voice. >> barbra streisand is with larry for the full hour tonight. tomorrow, the final show, that's a surprise for both you and larry. t.j. homes sitting in for ali velshi. >> thank you, kind sir. what's happening right now. the floor of the senate right now, something there is taking place that affects us all. we are standing by for a vote on those so-called middle class tax cuts. what they are going to be voting on is that compromised deal that obama made with republicans, however, that many in the democratic party are not so crazy about hems. we're standing by, ek pekting that vote to take place sometime this hour. still, this is just one more step in the process. even if they pass this particular package, it doesn't mean that those bush era tax

cuts are going to be extended. another step would have to take another step would have to take place. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com this is extraordinary what we're seeing today. you're seeing so many votes take police on capitol hill. every vote affects somebody. it's rare we get to see a vote that affects absolutely out there and you will be affected by this. this is where we are today. we're expecting the vote to come at any moment now. they're talking about taxes, also, the unemployment package is in there as well. extending those unemployment benefits. this whole package is worth about $900 billion. some like it. some don't. some of you out there are working. unfortunately, some are without a job. doesn't matter who you are. rich, poor, middle class, whatever, this all affects you and the money in your pocket. it does center around the two-year extension of those bush era tax cuts.

this has to do with everybody, but it also extends for 13 months, the emergency federal jobless benefits. also, it grants a one-year break in the payroll tax that funds social security. also, the rate paid by workers would drop from 6.2% to 4.2%. also, the tax on estates would be restored, but only on those huge estates that are passed down. those worth more than $5 million. that right now is proving to be maybe a turning point. this is really a big political hang-up. the plan they're dealing with should clear the senate without a problem. but democrats in the house want higher tax on smaller estates, so that could be the hold up. an estate tax that only affects a handful of americans out there. just a few thousand. for what it's worth, the public wants this deal to pass. a pugh poll finds that 60% of americans like it -- take a look

at this. americans not really feeling congress and the job they're doing these days. only 13% of americans approve of how their lawmakers are doing their job. 83% disapprove. this is an all time high. again, we're going to keep a close eye on what's happening. want to move to the other end of pennsylvania avenue where president obama brought together some of the biggest names in business to try to sell them on hiring. let's go to ed henry at the white house. hello to you and the big hang up here for a lot of these ceos they say look, mr. president, we're scared to start hiring because we don't know what congress is going to do. >> absolutely, and the president's answer to that is look, you've been complaining about uncertainty. i'm trying to bring certainty to the tax rates and make sure they don't go up january 1st. what the president is first

trying to do is is make sure that he gets the help of these business leaders to help finish the job on capitol hill. the voting has started there on the senate floor. they're moving towards final passage of getting this through. all eyes now will turn to the house and that's what the president was really focused on earlier, which was basically telling house democrats, it's time to act. take a listen. >> i know there are different aspects of this plan to which members of congress on both sides of the aisle object. that's the nation of compromise, but we worked hard to negotiate an agreement and that's win for middle class families and the economy. we can't afford to let it fall victim to either delay or defeat. so, i urge members of congress to pass these tax cuts as swiftly as possible. >> now, house democrats will move as early as today although probably more likely that the house would start taking up this deal tomorrow and after making that point, the president moved

on to a second point, which really answers your question, which is look, now that there's likely going to be certainty in these tax rates, he wants to talk to these business leaders. he's been in there for over three hours with these ceos, saying what's it going to take for you to start hiring? why are you sitting on nearly $2 trillion in cash, not using that, to hire more workers. >> do we have any idea on that point what their response will be? >> well, i mean, some business leaders have said it's not just about the tax rates. it's about the regulatory structure. about the fact that health care reform is kicking in over the next couple of years, not all at once and there are a lot of small businesses trying to figure out how it's going to impact them. they're nervous about that. they're nervous about the

potential for climate change down the road. whether there will be an energy tax. obviously, these business leaders have a long list of desires cht this president, let's face it, has not always had a great relationship with these business leaders. in a way, this meeting across from the white house is a chance for the president to reset that relationship. but also, the president is dealing with a new political reality which is that come the beginning of january, he no longer has a democratic has. he has a republican house led by john boehner that's going to be more business friendly. he's got to adjust his agenda to that. that's why we're hearing him talk more about trade. he has to get a vote through congress. he's reaching out to the republicans on these very issues. >> ed henry at the white house. as ed just mentioned and we will continue to monitor that in fact yes, the voting has begun on that tax compromise. we will get you results of that vote as soon as we have them.

today, it's a bit surreal. that is the word being used from a man who survived this. you know words don't do this scene justice. this was a routine school board meeting until an excon stood up, pulled out a gun and ordered everybody but the six male members to leave. news cameras were there. they captured it all. we need to give you a heads-up that it is disturbing and you should know no board p member was hurt. the gunman was shot by a security officer named mike jones. >> everybody in this room -- counter -- hit the road. leave. you may leave. you may leave. you can leave.

six men stay. everyone else leaves. >> he's talking. john, go ahead. >> no! >> ginger -- >> this isn't worth it. >> please don't. please don't. please -- >> i am going to -- >> several things you saw there play out. one including one of the board members, the woman, come up behind him and try to knock the gun out of his hand. she was okay. they tussled for a second. she was allowed to go on. he ended up on the floor. clay duke, his name, wounded. took his own life. hours later, board members came out. they talked to reporters. again, one of them people that

came out, ginger littleton. that was the woman with the purse. she was asked like so many of us, what in the world was going through her mind. >> i don't think anyone was going through my mind except for the fact these guys were sitting ducks. they were lined up like pigeons on a wire and i couldn't leave them without trying to divert or diffuse the situation or somehow buy some time until mike jones could get there to help us out. >> if you could have seen that gentleman's eyes, this was going to happen. we could have had this place like ft. knox and he would have shot us when we come out of the building. he was going to do this. there was nothing we could have done to stop him. >> again, the suspect, clay duke, his motive right now, still not clear. he claimed though that the school district had fired his wife. as for jones, the chief of security there, the man who shot the man, he was hospitalized with chest pains, but expected to go home today.

