Plunging over the fiscal cliff. Three storms in one week. The west coast is getting hammered by rain. A live report minutes away for you. Good morning. Welcome to early start this tuesday morning. Im Christine Romans. Im zoraida sambolin. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. We begin with breaking news. Iran claiming it has captured a u. S. Drone. This is video from state television in tehran it shows two revolutionary guard commanders examining what appears to be an intact scan eagle drone. We dont know if its the one they claim they captured. Moments ago a u. S. Defense official told Barbara Starr the u. S. Navy has fully accounted for all unmanned vehicles operating in the middle east region. We have the latest developments now from cairo. A u. S. Source says that if the iranians do have something, it is not an actively operating u. S. Navy drone. What would that mean . Could this actually be a fake . It could be. Its not clear right now, but iranian officials have a different story. We dont
First time in the history of our country, it is now legal to smoke pot for Recreational Purposes in a state and we are there for the pot party. Good morning, welcome to early start. Im Christine Romans in for john berman this thursday morning. I bet you never thought youd say that, live at a pot party. Good morning to you, im zoraida sambolin, 5 00 a. M. In the east here. Tension has quickly turned to deadly violence in egypt. This morning, tanks and armored personnel carriers are guarding the president ial palace, this is in cairo. It was there last night that supporters and owe points of president Mohamed Morsi clashed. They hurled rocks and molotov cocktails at each other. At least five people were killed, hundreds injured. The root of the violence is what many believe is morsis grab for power. Ian lee joins us this morning. Whats happening right now. Reporter we have the elite Republican Guard, the people tasked with protecting the president. They are putting up barbed wire and roa
Until the fiscal cliff. And i know you know that already, but guess what, folks . The deadline for congress and the white house to act, to stop the tax increase and punishing spending cuts, that deadline is coming up quicker than you may realize because did you know, Congress Plans to end its current session on december 21st . Check your calendar as we did today. Thats two weeks from friday. That means that under congressional rules any agreement, any legislation to fix this whole mess would have to be filed here by december 28th. Heres the kicker. The president currently plans to leave town the day before that, on the 17th of this month. So the yearly obama trip to hawaii is set to start a week from next monday. You feel me here . See where im going . The window closing faster than folks think. What are our decisionmakers doing right now . Among other things they are apparently sending signals through the media. Republicans saying time to get moving. The president saying there is a de
And theres no plan to keep us from going over the fiscal cliff. Broken record, broken record. Im Christine Romans in today for john berman. And im zoraida sambolin. Up first, president obama standing his ground over the fight in the fiscal cliff. Americans face crushing tax hikes and severe spending cuts in 27 days if democrats and republicans cannot come together on a deal. By the way, congress breaks for the holidays in ten days. Slash that number. In an interview with bloomberg news, the president made it Crystal Clear hes not about to blink on the issue of tax hikes for the wealthiest americans. Well have to see the rates on the top 2 go up. And were not going to be able to get a deal without it. White house correspondent dan lothian joins us live from washington this morning. Very nice to see you, dan. Good to see you. Heres the deal. We have republicans pitted against democrats. Now we understand there are issues amongst republicans as well. Thats right. Theyre in a tough spot he
This hour. Well talk about his decision and new job. And syrias civil war is in a very dangerous perhaps decisive Tipping Point right now. Can the world prevent Bashar Al Assad from using chemical weapons against his own people . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with president obama taking his battle to extend tax cuts for the middle class into the heart of the middle class suburb today. He visited a family just outside washington, d. C. , using their story to dramatize what will happen in just 26 days if he and congress cant make a deal on the socalled fiscal cliff. A source of great concern for so many people, everyones taxes will go up, will go up if theres no deal. Lets go live to our White House Correspondent dan lothian. Hes on the scene for us over at the white house. How did it go, dan . Reporter well, wolf, weve seen the president do this before in the past whenever hes locked in negotiations with lawmakers. He heads out on the road, either goes to a back