Ad. Freedom, justice and Human Dignity have always guided our journey toward a more perfect union. Now across our country, we are standing together for the right of gay and lesbian americans. Morgan freeman pointing out why hes behind what voters in three states did on election day. And your 2 could be worth 425 million bucks. Power ball reaching a new record. Lets dream the dream together, shall we . Shall we . Newsroom starts now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com good morning to you. Thank you so much for being with me on this monday morning. Im carol costello. We begin with the socalled fiscal cliff. 36 days from the crisis. New signs of just how concerned lawmakers really are. More republican lawmakers now say they will work toward a compromise, even if they have to break a promise not to raise taxes. That promise, that pledge, the brain child of antitax activist Grover Norquist, a longtime power broker in the gop. But the vote faced its first test last week when senator Saxby Cha
Bullets. They sound like props in a cold war era spy movie. But theyre part of a real assassination plot. We have details. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were just 36 days away from the painful acrosstheboard spending cuts and tax increases people here in washington are calling the fiscal cliff. Today, we have new proof that people across the country not only are aware of whats going on, theyre very, very worried. Our new poll shows 68 say the country will face either a crisis or major problems if the cuts in taxes arent avoided. And a whopping 77 say their personal financial situation will be affected by a failure to solve the fiscal cliff problem. Despite this nationwide sense of urgency, theres only a little talk of compromise right now as lawmakers return to washington. Our congressional correspondent, kate bolduan, has been working her sources on capitol hill and whats going on. Stakes are enormous right now. Whats going on . They were away for a week. Staff was sup
Crowds and all the chaos. And they are counting on making more money than ever before. We begin this morning with abcs tahman bradley. Reporter after a crowded weekend in stores, the National Shopping spree continues online. Cyber monday started at midnight. Shoppers are expected to spend 1. 5 billion online today. Thats up 20 from last years cyber monday. Analysts predict it could be the Biggest Online shopping day of the year. But many people have already bought their holiday gifts. There were so many deals being offered online starting on wednesday all the way through the weekend and now some of that money has already been spent. Reporter you see customer spending, some retailers are offer blanket discounts. Lands end, gap, old navy, 30 off. Express and abercrombie, 40 retailers jumped the season offering deals earlier than black friday, on thanksgiving. 247 million shoppers visited stores and websites over the past four days. Buyers spending an average of 423 per person. An alltime
Muellers investigation revealing that mueller was actually given much Broader Authority than we previously knew to investigate a wider range of arranged crimes beyond initial Authority Given in may of 2017 and this was. This any links and or coordination between the russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump and any matters that arose or may arise directly from that investigation. Well, now this memo shows rosenstein authorizing a much deeper dive into criminal allegations against these campaign aides, carter page, paul manafort, george pahoundis, Michael Flynn and fifth unknown unidentified individual and the criminal allegations go well beyond russian interference they included failing to disclose frames a Foreign Government acting as unregistered agent as a Foreign Government. Failing to report contacts with a Foreign Government. As well as making false statements to the fbi. And this comes as fox news is also learning that transcripts
Business. Will it be enough to save the mailman. Fox and friends first starts right now. Good morning to you. Hope you are off to a great day wherever you are in this world. We have folks overseas and the United States watching us. Thank you for watching Fox Friends First on this friday morning. I am hert nauert. I am heather childers. Thank you for starting your day with us. We start with a fox news alert for you. An al qaeda Terror Threat so serious u. S. Embassies are being shut down around the world. This will happen on sunday amid reports a terror group is planning an attack. There are few details coming in at this time. Heres what we do know. The closed locations include afghanistan, iraq, israel, egypt. It is an unspecified threat. The department has been apprised of information out of an abundance of caution and care for our employees and others who may be visiting our installations indicates we should institute these precautionary steps. The Department Conditions warrants take