a u.s. border patrol agent has been shot and killed. this is near the arizona-mexico border. four suspects already in custody. one still out there. agent brian terry was on the border patrol search trauma and rescue team. 40 years old. the 111th board patrol member dying in the line of duty. the fbi has taken the lead in this investigation. we're told it's pretty much impossible to do. this guy robbed a vegas casino. he got out of there with $1.5 million in chips. did this in about two or three minutes. you see him running through there. he was dressed head to toe in motorcycle gear. cops think he's the same guy who hit the sun coast casino last week. that time, he got out with about $20,000 from a cashier's cage.

even though he got out with $1.5 million worth of chips, they believe he's going to have a hard time cashing that in. sometimes, they're track it had, even by the casino, so if you try to cash in a stolen chip, they're going to know it's you. the description is a white guy, 5'10", weighing about 210 pounds. the city council in berkeley, california, the latest issue, a resolution declaring private bradley manning a hero. he is of course you'll remember, the soldier accused of passing classified information on to wikileaks. last night though after hours of debate inside and protests outside the council tabled that resolution indefinitely. some members wanted more time to investigate the issue. others felt calling manning a hero is going to be a little bit

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the money's going to help public schools in a city that could really use the help. detroit. detroit really feels the pulse of the economy. it's home to the big three u.s. automake automakers. when business is booming, detroit's health is pretty good, but the financial crisis is kind of like a heart attack. cars like the new chevy volt could help out. stephanie elam joining me now from new york. hello to you, dear lady. $225,000. i guess detroit would be doing really well if they could sell all their cars for that amount. >> yeah, that would be great, but what is happening here is showing a greater movement to help out the city which sort of became the face of just the dire straits people were in because of this se education. one thing to take into account about the fact this money is going to help out the schools, the education secretary said

quote, it's arguably the worst school district in the country, end quote. just gives you an idea of how much help needs to happen in detroit. if you look at the picture overall, the unemployment rate there, 13.3%. it is dropping, not at a rate anyone would like, but part of that, too, is because people are just dropping out of the workforce because they can't find jobs cht the one thing i want to balance about that though is the fact that manufacturing is improving. ford with record earnings, gm as well and the fact that ford is creating jobs in michigan. about 1200. >> on that point of jobs, we're going to head over now stephanie, to capitol hill. the senate floor right now. where we just saw the vote taken and tfts passed. 81-19 in the senate. this is the tax proposal to

extend the bush era tax cuts for another two years. the senate took up the bill. the white house and also republicans, the compromised bill, if you will. they have passed it. this is not necessarily a surprise here. still some more steps need to take place, but this is a significant step now. what has to happen now? this bill will head over to the house of representatives where democrats there are not really feeling this bill. democrats there are threatening to maybe make some changes to it. in response to that threat, you're getting a counterthreat from republicans in the senate who say, if you touch that bill one bit, you risk breaking down this whole process. this all comes as we are running out of time in the year. if something is not done, your taxes will go up at the irs of next year. that is what we know for sure. the bill now will have to be taken up in the house. once it is taken up in the house and whatever -- okay, i'm e hear

thag the bill that was just passed is going to be taken up in the house tomorrow. we are getting that from the house majority leader in the house, steny hoyer, that will be taken up. we do not know what it will look like when it goes to the floor of the house. some house democrats have backed off a little bit, threatens it wouldn't come to the floor at all in its current form. a key provision here, folks, we are now talking about the estate tax. that is something that doesn't affect most americans. just about all of americans are affected by the tax cuts that go for people making less than 250,000 and those above 250,000. that was much of the debate for so long. well, that's not the issue it seems anymore. it seems that everyone's in agreement, that yes, keep the tax cuts in place for everybody over the next two years. the estate tax is now the issue. democrats and republicans can't agree on the threshold. should it be the $5 million

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precautions embedded in them. the officials won't say what specific security measures they've undertaken because they don't want to compromise that, but other industry officials say that some of these chips in this robbe robbery, some were in denominations up to $25,000. to protection themselves, there are sometimes electronic tracking devices embedded in those chips. something like a credit card. also, casinos have agreements among themselves not to cash in chips. they're saying it's going to be really difficult for this robber to just go in and cash these chips somewhere. what they suspect may be behind this robbery is perhaps an accomplice. a known gambler at one of these casinos who may have taken the chips from this robber and be trying to cash them in. they are confident, the police tell me, that they're going to

catch this guy because they say there's nowhere else for him to go to cash these chips other than the las vegas area. they think they're dealing with this specific area, t.j. >> one last thing if you can, it's a vegas hotel, casino. plenty of witnesses? >> reporter: plenty of witnesses. about a dozen people at the craps table the other night, but the problem is getting statements was a little bit difficult. law enforcement officials tell me you can imagine the sobrity of those folks at 4:00 in the morning. who knows what kind of level of intoxication that person was under. >> not exactly drinking coffee in the morning at a vegas casino. thanks so much. well, cops versus robbers. sometimes what comes to mind, batons, handcuffs, tasers.

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technology is af and effective from just a few feet away to over a mile away and say it doesn't cause any permanent damage to the eye. dazer lasers could be in the hands of our u.s. law enforcement agencies soon. teenagers give out more information online than any other group, but do they understand how much privacy they have? we'll hear from some teenagers and their parents in just a moment. one word turns innovative design into revolutionary performance. one word makes the difference between defining the mission and accomplishing the mission. one word makes the difference in defending our nation and the cause of freedom. how... is the word that makes all the difference.

