An unusual request that gets a surprising response. Got two of them and i only need one. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Glor good evening, scott is off tonight. Im jeff glor. It is the end of a holiday week, but it would appear congress is just getting started. Tonight, the president said he is mottestly optimistic about a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, which would mean avoiding automatic tax increases and spending cuts come, you know, 1. The president spoke to the nation this evening after an hourlong meeting with congressional leaders at the white house. Democrat and Republican Leaders have agreed to extend jobless benefits and some tax increases. They appear to remain deadlocked on who exactly will pay those higher taxs. We have two reports tonight, beginning with Major Garrett at the white house. Major, good evening. Reporter good evening, jeff. Two things are clear tonight that were not clear this morning progress is real and if a deal
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Reached, will not be the so called grand bargain with trillions of dollars of deficit lionction. In fact, jeff, its not even clear this deal again, if there is one would stop the acrosstheboard spending cuts ulr the Defense Department and peher government programs. It looks like those cuts will go forward. What the president said today is 24 hours from now the Senate Leaders have to have a plan that deals with income taxes at a rate to be determined later, the threshold of that income and some federal benefit. And if they dont reach a deal, he will have his own plan b. If we dont see an agreement hetween the two leaders in the senate, i expect a bill to go on the floor, and ive asked senator reid to do this, put a eill on the floor that makes tare that taxes on middle class families dont go up, that Unemployment Insurance is still ploylable for two million people, and that lays the dioundwork then for additional deficit reduction and Economic Growth steps that we can take in ane new ye
Fox friends first starts right now. The ticker outside of our studios never sleeps tipping everybody up in modowntown manhattan. I am patti ann browne. I am heather nauert. We begin with a u. S. Military strike in syria it could be larger than we originally thought. According to a Senior Defense official b52 bombers could be used in an attack against the country. The planet action has been revised some 50 times so far. Elizabeth brprann is here with more. The more we learn about a possible strike the more the scenario shifts more than 50 times. One senior official says the possibility of air strikes were part of the questions b52 bombers that translates to a much longer strike than earlier anticipated. It could last for up to 2 days. The president attends a g 20 summit there is a future for congressional support. Some lawmakers say they are still on the fence. I have not made up my mind. There is still information to be gathered. I still have some concerns. I will come to more meetings
Ca nsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The rain keeps coming and the flood keeps rising. Colorado is inundated by the worst flooding in generations and we have just learned that at least four people have been killed and several towns are surrounded by water. This is whats left of highway 7 outside lyons, a raging river tore the road apart. Colorados Governor John Hickenlooper warned people to stay away from the water. He said the dirt and sand have turned it into what he calls liquid cement. In boulder, will pitner was rescued by emergency workers and a neighbor after his home filled with water. Barry petersen tells us there are scenes like that all over. Reporter it is a race to rescue the stranded before the next storm hits. This man made it to safety via a zip line amid cheers from relieved spectators. The National Guard sent helicopters to pluck these people from jamestown, one of several small mountain towns cut off by the floods. Par