next pressure point. >> this is the united states of america, the greatest country on earth, the world's economic superpower. the idea that we lurch from crisis to crisis and every six months or every nine months that we perhaps and not to pay our bills on stuff we have already bought -- threaten to they are bills on stock of are bought and default andrew and the full faith and credit of the united states of america, that is not how you run a great country. so i put forward a very clear principle. i will not negotiate around the debt ceiling. we are not going play the same game that we saw happen in 2011.

which was usually destructive. it hurt our economy, provided more uncertainty to the business community than anything else that happened. i am not alone in this. if you go to wall street, including talking to a whole bunch of folks who spends a lot of money trying to beat me, they will say it would be disastrous for us to use the debt ceiling as something to try to win political points on capitol hill. so we're not going to do that. and which is why i think part of what i hope over the next couple days we see is a recognition there's a way to go ahead and get spending cuts they

have been fighting for. they can get meaningful spending cuts that would amount to dollars trillion in spending cuts over the last couple years. -- $2trillion. it is changed they get a little over a trillion dollars in revenue. that meets the pledge i made during the campaign, which was $2.50 in spending cuts for every revenue increase. that is an approach that most americans think is appropriate. but i will not negotiate around the debt ceiling. we will not do that again. i've got david jackson. >> thank you, mr. president. getting back to the gun issue. what makes you think this will be different, given the passage of time and the political power of guns rights groups like the

national rifle association? >> this is not going to be a commission. joe is going to gather some key cabinet members who have an interest in this issue. we're going to reach out to a bunch of stakeholders. we will be reaching out to members of congress who have an interest in this issue. it's not as if we have to start from scratch. there are a whole bunch of proposals that have been caught about and debated, but hopefully also some new ideas in terms of how we deal with this issue. their task is going to be to sift through every good idea that is out there. and even to take a look at the bad ideas before disposing of them. and to come up with a concrete set of recommendations in about a month. i would hope that our memories are not so short that what we saw in newtown is not lingering

with us, that we don't remain passionate about it's only a month later. and as soon as we get those recommendations, i will be putting forward very specific proposals. i will be talking about them in my state of the union and we will be working with interested members of congress to try to get something done. and the idea that we would say this is terrible, this is a tragedy, never again, and we don't have the sustained attention span to be able to meet get this done over the next several months this not make sense. i have more confidence in the american people than that. i have more confidence in the parents, the mothers and fathers that i have been meeting over the last several days all across

the country, from all political persuasions, including a lot of gun owners who say this time we've got to do things differently. >> what about the nra? >> the nra is an organization that has members who are mothers and fathers and i expect they have been impacted by this as well. hopefully, they will do some self reflection. ere's what we know, that any single gun lock cannot solve all these problems. we're going to have to look at mental health issues, schools, there will be range of things that joe's group looks at. we know that issues of gun safety will be an element of it. and what we have seen over the last 20 years or 15 years is this sense that anything

related to guns is somehow an encroachment on the second amendment. what we are looking for here is a thoughtful approach that says, we can preserve our second amendment, we can make sure responsible gun owners are able to carry out their activities, but that we are actually going to be serious about the safety side of it, that we are going to be serious about making sure something like newtown or ouattara does not happen again -- or aurora does not happen again. there's a big chunk of space between what the second amendment means and having no rules at allt athat space is what joe will be working on to try to identify where we

confined common ground. i will take one last question, jake. >> it seems to us observers that you made the political calculation in 2008 in your first term of 2012 not to talk about gun violence. you had a position on renewing the ban on semiautomatic rifles that senator joe biden put in place, but you did not do much about it. this is not the first instance of a terrific gun violence of your four years. where have you been? >> here's where i have been. i have been president of the united states dealing with the worst economic crisis since the great depression, and automobile industry on the verge of collapse, two wars. i don't think i've been on vacation. and so, i think all of us have to do some reflection on how we prioritize what we do here in

washington. as i said on sunday, this should be a wake-up call for all of us to say that if we are not getting right the need to keep our children safe, then nothing else matters. and it's my commitment to make sure that we do everything we can to keep our. children our a lot of things are involved in that. making sure they have decent health care and making sure they have a good education, making sure their parents have jobs. those are all relevant as well. those are not just side issues. but there's no doubt this has to be a central issue. that's exactly why i am confident joe will take this seriously over the next couple months. thank you, everybody. >> very direct questions from jake tapper on the question of