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the breaking news, the senate has passed that compromised tax deal. worth about $900 billion. expected to be taken up by the house tomorrow. meanwhile, president obama met with 20 top ceos in the country today. president says the goal of the meeting is to find ways to help the country climb out of recession. also, just a few minutes from now, we're expecting that thing to take off carrying an american. kat katie coleman is going to be riding to the international space station. we'll bring you the launch live. it's coming up just after 2:00 earn time. probably no other age group out there shares more or divulges more than teenagers. we talk to a group of teenagers and their parents about their

expectations while online. >> as far as phones go, and sharing your numbers with people, how many of you expect your numbers to remain private? phone number? >> oh, yeah. >> yeah. >> and have you ever gotten a text or call from a number you didn't recognize? >> yes. >> but that's normally from someone that's given my number to someone else, not that i've approved it, so never mind. hand goes down. >> i tell my friends not to give away my phone number, but it still happens. >> these atlanta teenagers may want their phone numbers to be private, but i found their expectations were very different when it comes to the internet. do you expect what you post online to be private? >> no. i know it's not. >> why not? >> everyone sees it. it's the worldwide web. everyone can get to it. i'm careful about what i put on there. >> i know nothing's really private. sfwl so, how does that affect

what you post? >> i don't say anything that i don't want anyone to hear. >> it's a caution instilled by their parents. how much privacy do you give him on facebook? >> very little. if they do want privacy, they can get a journal, they can write in it. keep it in their desk drawer. i will never read it, but when you're posting something that everyone can look at, i'm going to look at it, also. >> and you think you're willing to put out there in either a written form, be willing to stand up in front of the whole high school and announce this. >> i teach in a school, so we deal with a lot of these issues each day and so, i sometimes talk about situations that i've encountered at work. and hoping that maybe something would be learned from those as well. >> and while all three students said they'd texted something they wished they could take back, they were far more

resevered in their internet baifr because of their parents involvement. >> i think you're setting yourself up failure as patient because the kids need guidance. >> that students whose parent rs engoinged in their education get a better education. those students whose parents monoterror them generally make fewer mistakes. these students said they hadn't posted anything they regretted. there was one student who said, if i publish something on facebook, it's weird when mom is the first person who chimes in and follows up with it. also, they said they appreciated what their parents were trying to do. one girl said that it's nice for her to think of her mother thinking of her, watching out for her. >> wow, we love having you on because you always -- you got some smart kids.

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welcome back. our first stop, in greece. what you're seeing here is just one of the scenes after unions staged protest marches today against greek financial reforms. now, most of the protests were

peaceful. you're seeing some of the ones that were not. some of them did turn violent. protesters were throwing molotov cocktails at tiles. the cuts and changes in labor laws required under terms of the may bailout. greece was in dangerous terms of defaulting. they had major debt problems cht today was the climax in a week of strikes. hospitals, airline, courts and banks have been affected. let's turn to iran where suicide bombings took place there outside of a shiite mosque. at least 32 have been killed. the governor says a suspect is in custody. this is a story we continue to follow. want to turn to a developing story in kosovo. a new report alleges soldiers

stole organs from prisoners of war. matthew chance is live for us in moscow. so much horrible details here, matthew. >> yes. some pretty dreadful details. what the report is saying is that fighters of the kosovo liberation army, back in the 1990s, the ones fighting against the serbs and it became the allies of the united states. this new report has identified evidence that they took prisoners mainly from the serb ethnic group, harvested their kidneys and sold them on the international market. the report goes further than that. it names the current prime minister of an independent kosovo. he was also the head of the kln back in the 1990s. says he's been very much the head of this criminal

organization that has been dealing in trafficking of human organs. also, been using violence, to report says, to take over the h heroin trafficking trade. the kosovo government rejects them as baseless, saying their serb propaganda to undermine the state. >> sounds like you're saying that the prime minister is denying it, but what could this mean as the investigation goes forward? what could this mean for the prime minister? >> it is only a draft report at the moment. dmesically, probably not going to have a big impact. just a few days ago, he won elections in which his party said they were victorious since kosovo was made independent in 2008. the report is going to damage him internationally. the report is that the united

states and others knew about this or that they've ignored it for the sake of stability in the bulk of this, t.j. >> we appreciate you as always. coming up in today's big eye, something that scared the devil out of all of us. we invited the guy in and he shows up with a big bin named nitrogen. he has live for us and will try not to kill us all. stick around. if you live for performance, upgrade to castrol edge advanced synthetic oil. with eight times better wear protection than mobil 1. castrol edge. it's more than just oil. i'm off to the post office...

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segment. this is richard blaze here. host of blaze off. >> friday night, 10:00. >> now, it looks like it's part cooking show and part science experiment. >> sure. >> okay, science and cooking. you're here in atlanta. what made you want to combine the two? why should we be combining the two? >> i think if you can take science and technology to make food tastier, that's a good thing. it's about taking iconic, traditional american foods and facing off against them and seeing if science and technology can make it taste better. >> are people going to learn stuff they can do at home? clearly, i see the big nitrogen tank and we all don't have those. >> go to discovery.com. i want to do a dish about eggnog. spiked eggnog.

and of course i'm going use a little bit of science and technology. to start, we've taken our eggnog base and cooked it under vacuum. this machine cooks the ice cream base at a precise temperature. then we take our base and that's what's right here. that's room temperature. then we add this ingredient that came in the 650 pound tank that's been hissing throughout the afternoon. this is liquid nitrogen. you can handle it. like your hand through a flame. very, very, very cold. you know, if you had a candle. so we're going to make ice cream out of it because it's really, really cold. minus 320 degrees fahrenheit. as frying oil is hot. then i'm going to simply sort of make this into a scrambled egg, almost ice cream texture. you're backing away a little. >> things start smoking, i start running. >> this is true. this is going to freeze the

eggnog. can you pour in a dash of bourbon? >> how's that? >> beautiful. the neat thing, you don't have to add the bourbon to it, but nitrogen is so cold, it freezes alcohol. i should have realized that in high school. >> why the nitrogen? why did you think to combine these? >> i do a rot of competitive tooking and sometimes, you have to make ice cream in two minutes. we have this beautiful, if i just show that to you, does it look like scrambled eggs? >> it does. >> so, this is our sort of scrambled eggnog. we've frozen the eggnog in ten seconds, a minute. we've also manipulated the texture of it to make it exciting and new or different. any questions so far? >> i'm wondering how this is going to be presented. i was thinking eggnog, not thinking it was going to come out looking like scrambled eggs.

