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And good morning, everybody. Belated happy new year, from me to all you guys out there. And we begin with the president ial seal of approval that should keep the country from plunging back into recession. Late last night, president obama signed the bill to avert the fiscal cliff. He did it from his Vacation Home in hawaii, via autopen. Its a mechanical device that copies his signature in washington. And that opposition had House Speaker facing opposition from fellow republicans. He put his job on the line to get it done, only to be met by a new round of outrage by both parties over the Hurricane Sandy aid package. Heres abcs jonathan karl. Reporter a political firestorm erupted over what congress has failed to do. Adjourning without passing an aid bill for victims of Hu ....
Under us. Absolutely indefensible. Absurd. Absolutely absurd. Shame on you, mr. Speaker. Reporter the failure to even vote on the 60 billion bill prompted an outburst from new jersey governor, chris christie. 66 days and counting. Shame on you. Shame on congress. Reporter his wrath aimed squarely at Republican Leaders in congress. They forget, we sent them there. We sent them there to do the work for us. Not to sit down there and play with each other. Reporter all that sound and fury apparently paid off. Late wednesday, the speaker of the house said that aid to victims of Hurricane Sandy would be the First Priority of the new congress to get sworn in on thursday. The first vote for sandy victims coming on friday. Jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. Our thanks to jonathan. So, the speaker conceding to pressure ....
Nice to see you this morning. Lawmakers are gearing up for the biggest Foreign Policy vote since the iraq war. Secretary of state john kerry making the case for military intervention in syria, appearing on a series of sunday morning shows. He said syria used sarin gas on its own people. But some members of congress are expressing sharply divided opinions on a draft resolution on whether to give the president the go ahead. I think we now have to be careful, you dont want to tie the president s hands. I know because the clarity of where all of this goes. That is still unclear to me. There are a lot of risks here. The downsides. Its important for america and important for the world. And the process were going to go through is going to help strengthen our response. Tracey potts has the details from washington. Any indication that congress will be returning early from their vacation. Reporter some have already have. Some law mayesers w ....