Other stories. A health scare for Hillary Clinton. The secretary of state is hospitalized this morning after doctors discover a blood clot. Well have the latest on her condition. Also this morning, a different kind of contract for a young iphone user, what this teens mom is making him agree to before hes allowed to talk or text. I think its fantastic parenting by the way. A huge weekend in nfl action. The bitter end for some teams. Yeah. Bears. And the beginning of playoff hopes for others, whos out, whos in, who shouldnt be. Fantastic details. Bears and giants are both out. Can y believe that . I cant. Were not the only ones work thing overnight. Talks are going on in washington trying to avoid the fiscal cliff. But were getting something done. The average American Family would see a tax increase of more than 3,400. Preeti arla is joining us with more. Reporter top leaders seemed optimistic early on, but that seemed to shift, replaced by pessimism and still no deal with time running out. The clock is ticking, negotiations are ongoing. But at this point, democrats and republicans remain at odds. Regardless of partisan differences, our top priority has to be to make sure that taxes on middle class families do not go up, that would hurt our economy badly. We can get that done. Reporter president obama called for immediate action, but there was no vote in the senate. Were going to come in at 11 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning and well have further announcements perhaps at 11 00 in the morning. I certainly hope so. Reporter Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell called Vice President biden in for help. Biden is now said to be playing a direct role. Theres no single issue that remains an impossible Sticking Point. The Sticking Point appears to be a willingness and interest or frankly the courage to close the deal. Reporter if congress doesnt act soon, drastic spending cuts will go into effect and taxes go up for everyone. Senate leaders continue to work on the stop gap bill, but Sticking Points remain. Theres still significant difference between the two sides, but negotiations continue. Reporter reid said negotiation also continue through the night, with just hours left till that deadline. John and paula . Secretary of state Hillary Clinton is spending new years eve in the hospital. During a checkup for her concussion, doctors discovered clinton developed a blood clot. Now shes on medication. The medical experts we spoke with speculate that clinton may have developed the clot after days of inactivity due to the concussion. We wish her a speedy recovery. Millions of americans struggling to navigate roads that are glazed over with ice and snow. One crash alone, nine people passed away on an org highway and more than 20 others were injured. Reporter on the icy roads of the Blue Mountains in oregon, a tour bus crash on i84. Drives was also disastrous in the east. There was a 20car pileup on i93 in new hampshire. There was debris everywhere. You could see it. You had to almost duck not to be hit by a tender or a drill grill. Reporter it was a dangerous drive in portland, maine. And in lexington, kentucky, crews worked day and night to keep that from happening. In st. Louis, that did happen. It was black ice that sent this suv tumbling into an icy river. Inside, a mother and her three children. I can only imagine what she thought with the three kids in the back seat. Reporter First Responders jumped in and no one was hurt. Its the cold and wind in durham, connecticut. A freezing reminder that this is what winter looks like. Now the coldest air of the season settles in for much of the country. Chicago, one of those places that has been very mild. They havent seen a High Temperature below 32 for 308 days, until sunday. Now we get into the weekend, new years eve forecast takes you to right around 35 in times square as the ball drops. Across the country, just a few icy spots in southern missouri and northern arkansas. Ginger zee, abc news, new york. Temperatures nosedive. Some cities bracing for another round of snow. For more on the snow and air, well turn to meteorologist jim dicky. Good morning. A cold morning on tap in new england. Many spots in single digits. These are the lows here. As we switch over to the highs in the North Central portion of the country, only at 9 in minneapolis and bismarck. 14 your high in pierre. Arctic air is surging its way out of canada. Paula and john, back to you. Quite colder than 35 here in new york when i was bringing that coffee for you this morning, walking back from the starbucks. I appreciate the coffee. Thank you. I was just waiting for some snow to accumulate in the city because ive been bribing my children to be on their best behavior so we can make snow angels. Central park . I was like, you have to take a nap. If you wake up early, we eastern not going to go outside because i was anticipating accumulation, but didnt get one. Playing in central park is awesome. Lets talk about a latest Terror Threat from al qaeda in yemen, putting the bounty on the heads of u. S. Ambassadors and american soldiers. A video offers about 160,000 for the head of an American Ambassador. 