>> that's kind of the neat thing. you order scrambled eggnog ice cream, you're not sure what it's going to look like. looks like scrambled eggs, actually cold. we're playing with texture and temperature and using the science to make the food more delicious. >> who's your audience going to be? kids hear science and might get turned off and they see this, an experiment, something hands on? >> you mentioned the boutique i have. we make our milk shakes with liquid nitrogen. we're using science to make something they're familiar with. milk shakes. in the context of burgers or pizza to make the food dlirs. >> now, are you all serving this? >> we will have to tonight because we've done it today, so i'm going to have to rush back and get my chef to do it. this is a little nitrous oxide

vanilla. it's going to give us a neat little texture. >> nitrous oxide? >> you could, but i mean, it's cool. this is cooler. >> cooler whip. will these taste any differently than if we had done it normally? does it add anything to the flavor? >> by using the nitrogen, you know, if you have like ice cream in the freezer, it gets sort of? because the nitrogen is so cold, owe -- don't have the ice cream that's crystalized. fresh nutmeg. i carry nutmeg in my pocket this time of year. >> i don't doubt that you do. that's fascinating. the science, the cooking. we will all try it during

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as we get close to the top of the hour, we showed you a short time ago, the senate has voted. they have approved. it seems their work is done. they're winding down at the end of the year. not necessarily. that's tops. john king joins me now. they even got a whole lot more work to do. >> well, t.j., the democrats want to do a whole lot more work and the republicans say let's do this and go home for the holidays and come back in january. they want to pass the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty, a nuclear reduction arms treaty. he wants to get it passed, ratified, verified by the senate before the end of the year. jim demint wants to read it. they want to read it. the democrats say that's an outrage, that the document has been up on the hill since may

and a lot of pat republican senators support it. here's another story. congress going to school. michele bachmann, the republican from minnesota, she's planning for the tea party in the house. one of the guest lecturers, the supreme court justice. he just gave us a statement saying he will help the new members of congress and anyone else who wants to understand the separation of powers. and finally a big meeting over at the white house today. president obama sitting down with a group of ceos. there's been a lot of criticism that corporate america doesn't get it, needs a ceo-like person on the economic team. the president meeting with them saying, look, i sign add deal with south korea, i'm getting this tax cut through. i do understand your concerns. tonight on "john king, usa"

we're going to talk about that. we'll see. >> we will see. john, we appreciate you. >> thanks. >> looking forward to our live coverage of the reading of the s.t.a.r.t. treaty. coming up, the fury of a coastal storm unearths a stormy record. it's in our odds today.

all right. time now for our "odds & ends." we've kind of got a lost and found theme going for you. let's start with israel. they lost a chunk of coastline but recovered something absolutely priceless. take a look here. this is a roman statue. it was found by somebody that was combed the beach there. israel's antiquities authority thinks it's over 2,000 years

old. the head is missing. it is the figure, you can see, of a woman. no arms on it either. still weighs about 500 pounds. archaeologists are studying it right now. it's expected to end up on display at a local museum. switch gears here completely. we're going to turn to high school basketball. a high school basketball star lost his temper but may find himself in some legal trouble. take this video for you. take a look, the left part of the screen, the player in white whistled for a foul. he shoves a player, all right. he gets upset with the ref for teague him up, shoves the ref and goes after him. as you see there. again, we're not talking about two players. we're talking about a player going after the referee. coaches rushed the floor. they tried their best to protect the referee, but the kid clearly lost his mind there for just a

moment. there are going to be repercussions, you can bet, including player. he has been kicked off the team, suspended from school, could place a battery charge. it's on to the florida general attorney's office now. here we are, back to the top of the hour now. got a live picture we want to show you. this is coming from nasa tv, waiting for the soyuz capsule to take off. those three that you're seeing there are actually boarded up, and they're getting ready to go in the next ten minutes. they're going to be lifting off into the soyuz capsule. one is an american, one from europe, and another cosmonaut. they're going to do their nasa thing when they get up there,

scientific experiments and so on and so forth. but the key is katy coleman that we have had access to for months and months as she got ready, today is the day. they're expecting that lift-off in the next ten minutes or so. we'll try to bring you a live picture on video. this is from nasa tv. they continue to switch the feed. they've been going back and forth. we've seen the live picture of the capsule -- no, that's not the live picture, but that's what it looks like. yes, that's a live picture of it lit up at night. we're waiting for that soyuz capsule to take off. meanwhile, something we saw a short time ago, something took off on capitol hill. a vote. every vote affects somebody out there. the vote that happened last hour that we saw affects absolutely everybody. we're expected to see possibly another vote tomorrow that affects everybody. you know the senate has passed a

tax employment package worth about $900 billion. income tax rates for everybody. it also extends for 13 months at least emergency jobless benefits and a one-year break in the payroll tax that funds workers. tax on estates is restored, but only on big estates, worth more than $5 million. this is the estate tax. some call it a death tax. it's turning out to be the major political hang-up in the whole deal. democrats in the house want a higher tax on smaller estates. for what it's worth, the public likes this deal. a new but poll finds 60% like it, 22% don't and 18% are not sure. here's one thing that's going to happen. income tax is going to go up for

everything. jobless benefits will run out if it's not reached. dana bash, she's on capitol hill. hello to you as always. we're hearing possibly tomorrow the house is going to take that up. is that what you're hearing? >> it's likely going to be tomorrow in the house. the fact that the senate had that overwhelming vote, t.j., with one independent voting against it and five republicans voting against it, that's something certainly at the white house they're hoping pushes the house to act anding at fast without making major changes. we do believe at this point -- you mentioned the estate tax. that is probably the change they're going to try to make that. unclear if it's going to pass. the writing seems to be on the wall with the overwhelming senate vote and that's something -- people at the white house are very happy after the mutiny. they're not happy still but it

