the prospects of restarting peace talks with israel. >> shepard: tonight, what this means for the entire mideast. plus, two winning tickets for the record-setting power ball jackpot. >> the power ball jackpot winner in arizona will split the prize with the other winner in missouri. >> shepard: so who are those mystery winners? and executives at the twinkies manufacturer got big pay hikes last year even as the company was fighting to stay afloat. now with hostess brands heading down the tubes and how sands out of work. some of those execs are coming back for more. but first from fox this thursday night, this was the moment when history unfolded at the united nations. >> the voting has been completed. [cheers] >> shepard: with that the general assembly officially changed the palestinian status to a nonmember observer state much like the vatican. the final vote today a landslide 138 to 9. with everybody else abstaining. the united states and israel the strongest opponents of this resolution. tonight, they are reacting with sharp criticism. but the palestinian people, they are pretty excited about it all. today's vote doesn't give them independence but it is a step in that direction, they believe. and just look at the scene in the west bank this is ramallah just minutes after the results became official. thousands of people celebrating in the streets. their hope that the general assembly's endorsement gives them more leverage when they're negotiating with israel. now let's look at how they are getting those negotiations done. these are the current borders in the middle east. they want to go back to the lines drawn in a war in 1967. the '67 borders they call it give back the land in the west bank and gaza and east jerusalem that the israelis captured in that six days of war. keep in mind we're just days into a truce in the latest conflict between the israelis and hamas militants who run the west bank or i should say that run gaza and palestinian say today's development could help bring about peace in the region not sabotage it as the israelis and some in washington claim. >> today's grand pronouncement will soon fade and the palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed. say that the prospects of a durable peace have only receded. >> shepard: minutes after the vote secretary of state hillary clinton echoed that perspective calling today's vote unfortunate and counter productive. with that we have team fox coverage of today's developments. jonathan, well, first we are going to have david lee miller in jerusalem. first let's get to the fox report's correspondent jonathan hunt live for us at the united nations. jonathan, a lot of strong words there today. >> very strong language indeed, shep. on the palestinian side, president mahmoud abbas described this resolution as a last chance for peace. implicit in that is the argument by recognizing a palestinian state, the united nations emboldens and strengthens mahmoud abbas' moderate fatah party against the more militant hamas. israeli official said this is not about any particular palestinian faction and they said, in fact, palestinians of all political stripes have repeatedly turned away from negotiations and towards violence. here are the arguments from both sides in the order that they were presented to the general assembly. listen. >> the general assembly stands before a moral duty, which it must not hesitate to undertake and stands duty, which cannot endure further delay. >> the truth is, that israel wants peace and the palestinians are avoiding peace. those are supporting the resolution today are not advancing peace. they are undermining peace. the u.n. was founded to advance the cause of peace. today the palestinians are turning their back on peace. >> the u.s., of course, agreed with that israeli argument but not many other nations did. only 8, in fact, joining the united states in voting no to recognize ago palestinian state, shep. >> shepard: jonathan, as you mentioned a lot of symbolism there but a practical matter of importance as well when it comes to the international criminal court. >> yeah, this is the practical concern, at least the biggest practical concern here is that by recognizing a palestinian state, that also gives the palestinians access to the international criminal court. and mahmoud abbas pointedly used the phrase war crimes in his speech, an indication that palestinians may well try to bring war crimes charges against israeli generals, all politicians in the international criminal court. if that happens, it is very hard to see. prime minister netanyahu, mahmoud abbas or any of their under lings sitting down for any kind of peace negotiations that is the practical concern tonight, shep. >> shepard: jonathan hunt at the united nations for us. jonathan, thanks. you mentioned the israeli prime minister, well, he says if the palestinians want their own state, they have to first agree to certain conditions. first and foremost recognize israel as the jewish homeland. that's something the palestinians are not likely to agree to do any time soon. team fox coverage continues now. david lee miller live this evening in jerusalem. david lee? >> shepard, israeli reaction it was quick and by and large it was predictable. the office of the prime minister benjamin netanyahu issued a statement after the appearance at the u.n. by the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. that statement said and i quote the word watched the defamatory and venomous speech full of propaganda the ids defense bosses and the citizens of israel. someone who wants peace does not talk in such a manner. truly before the vote burned palestinian flag here in jerusalem. the u.n. vote diplomatic terrorism but in the last few days after realizing the vote was going to have overwhelming support, tried to down play its significance. israeli defense minister ehud barak in washington today meeting with leon panetta says the vote does not replace peace talks. >> i see that nothing can replace on the way to serve our -- the substance, the conflict nothing can replace the direct negotiation with no conditions. >> palestinians