Prime minister, tony blair. As they await a new heir to the throne, the british consider changing the rules about who can become king or queen. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with president obamas latest ideas for getting past the standoff with House Republicans. He now says there isnt enough time left to do a comprehensive deal, including tax reform, fixing medicare. So he wants congress to raise tax rates for the wealthy right now and putting off the hard work to next year. They have 28 days left to make a deal before the country hits whats called the fiscal cliff. Thats a combination of across the board tax increases for everyone, coupled with cuts in spending like defense, education, health care, and housing assistance. Lets go live to our chief White House Correspondent Jessica Yellin with the very latest. Jessica . Reporter president obama has now personally turned down Speaker Boehners opening offer to avert the fiscal cliff. He did it in a tv interview.
From behind. Senator marko rubio is our guest. Boots on the ground. Secretary of state john kerry seeming to leave the door open and struggling to close it. I dont want to take off the table an option. Former top generals weigh in. And bracing for impact, a live report from the middle east as dawn is about to break in syria. Crisis in syria, the debate begins. Good evening. Im jake tapper. Welcome to this special hour of cnn. For the next 60 minutes, were taking you deep inside the critical drama unfolding. As we speak, all the angles, all the tensions on capitol hill ooze the Obama Administration pushes for a strike on syria, despite serious misgivings from the american public. Well talk to top military minds and key lawmakers like marko rubio, a potential president ial hopeful. And Debbie Wasserman schultz. Theyve been tasked with this decision on your behalf. And we have some breaking news this evening. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee announces it will take up a revised bill
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