looks like they're for the most part resigned. >> so much of what you've been talking about is centered on the tax cut deal, but there's still other work to get done. >> there is a lot of other work that senate democrats in particular are pushing to put down including debate on the s.t.a.r.t. treaty and the huge spending bill they put forward yesterday. but guess what? we're likely to see in the senate -- the senate locked up for the next couple of days at least. why? because the republicans are not happy they're trying to push this on the democrat side. so they're probably going to force the clerk of the senate to read the treaty, which could last 15 hours and the huge spending bill. their goal is to lock things up, make it clear they're not happy with the democrats trying to push these things throughout. >> there have been complaints in the past that things got through because they didn't take the

time to read it. maybe this is one of those take the time to read. dana bash, from capitol hill, thank you. from our sound effect, the one we have today is -- and i quote -- surreal. that's from a man who survived this ordeal. you may have seen this video already. and surreal is just one of a number of words you can assign to this scene. this was a routine school board meeting. this was in panama city, florida. routine until an ex-con, clay duke, stood up, held out a gun and ordered everybody out of the room except six board members. cameras were rolling because they thought it was a normal meeting. cameras were there. we're going to play this video for you. we need you to know this is disturbing and we need you to know no board members were hurt here. the gunman was shot by a security officer by the name of mike jones. take a look.

>> when i point, hit the road. leave. you may leave, you may leave. and you can leave. six men stay. everyone else leaves. >> he's talking. john, go ahead. >> who's your wife? >> no. ginger, no. ginger -- >> this isn't worth it. this is a problem. >> please don't. please don't. please. i'm going to -- >> oh. >> now, you saw him, clay duke, wounded there on the floor. amazingly as close as he was to those board members, none of them were shot. none of them were hurt.

hours later the board members came out and spoke with the reporters. one there, ginger littleton, the woman with the purse who tried to knock the gun out of the man's hand, she was asked what on earth was going through your mind? >> i don't think anything was going through my mind except these guys were like sitting ducks or pigeons on a wire. i couldn't leave without trying to divert or diffuse the situation or mike came. bless his heart. >> if you saw his eyes, this was going to happen. you could have had the place like fort knox and he would have shot us. he was going to do this. there was nothing we could have done to stop him. >> duke's motive still not clear, though he claims the district fired his wife.

he was shot and he then took his own life. now, as for the security officer, he was hospitalized reportedly with chest pains but he is expected to go home today. well, $1.5 million. that's how much police say an armed gunman got away with from the bellagio casino in las vegas. they also believe this is not his first casino robbery. casey. hello. it seems em possible that someone could get out with $1.5 million, but this seems like 1.5 he may not be able to lose. >> reporter: well, it turns out when you do it at the point of a gun, it's not so easy to cash those chips in. law enforcement officials and casino officials tell us that because of security measures that they won't disclose in detail, it's going to be very difficult for him to redeem those chips. they were in denominations

ranging from $100 to $25,000, and some casinos on those higher denomination chips, they have implanted security devices described as similar to a credit card that make it very difficult for the wrong person to cash those in. there's also agreements among casinos to make sure they don't redeem each others chips in the event of a robbery like this. so one of the theories that police are looking at is this guy may have had an accomplice, a known gambler, someone familiar to the casinos and may have believed they would have an easier time cashing the chips in. but one official with one of the casinos here said it's very unlikely that the bellagio is going to suffer any significant losses as a result of this latest robbery. still, it's absolutely brazen how this guy pulled his motorcycle of the bellagio. >> i apology.

we have the launch here. i apologize to casey wayans. >> lift-off of the so i yoiz. as they head to the unter national space station. >> all the perimeters of the control are within the norm. we copy. >> soyuz lighting up the night sky. it's a good pitch program according to flight controllers. >> functioning -- thrusters are stable. >> delivering 10200 tons. it maeshs 68 feet in length and 24 feet in diameter. it has varying liquid fuel in the first two minutes of the

flight. >> all right. as we keep an eye on the soyuz capsule, we'll keep the lie picture up. i want to bring in john zarrella. john, you spent a lot of time with one of the astronauts who was aboard there. hates to be, i don't want to say a proud moment necessarily but kind of a special moment. you spent a lot of time with kati coleman. >> yeah. i think all of us do. we spent over a year, more than a year, exclusive access, unprecedented access to kati coleman and the russian commander and the italian space agency as they trained for this mission. you know, it's funny because the last time i talked to katy, i said, well, katy, what are you going to be thinking when you walked up the stairway and you show the shot at the beginning of the show. what's going to be going through your mind? she told me i'm going to be really excited but i'm going to

be really careful that i don't bump anything or mess anything up when i step my feet inside. the other interesting thing about them when you see that soyuz spacecraft, katy gets seasick. it's hard to believe, i know. here's a woman who has flown twice on the space shuttle flights. is now heading away for six months and does all these incredible things. we look forward to talking to her live. here she is. she can do all this but she can't go on a boat because she gets seasick. there's a shot you can see in the center of the screen. you can't see his face. that's dimitri and to the upper right there, that's paulo, the italian space agency astro nault. you can't see kati. she would be be to the right of dimitri. >> you say they will be up there for six months. what is it in particular -- i'm

focusing on the american even though there are two others on board. what is her specialty? what will her role be as she moves in for the next few months? >> a whole heck of a lot of science. >> is that her there? the camera changed is. that her on that side? >> that's her. right there. you see the american flag there on her shoulder? several of the big things she's going to be doing. bone loss experimentation she's going to be doing, blood pressure skparm mentation. heart experimentation. lots of science, medical science. you know what's interesting? they have found out that the heart actually shrinks in space. the muscle shrinks? why? weightlessness. it doesn't have to work as hard. your blood pressure goes down. these are the types of things she's going to be doing along with a lot of other stuff. they're going to be flying robo

