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>> another radio station. no, i'm through. >> shepard: he also said he is glad to hear his daughter-in-law is doing better. here he is. i'm shepard smith. this is the fox report. it's the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. president obama paying a visit to a family in virginia to make his case for his plan to keep us all from going right off that fiscal cliff. the president says he is optimistic that republicans will cut a deal to keep middle class taxes from going up 26 days from now. leaders in the g.o.p. say the president is forgetting about the other part of the deal. the sp...

Optimistic and thinks that when everyone has their say here over the next few days they are finally going to get a deal. take a listen. >> i'm not going to sign any package that somehow prevents the top rate from going up for folks at the top 2%. but i do remain optimistic that we can get something done that is good for families like this one and that is good for the american economy. >> now, the president expressing on michelle there. we are told as well that his staff and speaker boehner's staff have now sort of resumed an open line of communication to try to work this out. so that might be ...

Up to governor nikki haley to select a replacement. scott is thought to be a leading contender, is thought to be demint's replace him. he says it's up to the governor. there will be an election in 2014 for the seat. although they are political opposites the senate minority leader says demint is genuine. >> even though i disagree with so much of what he has done, i appreciate that i personally believe he does this out of a sense of real belief. it's not political posturing for him. i wish him well. other conservative voices on the senate. he will will take over as president of the heritage foun...

There and the hunt is about trophies and not public safety. >> i have lived in bear country for over 10 years and i have never had any issues with black bears. >> but other people have? >> there has never been an incident, a serious incident in the state of new jersey with a black bear. not in its history. state wildlife officials will tell you that's the point. keep the population low and avoid dangerous confrontations with humans. while we don't have statewide numbers for the day. 10 more bears brought. in the largest 234 pounds. shep? >> shepard: the rest of them moved to washington and col...

To go to congress to get the debt ceiling lifted the next couple of mons. that means the showdown is coming, shep. >> shepard: ed henry at the white house lawn. one critical republic who criticized house speaker john boehner over own party fiscal cliff honor says is he resigning. an important man, too. south carolina senator jim demint a key force behind the tea party movement. the founder of the tea party caucus in the senate and who predicted that the healthcare debate would be president obama's water loo. remember that? earlier this week he argued that speaker boehner's proposal tax hikes w...