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Months. that means, yes, we could be in for yet another battle over the budget very soon. meantime, traders just seem to be happy that washington reached any deal at all. in fact, the dow saw a bigger surge today than on any day in 2012. gerri willis joins us with more of the wall street reaction in just a moment. first to mike emanuel on capitol hill. mike, tell us about the final pitch to get this deal past. >> well, john, saving the middle class and millions of other americans from massive ta...

Blame, the house majority and their speaker, john boehner. >> congressman jerry nadler on the republican disgrace over sandy relief funds. and when should hillary clinton expect those apologies from fox news? >> hillary has severe benghazi allergy. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. its a new year and a new deal there is still a big fight ahead, but 2013 started with a major victory for the white house. >> the motion is adopted without objection a motion to recons...

Last night you got 257 votes to raise taxes and get it back to 39.6%. thats how big a lift this was and what a big accomplishment it was. now congresswoman, what is the next step? >> it really cant be understated how significant this was. what this is, though, and it certainly a significant accomplishment that we were able to make sure that the wealthiest americans pay a little bit more, pay their fair share. thats what we argued throughout the whole campaign was that everybody needs a fair shot...

Deal a thumbs down. it does little to address the nations soaring debt or automatic spending cuts set to go into effect. doug luzader is live in washington with more for us. >> good morning guys. it when pretty. it may be good news for the markets but parts of the deal are only temporary. the house did pass this ultimately but it wasnt all that close. it was 257 to 157. you have a clear majority of republicans voting for it. it was enough for president obama to declare a victory. >> thanks to th...

Paychecks for american workers. >> compromise is not the art of perfection. by its definition, compromise contains elements that neither side likes. it also contains pieces both sides can embrace. >>reporter: democrats embraced more with 172 of the 257 votes coming from their side. republicans did not like the lack of spending cuts. some held their nose and voted for it fearing they would be blamed for taking the economy off the fiscal cliff. >>gregg: mike, many house republicans said they felt ...

House republicans and harry reid and the senate democrats better work with the president of the united states starting today or else were going to be there again and tell me whether im wrong or not, bob, but conservatives, theyre not going to give in regardless unless theres some real spending cuts that save social security, medicare and medicaid over the next generation. >> look, its going to be a real internal fight, joe. the biggest problem for boehner is not democrats right now, but he has t...

257-167. many congressmembers excited, some are definitely not. we will have more coverage of this fiscal cliff negotiation and now the agreement here on a mess in d.c. we will be right back. wholesome noodles on spoons. a kite, a breeze, a dunk of grilled cheese. catches and throws, and spaghettios. thats what happy kids are made of. campbells. its amazing what soup can do. ♪ i have direct deposit on my visa prepaid. my paycheck is loaded right on my card. automatic. i am not going downtown s...

Usually when you make the minimum grimmage up there and you have the c.i.a. director with you, everybody sort of turns the other cheek. oh, she probably would be okay. just the opposite! >> they came out and they said, you know what? we had concerns before. now we have more concerns. we now say to her, what happened in 98 with the u.s. embassy bombings and tanzania? she said, i wasnt prepared for that question. i dont remember. youre kidding? 4,000 people injured, americans killed, 257 people ki...

Election nature, he has to lay a foundation. take every state and take very right targets by small margins. indiana, romney wins that, done. north carolina, romney will probably do that. its still dicey. florida even more dicey. colorado, even a little more dicey and even dicey is won by far then in virginia. if romney can put altogether plus mccain, that puts him at 257. you talk about take off ohio, and youre the president of the united states. wisconsin and one of new hampshire, iowa, nevada,...

Throw the colorado, 257 electoral votes, needs 2 70 to win. >> couple things about the firewall. you have to question, is obama really ahead in ohio when everyone seems to acknowledge romneys big advantage among independents? this is true of a bunch of swing states. theres a question about who is really ahead. but the other issue is, this is a well-known incumbent late in the race. he is probably persuaded most of the people he is going persuade and his campaign speeches are telling you that. it...