You are looking live at the u. S. Capital where the impasse over taxes is finally over. The house voted at 11 00 p. M. Washington time and approved a deal averting the dreaded fiscal cliff. Good evening everyone im frank somerville. And im julie haener. The fiscal cliff is now a done deal. The president spoke 20 minutes later. A central premise of my campaign for president was to change the tax code that was too skewed toward the wealthy at the expense of working middle class americans. Tonight weve done that. Reporter and tonight taxes on the wealthiest americans are going up. But in the end, neither democrats nor republicans got all of what they wanted. Ktvus Jana Katsuyama here now to show us how the compromise finally emerged. Frank, the house finished voting on the fiscal cliff agreement just about two hours ago and has passed the Senate Version without any changes. Let me show you the numbers, 257 yes votes and 167 no votes. After what turned out to be a bitter battle. The motion
But as one republican congressman said tonight, you have to know when to hold em and know when to fold em. Now more from karen travers. After months of drama and lastminute negotiations Congress Finally passed legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff. After the vote, a rare latenight statement from president obama. This law is just one step in the broader effort to strengthen our economy and broaden the opportunity for everybody. Lawmakers completely blew their deadline. They didnt get the grand bargain that both parties claim was their ultimate goal. But tonight both democrats and republicans gave themselves credit forgetting something done. This is a very, very strong first step. This is an important one. This is a critical one for the future of the country. There was considerable happened wringing about a lack of spending cuts. Some wanted to add them in, but ultimately there werent enough votes to get it passed. The bill was overwhelming bipartisan support would extend tax cuts for al
Thanks to the votes of democrats and republicans in congress. I will sign a law that raises taxes on the wealthiest 2 of americans while preventing a middle class tax hike that could have sent the economy back in a recession and obviously had a severe impact on families across america. The fiscal cliff avoided for now in one final late night vote in washington. Good evening. Happy new year. Im cheryl jennings. Dan ashley and Carolyn Johnson have the night off. It means most of us, most of us will avoid a big income tax hike. It came after a bitter debate, but as one republican congressman said tonight, you have to know when to hold em and know when to fold em. Now more from karen travers. After months of drama and lastminute negotiations Congress Finally passed legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff. After the vote, a rare latenight statement from president obama. This law is just one step in the broader effort to strengthen our economy and broaden the opportunity for everybody. Lawmake
The Holy Cross Lutheran church tonight. Because of the chilly temperatures, their intake is up more than 1 3, with 21 people here getting out of the cold. The livermore refuge handed out more blankets than usual tonight. Its difficult for the homeless to find a safe and warm place to be. You know, when the temperature drops into the 20s. We had one lady the other night show up, and say she actually had frostbite. Reporter in san ramon, the cold weather has made a broken water heater, an urgent matter. I started having my teenagers and wife complaining that the showers werent very warm, and the water wasnt very hot. Reporter business has shop up 50 this week. Supply lines to homes breaking as well as the demand going up. Reporter workers either covered sensitive plants or moved them indoors. Limes are really tender. But any of your citrus plants, especially young plants are really important to cover. The first thing we always do, and recommend doing, especially when weve had the dry wea
Leads for their investigation. Reporter the new system uses realtime recording which could allow muni or Law Enforcement to listen live. It also allows recordings to be wired live to police who dont need a warrant because its considered public. We dont have the infrastructure to watch real time whats going on in our entire system. This is only for investigative purposes. We are able to pull the video and hand it to authorities. Reporter still, the system raises concerns for a law professor. Even if only the authorities that are looking at it, theres a possibility that hackers can get into this kind of technology and communication and catch something that may be important and private and something nothing to do with threats to the government or crime and use it against somebody. Reporter people are getting more and more used to technology, they dont necessarily get on to a bus or train and think about their conversations being recorded. It is big brother. Theres no way around it. Its ju