Revenue, which probably gives us a bit more context to House SpeakerJohn Boehners response to all of this yesterday. No substantive progress has been made in the talks between the white house and the house over the last two weeks. So, lets not forget here just how close we are to this cliff. Cliff day is 32 days away. You might say were kind of teetering, regardless of what the republicans think, regardless of how loud they may be laughing, the president is awalking. Hes taking this pitch on the road, and he is heading as we speak to a suburb in philadelphia to tour a toy factory and give a speech there. But this is not just your average factory. Its not just your average tour. Its not your normal gladhanding here. In fact, the republicans are saying this is just president obama campaigning. Theyre angry that hes off selling this proposal to the public instead of sitting down at the table with them and negotiating back in washington. Its a great shot, though, to watch marine one take off regardless of how you feel about it. Dan lothian gets to watch its a regular basis. Reporter i do. Hes on the lawn right now. You did. Hes off and running and a lot of people are angry about it, dan, saying its not the time to sell it to the public. Thats a tactic. But lets get to the nuts and bolts about it. 1. 6 trillion in new taxes, it doesnt ever sit well, but there are versions of this, there are elements to it. Break it down. Reporter right, 1. 6 trillion new taxes in over 10 years and republicans saying theyre surprised by this because they felt that what the president was putting out there was half of that, and just a short time ago josh ernest, a Deputy White House spokesman in a gaggle of reporters that hes saying hes surprised that republicans are surprised. But ill break it down for you, Timothy Geithner breaking it down on capitol hill yesterday, in addition to the 1. 6 trillion, closing loopholes and limiting deductions is a way to bring in more revenue and raising estate taxes to 2009 levels and finally increasing Capital Gains and dividends taxes. Again, the white house seeing this as sort of the first, the opening bid, if you will. As you know, when youre negotiating, you come out very aggressive. The other side counters and then you find some Common Ground somewhere in the middle. Weve seen this kind of posturing in the past over the last four years where sometimes theres some optimism, they will get things done and it gets like we see it now where theyre very far apart and theyre able to come together, everyone is hoping they can do that before the end of the year. Yeah, but the rhetoric doesnt sound good right now, thats for sure. What along with the 1. 6 trillion sticker shock, what were the overtures being made by the president with this proposal . What was he prepared to give . Reporter thats right. Well, 50 hes also talking about 50 billion in new stimulus and then the things that republicans have been really calling for is to put things, like, entitlements on the table. The president has been open to that in the past, and thats part of this as well, to the tune of 40 billion in stimulus and medicare and so forth. But no specifics as to exactly how they will come up with that number. Again, republicans as you pointed out just a few minutes ago are not happy by this at all. John boehner saying that the two sides are no closer than they were two weeks ago and saying that democrats really need to get serious about negotiating here. This could all be a tactic. Maybe it isnt as far apart as it appears, but publicly at least it seems like theres a lot of distance before they can get a deal here. Ill say. All right, dan lothian, thank you for that. Do appreciate it. Want to head to the United Nations now something you consider one heck of a historic vote. Take a look. The voting has been completed. Please lock the machine. That is what it looks like when theres official approval to upgrade a member like this member, the Palestinian Authority, at the United Nations. So, the Palestinian Authority now has a nonmember observer status state. So, that is the same status held by the vatican, but it is not the same status that the United States enjoys. It is still a rung away from that. So, what exactly does it mean . Just how good is it . Is it symbolic . Is it political . Lets bring in our senior u. N. Correspondent richard ross. This is an overwhelmingly vote and the United States voted against from elevating the Palestinian Authority and the state of palestine to this status, without question the United States is in the minority here. Why . Well, because the u. S. Believes and has consistently believed for decades that only direct peace talks between israel and the palestinians can achieve a long lasting settlement. Not through International Organizations such as the United Nations. Though, the u. N. Could eventually be helpful once there is a peace. The United States, canada, and very few others here voted in the negative. The palestinians didnt get all the european support they wanted. This morning actually canada is recalling some of its ambassa r ambassadors from new york and in the middle east for consultations probably for security reasons. Canada gave a very public opposition speech before this vote. But the you mentioned is it symbolic, is it political, what are the significance what is it . It could be all of it, because now the palestinians could join International Organizations and treaties such as the International Criminal court and perhaps challenge and go after and accuse israel for war crimes for any future actions, maybe join aviation treaties, maybe control the water off its coast in the middle east, its all unclear how far the palestinians want to go now with their upgraded observer state status here, ashleigh . So, our man at the u. N. Is a woman at the u. N. And its susan rice who has been big in the news lately with the controversy over what happened in benghazi but this was Something Different and she was very passionate when she spoke after that vote. Characterize it for me. Tell me what she said and why . Yes. Ive heard ambassador rice speak for four years here, and i guess i could just sense this was a more powerful and very stern in tone, though, she has spoken out, believe me, on libya, syria, and other things. She doesnt pull any punches, but she was the first to speak in reply to this historic vote from the u. S. Chair inside the General Assembly and she said, look, pushing a green button inside the General Assembly hall is not going to achieve middle east peace, this resolution really does not create a reality of a state. There is no state for the palestinians on the ground. Its counterproductive, there will be more obstacles. Im sure shue knew that many people would be watching not just in the middle east but also on capitol hill where she will face potentially a nomination battle which is already under way. All right, richard roth, live for us at the u. N. In new york. Thank you for that. And, by the way, the Israeli Government spokesperson called the u. N. Vote on the Palestinian Authority, quote, political theater. 