brown: the final weekend has now arrived before the fiscal cliff hits on new year s day and with it, more than $600 million in tax hikes and spending cuts. in a last bid for a deal, president obama stated his terms face-to-face to top republicans and democrats. congressional leaders arrive ted white house this afternoon for their first group meeting with the president since november 16th. vice president biden and treasury secretary timothy geithner also attend. but there was little to suggest the makings of an 11th hour bargain. a source familiar with the meeting told the newshour its president is sticking with his offer from last friday. it included keeping the bush era tax break force the middle class but raising tax rates on incomes over 250,000 dollars a year. president also wants to extend unemployment benefits for some 2 million americans who will lose them in the new year. and a proposal would delay any spending cuts. the president asked for an up or down vote on h
brown: the final weekend has now arrived before the fiscal cliff hits on new year s day and with it, more than $600 million in tax hikes and spending cuts. in a last bid for a deal, president obama stated his terms face-to-face to top republicans and democrats. congressional leaders arrive ted white house this afternoon for their first group meeting with the president since november 16th. vice president biden and treasury secretary timothy geithner also attend. but there was little to suggest the makings of an 11th hour bargain. a source familiar with the meeting told the newshour its president is sticking with his offer from last friday. it included keeping the bush era tax break force the middle class but raising tax rates on incomes over 250,000 dollars a year. president also wants to extend unemployment benefits for some 2 million americans who will lose them in the new year. and a proposal would delay any spending cuts. the president asked for an up or down vote on h
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions brown: president obama and congressional leaders met face to face for the first time in weeks, in a last-ditch effort to avert the fiscal cliff. good evening, i m jeffrey brown. warner: and i m margaret warner. on the newshour tonight, we have the latest on the chances for a breakthrough just four days before automatic tax hikes and spending cuts hit. brown: then, we turn to india. ray suarez looks at the violent protests and public anger sparked by the gang rape of a young woman. warner: john merrow has the story of a group of california charter schools that aim to be the model-ts of education. america has lots of terrific schools. people open great schools every year, but they typically open just one. nobody has figured out how to mass produce high quality, cost effective schools. brown: we remember general norman schwarzkopf the man who commanded american-led forces in the persian gulf war known as desert
sparked by the gang rape of a young woman. warner: john merrow has the story of a group of california charter schools that aim to be the model-ts of education. america has lots of terrific schools. people open great schools every year, but they typically open just one. nobody has figured out how to mass produce high quality, cost effective schools. brown: we remember general norman schwarzkopf the man who commanded american-led forces in the persian gulf war known as desert storm. warner: plus, mark shields and david brooks analyze the week s news. brown: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called real and permanent good. celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the co
effective schools. brown: we remember general norman schwarzkopf the man who commanded american-led forces in the persian gulf war known as desert storm. warner: plus, mark shields and david brooks analyze the week s news. brown: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called real and permanent good. celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. brown: the final weekend has now arrived before the fiscal cliff hits on new year s day and with it, more than $600 million in tax hikes and spending cuts. in a last bid for a deal, president obama stated his terms face-to-f