Little bit on this friday. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Thanks for being with me. Im brooke baldwin. Now we take you to washington. Wolf blitzer. The situation room. Brooke, thanks very much. New plans for ending the war in afghanistan. President obama meets with the afghan President Hamid karzai. The white house looks at the connection between video game and gun violence as battle lines form in the looming fight over gun control. And a new report on the flu. We now have a clearer picture of where this epidemic stands. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Its the longest war in u. S. History and now were learninging new details about how president obama intends to end it for the United States. After meeting with hamid karzai at the white house, the president said the u. S. Will probably be able to speed up, to accelerate plan troop withdraws. Some americans will remain, presumably, their role, though, potentially becoming clearer. Our White House Correspondent Bria
We begin with todays astonishing show of fury in egypt. Within the past hour egyptian authorities tear gassed protesters in Cairos Tahrir square. Angry demonstrators packed the square today denouncing egyptian president Mohamed Morsi as a dictator and accusing him of a power grab. Cnns reza sayah is in cairo. Reza, whats it look like now . Reporter joe, it is 11 00 p. M. Cairo time. These demonstrators started gathering around in Tahrir Square about 1 00 p. M. Local time. That means theyve been going strong for about ten hours. Many thought maybe egyptians were worn out, tired of demonstrating after the 2011 revolution, but if you look at Tahrir Square today, if you look at cairo today, it doesnt seem like it. The demonstrations are continuing. So are clashes. About an hour and a half ago clashes taking place right where we are behind us at the hotel were staying at. Security forces clashing with protesters. A number of protesters ambushed a Police Vehicle carrying riot police. The pol
Republicans and democrats now have just 32 days to make a deal or your taxes are going up and more than 1 trillion automatically will be cut from vital federal programs like defense, education and housing assistance. As referred to as the fiscal cliff. And when it comes to doing something to avoid it, House Speaker john boehner bluntly told reporters today, there is a stalemate. For his part, president obama is trying to break that stalemate by asking voters to put more pressure on the republicans. Cnn chief White House Correspondent Jessica Yellin and chief Political Correspondent Gloria Borger join us right now. Gloria, guess ill start with you. Does the president have any leverage . He has a lot of leverage right now. I mean, if you look back to the debt ceiling in the summer of 2011, you recall the president was accused of negotiating with himself because it was sort of a time of weakness for him. Right now, look, joe, hes just won reelection. 67 of the American Public according to
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house where god lived. and neither one of our parents ever taught us to be bigoted towards any other person for any reason. and this is so saddening to me because our mother is one of the most compassionate, good-hearted, empathetic people that you d ever meet. and these accusations are very hurtful to her and it s very sad. this environment of racism that s been spoken about could not be further from the truth. her sons are also chefs, both with their own shows. thanks, mary, for that. it turns out the irs was not only targeting conservative groups. there were also liberal groups on its list. we ll have a full report coming up at the top of the hour, our special report, the nsa leaker on the run. love holds us in the beginning.