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Thanks for watching. Im Christine Romans following fiscal cliff all day and night. Ashleigh banfield returning tomorrow. Newsroom with Suzanne Malveaux starts right now. Welcome back to cnn newsroom. Heres whats going on right now. 2013 hitting right now in bangkok, thailand. Were looking at live pictures there as the celebrations and the fireworks exploding there. Lots of picturetaking and a lot of excitement there. Right now Pope Benedict holding a new years eve mass at st. Peters basilica. They will celebrate the new year in six hours. A couple of hours ago folks toasted 2013 in new zealand...

Both parties. White house correspondent Wendell Goler looks at an emotionally and politically charge issue in the spotlight. At a medal of honor ceremony nor kyle white who saved lives at the risk of his own in afghanistan, president obama spoke of the commitment to our veterans. All who served in Americas Armed forces, we want you to know that we will always be grateful. But the scandal sparked by allegations that delayed care cost dozens of lives at phoenix va hospital continue to grow. Two workers were suspended for what were called inappropriate scheduling practices and two dozen texas law...

0 this is a law that can and will work if republicans stop rooting for failure. three governors who embrace the law tell the washington post, quote, in our states, elected leaders have decided to put people not politics first. in states like theirs, nearly 400,000 people now have coverages thanks to medicaid expansion. and in kentucky the law will create 17,000 jobs. in washington it saved the state $300 million. and in connecticut the health care exchange there in connecticut has a 96% customer satisfaction rate. so no, jim demint, it's not terrorism, and no bushes, it's not katrina. and no, ...

7:00 p.m. eastern and every saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on c nchnn. and at this time every weekend on cnn international. the news continues next on cnn. good even, everyone. i'm don lemon. right to capitol hill for you tonight. two weeks ago, it was the house passing health care reformulate into the night on a weekend. we were sitting right here. now it is the senate. and it is not voting on a bill, per se, but one hour from now, senators will decide whether to begin debate on the details of the bill. tonight's vote represents a major task for majority leader harry rei...