Also pat houston, Whitney Houstons sisterinlaw and manager and jeopardy champion ken jennings written a new book. Its tuesday, december 4th, starting point begins right now. Welcome everybody, youre watching starting point. Were honored this morning to have the former british Prime Minister tony blair with us as our guest. Hes going to be weighing in as a number of topics. Were going to talk about the fiscal cliff, were going to talk about the global economy. Were going to talk about the civil war in syria. Well talk about the royal baby coming soon. First we want to get right to Zoraida Sambolin for an update on the days top stories. Soledad, the fiscal cliff debacle, with 28 days remaining before drastic tax hikes and spending cuts take effect, a republican spending plan has been rejected by the white house. Brianna keilar is live from washington. What now, brianna . Well, right now its about the pressure building and the clock kicking, zoraida. As House Republicans in the white hous
To tell president obama their thoughts on the fiscal cliff. The Bipartisan Group says both sides need to Work Together to avoid the tax increases and spending cuts due to kick in at the end of the year. No ones going to get what they want, but as a country to move forward, weve got to figure out who gives where, and if everything is going to be out on the table, how do we negotiate that . Reporter republicans have given a counterproposal to the president s plan which he issued last week. They say their plan would cut 2. 2 trillion from the federal deficit over ten years. With 600 billion in health care cuts, 300 billion in cuts to mandatory spending and another 300 billion in cuts to other federal spending. The biggest difference between the republican plan and the president s remains taxes and how the government can generate more revenue to pay down the debt. Rates have to rise on the top 2 . Theres no other way to do it. Reporter president obama says his plan will raise taxes on the
Nonintervention because of the things that might happen have now happened because we failed to intervene. When is enough enough . That is the question many are asking about syria, as the death toll climbs and concerns mount over chemical weapons. Now some lawmakers are saying it may be too late to stop mass destruction. And a toddler taken from the only parents she ever knew because of a little known federal law. Now theyre fighting to get her back, and may be on their way to the Supreme Court. Ill talk with them live. Good morning, everyone. Im randi kaye. It is 10 00 on the east coast, 7 00 on the west. Thanks so much for starting your day with us. It was supposed to be just for laughs. Humor. The listeners with a lighthearted prank. Two radio deejays called the London Hospital where the duchess of cambridge was being treated and tricked a nurse to get details about her condition. Two days later, that nurse, 46yearold jacintha saldanha, took her own life. Leaving behind a husband and
And two People Killed there. And tonight a 21yearold man riding a skateboard was killed in concord. Abc7 News Reporter nick smith is live in concord to explain what happened to the skateboarder. Nick . Dan, good evening. Police are not saying much about the accident that took the life of that 21yearold man. But they have confirmed to me that concord was his home. Police tell abc7 news that a woman from clayton was driving this chevy tahoe when she hit and killed a man who was riding on his skateboard. The accident happened just after 4 30 this afternoon shutting down the traffic on monument boulevard and erickson road for hours while police collected evidence at the scene. Police have confirmed the skateboarder, a 21yearold from concord, was in the crosswalk headed northbound at erickson when he was hit by the driver of the chevy tahoe. When Emergency Personnel arrived at the scene, they immediately learned that the victim suffered major injuries. He was rushed to john muir hospital in
A skateboarder struck in the east bay tonight. It is one of two deadly Accidents Police are investigating right now. Good evening, everyone. Im carolyn johnson. And im a shley. A head on collision in byron and two People Killed there. And tonight a 21yearold man riding a skateboard was killed in concord. Abc7 News Reporter nick smith is live in concord to explain what happened to the skateboarder. Nick . Dan, good evening. Police are not saying much about the accident that took the life of that 21yearold man. But they have confirmed to me that concord was his home. Police tell abc7 news that a woman from clayton was driving this chevy tahoe when she hit and killed a man who was riding on his skateboard. The accident happened just after 4 30 this afternoon shutting down the traffic on monument boulevard and erickson road for hours while police collected evidence at the scene. Police have confirmed the skateboarder, a 21yearold from concord, was in the crosswalk headed northbound at eric