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But it still needs to be approved by the people, and critics of the hasty nature of the vote say that this is an attempt by morsis party, the muslim brotherhood, to hijack the constitution in that country. President morsi has promised egyptians that his decrees will go into effect just as soon as the new constitution is ratified in a public referendum. Not far away but worlds away essentially. This is what syrians are waking up to many mornings, and syrians are waiting for this violence to end. They may be waiting a long time, though. For the last two days they have now been cut off from the outside world completely. Theres no internet now available in syria at all. Theres no telephone access at all. Theres a lot of power outages, and it is cold. So, they are effectively in a black hole, a cold black hole, and a frightening one. And it gets worse every day. Syrian air strikes today hit rebel targets near the damascus airport, and all flights now have been grounded, that airport closed. The next step for the rebels is the friends of syria meeting in morocco. Hard to think anybody being friendly with images like that. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton will be at that meeting and actually may announce if the United States is formally going to recognize this new group of unified opposition members as actually representative of syrian people. We are doing what we can to support the opposition, but also to try to support those inside syria, particularly in the local councils who are committed to the kind of continuity in the Syrian Governmental institutions so we dont see a collapse and disbandment of institutional forces that we know from our iraq experience could be extremely dangerous. Cnns ivan watson is live with us now from istanbul in neighboring turkey. Ivan, a lot of people got a chill about this blackout effectively a communications blackout. Do we know for sure that it is the government of syria that effectively cut its country off from the rest of the world, or is there Something Else afoot . Reporter we dont know exactly. Government officials have been quoted suggesting this was a rebel sabotage, but some of the Internet Security experts that we talked to suggests that this must have been a centralized decision, and youve got one Organization Called cloud flare out of california that published this fascinating video which shows how the route to syrian upstream providers one by one were shut down all starting after noon local time on thursday, effectively plunging 20 million syrians into internet darkness. Now, its the opposition that has made very effective use of the internet thus far, actually, using the internet to upload opposition videos, to youtube, get their voices out to the outside world. So, it doesnt seem like they would have much of an incentive to plunge syria into internet darkness. And despite the fact that the state internet providers went down, the opposition activists have still been getting their images out of friday, the traditional antigovernment protests, Via Alternative methods of communication, satellite phones, for example. That we know the u. S. And the british governments have been supplying to activists. Weve seen them out in the streets calling for the downfall of the Syrian Regime as theyve done every friday for 20 bloody deadly months. Ashleigh . Lets talk about the months ahe ahead, because there have been several significant recognitions coming for the new unified members, looking at britain, france, turkey, and the gulf cooperation council. They all said we believe the new group of rebels unified is the representative group, but the United States hasnt done it yet. Are we going to, and whats holding us back . Reporter its not clear entirely. This was a u. S. Backed initiative, this whats called shorthand syrian nional coalition. But heres one problem. Not all of the groups inside syria, not all of the rebel groups, have agreed to recognize this political umbrella opposition group. And i think whats very disturbing is that weve seen some armed opposition groups in particular one thats called the nusra front that is a hardcore, Islamist Group that some have accused of having links to al qaeda that ive seen active in broader and broader areas of syria and theyve come out publicly denouncing and rejecting this westernbacked Syrian National coalition. So, whoever the western capitals support outside of syria, that may not correlate to what the fighters on the ground who are killing and dying in this uprising, they those fighters may not support this westernbacked umbrella opposition group. And that could have very disturbing consequences in the weeks and months ahead. Well, well see what happens when the secretary of state ends up in the friends of syria meeting in morocco. Ivan watson, thank you for that. We do appreciate it. You see they all have something very interesting in common. They have teachers. With a deeper knowledge of their subjects. As a result, their students achieve at a higher level. Lets develop more stars in education. Lets invest in our teachers. So they can inspire our students. Lets solve this. Campbells has 24 new soups that will make it drop over, and over again. From jammin jerk chicken, to creamy gouda bisque. See whats new from campbells. Its amazing what soup can do. [ male announcer ] its that time of year again. Medicare open enrollment. Time to compare plans and costs. You dont have to make changes. But it never hurts to see if you can find better coverage, save money, or both. And check out the preventive benefits you get after the health care law. Open enrollment ends december 7th. So nows the time. Visit medicare. 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Reporter mental breakdowns, four hospitalizations, and along the way rachel tried almost every treatment in the book. I tried ndr, Rapid Eye Movement therapy, hypnosis, gestalt, yell it out, scream it out, you know, nothing worked. Reporter and then she discovered an experiment run by dr. Michael midhoffer, hes a psychiatrist in charleston, south carolina. This is the place where we do the study. This is where we meet with people and this is where we do the mdma sessions. Reporter intense psychotherapy, including eighthour sessions after taking a capsule of mdma, of extassy. Listen closely. On this tape you can hear rachel along with dr. Midoffer. Keep driving, keep driving. I felt as if my whole brain was powered up like a christmas tree, all at once, voom usually people did have very positive affirming experiences, but a lot of the time it was revisiting the trauma. It was painful, difficult experience, but the mdma seemed t