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This hour. Well talk about his decision and new job. And syrias civil war is in a very dangerous perhaps decisive Tipping Point right now. Can the world prevent Bashar Al Assad from using chemical weapons against his own people . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with president obama taking his battle to extend tax cuts for the middle class into the heart of the middle class suburb today. He visited a family just outside washington, d. C. , using their story to dramatize what will happen in just 26 days if he and congress cant make a deal on the socalled fiscal cliff. A so...

Good morning. Welcome, everybody. Lets begin with developing news this morning. A tsunami threat to tell you about was just lifted in japan. The country was rocked by a powerful 7. 3 magnitude earthquake. It hit off the coast of tokyo. The buildings there shaking. You could see some of the video showing the degree to which they were shaking. Alex, whats the latest . Reporter it has been a very, very tense few hours here in japan after you mentioned a 7. 3 magnitude earthquake striking late here in the day on friday. But just in the past 90 minutes or so, the all clear has been given. The tsuna...

meanwhile, another round of briefs with thousands of workers to cover and one very big objection. >> the bottom line is religious freedom issue. >> for a company whose mission statement says it's all about, quote, honoring the lord and all we do by operating the company in a manner consistent with biblical principles, religious freedom is not something the green family, founders and owners of the hobby lobby craft store chain, is willing to sacrifice. that's why they're fighting the hhs contraception mandate that would require them to provide their employees cost-free access to a wid...

assad from using chemical weapons against his own people? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we begin with president obama taking his battle to extend tax cuts for the middle class into the heart of the middle class suburb today. he visited a family just outside washington, d.c., using their story to dramatize what will happen in just 26 days if he and congress can't make a deal on the so-called fiscal cliff. a source of great concern for so many people, everyone's taxes will go up, will go up if there's no deal. let's go live to our white house correspondent dan lot...

A firefight. his sister kelly spoke to arellanes in court, saying he destroyed their family and asked that god have mercy on her soul. >> i didn't want to see his wa meant what i said. >> weapons used on the assault on terry belonged to operation fast and furious. a gun trafficking operation that became a scandal. the family is appealing the negligence case that was against the government tossed out in court. extradition of the two other suspects is taking longer than expected. arellanes received 30 years for the murder of brian terry. >> william, thank you. a retired navy sailor has been se...