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sputtered back to life, leaders are plunging into the next count of budget talks. can he use capital to bridge the partisan divide and win a broader agreement and will he? president obama challenged republicans to work with him on a long-term spending bill. nothing has done more damage to america s credibility in the world, our standing with other countries than the spectacle that we have seen these past several weeks. you don t like a particular policy or a particular president? then argue for your position. go out there and win an election. the vice president happeneding out muffins to returning federal workers was optimistic and rather than committing to make the hard choices needed for compromise, budget negotiators are repeating a phrase like a broken record. we want to look for ways to find common ground. we believe we can find common ground. woo ke do the job we were sent here to do to find common ground between the two budget resolutions and set a path ....
today begins wa would be the busiest or could be the busiest day of the year. holiday year end travel starts today for most people and many people. it will be one of the least expensive years. aa amid atlantic expressed more than two million people to travel for the christmas holiday. that s more than last year. if you are driving, you can save a bit on gas compared to years past. prices are at a three-year low. 5.5 million people are expected to fly. visitors did the study and analyzed records around thanksgiving, christmas and new year s. they found december 21st, tomorrow, through the 26th and the peak. not necessarily on the highways. there is a lot of traffic out where people shop the more likely you are in being in a crash. it s that simple. most were just fender bebders and they consider christmas day the safest day to travel. your chances of getting into a traffic because of fewer cars on the road that day. how would the weather be for traveler travelers. ....
for our country. surely we can be touched by the better angels of our nature. surely we can be touched by the better angels of our nature. so beautifully expressed by president lincoln. this is the people s house. this is the people s gavel. it represents a sacred trust. may we all fulfill that trust and make real the ideals of democratic government. with respect for our constitution, with faith in the american people, with hope for the future of our country, i present the people s gavel to the speaker of the house, john boehner. may god bless you. [ applause ] to speaker boehner, may god bless this congress, my god always bless the united states of america. my colleagues, the speaker of the house, john boehner. [ applause ] leader pelosi, thank you for your kind words. members of the house and the senate and my wife debbie who is with us today, thankfully the girls are working. all of you and our fellow country men, we meet again at democracies great. every two years ....
announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester hold holt. good evening. it s more than 24 hours since a jury of women was sent behind closed doors to decide a murder trial that riveted this country for the last several weeks. the shooting death by a neighborhood watch volunteer in sanford, florida. tonight still no verdict. the suspension this this emotionally charged case is building inside and outside the courthouse and so are tensions. the requesty to be answered, whether george zimmerman shot and killed trayvon martin in an act of self defense. the prosecution contents it was second-degree murder. we will get legal perspective, but ron mott is outside the courthouse where there have been late developments. what s happening now? reporter: good evening to you. this jury has been almost three weeks and deliberating for 13 hours and counting and they asked the court to clarify the instruction for manslaughter. your ....
election day in new jersey. heading to the senate for another to connect the dots any better. good morning from washington. it s 2013. this is t the daily rundown. let s get to the first read of the morning. well, it s over, right? we begin today where we thought we were beginning yesterday. on the brink of default and the only hope for a last minute deal with the senate leaders. the house is in total it announced that the government s aaa rating on a negative wash boarding. the political brinksmanship and reduced financing flexibility could risk u.s. default. yesterday the dow closed down 133 points, but futures are up on the hopes of a senate deal. after all day to find any bill that if the conference was passed and finally announced there would be no votes and no bill would be brought to the floor and it was time to go home. then actually it was good news for those wanting to make sure we don t hit the debt ceiling. the chaos began in the morning after a meeting s ....