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Negotiations primarily betweens those two men are going on even as we speak or between their staffs. Were hearing a new sense of optimism from some Senate Members who believe they might be able to pass some kind of minimalist package that would keep tax rates from going up on the majority of americans. I want to go to capitol hill and cnns senior Congressional Correspondent dana bash. Dana, is that the sense you get that somehow we should be optimistic about whatever it is thats going on . You know, as we talked about before, you definitely get a feeling or the atmosphere here is that there is...

House down. His chilling words left behind in a note. Aloha means goodbye. President obama cuts his hawaiian vacation short to deal with the fiscal cliff. It is already too late . Good morning, 7 00 in the east. Im alina cho. And im drew griffin. Soledad obrien is off today. Starting point begins right now. Our starting point, a cruel one. A onetwo christmas punch from mother nature. Tornadoes and blizzards tearing through the south and midwest. Oh, my god. We need to go. Its right there. Mobile, alabama, took a real beating. A twister blowing up transformers, leaving more than 25,000 customer...

Continues now. Michael capuano is a democrat from massachusetts. He serves as the Ranking Member on the housing and insurance committee. Well get to those issues in just a minute. Congressman, i do know if you heard of for segment on washington journal. We had attorney general holder say he wanted to reduce times for people are guilty of drug crimes. Been a supporter of mandatory minimums. I do think we should have mandatory guidelines that require a clear and unequivocal explanation as to why they wouldnt be followed if they are not followed. I dont like mandatory minimums. It take away the c...

Been described. They have to do that with 100 . Epublican vote. We stand ready our members have signed letters and petitions to open government, that we are therefore a coin legislation to open the government, clean legislation to lift the debt ceiling, that would take us on budget deal in any and all issues can be discussed. That is where we are. I am optimistic here at i believe because of the impact of not lifting the debt ceiling, on , is soalone actually catastrophic there will be those in the Republican Party who will see the light. We stand ready to supply the vote. If they go on the pa...

Federal Health Care Benefits to be tested for drugs. For our first 45 minutes, talk about the details of the case. We want to gain your thoughts on the topic. Heres how you can reach out to us on the phones. The numbers are on your screen. On our social media channel, you can reach us on twitter, facebook, or email. As far as the polling, we posted a question must night. There is responded this morning. For those taking it, 75 say that yes, people should be tested. No,t 594 people said welfare recipients should not be drug tested. You can leave comments and participate in the polls if you want...