top of the hour, i m don lemon. the northeast bracing for another round of severe weather. from ohio to maine today with some areas of eastern massachusetts getting blasted with more than 8 inches. d.c. is also seeing some of that action today with snow accumulations of 3 to 5 inches. lots of celebrating in portland, maine. the first same-sex couple said i do under a new state law which took effect at midnight. steven bridges and michael snell said it s still very surreal to them. voters in maine, maryland and washington state all approved same-sex marriage last month. gay marriage is already legal in d.c. and six other states. it is a dream come true for a nigerian immigrant. in a rare move, president obama sibld into law a private bill granting victor chuckwiki permanent residency. it s the only such bill to be approved in the last two years. the recent college grad came to the u.s. 11 years to go to undergo treatment for rare life threatening facial tumors. he had
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. we ll talk to one woman whose hopes for adopting a russian son may have just been shattered. and they re back. kathy griffin and anderson cooper ringing in new year s eve. but why was kathy s make itted on a.c. s naked on a.c. s couch? we ll explain. good morning, it s 10:00 on the east coast, 7:00 on the west coast. i m alison kosik. randi kaye is off today. we re just three days away from possibly crossing over the fiscal cliff. for the first time in weeks, there s 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 acti
john boehner and house democratic leader nancy pelosi met at the white house yesterday afternoon with the president and vice president. here s where things stand right now. the senate leaders are meeting aiming to avoid tax hikes. and they may vote on a deal sunday or perhaps on monday. jessica yellin is our chief white house correspondent. lisa day jar dayne is on capitol hill. the president used his bully pulpit to reinforce the idea that senators need to get busy. so let s listen. the american people are watching what we do here. obviously, their patience is already thin. this is deja vu all over again. america wonders why it is that in this town for some reason, you can t get stuff done in an organized timetable, why everything always has to wait till the last minute. we re now at the last minute. and the american people are not going to have any patience for a politically self-inflicted wound to our economy. not right now. so jessica, you were in the room for the pre
(male announcer) live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. tonight at eleven. we re starting off with weather. it s the last weekend of 2012 and if you have plans to head out. bundle up! this is a view of the san francisco bay bridge. i m here with brian at the weather center. brian will it stay this cold for new years eve.? i think so. for the next several nights, cold temperatures. in the 20 s. 30 s, and already it is cold these are the current temperatures. 40 s along the bay and look at the temperatures and inland in livermore. 30 s in fairfield, napa, and 39 degrees. we had a weather system our earlier that brought some of showers. these showers. however, have somewhat anticipated, for now. we will continue to see cold readings with 20 s, 30 s. and that is representing temperatures into the 20 s. 20 s already in the forecast for napa. fairfield and mid upper 30 s by the bay and low 40 s for san francisco. when we could have some slightly warmer we
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