Tara, good morning to you. Good morning, terrell. The standoff over the fiscal cliff is finally over. Many House Republicans and even some democrats did not like this bill, but enough ultimately relented. After months of debating and back room deals, congress has passed a bill which will pull the country back from the fiscal cliff. On this vote the yays are 257. The nays are 167. The bill extends the bushera tax rates for individuals earning 400,000 per year and couples 450,000. It also delays acrosstheboard spends cuts. Id like to speak for this bill but i cant. 151 voted against the bill because it doesnt address spending. What were really doing is raising taxes to give the president more money to spend. President obama has promised to work with congress to find more spending cuts in the future, but he urged them not to play politics with the nations debt limit. I will not have another debate with this congress over whether or not they should pay the bills that theyve already racked
Something made popular by social media users, viral content websites. The organizers of a referendum in ukraines Eastern Region of donetsk say residents have voted overwhelmingly in favor of greater autonomy. But the credibility of the polls is coming into question. People voted in the regions of donetsk and luhansk. They were asked if they support selfrule for the region. Its not clear if people were voting for independence or for a system allowing greater autonomy within ukraine. The prorussian organizers say the turnout was about 75 in donetsk, and over 80 in luhansk. Translator 89. 07 voted in favor. The Organizer Says the voting was fair, but did not disclose how the results and turnout rate were finalized so quickly. Many observers are pointing to possible ballot rigging. This video supposedly shot at a polling station shows a man writing names on multiple voting slips. Hes also showing several passports as voter identification. This woman has two voting slips. And she casts both
After much drama, the so called fiscal cliff has been averted for now. We will look at what is in the Senate Approved by the house late last night. We will speak with economist juliet schor. After years of extreme weather, will 2013 be year zero in the battle over Climate Change . Were closer now them have ever been to what we need to do. I think we peeled away the layers of the onion and have gotten to the heart of things. As of tonight, were going after the fossil fuel industries. [applause] will host a discussion between Bill Mckibben, founder of 350. Org, and journalist Christian Parenti. He is author of tropic of chaos Climate Change and the new geography of violence. If the government allowed the epa too what it must do, raise the price of burning fossil fuels, that would help direct private money into renewable energy, help put people back to work. In the face of this crisis, we have to think seriously and creatively about the role of government. All of that and more coming up.
Our starting point, what on earth just happened . Financial markets up, but it took one fractured vote to make it happen. Lets recap. Late last night, the house of representatives passed the senates fiscal cliff bill. The final tally, 257167, and while 151 republicans voted no, it is worth noting its speaker, john boehner, voted yes, so did paul ryan, by the way. Here is the deal that took over 500 days to seal. No tax hikes for couples earning less than 450,000 a year. Itemized deductions, and Unemployment Benefits extended and alternative minimum tax adjusted for inflation. Here is the deal. What the deal doesnt address is federal spending. Drastic domestic and defense cuts have been put off for more than two months. Looking ahead that could get messy if this is an indication, think about that. And also the debt ceiling this is the end of february this is now at 16 16. 4 trillion and by e way, we just blew past that this week. The president drawing a line in the sand for that upcomin
Big ambitions to be in the smartphone world. Chinas lenova. They now want to sell more than 100 million smartphones. Were going to ask whether catching up with apple and samsung is a challenge too far. Hello. It is midday in london. 7 00 a. M. In washington. 12 00 noon in jos in nigeria where the country is reeling from yet more terror attacks. The bodies of nearly 120 people have been recovered after twin bombings in the city on tuesday. Its feared that number will rise. And in the last few hours, there have been reports of another attack. This time in the village of alagarno in borno state. Close to where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted six weeks ago. No group has admitted being behind the recent violence, but the finger of suspicion is being pointed once again at the Islamist Group boko haram. Boko haram activity has been so intense that three states in nigeria are under emergency rule. Borno, yobe and sdamawa. Jos is not in any of those states. Its farther down in central n