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to cuba for more cancer surgery but this time he is making sure a new leader is in place in case he doesn t return, and he named the vice president as his choice for a replacement in case something happens for him. the 58-year-old president is still scheduled to be sworn in for a new six-year-term on january 10th. sad news for fans of music star jenni rivera. there doesn t appear to be any survivors. the plane lost contact with air traffic controllers early this morning. so far no cause has been given for that crash. the national menorah in front of the white house was illuminated tonight marking the first day of hanukkah. and no hanukkah celebration would be complete without the spinning dradel. great lakes, i don t have to tell you, you are getting slammed with snow. we are still a week and a half away from the start of winter. 8 inches of snow now in the twin cities and a few more inches will accumulate tonight and that storm will bring rain to new england tomo ....
the voter approved referendum was signed into law on wednesday. venezuelan president yugo chavez is returning to cuba for more cancer surgery. this time he is making sure a new leader is in place in case he doesn t return. he named the vice president as his choice for his choice in case something happens to him. he s scheduled to be swarn in for a new six-year term on january 10th. some very sad news for fans of music superstar jenny rivera. they have found the wreckage of the private jet believing to be carrying the popular mexican-american singer and six others. the plane lost contact early this morning. so far, no cause has been given for that crash. the menorah has been illuminated tonight, marking the start of hanukkah. of course, no hanukkah celebration would be complete without the spinning dradel. you re getting slammed right now by a major winter storm in the great lakes area. it s the most snow in the minneapolis area so far this season and we re sti ....
i m don lemon. we re going to begin with breaking news on the fiscal cliff talks. president obama, house speaker john boehner met face-to-face at the white house today to try to prevent the fiscal cliff now just 23 days away. we don t have any details on their conversations, but reps for both sides say the lines of communication remain open. meanwhile, at least four republican senators now support a tax hike on wealthy americans. here is senator tom coburn of oklahoma. the fact is we re spending money that we don t have on things we don t absolutely need, and there s no grown-ups in washington that will say time-out, stop the politics, let s have a compromise rather than continue to play the game through the press and hurt the country. more on this story in just a few minutes with our senior political analyst, david gergen. a half million dollars, that s the bond set today by a judge near dallas for cowboys nose tackle josh brent. he was behind the wheel in a car ....
Was inside the large tv case. filled with even more cash. between the two, nearly $432,000. and i ve never seen where they were rolled up like this or in a tank. it just shows ononmore thing that we need to be aware of. reporter: the cash is now in a locked evidence room. the driver, who isn t being identified, but is said to be from houston, was released at the time. but is still said to remain under investigation. drug related, if it s weapons related, if it s human trafficking related, what you know, that s the key. wow. debra wrigley reporting froro houston. i need to get one of those dogs and just walk around and say, go sniff that out. let me know if there s any cash. i d be happy to find lunch money. 430,000 bucks? whoa. it s not illegal to carry cash in the car. if police are suspicious they can test it for drug residue. that kind of thing. sniffing through a propane tank? that s impressive. ....
$500,000 they found hidden in a truck during a traffic stop. the man driving the truck is under investigation. ktrk s debra wrigley has the story. reporter: highway 59 is the corridor that connects houston to the border. drug busts, human trafficking arrests have all been made here over the hundreds of miles spanned by 59. but last week came an unprecedented seizure for rosenberg police. it all began with a traffic stop. makes a traffic stop. he decides he s going to have casey do what they call open-air search or sniff. so, you re not invading anything. reporter: this is casey, rosenberg pd s detection canine. police say she detected a lot in the driver s truck. jumps up on the bed and starts indicating an alert on this cardboard box. reporter: in the box, a propane canister. inside the canister, rolls of $20 bills. small pickings compared to what ....