But as one republican congressman said tonight, you have to know when to hold em and know when to fold em. Now more from karen travers. After months of drama and lastminute negotiations Congress Finally passed legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff. After the vote, a rare latenight statement from president obama. This law is just one step in the broader effort to strengthen our economy and broaden the opportunity for everybody. Lawmakers completely blew their deadline. They didnt get the grand bargain that both parties claim was their ultimate goal. But tonight both democrats and republicans gave themselves credit forgetting something done. This is a very, very strong first step. This is an important one. This is a critical one for the future of the country. There was considerable happened wringing about a lack of spending cuts. Some wanted to add them in, but ultimately there werent enough votes to get it passed. The bill was overwhelming bipartisan support would extend tax cuts for al
Thanks to the votes of democrats and republicans in congress. I will sign a law that raises taxes on the wealthiest 2 of americans while preventing a middle class tax hike that could have sent the economy back in a recession and obviously had a severe impact on families across america. The fiscal cliff avoided for now in one final late night vote in washington. Good evening. Happy new year. Im cheryl jennings. Dan ashley and Carolyn Johnson have the night off. It means most of us, most of us will avoid a big income tax hike. It came after a bitter debate, but as one republican congressman said tonight, you have to know when to hold em and know when to fold em. Now more from karen travers. After months of drama and lastminute negotiations Congress Finally passed legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff. After the vote, a rare latenight statement from president obama. This law is just one step in the broader effort to strengthen our economy and broaden the opportunity for everybody. Lawmake
Tragedy on the first day of the new year. And again, earlier this morning the suspect, by the way taken to the hospital. He is doing fine. He will be charged, though, im told for the death of the people and with possession of a firearm. A gun was found in in a car. Live in San Francisco, abc 7 news. Thank you very much. Another new years day tragedy happened during a walk on the beach. Coast guard rushed to help a couple and their dog swept into the water. Sadly one person did not survive. Wayne . Its a cold night for beaches. And hi waves. This is the situation out here in point reyes people would see. There is a sign behind us that says dangerous surf, surfing waiting wading and swimming is not advised on a day like this, the most we know is that what seemed to have been a beautiful first day of the year ended with a dij of a man trying to save his wife, then dog from high waves that happened past noon. They were on the beach and admiring the high surf. They battled the waves then, t
Thanks to the votes of democrats and republicans in congress. I will sign a law that raises taxes on the wealthiest 2 of americans while preventing a middle class tax hike that could have sent the economy back in a recession and obviously had a severe impact on families across america. The fiscal cliff avoided for now in one final late night vote in washington. Good evening. Happy new year. Im cheryl jennings. Dan ashley and Carolyn Johnson have the night off. It means most of us, most of us will avoid a big income tax hike. It came after a bitter debate, but as one republican congressman said tonight, you have to know when to hold em and know when to fold em. Now more from karen travers. After months of drama and lastminute negotiations Congress Finally passed legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff. After the vote, a rare latenight statement from president obama. This law is just one step in the broader effort to strengthen our economy and broaden the opportunity for everybody. Lawmake
Saturday, march 22nd 2014. Lest erica hill live from studio welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im erica hill alongside carson daily, jenna wolfe. Nice to have you here on the weekend. Thank you. At 6 58, carson said are we starting . I said, no, we start at 7 00 every day. Ill be right here. Thank you. We get it. We get it. Weekend hazing, get it out of the way. Now we can move on. A little rehearsal. Thank you very much. Todays top story, the breaking news in search for the malaysian jet. In the past hour and a half, its taken a big turn. Here is a look at that image that we talked about released by Chinese Government channels. Its about 22 meters long, 13 meters wide. Chinese Authorities Say the images were taken about four days ago. This is the second time in a week that degree, which there is some speculation that could be from the plane, may have been spotted on a satellite image. This news coming in the middle of a planned press conference. The malaysian transport ministe