We continue right now. From cnn world headquarters, this is cnn saturday morning. Still waiting. Three days to go and no noon avert the fiscal cliff. What will lawmaker do to save you from more taxes and fewer benefits . The littlest pawns in a political fight. Well talk to one woman whose hopes for adopting a russian son may have just been shattered. And theyre back. Kathy griffin and Anderson Cooper ringing in new years eve. But why was kathys make itted on a. C. s naked on a. C. s couch . Well explain. Good morning, its 10 00 on the east coast, 7 00 on the west coast. Im alison kosik. Randi kaye is off today. Were just three days away from possibly crossing over the fiscal cliff. For the first time in weeks, theres some hope coming from washington. Senate leaders are negotiating a deal they hope can go to a vote, go to a vote soon. Cnn radio capitol hill correspondent Lisa Desjardins is in washington. You were on thrill yesterday for the Political Action between president obama, bet
Extensive coverage of this later today at 4 00 p. M. In the situation room. Thanks very much for watching. Brooke baldwin continues our coverage right now. Wolf, thank you. The worst flu season in three years rocks the country. Doctor sanjay gupta joins me live on what to expect over the next month. Im brooke baldwin. The news is now. Showdown at the white house. Find out what happens when joe biden meets the nra and movie execs about gun control. Plus one group wants to see pictures of osama bin ladens body. Now a court is hearing its case against the president. And the nominees are the glitz, the glamour, the controversy. Some big names left off the oscar list. You will hear them, right after this. Here we go. Top of the hour, breaking news. Im brooke baldwin. We have a School Shooting in taft, california. We want to go to george howell. Glancing at me email, all schools in kern county, california, all schools on lockdown with the exception of this high school which has been evacuate
Crimson tide, yes, well talk about it steam rolled to victory. Rolls past notre dame. And second straight bcs title. And an eyebrow race raising comment, yes, were talking to you brent mussberger. Chuck hagel named defense secretary nominee. His confirmation will be anything but easy. And we have a date. The u. S. Could default on the debt ceiling earlier than expected. What it means for you. And an exclusive exchange when piers morgan sits down with a man who wants him deported. 1776 will commence again if you try to take our firearms. More from that, coming up. Members of the championship crimson tide football team, mike xwnch olic, and mike greenberg. Mike buttry. Talk about addiction with Patrick Kennedy and Christopher Kennedy lawford and the former university of texas track coach, bev kearney will join to us talk about her lawsuit against the school. Tuesday, january 8th. Starting point begins right now. Welcome back, everybody. Starting point, a crimson tidal wave fair to call i
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controversy. some big names left off the oscar list. you will hear them, right after this. here we go. top of the hour, breaking news. i m brooke baldwin. we have a school shooting in taft, california. we want to go to george howell. glancing at me e-mail, all schools in kern county, california, all schools on lockdown with the exception of this high school which has been evacuated. we are talking about taft union high school, about 45 minutes away from bakersfield where we are getting a lot of our information from kero tv. they have taken calls from students hiding in closets, brooke, while this was happening. we know at this point according to their reporting at least three victims in this case at taft union high school. we also know that the shooter, apparently taken into custody around 9:20 on the west coast. the kern county sheriff s office went door-to-door, room to room trying to secure the school after they got information about this. 9:00 on the west coast. we ha