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Welcome back to the cnn news room, im martin savidge. If youre just joining us, thank you for tuning in. Were following the breaking developments on a store i that affects every single american. Thats the fiscal cliff. We reach the brink in two days. Lets go live now to dana bash on capitol hill. Because of news of a setback. Dana, what do we know . Thats right. We got this word from democratic sources about a half an hour ago. Maybe a little bit more. That they consider a major setback to be going on right now. A poison pill, something that the republicans offered last night and democrats rej...

John boehner and House Democratic leader nancy pelosi met at the white house yesterday afternoon with the president and Vice President. Heres where things stand right now. The Senate Leaders are meeting aiming to avoid tax hikes. And they may vote on a deal sunday or perhaps on monday. Jessica yellin is our chief white house correspondent. Lisa day jar dayne is on capitol hill. The president used his bully pulpit to reinforce the idea that senators need to get busy. So lets listen. The American People are watching what we do here. Obviously, their patience is already thin. This is deja vu all ...

Already come or is that still perhaps lurking out . We do not know the answer to that. All of the events are capricious such as sandy. You cant tell which wave is going to be packing the most punch. Sometimes its the second, third, or last one. So its sort of a train wreck coming through slowly but surely. And you have to make sure that you have a very good idea that the worst is by you before you start sending people back into the areas that could be affected. So of course as you prepare for the worst, you mentioned the phrase train wreck. Ive talked to a number of people live on air. And the...

Standing with conservatives and why isnt it on display yet . With he want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We continue with cnns live coverage of todays breaking news. The shocking death of an American Music legend. Prince. He was 57 years old. He had canceled several recent concerts due to illness. Investigators say he was found unresponsive today in an elevator at his mansion outside of minneapolis. Princes music topped the charts again and again for decades. Grammywinning albums like purple rain and number one so...

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