23,000 for a soldier. Al qaeda in yemen is considered the terror groups most dangerous faction. Switching gears to a triumphant return. Indianapolis head coach chuck pagano back in the saddle. He stepped down to undergo chemo therapy for leukemia around week three. His cancer is now in complete remission. Icing on the cake, gamechanging touchdown. This was a great win against the texans. The texans were fighting for the number two seed. But the colts, an improbable season. They won 9 of 12 without their head coach, a rookie quarterback. They had the worst record of the season in the nfl last year. Just a real improbable season for them. But chuck pagano said the best day was his life is when he got married. The second best day is when he was told he would go back to coaching. Coming up, the nfls regular season timee. Ill sit down to look at the playoff matchupping and who looks like strong contenders for the super bowl. Its time to change the way we clean. Its time to free ourselves from the smell and harshness of bleach. And free ourselves from worrying about the ones we love. New lysol power free has more cleaning power than bleach. How . The secret is the Hydrogen Peroxide formula. It attacks tough stains and kills 99. 9 of germs. New lysol power free. Powerful cleaning thats family friendly. Another step forward in our mission for health. [ female announcer ] one drop of ultra dawn has twice the everyday grease cleaning ingredients of one drop of the leading nonconcentrated brand. To clean 2x more greasy dishes. Dawn does more. So its not a chore. Well, this weekend was the end of the line for a whole lot of teams in the nfl. But now the fun begins. Joining me now to talk about whos in, whos out is sports radio host jason page. Im so bummed about the bears. They beat the lions, they did their part. But you know what . The vikings had a thriller of a game with the packers. And the giants, too. I think if we rewound to week five, we were saying bears, giants, two of the best teams in the nfl. Neither of them are in the playoffs. Bears defensively were so good and what happened . Were stuck eating wings, right . Drowning our sorrows. Top seed in the nfc, the falcons. Second seed, the 49ers. Then weve got to talk about that game between the vikings and the packers. Green bay and minnesota. What a game. And theyll get to do it all over again next week. Lets start what happened in this game. The story was adrian peterson. Needs 208 yards to surpass Eric Dickersons alltime mark, most rushing yards in a season. And he almost got there on the second to the last play of the game, got a big run. And if he had run it into the end zone, that would have set the record. But still, just a great win for minnesota. And green bay just has a hard time stopping teams. If youre giving up 34 to minnesota, i am not sold on green bay as a super bowl contender. Packers have the three seed and will be taking on the vikings who won the wild card next weekend. Redskins and cowboys in a thriller. Redskins won their division for the First Time Since . 1999. Ive been waiting for the last couple of weeks weve been talking about would this game with that it moment for tony romo. Could it be the time where hes catapulted into the playoffs, goes on that eli manning to win his first super bowl . Youre going to have wait another year. Everybody talked about rg3, but Alfred Morris is the real reason the redskins win this game. And the seahawks picked up that wild card. I dont want to play seattle right now. Theyre the hottest team out there. You wont be. Youll be watching the game. So dont worry about it. In the afc, broncos, top seed. Patriots, then the texans and bengals playing next week. Texans are falling apart. They had a chance against the colts to solidify that number two. Didnt happen. How you could come into a game and be this flat in a game that meant so much, first round bye, how you can go in indianapolis and play that badly today is beyond me. Eric kubiak has to be beside himself. This team just doesnt trust its quarterback, matt schaub, plain and simple. And chuck pagano, battling leukemia. Everybody is happening for chuck pagano. Its what the colts did and they were playing with a lot of emotion. Ravens and the colts. Ravens win their division, colts sneak in. Ravens do not want to see indianapolis. But weve seen joe flacco in this spot time and time again. He always seems to win in the postseason. Is this the year he gets over the hump . Maybe. A little bit of nfl news. Number one and two picks in the draft will be . Kansas city getting the number one pick. Look for them to take gino smith. And jacksonville the number two pick. And andy reid wont be back with the eagles . The announcement should be made later today. Dont look for him to be out of work long. Hes already getting together another Coaching Staff to coach somewhere else. It wont be san diego, though. We should mention that the world news now nfl picks competition will return this week. So make sure you stay tuned. I told you not to dig in yet. Im not waiting. Considering i ate six before we even started. Souate, competition is returning next week. You just keep eating these. Hes jason page. Im paula faris. Well be right back. Its every teams holiday dream. A lot of kids got them but they probably didnt get a list of conditions with their new device. Thats why this is our favorite story of the day. One very smart mom, momma bear, she wrapped up some commonceps along with her sons gift and abcs akiko fujita has the story. Number one, it is my phone. I bought it, i paid for it. No porn. I will always no the password. Reporter its not the christmas list that you would expect as a 14yearold. An 18point contract littered with