And good morning, everybody. Belated happy new year, from me to all you guys out there. And we begin with the president ial seal of approval that should keep the country from plunging back into recession. Late last night, president obama signed the bill to avert the fiscal cliff. He did it from his Vacation Home in hawaii, via autopen. Its a mechanical device that copies his signature in washington. And that opposition had House Speaker facing opposition from fellow republicans. He put his job on the line to get it done, only to be met by a new round of outrage by both parties over the Hurricane Sandy aid package. Heres abcs jonathan karl. Reporter a political firestorm erupted over what congress has failed to do. Adjourning without passing an aid bill for victims of Hurricane Sandy. The rug is pulled out from under us. Absolutely indefensible. Absurd. Absolutely absurd. Shame on you, mr. Speaker. Reporter the failure to even vote on the 60 billion bill prompted an outburst from new je
Under us. Absolutely indefensible. Absurd. Absolutely absurd. Shame on you, mr. Speaker. Reporter the failure to even vote on the 60 billion bill prompted an outburst from new jersey governor, chris christie. 66 days and counting. Shame on you. Shame on congress. Reporter his wrath aimed squarely at Republican Leaders in congress. They forget, we sent them there. We sent them there to do the work for us. Not to sit down there and play with each other. Reporter all that sound and fury apparently paid off. Late wednesday, the speaker of the house said that aid to victims of Hurricane Sandy would be the First Priority of the new congress to get sworn in on thursday. The first vote for sandy victims coming on friday. Jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. Our thanks to jonathan. So, the speaker conceding to pressure over sandy aid. But hes taking a stand on another issue. The hill newspaper reports that boehner is promising to end any further oneonone talks with the president , reported
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The victims and their families to have a choice whether or not they want to attend the reopening. We have the preliminary hearing coming up next week, and were just trying to live each and every day through the moments that we dont have our loved ones. Reporter some victims families say timing is everything, and the theaters a awful. Getting word this morning of a deadly shooting in switzerland. A gunman with an Assault Rifle opened fire in a village east of geneva, killing three people and injuring two others. The shooter was wounded by police. Switzerland has one of the highest levels of gun ownership in the word. Now that shes been released from the hospital, her staff says Hillary Clinton is eager to get back to work. Doctors say they expect her to make a full recovery after the discovery of a blood clot near her brain. The junior senator from illinois is returning to work in washington today nearly a year after suffering a stroke. After months of grueling physical and speech thera
The victims and their families to have a choice whether or not they want to attend the reopening. We have the preliminary hearing coming up next week, and were just trying to live each and every day through the moments that we dont have our loved ones. Reporter some victims families say timing is everything, and the theaters a awful. Getting word this morning of a deadly shooting in switzerland. A gunman with an Assault Rifle opened fire in a village east of geneva, killing three people and injuring two others. The shooter was wounded by police. Switzerland has one of the highest levels of gun ownership in the word. Now that shes been released from the hospital, her staff says Hillary Clinton is eager t. Doctors say they expect her to make a full recovery after the discovery of a blood clot near her brain. The junior senator from illinois is returning to work in washington today nearly a year after suffering a stroke. After months of grueling physical and speech therapy, senator mark k