with the fiscal cliff and with just a week left for talks left, la lawmakers are saying a deal is looking less likely than ever. it s a first time i feel it s more likely that we ll go over the cliff than not. and that if we allow that to happen it will be the most coloss colossal, consequential act of congressional irresponsibility in a long time. maybe ever in american history because of the immaterial pact on almost every single american. what will happen to an average american paycheck in a deal is not reached by january 1st? joining me now, washington bureau correspondent hampton pearson. let s see what the average american will or won t be seeing in their pi check. reporter: i m here for the lump of coal portion of the program. if there s no deal, let s look at what happens to tax rates in just seven days and these stats are from the tax policy center. the annual income from somebody in the $50,000 to $75,000, about a $2,400 increase. jumping ahead to $100,000 t
we re going to give you a live look outside here in new york city. as we bring in weather channel meteorologist todd santos who is here with the very latest. good morning to you, todd. or maybe not looking at new york city outside. it was very pretty this important. it was great this morning out there, alex. it is kind of capping off a pretty epic week for many of us. the cool temperatures in the morning, beautiful in the afternoon. there s a look at the skies over new york where if you were up early this morning, just before sun rise. there were light showers that made their way through. now sunshine through the rest of the day. may have some gusty winds out of the north to northwest. last check at jfk airport there was a gust to 22 miles per hour. we are on the dry side. you see the way some of the showers have thinned out as they ve made their way on towards the east, boston, bangor, maybe a few light showers. patches of drizzle with improvement later on today with the winds picki
syria speaks for itself. and we should be extremely clear that the united states is not going to accept this. well, your insights are valuable. many thanks for joining us. i appreciate it. thank you. this is a wrap of this hour of weekends with alex witt. up next is chris hayes. . announcer: brought to you by delta. keep climbing. look at your saturday travelers forecast. i m meteorologist todd santos. we ll deal with a few light showers making their way through boston. early morning once you get past 10:00, it will start to clear up. d.c., 78 today. beautiful down in atlanta. dallas, may see a few light showers on and off throughout the day. could stretch the rest of the country coming in quiet. safe travels. ou stumble, you get back up. up isn t easy, and we ought to know.
0 finished with a violent revolution, where a consulate that s relatively isolated should not be should not be defended at all. no, that s there s going to be an investigation. there s going to be a lot of finger pointing. but the state department has a lot to answer for in that regard. well, indeed, there s also a response that has to come. tell me what the appropriate response is from the united states when they have killed the highest official, the person who represents our country, in that country? well, without some intelligence, the united states has no idea who it is. i am told that the libyan government, such as it is, has promised the white house that it will assist in gathering the intelligence necessary to identify these people. but whether they will, or they won t, whether they can or they can t is something else again. remember that the government of libya has a domestic support among other people, radical islamists and other crazies and it s going to be extremely
witt. let s get to what s happening right now out there. we have some new developments overnight in the film that sparked rage around the world. investigators are now questioning the man who is suspected of producing that controversial video. early this morning sheriff s deputy removed nakoula basseley nakoula from his california home. police say they re assisting federal probation officers but they re not calling it an arrest. he came along willingly. he was cooperative. absolutely no incident. he was very helpful to our deputy sheriffs. this whole situation is it seems to be coming to a peaceful and that s what all the sheriff s department wants. is to maintain public safety and that s what we ve done. and the wave of unrest has spread beyond the arab world. in sydney, australia, hundreds of protesters clashed with police outside a building housing the u.s. consulate. they did not gain access to the building though. in all the demonstrations stretched from the pacific