after their week long thanksgiving break. that gives congress and the president, count it with me, 35 days to avoid the dreaded fiscal cliff, the huge package of tax hikes and spending cuts set to take effect january 1 if congress and the president do not cut a deal. we re told they have been talking behind the scenes and president obama has already hosted congressional leaders for a post election sit-down. but the president is also launching a new pr effort, a campaign, some are calling it here, starting with the white house meeting today, of small business owners. then tomorrow, the president hosts more business owners and a group of middle class americans who would be hurt if the tax hikes take effect the first of the year. then friday, a campaign style stop in pennsylvania, a toy factory of all places, highlighting the importance of middle class consumers in this holiday season. but back in washington, senate leaders, they are speaking out. you have democrat harry reid sa
influential spiritual leaders in the world, america s pastor, rick warren. he was there at barack obama s first inauguration. will he be there again? we re talking politics, same sex marriage and the two and a half men star whose christian conversion has him attacking his own show. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story tonight, countdown to financial doomsday, the fiscal cliff and the clock is ticking. 35 days left before this massive sweeping tax hike. america s now at the mercy of washington, hoping that both sides can end the fighting and make a deal. anti-tax champion grover norquist last night told me he s keeping republicans to the no tax increase pledge they made decades ago. but should his party back away from that promise? joining me in his first interview since the election, reince priebus, chairman of the republican national committee. welcome back, mr. priebus. how are you? doing great, piers. how are you? you have been keeping your h
good evening. our big story tonight, countdown to financial doomsday, the fiscal cliff and the clock is ticking. 35 days left before this massive sweeping tax hike. america s now at the mercy of washington, hoping that both sides can end the fighting and make a deal. anti-tax champion grover norquist last night told me he s keeping republicans to the no tax increase pledge they made decades ago. but should his party back away from that promise? joining me in his first interview since the election, reince priebus, chairman of the republican national committee. welcome back, mr. priebus. how are you? doing great, piers. how are you? you have been keeping your head below the paraput since the shellacking you guys took in the election. what is your reaction to the pretty poor defeat? well, i think that we got to look at everything that we re doing. i think that s what we have to do. i don t think you can draw any quick conclusions other than the fact that we lost and we kno
our big story tonight, countdown to financial doomsday, the fiscal cliff and the clock is ticking. 35 days left before this massive sweeping tax hike. america s now at the mercy of washington, hoping that both sides can end the fighting and make a deal. anti-tax champion grover norquist last night told me he s keeping republicans to the no tax increase pledge they made decades ago. but should his party back away from that promise? joining me in his first interview since the election, reince priebus, chairman of the republican national committee. welcome back, mr. priebus. how are you? doing great, piers. how are you? you have been keeping your head below the paraput since the shellacking you guys took in the election. what is your reaction to the pretty poor defeat? well, i think that we got to look at everything that we re doing. i think that s what we have to do. i don t think you can draw any quick conclusions other than the fact that we lost and we know that. but i
press asking americans to pressure congress to keep middle class tax cuts for families earning $250,000 or less. it is too important for washington to screw this up. now is the time for us to work on what we all agree to, which is let s keep middle class taxes low. tweet, use the hashag my2k or e-mail, post it on a member of congress facebook wall, do what it takes to communicate a sense of urgency. i ll sign this bill as soon as congress sends it my way. i got to repeat, i ve got a pen. i m ready to sign it. so the president wants republicans to first agree to keep the middle class tax cuts, and then he wants to move on and tackle the rest of the fiscal cliff problems. do not count on groundswell of republican support. in fact, one republican, congressman tom cob, proposed a similar idea and conservative republicans shot him down. we ll get to that here in a moment. quite a moment today. also president obama is meeting today with 14 key ceos to try to get their suppor