number of women,20 female senators. illinois republican senator mark kirk will return to the senate exactly one year after a tkhreub debilitating stroke. the greatest honor of my life was to serve the people as their senator and junior senator. there was no way i was going to quick. i thank the people of illinois for their patience with this patient. today marks the return of camelot. joseph kennedy iii will be among those sworn into congress. the clashes on capitol hill over aid for superstar sandy victims may be settled. super storm sandy victims across the northeast are still livid and say it s time for congress to stop talking and start helping. there s no assistance
the top five stories making news at this hour. the fiscal cliff vote not the only drama in the house late last night. anger erupted on the house floor after lawmakers learned there would be no vote on an aid package for super storm sandy victims. new york and new jersey representatives were expecting a vote on the measure before the term ends tomorrow but republican leaders suddenly ended the session last night prompting outrage from both sides. everybody played by the rules except tonight when the rug was pulled out from under us. absolutely indefensible. we have a moral obligation to hold this vote. we cannot turn our backs on our citizens who need us. i have to go home and tell them their new year s gift they will have to hawait even longer for something they have over a month ago. this is an absolute disgrace the speaker should hang his head
man was hit by a car. bieber wasn t even in the ferrari. apparently a friend was driving. a spirit airlines plane going way off course. you re looking at the damage on the tail of a u.s. airways plane at fort lauderdale hollywood airport. got hit by a spirit jet taxiing. luckily no one hurt on the spirit plane and no one was on the u.s. airways plane. the fiscal cliff vote wasn t the only drama in the house of representatives late last night. anger erupted on the floor after lawmakers learned there would be no vote on the aid package for super storm sandy victims. new york and new jersey representatives were expecting a vote on the measure before the term ends tomorrow. republican leaders suddenlynded the session last night, prompting outrage on both sides. everybody played by the rules, except tonight, and the rug was pulled out from under us. absolutely indefensible. we have a moral obligation to hold this vote.
shannon: we disbin our holiday helping series, highlighting the red cross s efforts for super storm sandy victims. they have had their hands full, dealing with the largest response in 5 years. they responded to 113 large-scale disasters in more than 40 states. the organization s work is mostly done through the help of all of those amazing volunteers. now, we still hope you are in the holiday spirit, because we would like to highlight a charitable organization, working hard to make a difference and needs your help. for our last holiday helping segment, we have selected the boys & girls club of america. we have the vice-president of the boys & girls club of america and a very active member. welcome to you both. thank you for having us. glad to be here.
it home. anna koyman served the ship. with all of those people the question becomes where do you put them? the core volunteers are living in an unconventional place. on board the ship the ss right. not only helping people but it is an adventure. volunteers have been assisting super storm sandy victims. volunteers are serving 27 disaster recovery still set up in the tri-state area. they are the first people they see when they come off the street. the volunteers are building relationships with the storm s survivors. you eat together, you sleep