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Marking the 106th year of the ball dropping and then over in atlanta more than 100,000 people gathering for live entertainment and fireworks and to watch the 800-pound giant peach descend at the stroke of midnight. and over to seattle, thats where thousands turned out for a beautiful fireworks display. of course, that, the iconic needle there. and the eight-minute light show launching from the legs of the -- to the top of the 600-foot tall tower all synchronized to festive music. happy new year....

The day to make his members walk the plank because the vote is in 2013. and not 2012. the, you know, the grow very norquist pledge could be observed. having their members vote to reduce rates. you heard senator mcconnell talk about for 98% of the people. that was something frankly not crystal clear even as a week ago whether boehner could make that stick. so i think he gets a good outcome here and kind of keeps his people in line. heather: we have to see what happens today just about 30 minutes ...

And months youre going to see a lot of saber rattling out of israel about a possible strike on iran. and also keep this inind, heather, israeli elections are just three weeks away, and iran is always a good topic to talk about leading up to those especially for prime minister netanyahu who has really made the iranian issue one of his signature issues. heather: lets hope we with end up with option three. thank you so much, leland vittert, reporting live from jerusalem. rick: a new report coming o...

Family. >> happy new year. >> you guys too. heather: talk about getting off or getting the new year off to a fast start, how some of our brave men and women are welcoming in 2013. >> more, more. , we replaced people with a machine. what? customers didnt like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesnt let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello? ally bank. your money needs an ally.

For jon. happy new year. >> you will stick it to the rich people. but guess what? you may not get anymore revenue and anymore economic growth but you can say i stuck it to the rich people. >> im dis.ed we did not get a grand bargain we tried to do so long but we tried. passing this agreement does not mean negotiations halt, far from it. we can all agree there is more work to be done. heather: chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill for us. mike, any sense of the ne...

Coverage, i saw mr. chaffetz and mr. hensarling echo some of my statements. ive heard some democrats around the building say theyll like it, other democrats echoing mr. harkin saying they didnt care for it. so i think were all over the map, and i think the best thing to do is read the bill this afternoon and take it up later on today. heather: congressman mick mulvaney, we appreciate you taking the time with us, and well let you get back to your work. >> thanks again, heather. rick: in other new...

Their senate colleagues have done. we got this take from a south carolina republican a short time ago. >> they i havent finished reading it yet. if there are no spending cuts reading it will be a problem for me. the delay of the sequester is a problem. >> reporter: let me translate a little hill speak, congressional language. the sequester were the automatic cuts as part of the 2011 debt deal to defense spending and domestic spending. what he is saying there essentially by buying down two months...

>> love to both of you. heather: it is a weird british tradition for guys who love crashing their cars over and over and over again. you like to do that, rick? rick: no, i try not to. heather: take a look at these pictures. this is from england. fearless or maybe crazy, one or the other, or maybe a little bit of both. drivers in wrecked cars, racing offramps at high speed, trying to jump over, ouch, a row of 10 other wrecked cars. rick: he didnt make it. heather: he didnt make it. but he got out...

Just dont always be plugged in. heather: crystal haines from boston, thank you. rick: id like that mom to e-mail me those rules. my kids are a little too o young, but its coming soon, and i think that a lot of those ideas make a lot of sense. heather: i think thats a great idea and a great mom, definitely. rick: absolutely. all right. breaking developments out of washington this new years day. just a couple of hours from now the house will meet, theyll vote on the fiscal cliff deal perhaps that ...

But the bottom line is they were up against the wall. they were up against the fiscal cliff. and the senate has acted to avoid a massive tax increase for every american. now it is up to the house, heather? heather: thank you very much. mike emanuel reporting live for us. i have a feeling well check back in with you once or twice today. >> reporter: thank you. sure. rick: just hours before the deal to avote the fiscal cliff, another financial crisis emerged right? treasury secretary tim geithner ...