it's not just possible to do these things, but an obligation to ourselves and the future generations. and i look forward to working with every single member of congress to meet this obligation in the new year. and i hope that everybody now gets at least a day off, i guess, or a few days off. so that people can refresh themselves because we're going to have a lot of work to do in 2013. thanks everybody. happy new year. >> mr. president, mr. president! >> the president reacting to tonight's late passage by the house of representatives of the senate bill to avoid the fiscal cliff or actually pull us back from it all. it avoids tax increases on more than 98% of the americans. however it did not contain many of the spending cuts in the budget that lawmakers were looking for, setting up for a new battle with a new congress in the new year. we're going to be following this again with more information tomorrow on 9news

at 4:25 a.m. all right kristin, let's follow that one up. >> all right. [ laughter ] well that's good news. i don't know if i necessarily have good news about the wizards unfortunately. but when a new year starts it's all about new beginnings, making resolutions to do things better differently, but for the washington wizards, 2013 hasn't started out any differently. new year, same outcome. at home hosting the dallas mavericks who were on their own six-game losing streak. wizards with a sizable lead in the second. wizards are up 11 as they took a four-point lead into half time. but then the mavericks clamped down in the second half. mavs up 7. vince carter drove home the one-handed slam. mavs snap their losing streak. the wizards drop another. >> i don't know where you're going with that question, you know. this is a veteran team with

guys who have won championships. they were a wounded team animal coming in here and this was a big game. carter came in from a veteran standpoint and i think kind of lead them. >> time to announce the u.s.a. high school sports of the game week poll. several games for you to choose from, including a game in silver springs as kennedy visits spring brook on the boys and the girls side at south lake. go to wusa today to announce the winner on thursday night. new year's day means for many of you another day of work and another day to relax. for some, they will recover from last night. however new year's day moons lots of college football. plenty of exciting bowl games today as we take you to the beautiful views out in pasadena. now look at that. it is 99 for the rose bowl game, wisconsin at stanford. and it is in the first as they face the hand off to give it to

kelsey young to take it in from 16 yards out, taking a 16-point lead for the final minutes of the game trying to stay alive, but it will be batted at the line of scrimmage as they intercept and that will be your ball game as they win their first rose bowl since 1972. i would love it. i have never been to the game there. and they are just amazing. >> yes. >> of course you've got a big playoff game coming up. >> redskins are back to work tomorrow. we'll hear from rg3 and mike shanahan and we'll have it for you tomorrow evening. >> yes. see quality, the excitement of the playoff -- seattle, the excitement of the playoffs. a little breezy, maybe a quick snow shower. the snowflakes you see on your seven day are not by accumulating snow. just a few flurries out there. temperatures are on the chillier side though. >> all right, thanks for joining us for 9news tonight as we have been telling you. the house of representatives has passed the senate bill to give us a fiscal cliff deal at least for now. avoiding the frustrations for a couple of months. we'll have more on this

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