guns in america. the newtown massacre a topic and the deadline for the fiscal cliff. first, on the shooting, describing it as complex and difficult process. the president trying to "reduced the epidemic of gun violence in america." imagine access to health care several times and access of our culture that contributes to the culture of violence. steve is back at the white house with me first on the shooting scene, what will vice president biden's do now with the january deadline? >> he has already gathered information and will gather ideas from relevant cabinet secretaries. health and human services secretary, education secretary, attorney general, to get their ideas on what can be done across a broad range of issues and ideas, not just and control, and as you heard the president

mentioned, on mental health care, security, violent video games, what can be done reasonably and what can be done legally. it's going to be a very sticky process going forward as they figure all this out. but that is joe biden's job. he has always been a gun-control advocate. if it comes down to legislation, he can carry it into congress, because he spent many years in the u.s. senate. if the president trying to seize the initiative in the wake of the newtown shooting. the president seems to have been missing in action on this issue. he is now saying he's turning a page and saying no longer, we are going to take action. he wants a concrete that of proposals within one month. >> on the second topic, telling republicans to take the deal. he says he's gone more than halfway in the negotiations with the republicans. this seemed to overtake the briefing, perhaps more so than the statement on the massacre. does it appear that they are close, like the president

argued, or far apart? >> at some point it looks like they are clothes and other times it looks they are farther apart. there's a lot of political posturing and both sides have very strong opinions about this. it seemed to hijack a news conference. the president came out to talk about gun control and spent more than half hour talking about. the fiscal about we don't know what the point to happen next. only a few days before the end of the year. at which time everybody taxes go up if the two sides to nothing. the president said the american people are behind him and they support the idea of compromise and that's what we have to do now. if >> thank you. and we have to ponder what can happen in congress between democrats and republicans. meanwhile, four funerals held today in connecticut. 7-year-old daniel's thomas higdon he was careless in the pursuit of happiness in life. he was the youngest of three children. his family said in a statement, daniel and earned his missing

two front teeth and ripped jeans. teacher victoria soto, described as sweet and gentle man with a megawatt smile. the first grade teacher was working on her master's degree. she is beingngng killed as a heo for dying while she shielded her students, some of whom managed to escape the room. right now, a 6-year-old caroline is being laid to rest. she had an infectious grin and a giving heart. a neighbor remembered how she would ride the bus with her son logan when he got scared. she would sit with him and make sure he felt safe and play peekaboo over the seat to distract him. 6-year-old charlottes, the clothing she had on last friday were supposed before the holidays, but finally after hearing a lot of begging, her mother relented and allowed little charlotte to revenue pink dress and books to school last friday morning. may day all rest in. - -and boots.

stay with this fox station for continuing coverage for all the days breaking news at any time on line. foxnews.com. -- may they are all rest in peace.n. >> yes, it was. we've heard of old man strength, right? >> yes. dad strength. >> what about old lady strength? >> grandma strength. >> they can do stuff. >> well this lady can really do stuff. this is a polish great grandmother who is killing it at the playground. doing everything from pullups to sit-ups and pushups and full-on exercises. >> that's great. she's drawn quite a crowd here too. ♪

>> anything is possible. you put your mind to it, anything. >> and i bet you she went home and made some super awesome pierogies. >> i bet so. >> raise your hand if this woman has done more exercise than you've done all week. >> yeah. yeah. something strange is going on in the walmart parking lot. >> it's like a swarm. they're taking over the sky. birds everywhere. are they looking for super low prices? i don't know. >> see the freaky walmart phenomenon blowing up the web. and a beautiful christmas carol performed by one of our favorites. ♪ >> see her latest violin video, next.

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♪ welcome back to the show. but don't forget to check in at rightthisminute.com. great videos all day long. >> ladies, we have to say this next video is alfred hitchcock approved. what we got here, a mass amount of birds. you see these people driving around filming this, and it's like a swarm. they're taking over the skies. birds everywhere. >> they're in the walmart parking lot. this video was just posted but what's weird is, if you search youtube for birds and walmarts lots of videos pop up. it's strange. this video is from houston, recently posted.

this one is during the day, but sure is a large bunch of them. but it doesn't stop there. taerz weird. yeah. some videos they're flying, some videos they're grounds hanging out. in all these videos they're at walmart. are they looking at super low prices? i don't know. there's more and more of these videos. another one, here we go again, in the walmart parking lot at night. birds camped out. you would think is it because there are bird feed or something on the ground or old bread? they're just in the parking lot where the cars are. they're not out back. they're in front of the walmarts. >> maybe it's the lighting? >> you see some of them at times, they go up in the air and fly around in formations. here's another one. you got a lot of the same, just more birds hanging out. wasn't such an extraordinary thing, people wouldn't film it and put it on the web. >> why so many birds and why at walmart? >> from the air the walmart parking lot is the biggest surface they can land on and chill out together and rest their flappers.

