He never followed through on that. Instead police say he put a hockey mask on and headed toward the Clackamas Town Center mall on tuesday afternoon. Ended up killing a dedicated hospice nurse and respected former radio executive. Critically wounded a 15yearold girl before he finally committed suicide. It all brings us right to dan simon. Hes live from suburban portland this morning. What else do we know about Jacob Roberts . Reporter well, good morning, soledad. His name surfaced less than 24 hours ago so its still a bit early in the investigation. But the things that you would typically look at, his family life, you know, where he works, his relationships, havent seen really any obvious signs. Investigators say they havent found a criminal history, no violent past. So at this point things dont really add up. People have been trying to look at his Facebook Page, esee if there are any clues there. There is a piece of artwork on his Facebook Page saying follow your dreams. The word cancelled stamped over it. Could that suggest anything . At this point we dont know that. There are these reports that he was planning to move to hawaii. He was telling friends that he inherited a bunch of money and had scheduled a flight to go there, but really no truth in that as best as we can tell. Everyone we have talked to seems genuinely shocked that this happened, including an exgirlfriend who actually spoke to abc. Take a look. This was the last thing i would have ever expected, especially from him. He was just too sweet. Never mean to anybody. He had his plane ticket, he was ready to go, and then this happened and it just makes me think if hawaii was even in the back of his mind. Well, of course a lot of attention on the victims. 45yearold steven forsyth, a father of two. A respected executive in the portland area. Coach of his kids Little League team. Just a heartbreaking story. And 54yearold cindy yuille, the mother and dedicated hospice nurse. Someone who knew her very well is also speaking out. Take a look. Cindy was an amazing hospice nurse. She spent her life helping other people transition to the end of life. And cindy yuilles family never got to say goodbye. Reporter well, theres the 15yearold girl in the hospital. She is recovering. She took a bullet wound right to the torso. It bruised her lung, but didnt touch any vital organs. Just months ago she also survived another ordeal when the van she was riding in was hit by a drunken driver. Just an incredible ordeal for her, but she seems to be doing well. Oh, my goodness. Dan simon with an update on the little bit we know about the shooter at this point. Lets talk fiscal cliff for a moment. Its getting closer, but the deal still doesnt seem all that close. President obama, Congressional Republicans seem to be digging in on taxes. A new wall street journal nbc poll shows an overwhelming majority of americans are siding with the president on this one. Republicans polls, a majority now favoring compromise. White house correspondent Brianna Keilar is following some of these negotiations for us. 19 days and counting. How is it feeling . Reporter right now its not going well, at least thats what you get when you listen to House Speaker john boehner talk about conversations with the president. They are talking, soledad. The staff of both the white house and House Republicans are in touch, but Speaker Boehner said about his sunday conversation with president obama that it was cordial, and then he said about his tuesday conversation with the president that it was deliberate and frank. So you it doesnt take too much to read between the lines there to show you that things are not going that well. They have exchanged another set of counteroffers to no avail, and still at this point there is this impasse over tax rates. The white house, president obama saying that the income tax rate for earnings over a quarter Million Dollars must go up. Republicans saying no and accusing the president of not being specific about spending cuts and entitlement reforms, reform medicare, medicaid and social security. So let me ask you a question about this report that were hearing that the Obama Administration might be looking at a republican to succeed the defense secretary, leon panetta. Who is on that list at this point . Reporter yeah, thats right. This is former nebraska senator chuck hagel, a republican. So this is pretty interesting. We know, according to sources knowledgeable of the situation, that president obama and Vice President joe biden have met with hagel and hes, of course, is someone whos familiar to the president. Yes, hes a republican but some republican mace take issue with this nomination because in 2008 he actually sort of switched sides, if you will, a little bit and endorsed president obama. He also traveled with him to iraq and afghanistan. So they have that relationship as well as the Vice President s relationship with hagel in the senate. Its sort of fascinating, though, because bob gates, as you know, was a republican. And so if he were to be nominated, if hagel were to be nominated, two out of three of the president s defense secretaries would be republican. So pretty fascinating stuff. I will tell you, though, the Administration Says no decisions have been made yet on this, but some sources saying this is almost a done deal and that hagel is the front runner. Interesting. Brianna keilar, thanks. Appreciate it. John berman has a look at some of the other stories making news this fine morning. Good morning. U. S. Officials say north korea may not have control of the satellite it put into orbit. It was on board that rocket launched yesterday. This is claiming to be from the control room in north korea as the rocket blasted off. U. S. Officials say Ground Control has yet to send a key radio signal to the satellite. This may indicate a potential problem. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton is set to testify next week about the terror attack on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi. Shell appear before the house and Senate Foreign affairs committees. A report by a state Department Review board on the attack that killed ambassador Chris Stevens and three other americans is expected to be released before clinton testifies. She testifies one week from today. A lockdown has been lifted this morning on the campus of California State University at fullerton. Thats near los angeles. The campus went on high alert yesterday after suspects in an Armed Robbery at a nearby store abandoned their getaway vehicle near the school. Police say five suspects were involved. Three were arrested. The campus took precautions while police searched for the other two suspects. Computer security tycoon john mcafee is back in the u. S. This morning. Mcafee says guatemalan authorities refused his request for asylum and kicked him out of their country. They placed him on a flight to miami. Right after his flight arrived in the u. S. , mcafee thought he might be facing more legal trouble here at home. They said is john mcafee on the plane . Please come forward. There were a whole bunch of officers. I thought, gee, this is continuing. And they said were here to help you, sir. Please come with us. More twists and turns to the strange story. He said he is willing to talk about the death of his neighbor but he said he will do the talking right here in the u. S. Its a messy situation. Mcafee talking all the time. Rocking for relief. One of the greatest gatherings in musical talent ever on stage last night for a very worthy cause. The 121212 concert for sandy. Turn the power down while Staten Island drowned but we went right on with the show that is long islands own billy joel sounding awesome. He sounds so good, doesnt he . Thats a rewrite of his iconic song. This show also featured another local boy, you may recognize him. Thats bruce springsteen, the boss, from the jersey shore. He was there with the e street band. Paul mccartney also there. He performed a new song that he wrote with nirvana. A lot of people thought that was a strange combination but you see him on stage. Also there the rolling stones, the who, eric clapton, everyone. There are estimates this reached two billion people and the show had already raised more than 30 million just in ticket sales. This is all for Hurricane Sandy. And they said theyre going to give that money out, that 32 million out in weeks and months, not in the years that you see sometimes it takes for money to hand out. A billy joel rewrite of miami 2017 was really well done. Man, he was killing it. He is a national treasure. And a long islander. Moving on on starting point this morning, new polls showing threequarters of americans would be okay with raising taxes on the wealthy to sort out the fiscal cliff mess. So why is it feeling like maybe were even further from a deal than ever before . Well talk about that. And theres business news. Oh, there is. A massive cyber attack on 30 u. S. Banks to steal millions of your dollars . The scary new details that may affect your bank account next. With your ticket in your suitcase thunder is rolling down this track you dont know where youre going now but you know you wont be back dermatologist recommended aveeno has an oat formula, now proven to build a moisture reserve, so skin can replenish itself. Thats healthy skin for life. Only from aveeno. I have a cold, and i took nyquil, but im still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesnt unstuff your nose. What . [ male announcer ] it doesnt have a decongestant. No way. [ male announcer ] sorry. 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Ben bernanke said the fed does not have enough tools to offset the fiscal cliff, so a warning from the fed that the fiscal cliff is already hurting household confidence and business spending. Meantime Security Firm mcafee releasing a report about plans for a massive cyber attack on 30 u. S. Banks. Cyber criminals banding together around the world for project blitz creek targeting millions of dollars in Consumers Bank accounts. They plan to use malware dying dormant in the u. S. Financial system. Here are a few of the banks at risk. Citibank, wachovia, wells fargo, also etrade and paypal also targeted. It could happen as early as the spring. No response from the banks weve contacted or the government, which monitors cyber warfare, cyber crime. So we have till spring to work it out . Well, the fdic ensures your deposits up to 250,000. Republicans in the house have been warned santa claus might find them at the capitol for christmas if they cant get a deal on the fiscal cliff done before then. With coal. With coal all around, because they cant get a deal done on the fiscal cliff. We want to talk to congressman james langford, a republican from the state of oklahoma. Nice to have you with us, sir. We appreciate your time. Thank you. You have in all seriousness been warned not to make plans for christmas. What do you think is the likelihood in fact that a deal would be done before christmas, number one . And what exactly are they telling you to do or not do . At this point weve been told by eric cantor and Speaker Boehner just to hold the schedule through the rest of the year. Thats the same thing we heard right