naught this artificial intelligence robot, and one of her jobs is going to be working with robonaut that's going to be doing a lot of menial tasks, things so they can relieve the astronauts to do more important thin things. but look at her. she -- >> she waved to the camera. this is amazing that we're able to see a live picture inside the soyuz capsule. i don't want you to go away. a reminder to our viewers. you saw the capsule take off three minutes ago. three dernlt people into space. one of them being nasa astro nault, kati coleman that our john zarrella spent so much time with, a year, unprecedented access as she got red for this mission. this group, in particular kati coleman, she'll be on the international space station to greet the last two groups that

come up with the space shuttle. two more missions are planned for next year. one has continuously been delayed but she should be there if for the last two shuttle missions when they come up. >> absolutely, no question about it. the last two flights. one scheduled in february now, the "discovery" mission and one in april. she'll stay till may. if nasa gets the funding for the third mission they want to add next year, then she would be gone before that june/july mission actually flies. but you know she's going to be up in space for the 50th anniversary of the first human in space, which, of course, was to gentlemen. in may, alan shepherd, the first american to orbit in space, his anniversary coming up. i know they're planning some things around those anniversaries that these astronauts will be a part of when they're up there, so -- but this is spectacular, actually

fwerktsing ready to see the crew as they're rocketing into space. i've seen that. you can see how cramped they are, t.j. i have looked down in houston at an actual soyuz space capsule. the three are elbow to elbow. there's no room to move around. they're in that for almost two days, day and a half, two days, until they rendezvous with the international space station on or about friday and then they can get out and stretch their legs. when i talk to katy from orbit -- in a week i'm going to talk to her. i we've tot get many all the details about where she's going to be sleeping and all that. you remember at christmas she played the flute for us, played the christmas song. that's a year ago. she brought her flute up there with her, and she also brought some ear plugs for the other astronauts -- no, i'm just kidding. she brought another flood from

ian anderson from jethro tulle and a whistle. a lot of cool stuff she'd like to do. one thing she's very, very proud of, she likes to do experiments where she can then talk to school children. she is very, very keen on the importance of delivering the message that no matter who you are out there, if you -- you can do what i can do. there's no limitation. >> well, you know, this is very -- i know it's nice for you and nice for all of us because we were there. you were there next to her, but we were also. her year-long journey to get ready for this mission and to see it people taking place and seeing her on her way along with the others is very nice and we'll continue to follow her. john zarrella, we appreciate you

hopping on. thanks so much. another breaking story coming in to us now. the justice department has now filed a lawsuit in new orleans against nine defendants in the deepwater horizon oil spill. this suit is asking the court for civil penalties under the clean water act. and it also asks that eight of the defendants be liable without limitations under the oil pollution act for all of the pollution and damages caused by the oil spill. this includes damages to natural resources. again, we are waiting to hear from the attorney general eric holder, expected at any moment now. we were expecting this around 2:15 eastern time, but they're running a little behind. we're expecting this at any moment. again, from the justice department, eric holder, the attorney general, expected to give us details about this suit. we're expecting, we said, nine defendants here. you can expect b.p. is certainly one of them. at the top of the list, if you will. now the justice department

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i want to take you live to eric holder giving a press conference on the lawsuit against bp and others. let's listen. >> in the wake of the oil spill in our nation's history, tony helped to lead the justice department's effort to hold responsible for any and all parties responsible for this disaster. today we're here to announce the initial results of our civil investigation. now, this investigation began shortly after april 20th of this year when an explosion and fire destroyed the deepwater horizon offshore drilling rig that was located the gulf of mexico approximately 50 miles from the mississippi river delta. this incident claimed the lives of 11 rig workers, and it marked

the start of a massive oil spill that would take more than three months to contain. it's set off a chain reaction of devastating consequences for the people, for the environment, and for the economy of the gulf coast, a region still struggling to recover from hurricanes katrina and rita. the department of justice launched both criminal and civil probes into this matter. we dispatched dozens of top attorneys to the gulf region and members have made multiple trips to the area. for months lawyers and investigators have been working night and day and in close coordination with the local u.s. attorney's officers as well as our colleagues in the state attorney general's office as well. as a result, the united states has filed a civil lawsuit in united states district court in new orleans against nine defendants. the defendants named in the

lawsuit include bp exploration and production incorporated, an a darko exploration and production lp, anadarko petroleum corporation, mow ex-offshore, 2007 llc, try tan asset leasing gmbh, transocean holdings llc, transocean deepwater drilling incorporated. transocean deepwater incorporate and qeu underwriting cindy cad 1036. in the complaint the united states alleges violations of safety and operational regulations including failure to take the necessary precautions to secure the well prior to the april 20th explosion. failure to utilize the safest drilling technology to monitor the well's condition, failure to maintain continuous surveillance of the well, and failure to utilize and to maintain

equipment and materials that were available and necessary to ensure the safety and protection of personnel, property, natural resources, as well as the environment. now, we intend to prove that these violations caused or contributed to the massive oil spill and that the defendants are therefore responsible under the oil pollutioning at. for government removal losses, economic losses, as well as environmental damages. we're also seeking civil penalties under the clean water act which prohibits the unauthorized use of oil in the waters. we allege that the defendants named in this lawsuit were in violation of the acts through the months that the oil was gushing into the gulf of mexico and we intend to hold them fully accountable for their violations of the law. over the past year i myself have visited the gulf region multiple times. i've seen the devastation this oil spill caused throughout the

region to individuals, families, to communities, and to businesses, to coatlines, to wetlands, as well as to wildlife. even though the spill has been contained and it's no longer the focus of round-the-clock news coverage that we saw and the front page headlines, it has not waved. while today mark as crucial step forward, it is not, it is not a final step. both are criminal and civil investigations are continuing and our work to ensure that the american taxpayers are not forced to bear the cost of restoring the gulf area and its economy goes on. as i said from the beginning, as our investigations continue we will not hesitate to take whatever steps are necessary to hold accountable those who are responsible for this spill. the civil investigation into the gulf coast spill is being handled by the united states

