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The wealthiest americans are protected. >> all right. were taking a look here as the clock counts down as we head over the fiscal cliff. a live look at capitol hill as the sun comes up over washington. theyre working, working away there on capitol hill. here with us now from washington, former white house press secretary and former senior adviser to the obama campaign, robert gibbs, who looks like hes on a ski vacation. >> very casual. is he in washington or colorado? >> i wish i was in colorado...

Pants with bozos all over them, right? >> more or less. >> so let me just ask you a question. its sort of big picture. this was set up over two years. everybody put this deadline in place to force washington to confront the nations debt. this was a big deal, this deadline. and were going to come out of it with either nothing and go over the fiscal cliff, or some small piddly kick the can down the road, im so tired of that statement, little mini push it off thing. what are we doing here? >> its a...

What should washington be doing? newt gingrich has been there before and he has some ideas this morning. >> brian: storm system dumping tons of snow, stranding holiday passengers passengers and delaying packages. look how bad the storm could get. >> steve: so many movie, so little time. which ones are worth your ten bucks this christmas? thats just for the ticket. not counting the popcorn. were making it easy. well tell you the ones to see and the ones to avoid. "fox & friends" hour two for the ...

Ahead. philadelphia, again, moderate delays. same for you in chicago and portland and well keep you posted all of the travel and the weather delays that are out there. back to you. >> steve: thank you very much. i think its interesting that you think kids across america who did not get snow with the storm sound like charlie browns teacher, wa, wa, wa. but it will be a white christmas for a lot of people. >> yes, absolutely. >> brian: or like harpo in the marx brothers. got milk? better get more ...

It. barren said im going to bring it to the house and were vote on it myway. the bottom line is, its embarrassing because it didnt even pass. so plan b had no future. now it actually has no present. does that make sense? >> steve: it does. john boehner went to the negotiating table and he was ready to make a deal. he was ready to go ahead and cave on a core value which was raising tax. a lot of republicans are in washington, they got there by promising not to raise taxes. you can understand why ...

Washington to put tarp. but after it went through t went north to 10,000 to 6600. last year action debt ceiling. july 29, the president sign it is august 2. august 5 we collapse because s & p down grades us. we still need something that doesnt insult the senses completely. listen, were all going to suspend disbelief for a little bit with respect to whatever comes up. but it cant be so obvious that it does nothing but move the needle a few months away. >> steve: it does look like were going to ge...

Minimal. >> brian: the president is going to veto and the senate wasnt going to accept it. hes having a press conference at 10. how did the markets react? >> the initial knee jerk reaction was straight down. equity futures crumbled. looks like maybe we could be off 200 points out of the gate today. the stock market is interesting because its taken a role that used to belong to the bottom market, sort of a responsibility role, the canary in a coal mine kind of thing. its actually trying to force ...

Lets get the senate and the president get together on something and the speaker left the building. >> steve: he said its up to you. we tried to do something. national review on-line writes this morning that the best case scenario would be since time is short and plan a a and plan b not working out, they suggest the best case scenario would be for the president to extend everything by six months and then over those six months, come up with a deal. that way they would avert the fiscal cliff. is th...

After keeping distance from the debate, the group will hold a press conference to talk about its take on all of this. the nra is very likely to oppose any kind of ban on guns and even though there may be growing support here in washington, politically for new legislation, its also important to know that nra membership has reportedly increased significantly since last weeks attack. back to you guys. >> steve: all right. thank you very much. weve heard some out of newtown over the last week and a ...

The best part, his mom had no idea he would be home for the holidays. (screaming). >> oh, my god! oh, my god! >> alisyn: army private brad gibson surprised his mom yesterday at her job. she says she had no clue that she would be spending time with her son for the holidays. surprise, metat, family and private gibson at the airport. he also dropped in on some of the younger members of his family at a nearby elementary school. >> steve: that makes you smile. >> brian: lets get that marine out of me...