Im john berman. 5 00 a. M. In the east. Well begin with the sprint to the finish line. Over the next 13 days president obama and mitt romney will crisscross the count industry and leapfrog the campaign. All the med fors you like as they try to lock down votes in states still considered tossups. This morning the president kicks off a twoday aroundtheclock blitz around six Battle Ground states with a raleigh in davenport, iowa. Then on to denver, colorado. Then to los angeles for a taping there. Then it is back to a latenight event in las vegas. For mitt romney he recollects has Campaign Events in reno, nevada, tonight, and then cedar rapids, iowa. It is a mouthful with dana bash following the fight to the finish. She is joining us live in the studio. Dana, what is the map . What are the travels these candidates are doing over the next two, three, four, five days of the race . It tells the number of battleground states is relatively big. If you look at the polls in the states where they
Helicopters took off from the airfield to join in the battle to fire down on the attackers. The fire fight took about two hours, at the end of which all the attackers were dead. We believe there were about nine in total, including those in the suicide car bombs. Now, the coalition here has said none of the attackers managed to breach the walls and get inside the base. Officials say these three Afghan Soldiers and two civilians were killed on this base, which is located in an area that nato recently turned over to Afghan Forces for security. How could this affect security, do you think, moving forward . Well, its handover security that everyones looking at. The strategy is we build up the afghan army and the afghan takes over combat duties and that allows all the nato troops and british troops and american troops to go home. This attack shows that despite nato saying they reversed the momentum, the taliban is still more than capable of attacking these big bases, launching wellcoordinate
Robots famous. With the rise of machines on the horizon, could deadly robots soon be flying over our skies . And new York Police Officer getting praise after his random act of kindness to a homeless man on the street. He looked me right in the face and his smile just went from ear to ear. Three little words that had this cop rushing out to buy this homeless man a pair of boots. And thank you. Thats right, the invoice president in a shopping mood as he flashes his membership card inside costcos newest warehouse store. Newsroom starts right now. Good morning, everyone. Im Deborah Feyerick in for carol costello. Thanks for joining me. We begin in washington where those hopes for compromise may be on the back burner as democrats and republicans dig in and ramp up the rhetoric on the fiscal cliff. House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority leader harry reid trading jabs before the cameras on capitol hill. Going over the fiscal cliff is serious business. And im here seriously trying to r
Class tax cut as first part of any deal. And he linked republicans to scrooge today while touring a pennsylvania toy factory. Listen. If congress does nothing, every family in america will see their income taxes automatically go up on january 1st. Every family, everybody here, youll see your taxes go up on january 1st. I mean, im assuming that doesnt sound too good to you. That is sort of like the lump of coal you get for christmas. Thats a scrooge christmas. Thats pretty scroogy, right . President obamas proposal calls for 1. 6 trillion in new tax revenue. 50 billion for new stimulus spending. And about 400 billion in entitlement cuts. Republicans say, the president s proposals nothing but a political stunt. Here is boehner. The white house spends three weeks trying to develop a proposal and they send one up here that calls for 1. 6 trillion in new taxes, calls for a little not even 400 billion in cuts, and they want to have this extra spending that is actually greater than the amount
Republicans and democrats now have just 32 days to make a deal or your taxes are going up and more than 1 trillion automatically will be cut from vital federal programs like defense, education and housing assistance. As referred to as the fiscal cliff. And when it comes to doing something to avoid it, House Speaker john boehner bluntly told reporters today, there is a stalemate. For his part, president obama is trying to break that stalemate by asking voters to put more pressure on the republicans. Cnn chief White House Correspondent Jessica Yellin and chief Political Correspondent Gloria Borger join us right now. Gloria, guess ill start with you. Does the president have any leverage . He has a lot of leverage right now. I mean, if you look back to the debt ceiling in the summer of 2011, you recall the president was accused of negotiating with himself because it was sort of a time of weakness for him. Right now, look, joe, hes just won reelection. 67 of the American Public according to