Imagine spending an entire year away from your family and friends, everything that you love all in the name of science. Newsroom starts now. Good morning. Thank you so much for being with me. Im carol costello. This should be interesting. Speaker john boehner meets this morning with House Republicans who are angry at his new pitch to raise 800 billion in tax revenue in the fiscal cliff negotiations. President obama has said there will be no deal unless taxes are raised on the wealthiest americ americans. But staunch conservatives dont want any kind of new taxes. Thats where speaker boehners job gets really tough. On piers morgan tonight Newt Gingrich said if all else fails, go over the cliff. I think that no deal is better than a bad deal. I think going off this cliff is less dangerous than letting things build up for a year or two years to an even bigger cliff. I think that the president clearly has staked out a position of nonseriousness. And i think that its very difficult for the House Republicans right now to find any practical way to get his attention. So, he just won an election. He is feeling very good about himself. He is posturing brilliantly, putting the republicans in a corner. They need to relax. They dont have an election until november 2014. Senior Congressional Correspondent dana bash joins me now. Dana, can we expect fire woworkt the meeting this morning . Reporter possibly, carol. One thing that has been interesting with regard to John Boehners leadership of the republican conference, which certainly is very conservative and he has had to balance that with negotiations with the white house on a number of occasions, one thing thats interesting is that until now he really has been able to maintain their loyalty. And their confidence that whatever he does, he hes doing for a reason because the alternative would be worse. And one thing that he did in a very deliberate way on this particular counter offer, which they sent to the white house earlier this week, was it wasnt just a letter from boehner to the president. It was a letter from the entire Republican Leadership, including paul ryan, including the budget chair. Not just the budget chair but former Vice President ial candidate who went across the country, campaigning and promising not to raise tackxes. He is trying to have his bases covered. At this point from my reporting, while there is some anger inside his own house caucus, a lot of it is coming from outside groups. And that is really that really is real, sending emails, alerts, saying call your congressman. Theres no question theyre upset about that. But unclear how much he will really hear about it in this meeting today. But well watch. Dana bash, reporting live from capitol hill this morning. Were watching a members only closed door briefing on libya. Head of the Attention CommunityJames Clapper will give a multimedia presentation to a Bipartisan Group of representatives. They are trying to answer lingering questions taking place over the benghazi attack of the u. S. Embassy. John mcafee, on the run from police in belize and now is seeking asylum in gaut mauatema no one has blamed me for the murder. I have not been charged. I am not a suspect. They merely want to question me about the murder. I am not concerned. I have not been charged with a crime, there is no basis for extradition. I like guatemala. I think the legal system in guatemala is superior to the legal system in belize. Police in belize want to mcafee about the murder of this man, but say mcafee is not a suspect. Bob costas now explaining what exactly he meant to say about guns during half time during sunday night football. He was speaking about the weekend murder suicide by the Kansas City Chiefs player. In case you missed it, here is part of what costas said sunday night. Handguns do not enhance our safety. They exacerbate our flaws, attempt us to escalate arguments and bait us into embracing confrontation rather than avoiding it. In the coming days, Jovan Belchers actions and possible connection to football will be analyzed. Who knows but here is what i believe. If Jovan Belcher did not possess a gun he and Kasandra Perkins would both be alive today. Some critics saying costas picked the wrong time and place and others blast him for trying to take away their Second Amendment rights. Now the blogs are light iing up with calls for him to be fired. Quote, nbc should show bob costas the door. Then theres this facebook page. Fire bob costas for his unamerican comments on gun control. Hln Sports Reporter joe carter is here to talk about all of this. What did he say in his own defense . I found several fire Bob Costas Facebook pages with lots of likes. He went on the shows yesterday morning and defended himself and said that he did admit he made a mistake, that he used wrong forum to take on such a heavyhanded topic, that he should have listened to his own rule which is when you take on a topic as politically charged as gun control, leave yourself enough time to fully flush out that topic. And as we know in television, you only have so much time to talk about a certain topic. He had only about 90 seconds to discuss that topic. He broke his own broadcasting rule in taking on that topic in that forum. He also said he doesnt disagree with the Second Amendment, he believes people should have the right to bear arms but he believes we should change the gun culture in your country, like grabbing your keys, grabbing your wallet, grabbing your gun before you leave the house is how the culture needs to change. And the amount of people who want him to be fired for what he said sunday night, here is his response to that. Someone compare this had as a fireable offense to situations in which people have laid blatantly racist comments or comments that had no place whatsoever. This is simply a case of some people dont agree with it or they dont agree with what they think i was saying and, therefore, it would be okay if i was booted off the air. Obviously a lot of people are upset. There are just as many people out there i believe that are standing up and applauding him for what he had to say sunday night, opening that discussion, getting us to talk about guns in the wrong peoples hands. Its just i dont know. Its just sad to me that you cant have a rational conversation about gun control in america. You cant without the extremes on both sides coming forward and expressing their extreme opinions. Why cant we sit down and have an intelligent discussion about gun control . Its a politically charged topic that people have such strong opinions and beliefs on, its just the same topic, i think, as domestic violence, abortion. Its like talking politics with your family on thanksgiving. Nothing gets solved from it. Youre right. Thats where it needs to change. We need to have an educated, open discussion about how we can get guns out of the wrong hands. Youll be back at 10 00, an hour from now. Joe carter, thank you very much. The man who took this picture, a 58yearold father pushed on to the tracks as the train was speeding toward him. There was nothing he could do, the photographer said, to save the man. Its not as if i wran to the post and said hey i have a photograph you may be interested in. If the same thing happened again under the same circumstances whether i had a camera or not and i ran toward it, there is no way i could rescue mr. Han. What really surprises me is the people who were maybe 100 feet or 150 feet away