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Top of the hour. Good afternoon, everyone. Im Deborah Feyerick live from cnns World Headquarters in atlanta. And as i speak, in deal yet on the fiscal cliff, but a big but, it appears lawmakers may be getting just a bit closer. And im joe johns live from washington where just moments ago the president encouraged lawmakers to cross the finish line. It was a compromise u. S. Lawmakers signed into law in 2011 that contributed to the pending man made catastrophe that they have been warning about for more than a year. Now, as the new years deadline approaches, the fiscal cliff may be moving to a la...

Americans 85 and older, our oldest old, are the Fastest Growing segment of our population. And this is the very population that is most at risk of the multiple and interacting Health Problems that can lead to disability and a need for longterm care. At the same time, declining birthrates mean that there will be fewer Family Members and paid caregivers to care for our nations growing aging population. Today, there are approximately seven potential caregivers for each person over 80, as this chart indicates. By the year 2030, there will be only for. And by 2050, the number drops to fewer than on...

We want to hear from teachers and people who work in the classrooms, principals and vice principals, people connected with education to find your thoughts on what happened yesterday. The actions of the teachers. How safe are in americas schools and americas schoolchildren. This is how the story is being played this morning on the front page of the new york daily news. This is the way it is being reported this morning in the wall street journal. The president talked about the shootings at the Elementary School calling it a hate crime and vowing to press for meaningful actions to prevent more in...

Not only will that campaign have saved tens of thousands of lives, it can save millions of dollars. An ounce of prevention can have a pound of cure the impact. That is the case with tobacco control. Exports, it is the question of doing it and the employment things proven to work. One is hard hit in campaigns. What we did was pull back the curtain. We have taking care of it far too many patience who have had heart attacks. Smoking does not to cause cancer. It defects every part of your body. We are taking care of who sixth brought to their families too early. We showed what it was like for peop...

The americans tax rates are going up. The americans paycheck will get a lot smaller. That would be the wrong thing to do for our economy. It would hurt middleclass families and it would hurt the businesses that depend on your spending. And congress can prevent it from happening, if they act now. Leaders in congress are working on a way to prevent this tax hike on the middle class and i believe we may be able to reach an agreement that can pass both houses in time. But, if an agreement is not reached on time, i will urge the senate to hold an up or down vote on a basic package that protect the ...