>> what if you could change the world with your smartphone. >> that would be awesome. >> it's becoming a reality with a new app called get charitable. >> when you download our free android app you will start feeding a child every day. the app places a new sponsored graphic on the background of your phone every day. sponsors pay for this privilege and with this money we are able to feed children around the world. each phone feeds one child every day. >> we don't do anything. we get the app and use our phones. >> the only thing you have to do is look at it. >> all you have to do. >> with 480 million phones and 400 million hungry children, this is a real possibility. you can make world hunger a thing of the past. >> to tell us more about this ingenuous app we have its creators, kyle, skyping from connecticut and michael from oklahoma. welcome to "right this minute." >> now you guys are only 22 years old. you were students at auburn

university. how did you come up with this idea? >> we're both intrigued by what mobile apps can do nowadays. i thought if we had an advertisement every day in front of our users that could help a cause. >> how many people have downloaded this app so far? >> we have a few hundred on board. we're obviously trying to grow that daily. the more people that know, the more of a difference we can make. >> how easy is it to get conscious advertisers part of the campaign. >> so far the reaction from the advertisers has been great. excited to jump on board. >> as a user we don't have to do anything to generate these funds? >> just like any app for the android phone, go to google play and download it. you don't have to touch it the whole day it will still be feeding the children. we try to make it easy for our users to make a difference. >> how do you take this and feed the children? >> we work with non-profit partners, hunger relief international in haiti and guatemala is a lot of their focus. we're able to donate revenues to them. >> when are you guys going to

have an app for the iphone? >> we get asked that question a lot which is good. it means people want it. >> dog gets 210 bottles for christmas. ♪ people are using their smart tvs to play really cool videos from youtube on their television. this one needs to be one of them. ♪ >> it's lindsey sterling. beautifully playing with her violin "what child is this."

♪ it's beautifully shot by scott wynn and she is in a snowy fortress playing the music in her very unique lindsey sterling fashion. >> it's always kind of magical and etherial when she plays. she did a christmas video last year, so it's nice to see that she's done it again. >> to see the entire video head to rightthisminute.com and click on best of rtm. it's called dance off gone wrong. so what could possibly go wrong here? >> this girl is a leopard dress decides i'm going to hang upside down from the entertainment center. >> yes. see what goes so wrong, next.

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there is nothing more super cool than when you can make people laugh. so this guy mark, he's a comedian and also calls himself bald in scottish. he hit santa con in san francisco and handed out clown red noses and as you can everybody is smiling. >> doesn't wear a red nose. >> i don't think santa would have an issue because they're clowning around. >> oh. >> it's for a good cause. to bring joy and smiles to your faces. >> when you have the santa outfit on you're not the real santa. you're showing support to santa. he would be happy.

>> look at the people on the streets of san francisco in their santa outfits with their noses. it builds this christmas spirit. >> no matter what kind of mood you're in if you put on a rudolph nose you're going to smile and giggle and your whole day will change. >> like us right now. grumpy. red noses. ah! groups of girls partying in cancun can be a recipe for a disaster. this video is one of those. we have a group of girls here doing some sort of impromptu danceoff or some sort of steak dinner or something. details in this youtube description are a little weird. you see them here start the dance off. kind of not much dancing. just a lot of talking and posturing. >> this girl in the leopard dress decides, i'm going to hang upside down from the entertainment center. not the best decision. >> oh! >> the camera pans to the left as the girl starts hanging and pans to the right you see this

entire entertainment center come crashing down on top of the girl. >> i have a feeling that alcohol may be involved. >> the uploader of the video does claim the girls were doing a little bit of partying before this. i don't think it killed her. we hear some laughing. >> what the heck was she thinking? >> oh, my god. >> it is christmas scare. ♪ >> merry christmas. >> hardest job out there, hands down, being a mom. ♪ this is my crib and these are my babes ♪ ♪ my life and body have somewhat changed ♪ ♪ i'm living large and by large i mean bigger ♪ >> this video called "the motherhood" an it's obviously a rap about being a mom.

>> i express the best from the holes in my chest wear my nursing bra like a vest ♪ i bought my sexy handbag for a snot sack. >> she's cute. >> the other thing that makes her stylin' she has a fiat 500 l the car standing in front of, the car with the hose in the back. this is an ad campaign for fiat that is praising moms ♪ mental combination with my elbows deep in infant def facation ♪ >> wow, that part hurt. >> the kids as her backup dancers is the best part. awesome. you get two guys, three cameras and take 30,000 pictures and you get this incredible time lapsed photography from beijing. >> that looks cool. it's a lot with the lights going

by so fast, right. >> so fast almost looks like video. >> thanks for joining us, everybody. we'll see you tomorrow. ♪