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
Film makers had access to. An outfront investigation. Lets go outfront. Good evening, everyone, im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, let there be light. Finally, some bulbs turned on in washington this evening. Well, on the congressional christmas tree, that is. Pretty beautiful. Lights, love, camaraderie, song. But while our lawmakers took some time to celebrate together, they still werent showing any spark when it came to negotiating a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, which is the Christmas Present the country needs. Today we heard president obamas response to the proposal that House Speaker john boehner put on the table yesterday. The speakers proposal right now is still out of balance. Of out of balance. Kind of similar to what republicans said last week when the president sent over his terms. So now what . Will they sit down and talk it through . Well, not according to at least one senior republican aide who told cnn today, no conversations today, no emails, tweets, carrier pigeons.
Survival and tonight, shes outfront to talk about it. Lets go outfront. Tonight, gangnam style. Yep, this is how one man sees the fiscal cliff and its a pretty important man. This is alan simpson. Yep. That maybe the most action the fiscal cliff saw today. Heres the scene on capitol hill at noon. Yep, people leaving. Members of congress leaving washington, heading home on wednesday afternoon. One man left standing was the House Speaker and he says im not going anywhere. Ill be here and ill be available at any moment to sit down with the president to get serious about solving this problem. But of course, it takes two to tango, so where does president obama stand . We can probably solve this in about a week. Its not that tough. Its not that tough. Hes absolutely right about that. But we heard early this evening that the president and Speaker Boehner did speak late today on the phone, so thats good news, but in this case, they need face time. They need to spend real time face to face. Eve
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Octagenarians doing gangnam style, no deal, and what syria is planning to do if Bashar Al Assad will do if he uses chemical weapons against his own people . A woman with a 1 survival after contracting a flesheating bacteria. She made it. Tonight lets go out front. Good evening. Im erin burnett. Out front, gangnam style. This is how one man sees the fiscal cliff. This is allen simpson, as in the simpson in simpson bowles. Yep, that may be the most actions the fiscal cliff saw today. Heres the scene on capitol hill here at noon. Yep, people leaving, members of congress leaving washington, heading home on a wednesday afternoon. One man standing was the House Speaker and he says, im not going anywhere. Ill be here and ill be available at any moment to sit down with the president to get serious about solving this problem. But, of course, it takes two to tango. Where does president obama stand . We can probably solve this in about a week. Its not that tough. Hes absolutely right about that.