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In his first press conference in eight months, president obama said the american people knew what they were getting when they re-elected him. and his takeaway from last week's results -- >> i've got a mandate to help middle-class families. >> reporter: the fiscal cliff and mandatory spending cuts and tax increases is looming at the end of the year. >> i want a big deal. i want a comprehensive deal. >> reporter: the president reiterated that he's not backing down from the campaign pledge. to raise taxes on the wealthiest americans. >> a modest tax increase on the wealthy is not going to break t...

Cheating the real winner, his name is robert miles, out of a $5 million prize and then waiting years upon years to collect it. abc's steve osunsami has this story. >> reporter: andy ashcar still claims he bought the winning scratch off ticket himself in 2006 at his family's syracuse convenience store where he worked and then waited six long years to split the money with his brother because he worried the cash would negatively affect his engagement to his girlfriend. >> i would hope at some point in the last six years, he had been convinced that she did marry him for love. >> reporter: lottery ...

>> he is frederick humphries, a veteran agent who infamously sent shirtless pictures of himself to a key player in the scandal. and president obama now has spoken out about the unfolding mess. abc's mark greenblat has the latest on that. good morning, mark. >> reporter: paula, rob, good morning. the president's remarks came in his first press conference since the election. and he tried to remind the nation that there is more to the david petraeus story than just an affair. the president weighed in for the first time on the sex scandal that captured the nation's attention. and forced david petr...

Almost 1.5%. overseas markets are trending lower this morning. the thing is, you hear people in other situations say the president, because now he doesn't face re-election is more than willing this time to perhaps let the country go off the fiscal cliff much more than he was last time around. so a real potential that everyone's taxes go up january 1. this is -- they're not bluffing as much this time around. it really could happen. well, overseas now where israeli aircraft, tanks and naval gun boats are pounding the gaza trip for a second day. >> this follows the military strike yesterday tha...

Others. >> reporter: name some names for us? >> no. >> reporter: all right, then i will. chris bosh, heat/bulls, february, last year. flop. >> don't think he is hit. >> we've got the academy awards coming up. >> reporter: nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >> oh, wow. good they're cracking down. people have been complaining for that a lot of years. >> but i think there's just a lot of bad acting going on -- rob, are you okay? >> man, i need some workman's comp. i'm out. see y'all in the spring when it warms up. >> you go, i go. we go down as a team together, flip-flopping. >> medical leave, i'm...