from mr. Han, they did not reach out to help him. Police are now questioning another man. They say he implicated himself in the incident. Mary snow has been following this story from new york. [ bleep ]. Take your [ bleep ] over there. Reporter why exactly these men were fighting is unclear. Moments after this video obtained by the new york police was recorded, 58yearold kisuk han was pushed on to the subway. Horrified onlookers unable to save him. I know they were arguing with each other. I see people trying to flag the train down before the train get to him. Reporter the fight happened around 12 30 in the afternoon on this platform that is only about 10 feet wide. A doctor on the platform says the victim was trying to protect people that he didnt know and she says that many people tried to help him by alerting subway personnel. The victim was struck and she says she performed three to four minutes of chest compressions on him, but it was too late. One eyewitness describes the train coming to an abrupt stop threequarters into the station. People are standing in fear and shock, not really knowing whats going on. Some people started running out on to the platform. Other people stood there and at any time really know what was going on. Reporter the suspect, meantime, was able to slip out of the station on to times square. Police canvassed the area with his image placed on wanted posters in the streets. It was another image in this cruel killing that has sparked an uproar. This is one of several photographs published by the New York Post of han facing the train seconds before his death. The post quotes the photographer saying he tried to warn the train operator by running towards him, firing off his camera flash. But online there were Public Comments of disgust. Wow enough time to take a few pictures. Why didnt the person help . What an age we live in, when getting the picture is more important. I am appalled. Carol, we should point out on tuesday we reached out to the freelance photographer and the New York Post. Both declined our request for comment. The photographer is speaking out, as you pointed out. He writes in the New York Post today about the snap decision, saying that critics are wrong. He said its unclear how he timed this, that there was 22 seconds between the time he heard screams and the time that man was struck by the train. But certainly creating so much controversy. And many people asking, you know, what would you do in that situation . And also, obviously, what else could have been done to help that man . He also said it was sort of an accidental picture. He was trying to alert the conductor of the train by using his flash. And he snapped all these pictures. Right. Its hard to know exactly how much time had passed. And what else could have been done. The whole story has so many people, though, speaking out and reacting to it in this senseless ac act. 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This is really part of the process of getting citigroup back on its feet. Citigroup shares are back up before the open. A lot of Financial Companies start looking at their book this is time of year. Its not surprising to see some layoffs. But big news here on citigroup. Maribel abel reporting live from the new york stock exchange. President Hillary Clinton . I say that because the majority of new yorkers want to hear that in four years. Threequarters of those asked have a favorable view of the secretary of state, who was once a senator from new york. Former first lady said that running for Political Office is not in her future. A big win for netflix. Internet movie provider inks a deal to become the exclusive Television Provider for disneys new releases, including titles from studios like pixar and marvel. The deal could cost netflix 300 million a year. The deal wont send films your way until 2016. And days of rain across the west coast are taking a toll in western washington state. The National Weather service says theres a risk of landslides, like that one, in everett. The ground could also slide in seattle, tacoma and bremerton. One year, 365 days. Thats how long american scott kelley and a russian will spend on the sbrshl space station. His trip will be the longest by an american on a single mission. John zarrella joins us now. Tell us more, john. Reporter holding a briefing about the mission now and what to expect. In about an hour or so, maybe a little less, kelly and his russian counterpart will also hold a press briefing and talk about, you know, how they were selected, the process. And what they expect. You know, this is a huge, huge step, if you want to do a deep Space Mission, because so little is known about the longterm effects of weightlessness on the body. If youre talking about going to an asteroid or mars, youre talking about round Trip Missions of a year or two years if youre going to go to mars. Weightlessness affects the Blood Pressure, eyesight. It affects bone density. It affects muscle mass. So many Different Things beyond just the technical issues that have to be understood about the human body and how weightlessness affects it before we would ever be able to undertake such a trip. Carol . How do you train for Something Like this . Reporter well, you know, its year long. Quite frankly, a lot of it is building baselines about that particular persons body. Theyll build baselines about the Blood Pressure of the astronaut and cosmonaut. Theyll build baselines about their muscle mass, do all of those things. Of course, then theres just the intensive training about what they will be expected to do during the course of that year, all the tests theyll be put through. Not just the testing, but the responsibilities theyll have as part of the crew of that particular space station mission, that Yearlong Mission theyll be on. It is pretty intense. And a lot of exercising, a lot of working out to build up the body for that much time in space. So, it is a huge, huge mission. I think it says one other thing, carol. Any mission to mars, because of how cost prohibitive it would be, would clearly be an international mission. Here you have the russian and the american training side by side. Another indication that thats probably the direction that the world is going to go as far as going to mars. Fascinating. John zarrella, reporting live for us this morning. Sure. This picture sparked outrage and horror. A man trapped in the path of an oncoming subway train. A lot of outrage is directed at the man who took that picture. Is it ethical for that photographer to sell his photos . Yo, give it up, dude up high ok. Dont you have any usefull apps on that thing . Who do you think i am, quicken loans . 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So, lets talk about the photographers responsibility in all of this. Joining us now via skype from arlington, massachusetts, from the National Press association, good morning. Good morning. The photographer in this case, umar abbasi says he didnt mean to snap the picture, simply flashing his camera at the conductor, trying to get the conductor to stop the train. Does that sound credible to you . Well, its really hard for me to pass judgment on the actions of the photographer when i wasnt there. If i didnt see the other frames that he took, whether they looked random, i couldnt really comment on that. He also says he was too far away to help. As a professional photographer, your instinct is to shoot things that are happening.