environmental protection agency, the united states coast guard, the national oesh annic and atmosphere atmospher atmospheric. and i want to thank all of these partners for their tremendous efforts. now, as our investigations move forward, justice department attorneys will continue to work closely with our federal, state, and local partners to get to the bottom of what caused this disaster and to ensure that those responsible are held accountable and that they are brought to justice. the american people, especially the people of the gulf coast, deserve no less. i want to hand it over now to the head of the environmental protection agency administrator, lisa jackson. >> thank you, attorney general, and good afternoon. today is an important day for all affected by the deepwater horizon oil spill. since april we have worked diligently on the response and

recovery efforts for the people of the gulf coast. now we take an important step in ensuring that responsibility to the affected communities is met. president obama has said from the beginning that the responsible parties in this spill would be held accountable. today we are taking formal action to hold bp and responsible parties accountable for the impact this spill has had on our environment. and the livelihoods of those who depend on the gulf's ecosystem. this is about getting a fair deal for the region that suffered enormous consequences from this disaster. and it's also about securing the future of the gulf coast. ensuring accountability strengthens or ongoing efforts to help gulf coast communities get their lives and livelihoods back on track. the government's complacency on -- as i said, this focus on responsibility comes alongside

our response and recovery efforts. as we speak, the gulf coast ecosystem restoration task force is forming a strategy to help cut through red tape and align the efforts of people working to address the long decline of the gulf coast. state and local governments, the private sector, tribal groups, scientists and our citizens have great plans for dealing with the effects of the spill and taking on the long-term illnesses. we want to shape these plans. finally, let me say how -- >> all right. listening in there to the epa administrator lisa jackson. what you heard before she got to speak was the attorney general eric holder saying, in fact, the united states is going after -- aalthough they feel they are responsible, seeking damages civilly. several entities are being sued, several different companies if you will. bp certainly among them and transocean which was responsible

for that particular well, the one where the explosion took place. that was back in april now. 11 people died after that explosion and subsequent oil spill that leaked some five million barrels of oil out into the gulf coast. now, the attorney general said this is just one step. this is just the first step to move this whole process forward but said the civil and criminal investigation continues, but nine different defendants named. bp and transocean. halliburton not among them. not named in this particular lawsuit. we're coming up on the bottom of the hour here. we'll continue to monitor and follow that news conference. uh, a little help... oh! you know shipping is a lot easier with priority mail flat rate boxes. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. plus, you can print and pay for postage online. and i can pick them up for free with package pickup. perfect! cause i'm gonna need a lot of those.

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for two years. it extends the unemployment tax cut breaks for 13 months. this now headed to the house. also four suspects are in custody and authorities are searching for another after a border agent was thought and killed. brian terry was the third agent killed in the line of duty this year. i want to turn now to chad myers, the weather. ice? did i hear that right? >> yeah. if you squint and you look for a really long time, you might see a snowflake. okay, breaking news. not really. this is atlanta. a couple of snowflakes coming down. anyway, what the big deal is not so much that we're going to see snow. the big deal is kentucky, tennessee, paducah, lexington, louisville. there's an ice event that's going to happen because of a warm front. warm front, that's great, right?

how does that happen? warm air is here and it's trying to get into where the cold air is. it is cold here. it is well below zero degrees celsius, which is 32. trying not to get too metric on you. as the rain comes down on the cold here, we're going to see an ice event. we're going to see a third to half inch of ice on everything. you have lexington, louisville, paducah and then down toward nashville. i would say by 10:00, nashville, you're up to 34 degrees, so you're going to melt that ice. but it's going to be the time where it's trying to rain but. by the time the rain is into this cold air, it's going to be an ice event. power lines down. tens of thousands of people

without power. >> it's going to be an overnight event. >> it starts overnight here and moves across the map. by 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, it willcoming. all of indiana, evansville and louisville and right up here, cincinnati. you might go to work. it may be cloudy and 29. if you hear rain on your window, rain and 29 are not good. rain and sleet are two different things. sleet is a pellet that's frozen on the way down. it's a raindrop at 3,000 feet and it freezes by the time it gets here. it bounces. that's sleet. if it comes down and stays a raindrop but nevhits the groundd freezes, that's called freezing rain. so it's the sleet that you can get a little fraction on.

it's the freezing rain you don't have a chance on and it's going to be all the way from central kentucky, knoxville. that purple mess will be a mess. >> i feel smarter. you're the first person that made me feel smarter after doing the weather. >> wait till we go to partly sunny/partly cloudy. you can get your degree. >> appreciate it. 30 minutes past the hour. juarez, mexico, you've seen that in the news lately. usually when you hear that, it's not followed by good news. is it becoming the deadliless city out there? [ male announcer ] let's be honest. no one ever wished for a smaller holiday gift. ♪ it's the lexus december to remember sales event, and for a limited time, we're celebrating some of our greatest offers of the year. lease the 2011 is 250

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time for us now to go globe trekking, and our first stop, greece. look at this here. this was all part of protests staged by unions. they had protests, they had marches. this was all against greek financial reforms. most of these protests we saw were peaceful. however, you're seeing video of those that turned for the worse. protesters through molotov cocktails. they're worried about wage cuts and labor laws. you remember greece was in that big debt crisis. this all is a part of that. some of those changes in labor laws and the wage cuts. today was the climax in the week of strikes, hospitals, airlines, banks all affected. let's turn to iran where suicide bombings were there

outside a shiite mosque. 32 were killed. others had to be taken to the hospital. a person in the region say the suspect is in custody. i want to turn to mexico. a disturbing story. this year, the deadliest they've ever seen. wasn't it a few years ago, murders were down in the hundreds. >> exactly. just imagine if new york were to see homicided multiple etc. ten times in three years. that's exactly what happened in juarez. 3, 001 homicides. now it is 3,000 according to some reports ilocal media. let's take a look at this graphic. it's -- why this is going to end 2010 with a homicide rate. that's homicides per 100,000 people.

