Remember her . She disrupted a live statement by the National Rifle association. How did she sneak past that big sign how did she sneak that big sign past all that security . Well ask her live. Politicians, dignitaries, and even a musician. Cnn tallies your votes for the most intriguing person of the year and counts them down for u and a small kid making a big difference. This little girl wins a trip of a lifetime to paris, and her actions after that get support from the whole community. Dear santa, im gabriela, the one with the tumor. This is my motto, and i think you should use it too. You might have a bad day today, but theres always a bright star to look forward to tomorrow. Hear what she did to help dozens of other children fulfill their wishes. Newsroom starts now. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for being with me. Christians around the world are getting ready to celebrate christmas, which marks the birth of their lord and savior jesus christ. Heres a live look
Im suzanne malveaux. This is the Christmas Eve edition of cnn newsroom. For a lot of you today is last minute shopping or preparing christmas dinner or taking time with your families. While youre getting busy or ready for the celebrations, well keep you updated and, of course, the holiday happening here and around the world. Lets get right it to it. First of all, some sad news. Two firefighters are dead, two others injured after responding to a fire in upstate new york. That happened early this morning not because of the fire they were trying to put out, but police in webster, new york say they were shot. Three homes burned police say for hours gunshots stopped the firefighters from putting out the fires, forced police s. W. A. T. Teams to evacuate the homes in the area. Just in, police say the shooter who killed the two firefighters is also dead. They say he set a trap for those firefighters. The nra is standing tough on its opposition to new gun laws in the aftermath of the killings
Package all wrapped in a big red bow, better fire off a quick note to santa. A grand bargain isnt going to come by christmas or new years when all sorts of tax increases and automatic spending cuts take effect. It may take up president obamas bare bones stopgap measure. That plan would block tax hikes for those earning 250,000. It would extend Unemployment Benefits to 2 million americans and put off spending cuts until the new year brings a new congress. Our expert on all matters relating to the fiscal cliff is dana bash. She joins me now from washington. Dana, great to see you again. Tell me does even a bandaid approach work . Its going to be tough. This is all math. But it really has to do with the math with regard to votes. And democrats especially who im talking to in the senate which is probably where this will originate, the reality is that democrats dont hold a very big majority. Her going to need to have a handful of republicans to Cross Party Lines and vote with them on the wh
Holding. Terry mcsweeney is live in palo alto with the latest. Reporter good news about the creek. It is going didnt even in the past half hour it is going down even in the past half hour since our last report dropping, good news for the people here, the result of the rise last night because of the rainwater resulted in a number of evacuations. Last night flooding began at the Four Seasons Hotel in palo alto, 101 at University Avenue exit, at one point the chp was escorting cars past there evacuates, hunts in the garden subdivision in East Palo Alto had to be hundreds in the garden subdivision in East Palo Alto had to be escorted out, no rain overnight, no rain now, this creek is going down. Theres a Long Term Plan to stop this from happening as often. We have a lot of work to do at this creek. [ inaudible ] we have a three phase project to increase water flow under the bridges that go out to the bay. We are working on it, but it is a threephase project and we need more funding to make
This may be divine intervention because we didnt deal with the fiscal cliff. A senator from idaho is apologizing for his dui arrest. Police stopped republican mike crapo in alexandria, virginia. After 80 years in print, Newsweek Magazine has its last issue on stands today. It will continue its digital format. If you havent finished your holiday shopping, dont worry. Millions of americans are expected to hit the store today. I have just started. I looked at the research footage and looked at your face quite a bit. You dont look a day over than you did 32 years ago. Wide open with the catch. What a shot. Seahawks win it, seattle is in the playoffs. And all that matters. Norad will be tracking santa claus as he makes his way around the world delivering gifts to girls and boys tonight. On cbs this morning. From kabul, afghanistan, happy holidays cbs this cbs this morning. Welcome to cbs this morning. Im jeff glor with Rebecca Jarvis charlie rose. Gayle king and Norah Odonnell are off. On t