Unemployment rate. But if you look closer, theres a disturbing trend in the latest job numbers. Plus, president obamas top strategist as youve never seen him before. And during this hour, a member of the cnn team is ready to up the ante and reach for his own shaving cream. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Lets get right to the breaking news. The United States Supreme Court has agreed to decide a pair of cases that could determine the future of gay marriage throughout the entire United States. At issue is the federal government defense of marriage act that defines marriage as only the union between a man and woman and californias proposition 8 which banned gay marriage was overturned by an appeals court. Cnns crime and justice correspondent joe johns has been following both cases for us. Joe, explain the impact of todays decision. Well, it is big impact. As you know, this is one of those cases that people talk about over the water cooler. Lets sta
The egyptians say their suspect is the leader of a terror network. Were working our sources for you, so stay tuned, live on cnn. And egypts president could be backing off a power group that led to a national crisis. Mohamed morsy says he is willing to change the decree that critics say would give him too much power. The offer would not be enough, though, to satisfy the egyptians furious. At least six people have died in clashes, well bring you to cairo for the latest on that. And president obama and House Speaker john boehner are talking again. But that is about the only thing close to progress in efforts to avoid the fiscal cliff. President obama used his weekly address insisting he is ready to make the tough decisions on spending cuts. I am willing to make more entitlement spending cuts on top of the one trillion in spending cuts i signed into law last year. But if were serious about reducing our deficit while still investing in things like education and research that are important t
As if alcohol was a contributing factor to. A dallas cowboy is dead and the driver under arrest. Listen to this. God blesses us so why cant we bless other people. He returned from the battlefield broken homeless, but things have changed for this iraq war vet. Now hes giving back one blessing at a time. Youve got to see that. Its december 9, 2012. Good morning. Im Susan Hendricks in for randi kaye. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com we begin with a developing story, venezuelan president hugo chavez telling the world his cancer is back its shown up in the same affected area. We have had to look at the diagnostics and check with with a expert and dehave decided it is absolutely essential and necessary to undergo another surgery. Chavez also spoke publicly about a sec sayser for a first time saying his Vice President should replace him if he now worsens. We now go to cubic where patrick joins us. Good morning. Good morning. It was a stunning announcement. It could have major impact on this
Government will push forward to a referendum on the new constitution, despite concerns from the opposition. Going to go live to cairo in a few minutes here. A well known islamic militant, the leader of a terror network, is locked up in egypt and there is an american connection. The fbi is working to figure out what role, if any, the man played in the attack on the consulate in libya that killed four americans including the u. S. Ambassador. A full report, everything we know about this man, coming up, coming right up here on cnn. Congress faces a socalled fiscal cliff and only 24 days. And it is what House Speaker john boehner did not say that is drawing attention tonight. When questioned by reporters yesterday, boehner would not comment on whether there is room for compromise on the president s demand for higher tax rates, on high income americans. Boehner and the president spoke by phone this week, but in public comments, appear to have no made no progress. Same sex couples are finall
State department terrorists. They designated a terrorist group linked to al qaeda in iraq. The department imposed sanctions. What does it mean to sort out good rebels from bad . Nick paton walsh explains. Reporter not only look different, black flags, well armed and disciplined, they fight differently, too. Using suicide tactics and mass casualty car bombs, radical extremists but undeniably effective. Behind a stream of rebel victories, overrunning regime bases across syria, many thinking the end of assad is nearer than ever. Why has the United States, who also want assad gone, black listed them as terrorists . Weve had concerns that al nusra is little more than a front for al qaeda in iraq who has moved some of its operations into syria. Reporter that link clear in the document filed monday, al nusra deemed not a new group, another name for al qaeda in iraq. U. S. Officials believing insurgents who kill americans in iraq fighting for rebels against assad. This move may make sense in p