at anywhere between 220 and 250. why is this located the mexican state of chihuahua. if it was a country, it would be the most dangerous in the entire world. with 74 homicides per 100,000 residents. so that gives you an idea of what we're talking about here. by comparison countries like el salvador in central america or here in the united states, washington, d.c., is 24. that gives you an idea. >> it seems like the murders -- we talk about this violence and the cartels, it seems like it's concentrated. we talk about juarez. is there a threat or concern that that started to branch out to more of mexico? >> so far it has been concentrated in four states along the u.s. border. chihuahua south of texas and another. let me show you something. 20% of all drug executions in

mexico happen in ciudad juarez. that talks about the concentration of violence that we have seen. however, mexico city, the capital of mexico, only has a murder rate of eight, which is three times better than, back again, washington, d.c. so far it's highly concentrated but the tendency here is it's getting more and more widespread. >> rafael, we appreciate you as always. coming up, a new school that we're going to tell you about. it dust just teach reading, writing, arithmetic. they also teach jazz. ♪ 'tis of thee ♪ sweet land ♪ of liberty ♪ of thee i sing [ laughs ] ♪ oh, land ♪ where my fathers died ♪ land of the pilgrims' pride

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getting a minute ago. the justice department has filed a civil lawsuit over the deepwater horizon disaster. the suit is naming nine defendants. the government wants to declare that eight of them are responsible for the removal costs and damages. last hour the senate passed a tax cut compromise bill that would keep the bush-era tax cuts in place for two years and the unemployment extension for 13 months. they head to the house where they could vote as early as tomorrow. four suspects are in custody and authorities are searching for another after a u.s. border patrol agent was shot and killed

along the arizona border with mexico late last night. brian terry was the third ajnlt killed in the line of dirty this year. a little talk/talk. quincy jones, he's won more grammy awards than any other living musician but today he has another honor bestowed on him. in less than an hour, the quincy jones los angeles elementary school is being dedicated to jones for his accomplishments as a jazz musician and artist who has contributed to jazz and american music. quincy jones will also join us here tomorrow to tell us more about it. don't miss it right here in the cnn news room. coming up, did you hear about the new inductees in the rock and roll hall of fame? stick around. [ female announcer ] it's red lobster's ultimate surf and turf event.

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usher, raymond, we're listening to there. check this out. things got a little rough at a concert. monday night, this was at madison square garden, they invited somebody, a fan up on the stage. look at that. invited her up. trying to serenade her, and what does she do? she kicked him in the face. she kicked him in the face. it was an accident, of course. he laughed it off. in case you didn't know it was coming and you missed that little part -- if you didn't

catch it, take a look. excited fan. she's all into it. usher invited me up on stage. i'm here with my man. and oh. man. usher is okay. he's fine. i don't know how he's doing because he immediately tossed her off the stage. i'm kidding. he laughed it off and continued to serenade her. everything is fine. >> let's turn from violent r & b to rock and roll. let's turn to carekcareekareen >> i'm happy to tell you. that video is so distracting. she almost decap lated him. some are having an easier time.

they were announced this morning and among the performers, alice cooper and neil diamond. you may wonder, t.j., how two seemingly different performers made the cut, right? according to the rock and roll hall of fame, they become eligible 25 years after the release of their first record. that's a lodge time and they must have also made significant music contributions. they're voted on by a panel of 500 music experts and the artist with the most votes, guess what? they get inducted. from rock and roll artists to rock and roll lifestyle, it seems actor charlie sheen is not quite clear from the plaza hotel incident. you ale remember that. he hit headlines back in october when cops were called to his suite at manhattan's oober luxurious manhattan hotel with claims by a woman that she

assaulted her. a spokesman for nypd, they're still investigating this case. finally, so sad. a surprising celebrity split to tell you about. have you heard about this? >> i'm so sad. i was really pulling for these two. >> yeah. actor ryan reynolds. look at that beautiful couple. they're parting ways. johannesen. she was recently named gq's woman of the year and he was named sex yant maniest man aliv. listen to this. after long and careful on both of our parts, it's with love and kindness we leave it. while kindness isn't expected, we certainly appreciate it. >> who does that. >> can you imagine waking up he looking and her, she looking a

h him. it's blissful. the distance. >> they are working folks. >> i have a feeling these very attractive people will not be single for long. they break up, on to the next. >> kareen, good to see you. reading the treaty, seems simple enough, but how will reading the treaty stop the senate from getting anything else done? that answer in our cnn political update. we'll make her holiday. that's why only zales is the diamond store. where you can get up to $1,000 off now through sunday.

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political analyst gloria borger. what exactly is compromise? >> that's kind of an interesting question. i've been watching the to'ing and fro'ing on the tax cuts. we were all talking about how he was crying, right, t.j.? and people had different opinions about whether or not he should cry. what i was interested in -- by the way, i think it was fine that he cried. what i was interested in is he refused, even when pressed by lesley stahl, refused to utter the word "compromise." he said, you know, when you say the word "compromise," a lot of americans look up and go, uh-oh, they're going to sell me out. barack obama has used the word "compromise" very frequently in talking about this tax cut deal and talking about what he wanted to do in the future. so i looked at the polls, and suddenly it made sense to me. because what i discovered is that republicans don't like the

word "compromise," okay? 41% say their leader should stick to their beliefs, but 59% of democrats say compromise is the right way to go. so hence we see the differing language from the republicans and the democrats. now, i want to talk about another democrat also on the ticker today, and that is rahm emanuel, who's left us here in washington to go back home, and i emphasize the word "home" to chicago. he spent the last day having to prove that he's actually a resident of chicago. he told us one way he could prove it is he left his wife's wedding dress at their house, which they rent out. you can't leave your wedding dress and not have it leave home. poll shoes that rahm emanuel is the heavy front runner in this race. 32% support him in a large field and undecideds are at 30%.

looks like rahm emanuel is doing very well at this point. we'll have to see how he's doing on his residency, however. >> if the wedding dress is there, that's your home, no doubt about it. >> that's what i figure. >> next cnn political update is just one hour away. coming up, the founder of facebook is this year's "time" magazine person of the year. this is my band from the 80's, looker.

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