Ive hung out in times square because ive done new years eve. I mean just new years eve, though. No, no. We wish you all a happy new year. Well pull out the crystal ball for a look at what 2013 has in store, when it comes to things like politics and the economy. The president , of course, facing a number of challenges in the second term as he tries to fulfill his Campaign Promise to boost the still struggling job market. Well talk about that and much more with chuck todd and jim cramer straight ahead. What well all be watching, wearing and playing with in the months to come. Call me a mind reader. I can tell you one of the top stories of 2013. Of course, its going to be the birth of the duke and duchess of cambridges baby. And coming up, well talk about the preparations under way at Kensington Palace for his or her arrival and what it will mean for the royal family. Probably not going to cover that that much on this show. First lets head to the news desk and check in with andrea canning. Happy new year. New year to you. And happy new year to you at home. Kelly odonnell is on capitol hill this morning with all the details of the fiscal cliff. Good morning and happy new year, andrea. Frantic rush of negotiations leading through this holiday. There has been a breakthrough that could affect everyones pocketbook, but it happened with time nearly running out. Three hours before the midnight deadline and the Vice President arrived on capitol hill. Happy new year. Did you think we would be here new years eve . Reporter joe biden moved from key negotiator to his pa y partys closer, meeting behind closed doors with fellow democrats to make his case for his package. You shouldnt predict how the senate is going to vote before they vote. You wont make a lot of money and number two, you surely shouldnt predict how the house is going to vote. Reporter instead of sweeping tax increases for everyone, new higher rates would hit those making over 400,000 a year, 450,000 for couples. Plus higher rates on savings, investments and large inheritances. Overall, tax increases of about 600 billion over ten years. Both parties compromised on taxes to mixed reviews. It does not address the number one priority, creating good, middleclass jobs now. I dont love it, but i think it is a very good job of negotiating where there are some wins and some losses and its about even. Reporter the plan would also delay acrosstheboard spending cuts for defense and most federal aagencies but only for two months, kicking the can on tough decisions to reduce government spending. Republicans wanted more cuts now. Its not even a small ball, its a ping pong ball of a proposal. I think its awful. Reporter the wait for a senate vote went deep into the night. Hours passed for the actual bill to be written. By the time even some new years revelers were worn out, the Senate Finally voted. The ayes are 89. The nays are 8. It does not mean negotiations halt. Far from it. This shouldnt be the model for how we do things around here, but i think we can say weve done some good for the country. Reporter and passing in the senate is just one step. The house of representatives comes back today. Theyll take a look at it. There is a hope because both democrats and republicans so overwhelmingly passed in the senate it can get through. As you heard, there will be new rounds of negotiations that are triggered but this deadline could get by with a resolution. Andrea . A lot of action on capitol hill. Thanks so much, kelly. This drama still has a long way to play out. More on that from nbcs chief white house correspondent, chief todd. Good morning and happy new year, chuck. Good morning and happy new ye year. It passed 898 votes. Will it clear the house . Its going to clear the house. I spoke with someone very close to the republican leadership. Yes, the sentiment that was expressed in kellys piece is very close to what Speaker Boehner said. They hate the bill. They dont like the bill but 89 votes is a real message. You have literally only a hand ful of democratand a handful of republicans in the senate that voted against this thing in single digits. This means it will get through the house. It may be about 100, 110 republicans aat be s at best, b message was pretty clear and theres not much Speaker Boehner can do about it. They almost feel that the senate, in voting in those numbers, handcuffed the leadership, forcing them not to change the bill, throw it on there, not be happy about it, but live to fight another day. Nancy pelosi and the democrats signed off on it. There may be more democratic votes that pass this house than republican votes at the end of the day, but it will pass. What kind of challenge does it face for the future when you see this kind of contentious situation going on for both sides . It means well have more of the same in the next, at least, three months. We have this whole setup coming up here in march. The fiscal cliff. Well not sort of have this march madness of budget fights coming up. It is going to pale what happened here over new years will seem small, petty and acquaint compared to what happens in march. It will be ugly. That doesnt sound good. Happy new year happy new year. Chuck todd in washington for us. Thanks so much. Secretary Hillary Clinton remains hospitalized for a treatment of a blood clot in her head. Nbcs chief science correspondent Robert Bazell is at Columbia University hospital. Reporter good morning, andrea. She has a blood clot just below her ear on a blood vessel that drains blood from the brain but critically, its not in the brain itself, which makes a difference in the prognosis. Its still a dangerous situation. You can see where the red dot there is on the diagram. Its being dissolved with blood thinners and over a period of days and all indications are that she will make a complete recovery. This is a dangerous situation, but shes going to be fine. Andrea . Good news. Happy new year to you as well. Thank you, robert. Now to the weather. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely today throughout the southeast and gulf coast. Some areas may receive over an inch of rain. Isolated snow showers through the ohio valley and into the virginias with one to three inches of snow. Higher amounts of elevations. Much of the country remains quite chilly with temperatures below average and partly cloudy conditions. Thats a look at the national weather. Ill have your local forecast after this break. Woman were helping joplin, missouri, come back from a devastating tornado. Man and now were helping the east coast recover from hurricane sandy. Were a leading Global Insurance company, based right here in america. Weve repaid every dollar america lent us. Everything, plus a profit of more than 22 billion. For the american people. Thank you, america. Helping people recover and rebuild thats what we do. Now lets bring on tomorrow. Mostly cloudy to start out the new year. Were up near 40 degrees. Mostly cloudy skies. A and thats a look at your local forecast. Now lets go back to matt. Lawmakers worry about getting their financial house in order, most americans are hoping the recession is in the rear view mirror and better times aawait. Jim cramer is host of mad money. Good morning. Good morning to you, matt. When you look at trends in the economy, numbers youre seeing, which ones jump out and tell you that things might be Getting Better or not . Housing shortage. Were not building enough homes. Homes are going up in value. That will be a crucial story for 2013. All year, what were going to see, matt, is that those who buy homes now will be better than people buying them next year at this time. Jobs, what do you see in terms of the jobs picture . We came in, literally, with a very strong tailwind from 2012. 2013 will be the year we start seeing tens of thousands of jobs created, but in odd places. Manufacturing, oil and gas, construction. Those are new areas. Didnt have those last year. Lets look at Interest Rates, what kind of challenges will ben bernanke face in trying to keep Interest Rates low . He will face the challenge of a lifetime. We may be looking at generational lows for mortgages. Ben bernanke would be one person to watch. Tim cook, ceo of apple, is he a person to watch in the coming year . Oh, is he ever. People think there is a steve jobs legacy. What would jobs do . This is what would cook do . He will come up with dazzling omg is what were calling them, products. Brand new senator coming to washington from massachusetts. Elizabeth warren. What are you expecting from her . Will she be a thorn in the side of banking or will she become the voice of the government against bankers . She wants to be the latter. I think shell only be the former. Secretary of treasury leaving. Right. Gone. Tim giethneithner is saying im. Give me the short list of people if you had the power to replace him. Ill give you the type of person, because i think this is who is in the running. A lot of executives in 2012 began to embrace the president after the big win. We need to see someone not necessarily from banking. That may be too troublesome but from industry. Major fortune 500 throw a name out there. How about dave cote, ceo of honeywell. Why him . Leader of the Debt Reduction talks. Didnt he go on sunday talk shows and say im not hiring, im holding my money to see if the guys washington can get it together . Youre right. And they will get it together and well see if he hires or moves over to washington. Are you bullish or bear . These trends are so powerful. Oil and gas, so powerful. Second half of the year, dont miss it. Jim cramer, aalways good to see you. You can catch mad money weeknights 6 00 and 11 00 eastern on cnbc. Savannah . Thank you. What are the big Health Headlines and developments in the medical world we can expect . Dr. Nancy snyderman is nbcs chief medical editor. Happy new year. Happy new year to you, too. Lets start with the flu. Sure. Weve seen already a bad season. Bad fall, bad winter. Unnaturally warm on the east coast. People still have their windows open which means theyre not crowding as much. An uptick in many states. I expect the flu season to get worse. Here is the really big news. World Health Organization and cdc nailed this years flu vaccine. Not too late to still get your vaccine if you havent. Lets move to another big medical story. Bear with us, viewers. This is the new diagnostic manual for the Mental Health field, something that professionals use, but it has some real world implications. Every parent thats had a kid with autism or aspergers knows what the dsm is. Hoarding will be its own medical diagnosis. Why does it matter . Doctors try to constantly figure out what we know, whats new and how we should change things. Where does the controversy come . In the things youre looking at right here. Will doctors accurately diagnose you and then does it mean that the Insurance Companies will recognize them and reimburse you and will you be able to get the services you need . Autism spectrum disorder theres still a lot of controversy. I know well be speaking a lot about on this show the royal pregnancy. The longest gestation you can remember. You have to feel for kate, she has this cute morning si sickness. The serious but rare. Only about 2 of pregnancies. In the early part of the pregnancy the woman cant hold down enough food and liquids and you run the risk to the fetus, risk of premature miscarriage. Im going to make a bold prediction for swran and february. She has been hospitalized, accurately treated. If shes still suffering, she will get iv hydration at Kensington Palace. I dont think youll see her out and about. The real speculation now is is she carrying twins . Theres an increased risk of this with twins. We would be doubly happy for her in that case. Especially if a girl comes out first. You impressed us last year because you got your telemeres. We mass screen everyone for the same stuff. Were going to increasingly have to figure out whats important in your genes versus my genes. In 2013, im going to have my complete human genome done, put out there in the public. I think doctors and people who can should get this done so we start to lerp more about what makes us tick, what makes me subject to cancer. The more we do this, the more we can research it. It will become more available to the public as the price drops. Savannah, thanks. Lets talk more about that royal birth coming up in 2013. With the duke and duchess of cambridge expecting their first child, some big changes are ahead for the royal family. Nbcs Michelle Kosinski is in london. Reporter for william and kate they can now look back on an absolutely brilliant year with a new one beginning that will mean even more to them personally. This past year, virtually every time duchess kate stepped outside, there was a photograph or hundreds to document it. No doubt a long way since that first nervous speech. Im only sorry that william cant be here today. Reporter kate now owns it, her unique elegant style and confidence. Her first complicated christmas with the royals, traveled as the queens companion, the jubilee, the olympics. Not afraid to handle events solo or kick back, even with the whole world watching. Her one embarrassment, those photos as she sun bathed topless in france on whifs to be a private holiday with william, she quickly came through, with a lawsuit and trademark smile. We saw her as a shrinking violent a violet and now shes a bloos blos blossoming flower. The face, the very essence of modern royalty aas they await their first child, thought to be due around july or august. Huge marriage for william and kate. Now were going to have the birth and the whole kind of christening and the naming and, you know, the incredible drama and the fact that now we have another heir to the throne. The beautiful 400yearold palace, brimming with history, where william spent much of his childhood. This will be their new family home, expected to be ready in the spring. Marvelous golden gates and then orange construction barriers. What is going on back there . Behind these green barriers here are sand bags and other areas to make sure theres no threat of security. And here, behind here, youll see a lovely old english garden. Thats, of course, where this little baby, in seven months or so time will be running around and enjoying his or her life. When they move into what was former princess margarets apartments, that is palatial, fit for a king, which Prince William ultimately will be, and king or queen the child will be. Its huge. 20 rooms or something . Absolutely. In fact, this is really a serious place to live. Hopefully, happy anticipation out weighing the difficultyies t the moment. Kates morning sickness requiring a hospital stay may return. Shell need to be near medical care while william will have to work out his military schedule that keeps him away. More time together. Maybe the royal order for the start of the year not just for queen and country, but for them. Prince william makes some appearances solo because kate doesnt feel well enough and there is expectation that well see Prince William take on more and more royal duties even sooner than he may have expected. You can only imagine the excitement there will be when this royal baby is born. Matt . Michelle kosinski in london this morning. Happy new year to you. If you had to make a bold prediction, which one of us will spend most time in london in the coming year. I think ill be looking for an apartment. Ill go with you. Well go shopping. Go spend a couple of months in london. There go the frequent flyers. False alarm. Turn around, come back. Considering the trip i just took. Natalie morales live in the martin room, in the delivery room. If only we could get that close. Right. Will you stick to your resolutions . This time around . From fifthy shades of gray to Honey Boo Boo, the highlights and lowlights of 2012. Low lights . 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