after the election. Hang on to the calendar and well watch and see how this unfolds. Obviously americans work through the holidays a lot and so as members of the house and senate, well continue to do that as well. How will it work low gistically. Youre done today, right . The last working day, youre off tomorrow. Do you go anyway and everybody is just on call meaning youd be brought back to do some sort of a vote . Americans loose track sometimes that all of our work is not here in washington. Ill be back in my District Office tomorrow because there are things in my district that have to be taken care of and ill fly back early next week and get started because obviously the fiscal cliff is a major part of it. But as members of the house we dont have a lot we can push on. We can throw out alternatives and options but Speaker Boehner is our negotiator. Theres been very little leaked, exactly the details of some of those conversations. We do know from politico which is reporting that Speaker Boehner has told the president that he would consider more than the 800 billion in new tax revenues that have been on the table if in fact the president were willing to do deeper entitlement cuts. Is that the kind of thing that you would support . Well, i have to see all the details of the deal on it. What were struggling with is this is obviously a spendingdriven crisis. In 2012 most americans dont know. In 2012 we received in the federal government the third highest amount of federal revenue ever in the history of the nation. So while theres this conversation about we need more revenue, we actually are receiving more revenue than ever. So the third highest number that weve ever received ever in the history of the nation. While paychecks are going down, federal revenue continues to go up. But were spending a trillion dollars a year more than we did just five years ago. So were very focused to say were not just going to solve the fiscal cliff but actually solve the fiscal crisis and that is the debt and deficit spending. Weve got to find a way to solve that. Theres a couple interesting new polls i want to run by you. Nbc wall street journal poll is would you accept tax increases on incomes higher than 250,000 to avoid the fiscal cliff. Democrats, 89 said yes. Republicans, 61 said yes. Independents, 69 said yes. So the sentiment certainly feels even within the Republican Party to go for that. The question was do you want gop leaders to compromise in the current budget debate. Republicans overwhelmingly back in april, 38 were saying theyd compromise. That number is now 59 . Stick to positions, you know, back in april more than well over half said yes. Now that number has dropped dramatically to 37 . How do you read the tea leaves when it comes to these kinds of polls . It doesnt surprise me that the majority of americans would say raise taxes but do that on someone else so look at this upper bracket. They identify this 2 and say raise it on them and not on us. The other dynamic is i think a lot of americans are beginning to understand what were facing in this fiscal cliff. Three things are hitting at the exact same time. The Affordable Care act taxes kick in january 1st. All rate increases from the last lame duck, they took every rate and did it two years. This is not a matter if republicans are saying new york city were going to vote no on everything. What were doing is voting yes on every single tax rate going up. The third part is trying to reduce spending. Last year during the budget agreements, we agreed that we would find a way to cut 1. 2 trillion in spending. So thats still on the table right now. If its not done, theres acrosstheboard spending cuts and a lot of americans say thats the wrong way to do it. You know what, theres an interesting poll that comes out of bloomberg and the question is about a mandate. I thought this was interesting. Obamas reelection, the question goes, gives him a mandate to raise taxes on those making 250,000 plus. And the answer was yes, 65 of people polled said yes, in fact they do believe that he has a mandate there. With that polling, how does that make you change how you see your position as you go into the negotiation along with the fact that everybodys taxes are going up anyway at the end of this year . No matter what happens, you can do absolutely nothing, were all going to have our taxes raised. Thats correct. Our challenge is this. Were not trying to solve the fiscal cliff, were trying to solve the debt and the deficit. The president s proposal was lets raise taxes on the wealthiest americans, which raises about 80 billion. Well, that still leaves us 920 billion to go to get through this deficit. So the president s proposal is not serious to actually solving the problem. In their last proposal the president put out was raise 80 billion a year in additional taxes and give us Unlimited Authority to continue to raise the debt ceiling and take sequestration cuts and post Pope Benedict it another year. Were saying thats not serious, weve got to deal with it right now. The crisis is real, but its real in the amount of debt that were increasing every single day so lets deal with the real issue. Do you have leverage on this . If our taxes are going up at the end of the year, wharls of whether you go home to oklahoma or stay, taxes are going up on everybody. Im sure that nobody wants to be holding the bag on raising taxes on the middle class. Thats an Excellent Way to be unelected next time around. Do you have leverage to do all those things that you want to do . Our leverage is only the American People because again you kwoed some of tquoted so