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Today for the First Time Since 20 of their friends, six of their educators, slaughtered by a gunman three weeks ago. We have deb feyerick, she is live there for us in monroe, connecticut, where the new Sandy Hook Elementary School is set to open. Deb, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. You know, one of the things the kids that we spoke to yesterday, they are really excited to be getting back to class. Theyre really excited to be joining their friends and their teachers in discovering what is really a new environment. Today gives teachers a chance to reset the entire sort of school year and get the kids back into a routine. You know, you have to remember that the last time all these kids were together, they were huddled, hiding from a deranged gunman. So you were in the gym and you were in the art room. Reporter ben and ethan heard the gunshots and scr ....
Work. Exert their efforts. Thats where they want to concentrate. Thats where when you have a bill that comes to committee, you can have maybe 200, 300 amendments in committee. And the chairman and the Ranking Member thats the name we give to the person with the most seniority in the minority can sit down together and sort through these amendments. And out of the 200, there are probably 100 that nobody would really in their right mind offer. And out of the remaining ones, youll find that there are people on both sides that have very similar ideas on how to solve that problem. And you get those people to sit down together, take a look at all the amendments that are similar to that and see if they cant come up with a single amendment that will solve that part of the problem. And you know what . They do. Now, it might not be 100 of what they want. Its probably again only 80 of what they want. But its something they can all agree on. H ....
Good evening. Im ali velshi in for erin burnett. Breaking news. Derailing the deal. Could a revolt by House Republicans kill the fiscal cliff deal passed by the senate at 2 00 a. M. This morning . Two hours after america went over the cliff. The gop caucus just met to try and figure out its next move. Cnn has learned that House Speaker john boehner put two options on the table. Amend the senate bill with a package of spending cuts, or bring up the senatepassed measure for a socalled up or down vote in the house. Im going to ask dana to explain to us what an up or down vote means. Today, the number two republican in the house, majority leader eric cantor flatly told reporters i do not support this bill. Looking for the best path forward. Heres part of the problem for at least some lawmakers. The congressional budget office, a nonpartisan group, said today the senatebacked le ....
Washington on Inauguration Day. One member called the briefing chilling and horrific. And a major shift in u. S. Vaccine strategy as covid rages out of control and another congressional lawmaker tests positive after being locked down at the capitol. Welcome to tuesday, it is meet the press daily, im chuck todd, we are standing by for a press conference from the senates top Democrat Chuck schumer in mork as the house is on the eve of impeaching the president for a second time and as security concerns on capitol hill appear to be seriously escalating. The president , after inciting a mob to which attacked the capitol, is traveling today to give remarks in alamo, texas this afternoon, perhaps a not so subtle message about where his head is at right now. This morning he spoke to reporters for the First Time Since he moti ....