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we begin with today s hard words in the negotiations to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. that steep across the board spending cut and tax increase scheduled to hit in just 33 days. in a scathing assessment today, the speaker of the house john boehner says there s been no substantive progress on a deal. need to realize there can be no deal without tax rates going up for top earners. let s go live to our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. she s got more on the latest developments. tough talk from both sides, jessica. reporter: tough talk and some bright lines, wolf. on the same day that treasury secretary tim geithner went to capitol hill to meet with both democrats and republicans to talk about these negotiations, there is tense body language and tough words on both sides of pennsylvania avenue. they re starting to sound dug-in on capitol hill. all eyes are on the white house. the country doesn t need a victory lap. it needs leadership. reporter: at t ....
make sure it s safe. reporter: dr. hastings says about 60 children are diagnosed with leukemia each year at children hospital oakland. she says she has treated some of her young patients with different forms of cannabis, but the treatments are always supervised. makayla s biological father is not happy with using medical marijuana for his daughter s treatment. we ll hear a little more about that, coming up at 6:00. reporting live in oakland, i m cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. cheryl, thank you. back from thanksgiving break in full force. teachers in san jose s evergreen district are protesting, trying to pressure the district to return to the bargaining table. but the district says no deal. nbc bay area s kris sanchez joins us from san jose this evening. kris, why not return to the bargaining table? what is the problem here? reporter: hi there, raj. hopefully you can hear me over the chanting. this is a very serious group about getting their message out. we est ....
reporter: we re live at the bay bridge where there s fog and traffic for your morning commute. we ll tell you about all of the advisories in the area. a holiday tragedy on highway 50 involving children. we re now learning about a bay area connection. reporter: and more than a dozen people are sickened by carbon monoxide inside their san francisco home. we ll tell you what is being done this morning to try to pinpoint the cause of that gas leak. also, the hunt for holiday bargains shifts to the computer. why this is expected to be a record-breaking cyber monday. mornings on 2 begins right now. welcome to mornings on 2. i m dave clark. i m tori campbell. well, some parts of the bay area are crystal clear right now. others are blank blanketed in are blanketed in fog. lorraine blanco is live at the toll plaza with a look at what drive remembers dealing with there. it looks like a blanket of fog behind you. reporter: yeah, it is. the first day back from ....
[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] host: this host: ted an independent in union city, tennessee. caller: just a comment on the tax rights for your previous man you had in there. the republican. the rich their wealth has increased something like 275%, 370%. ed middle class remains stagnant, their wages. i understand tax them 100% won t cure the deficit. what the republicans don t understand it s still the right thing to do is to increase their taxes. now, the guy said we wanted to lower the corporate rate? everybody knows the corporate rate, the effective rate of the corporations is not that high. and i d like to see c-span bring back professor charles craven i believe was his name from george washington university. you had him on just briefly. it was really interesting to me. thank you, sir. host: thank you for calling in. appreciate everybody participating this morning. we are going to go live now to the senate judiciary committee for their mark ....
it is the day of truth in kenya. millions of people are going to the polls for the first time since postelection violence nearly ripped the country apart five years ago. a new constitution and new voting rules preventing the violence from happening again. but it is also causing frustration. the election is complicated. people are voting for a new president, senate, at national assembly. voting is very slow. i minister rail prime minister raila odinga is running for president. i will accept the results. this is going to be there will be no runoff. meanwhile, deputy prime minister uhuru kenyatta has cast his vote. he and his running mate have been the will to keep the lyrical piece in kenya is being tested on sunday night at least 17 people were killed in attacks along the coast. in the coastal city of mombasa, gangs wielding machetes were said to have ambushed officers before polling stations opened. the second incident happened in .ellykalifi it is reported at ....