dos and donts. Dont take a million pictures and videos. Oh, my god. My first reaction was, why . Why did she really have to do this . What i wanted to do and show him how you could be a responsible user of Technology Without abusing it, without becoming addicted. Reporter janell kaufmans message has struck a message with parents, worried about the increasing use of smartphones. More than 50 million iphones are projected to sell this Holiday Season alone, many to teens just like greg. Josh shipp says a set of rules is a must for teen iphone use. You couldnt give your kid a car without insurance. So giving them a cell phone or a computer without teaching them how to use it responsibly is irresponsible on the part of the parent. Reporter among the 18 conditions, number seven do not involve yourself in conversations that are hurtful to others. Reporter and number 12, a lesson some celebrities could use this year. Take note, rihanna. Do not end or receive pictures of your private parts or anyone elses private parts. Reporter hes especially nervous about rule six, which says hes responsible for replacement cost if it falls into the toilet or vanishes into thin air. A legitimate consider, considering there were 16,000 Apple Gadgets stolen in new york city alone this year. And if he does lose his phone . Hopefully ill just make up a good excuse. Reporter there are valuable lessons here for adults, too. Keep your eyes up, see the world happening around you. Stair at a window, listen to birds, take a walk, talk to a stranger. That is great. And i think the gentlemans point about irresponsible parenting, so many times you go to a restaurant and nobody is looking at one another. Theres no eye contact. We went to lunch with some friends. The adults were talking but all four of the children ages 6 and under were all playing on mommy and daddys iphones. So you need to learn how to communicate. She needs to get that contract online, because thats the kind of thing every parent would like to print that out. I think its great. And thats the big concern as parents, are your kids going to learn that sense of communication that we had growing up. If somebody says i called and left you a message, you knew they left it at home on your answering machine. Now its like, where do i go, twitter, facebook . Do you remember getting a busy signal . That was the worst. The rotary phone. There you go. The tin can on the string. I do remember that. Mix. 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I dont like to run with anybody because i dont want to have a conversation. Because i cant. Im like, sucking wind. Now you know youre not alone. Squeezing boobs can stop breast cancer, before you give me that book. Squeezing boobs . Squeezing breasts can prevent cancer. So do your part. Let me demonstrate. Hello the experiment is this true . Its true. Squeezing the silicone during the first stages of cell growth, so for real, give them a squeeze. There you go. Thats going to be the best news my husband has ever heard. And on that note, if youve had botox, well, theres youve never had botox . I could probably use it. I probably need it, maybe more than reasons than just the wrinkles. But it could also treat depression, believe it or not. This is fascinating. This cosmetic center in maryland, reports that it physically prevents a person from frowning, which triggers depression. You cant frown, so youre happy and i dont know, maybe your body interprets that. Who knows . How do you sleep . S in my pajamas. Youre in the majority. 74 of americans sleep in clothing. 6 only sleep naked. Im one of these now, a Health Crisis for Hillary Clinton. The secretary of state is spending this new years eve in the hospital after doctors discover a blood clot. It is monday, december 31. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, everybody. Im john muller in for rob nelson. And im paula faris. I cannot believe it is the morn of new years eve. Isnt that crazy . Christmas is in the rearview mirror. 2013. 2013. I remember when 1999 was like, you know, a million years away. And here we are, 2013. Where has the time gone and what did you do in 2012 . Yeah, i dont know what i did with 2012. But here it is, its over. On to one of our top stories. Mrs. Clinton was hospitalized last night. Well get to the latest on her condition. But first, a look at some of the other stories were following for you this monday morning. A meeting is set as lawmakers work to avoid the fiscal cliff. But the clock is winding down. I dont know about you, but im so tired of talking about this. I feel the exact same way. Just go over the cliff, get something done so we can stop talking about it. It is cold out there. Old man winter reminding us what time of year it is. A large part of the nation will ring in the new year with temperatures below freezing. It is hot as in the studio you mean. Yes. Maybe its warm because i have my new slippers on that rob got me. Thats not fair. You can put them in the microwave. Really . Yes. But if warm, sunny skies are more your skityle, pasadena is e place to be. Well see how an army of volunteers builds those majestic floats. We begin with Hillary Clinton. The 65 yeermdz secretary of state is in a New York Hospital suffering from a blood clot. A spokesman would not say where that clot is locate but said clinton is being treated with anticoagulants and will remain in the hospital for the next 48 hours. Abcs Deadra Bryant has more. Reporter secr