Population. Aging gracefully or engine history . 56yearold barbies population is slumping and it is hurting toy giant mattel. May the force be with you, a trailer for the latest star wars installment is out. The return of original cast members, much to the delight of fans. That and more coming up. First, three weeks since Germanwings Flight crashed into the french alps. 350 people were killed in the crash that investigators say was carried out by the copilot on person. A ceremony intrepid of the victims is underway in cologne germany. We crossed to our correspondent, jessica. Tell us more. Jessica the service is being held in cologne cathedral. 1500 people in attendance to pay respects, mourning the 150 victims on board. 150 candles on the altar representing each one. A president of the Protestant Church made a living address. She said the tragedy was incomprehensible. Men, women children, friends colleagues have been torn from their loved ones. She reminded those in attendance that it
New intelligence shows assads regime is loading sarin gas into bombs. And president obamas pot problem. Lets go outfront. Im tom foreman in for erin burnett. Outfront tonight, the magic number after a whole week of harsh words here in washington and threats too, did House Speaker john boehner hint ever so slightly at a compromise today that could finally edge us away from the dreaded fiscal cliff . It comes down to tax rates. This is a huge Sticking Point in the stalled negotiations between the president and mr. Boehner. Obama says the top rate on Household Income above 250,000 should rise from 35 to 39. 6 . Boehner wants the rate to stay at 35 or even lower. But what about meeting in the middle . Around 37 . Listen carefully to the speaker when he was asked today whether that rate could be the answer to this impasse. There are a lot of things that are possible. To put the revenue the president seeks on the table. But none of its going to be possible if the president insists on his pos
Hes a well known jihadist who was released from prison after the downfall of former president Hosni Mubaraks regime. Diotti i york. What do we know about the arrest of the aleng ledged terrorist suspect . He was picked up a couple weeks ago in ejimegyegypt. Joous authorities suspect he may have been involved in the consulate attack in benghazi on september 11th that killed Chris Stephens and three other americans with direct knowledge of the investigation. The u. S. Source tells me the fbi which is conducting the investigation, has not had access to him yet. The source says following the attack, ahmed very quickly popped up on their radar, so they have been looking at him for some time. The official would not comment on what led them to him. Joe. So what do we know about this guy . Hes a radical, certainly, and hes been on the radar, but what more do we know about him . We know hes 45 years old, masters degree in sharia law. Hes also believed to be the driving force behind a new terror
Im tom foreman in for erin burnett. Outfront tonight, the magic number after a whole week of harsh words here in washington and threats too, did House Speaker john boehner hint ever so slightly at a compromise today that could finally edge us away from the dreaded fiscal cliff . It comes down to tax rates. This is a huge Sticking Point in the stalled negotiations between the president and mr. Boehner. Obama says the top rate on Household Income above 250,000 should rise from 35 to 39. 6 . Boehner wants the rate to stay at 35 or even lower. But what about meeting in the middle . Around 37 . Listen carefully to the speaker when he was asked today whether that rate could be the answer to this impasse. There are a lot of things that are possible. To put the revenue the president seeks on the table. But none of its going to be possible if the president insists on his position. Insists on my way or the highway. You hear what he said . A lot of things are possible. That may not sound like muc
Communications remained open. Both sides of the fiscal cliff negotiations are much closer than you may think despite what law makes say publicly. Jackie calms of the New York Times picked up on something that lawmaker tim cole said recently. The republicans should just declare victory and taking the 98 of the tax cuts that they agree on and work next year on tax reform and see if they cant get the top rate back down again. Its hard to think that thats not where theyre going to end up so why not make it clean instead of ugly. I think its true that many people are saying privatery what tom cole said publicly on the show. But they believe that the politically right thing to do right now is to cut that you are losses, let tax rates go up for the most wealthy and really try for significant tax reform so that 39. 6 is going to be mute. So the good news is that negotiations do continue, there was a meeting today between president obama and House Speaker john boehner. That happened at the whit