourselves into contortions to appease a vocal minority. What im not going to do is to agree to a pla
Not one more. Not one more while troubling new information emerges on the young man behind the killings. Sham. Donald sterling responds to the nba, blasting the league for trying to force him to sell the l. A. Clippers. This as new reports that his wife is already on the fast track toward doing just that. Today, wednesday, may 28th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Lets get to the breaking news. The death of maya angelou at the age of 86. She was battling Health Problems and pulled out of a scheduled appearance this week. Angelou was found by her caretaker this morning. You see the hearse leaving her home a short time ago in winstonsalem. Here is rehema ellis with a look back at her life and legacy. Maya angelou. Best selling author and poet. I wrote this piece for every human being on earth. Reporter and so much more. Maya angelou was an activist, educator, t