meanwhile celebrated the u.n. vote upgraded status to nonmember u.n. state. final tally wasn't until around midnight local time. crowds filled the streets of ramallah on the west bank. see a number of cars on the streets and palestinian flag flying. most of the demonstrators are supporters of fatah. today's won the approval of rival militant fashions there was support in hamas controlled gaza. after being marginalized during the recent conflict between israel and gaza the palestinian president is for today at least a hero among the palestinian people. the question though that is yet to be answered, what will the long-term impact be of today's vote israelis and many palestinians concede for the most part it is largely symbolic. shepard? >> shepard: david lee miller live in jerusalem tonight. domestic issues here at home and republic leaders say we are now in more danger of falling off the fiscal cliff on new year's day. that would mean automatic spending cuts and the expiration of tax cuts for most americans. president obama sent his top negotiator to the treasury secretary. tim geithner to capitol hill today. he met with leaders of both parties. republicans say they made no progress. and surprise, each party blames the other. >> the democrats have yet to get serious about real spending cuts. and, secondly, no substantive progress has been made in the talks between the white house and the house over the last two weeks. >> republicans know where we stand. we have said it, we have said it, we have said it so many times the president said the same thing. it's been weeks, at least two weeks since we met at the white house and are still waiting for a serious offer from the republics. >> shepard: after his meeting with secretary geithner the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said of administration officials quote today they took a step backward moving away from consensus and closer to that cliff. ed henry is live at the white house for us tonight. ed we are getting new information about what tim geithner put on the table today at the hill. >> breaking tonight are these details basically the proposal included about $1.6 trillion in new taxes, not just tax rates, capital gains, dividends, et cetera. also about $50 billion in new spending next year. the white house down plays that by saying look, this is just stuff the president put out there previously in the american jobs. it's not so grand new stimulus plan but none the less speaker boehner is basically complaining that while there is a lot about the taxes, a lot about some new spending is he not seeing a lot of detail on spending cuts. take a listen. >> i'm disappointed. in where we are and disappointed in what's happened over the last couple of weeks. going over the fiscal cliff is serious business. and i'm here seriously trying to resolve it. and i would hope the white house would get serious as well. >> now, the white house thinks republicans have overdone the outrage today. they say the real problem republicans have is they don't want to raise taxes on the rich. so basically we are still deadlocked tonight, shep. >> shepard: vice president biden did his part for the economy today. he went shopping? >> yeah a new cosco here in washington, d.c. opened up today. big crowd in the parking lot. vice president's motorcade showed up. he actually bought a big screen tv as well as a apple pie. what could be more american than that. he went on to is a say he is feeling good and optimistic about a deal. take a listen. >> i am. i am. all these folks in this store, man, going to make a difference. >> more important than shopping trip will be what actually happens between the president and speaker boehner. we're told they had a phone call last night. initial report suggested it was tense. white house saying they made some progress. we will see. shep? >> shepard: ed henry at the white house tonight. thanks very much. we are learning a bit more about the winning power ball tickets from last night's record jackpot. we don't yet know who the big winners are. but we do know what one guy plans to do with his-million-dollar second prize. turns out it involves dinner at red lobster. that's ahead. plus former president george h.w. bush, bush 41 has been in the hospital since last week we have now learned. doctors say he will be okay and they're giving an update on his condition from the journalists of fox news on this thursday fox report. this holiday, share everything. share "not even close." share "you owe me..." share "just right." the share everything plan. sharable data across 10 devices with unlimited talk and text. get a droid razr m by motorola for $49.99. woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? 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[ laughter ] we won't say who but we are thinking of somebody. >> let's see if they are right. all tolled across the country 8.9 million winners, $131 million and that does not, of course, include the jackpot which was $588 million. amazing, shep. >> shepard: it really is. we can only hope one of the winners wear as sweet swine pork ryan hat. we can hope. >> exactly. >> check your local mcdonald's. for more than a week protests have ravaged egypt over the new nation dictator. grant himself almost complete power of almost 80 million people. the most populist in the region. today he spoke as lawmakers there began drafting a new constitution. we will hear from him. next, what egypt's president had to say about his controversial power grab and what could mean for the united states and the world as fox reports live tonight. stop! stop! stop! come back here! humans -- we are beautifully imperfect creatures living in an imperfect world. that's why liberty mutual insurance has your back with great ideas like our optional better car replacement. if your car is totaled, we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. call... and ask one of our insurance experts about it today. hello?! we believe our customers do their best out there in the world, and we do everything we can to be there for them when they need us. 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