a president, who really is sticking to you know he might be open -- bute is sticking to this tax hike, that is a nonnegotiable point, do you believe him, when he said there is no rralistic way to raise the amount of money you can hike your taxes via returning to the old clinton rates? with deductions, closing loopholes? that money just is that there that there would to be zap them by returning back to 90s? >> well, it depends in part on how far you are willing to go with limiting or reducing, and i think i heard in clip, you played that president said it would be difficult to do. i don't think he said it would be impossible. neil: you are a half full glass guy, i admire that, but i did not get the same hopeful vibes out of that. >> other oion, i am working with financial service round table, our position, if you cannot get a dial by end of december at least have go judgment to do a temporary extension to buy yourself time to do the longer term more structural fix. at the very least they have the last-ditch ability to have an extension to buy more time. this is not ideal but it may be

they appeared uninjured bute taken to petaluma valley hospital as a precaution. 's unclear what caused the boao capsize. investigators say weather does not appear to a factor. "this was a very happy endig today. nobody was injured, certainly nobody was killedd the children and the parents were reunited. and it's a vy happy ending." all seven passengers were checked out for hypothermiao one was wearing a life jacket. "i'm not ready to give up oe fight and i hope you aren't either, new hampshire, i hoe you aren't either." "i need iowa. i need iowa se can win the white house ande back america" these are the last hours ofe presidential campaign -- and it's the tightest race we've seen years. both candidates and their running mates criss- crossed several states todao make their final pleas for votes. it takes 270 electorl both candidates and running mate criss-cross the states. it takes 270 electoral votes to win a presidency. analysis by the associated press shows president obama with an edge. but there are 83 electoral votes in 6 states that could go to either candi

bute really no cpelling headlines for investors to latch on to. pe the little b t of nervousness as well and reluctance going into the election. and probably more of the same tomorrow until we get the definitive answer on wednesday. >> tom: we can only hope there is a definitive answer by wednesday, opening bell. we have to get through tomorrow though. after getting through today t really was watching and waiting. t u.s. stocks drifted higher, rebounding slightly from friday's sell-off. the s&p 500 saw some selling pressure in the morning. it first moved into positive territory for the session when the institute of supply management services gauge continued expanding in october, but at a slower pace, and slower than expected. 90 minutes before the closing bell, the index moved back into day, endingor th with a gain of 0.2%.r trading volume was light on this election eve. 598 million shares moved on the big board. just under 1.5 billion traded on the nasdaq. the materials sector was the best, up 0.7%. utilities saw the heaviest sector selling, fall

their homes and drive their cars are putting enormous pressures on people in areas such as argyll and bute. what steps are you doing to make the tax system fairer and put more money in their pockets to help pay their bills? >> that is precisely the centerpiece of the tax reform is a radical one to help pay income tax of 10,000 pounds up from 6,400 which is where we found it when we took over from labor and we will deliver a tax cut to 24 million basic rate taxpayers in this country including the constituency and something we should celebrate. >> we were selling arms to the gaddafi regime after the uprising. is the deputy prime minister pleased the prime minister is busy now selling arms to saudi arabia, a country where human rights is nonexistent, amputations take place secretly and we know how women are treated there. is that the liberal democratic policy as well? >> as you well know, we have the strictest controls of almost any developed economy in the world, governing the conditions in which we can sell conditions in which we can sell arms to othe

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you may wwnt to think twwce abouu buting an extended wwrranty. why ii may not be wooth your money. y irst job as commaader in chief, bob, ii to keep the american people safe." he didn't. ambassador phris stevens and three others pre now ead. thanks to whistleblowers, more facts september 11th benggazi attack. althoogh there's been a virtual black-out by many news organizations. we now know the white house ennaged lie to the american ppeple. two weeks after the attack -- address to the un -- the - shoddy you ttbe viddo. six - times. ttese are the facts. during the attack, there was a &plive videe feed froo aaddrne flying overhead. anddan open phhne line from the consulate. messages were sent to thh office of the president moments after the attack began incllding one that reported al qaedd ally ansar al-sharia from the white house situatton room as the 7-hour battle took plaae. three times theee wwre pleas to send help from the cia detachment a mile awwa. each was denied. only the president has the authhrity to approve such requeets. presidenn obama allowed four americans to die. for

you can see them on life support doppler towards the eastern bute and parts of maryland, -- toot going to mount much. to will dry out quickly. cloudy this morning, 43 degrees. of 32.nt very light wind out of the north and northwest at 3 miles an hour. dealing withe not a wind chill on top of the cold temperatures. it's 32 in frederick, 39 at dulles and manassas, 42 in quantico. off to our west, 39 in culpeper. 29 in petersburg. 32 in winchester. across the region, look at the cold twenties across the interior. pressure in this area. that will nudged a little closer a weak coldwith lly.t to keep us chi an overall northerly flow. tempers will stay in the but we should see more sunshine tomorrow. so that's good news. if you peaks of sunshine this afternoon. clear skies tonight. the meteor showers will be this weekend with the best viewing between midnight and dawn. you can look anywhere in the sky. not be a spectacular show this year. 10-15 meteor as per hour. be a crescent moon tonight. sunny today, high 50-55.ture let's check contract with steve hershorn. 270 has a little volume to the

and election results are barely dry and john boehner and president obama buting heads. key disagreements are whether taxes should be raised on wealthy americans. neither seem willing to compromise on that. >> and a pair of college basketball was cancelled because the floor was not in ship shop. florida left georgia in half time. there was so much condeization on the floor the game was cancelled. >> and over the next few weeks, top republicans are taking a closer look at what went wrong in the election cycle and how to fix it they are talking to donors and house majority leader john boehner said there is no tea party to speak of anymore. does the republican party need to change the image joining us now is shawn and amy. welcome to the woth of - both of you. i know it is it a disappointing week that you are reacting tompt there is it a lot of soul senching going on saying that the republican party need toz get a grip and take a look at where it missed the mark in the past election, shawn, a lot of the folks are upset that the republican party did not factor in the real vi

i always find it interesting, political progra% weighing, bute left -- persuasion but the left seems-- the right a -- what is this? i digress. when we come back. retail sales, are falling. right ahead of christmas. they are falling. neil: this is awkward, bad timing. ahead of holiday season. ino, sales were down, interrupting what was an improving trend of consumers, retail analyst, we have on this, with us today. liz, let's begin with you. some try to say, they blame it on sandy, but maybe that was for the end ofo october, this is a respect some more must be going on. >> you think about it the joke on wall street is merry christmas recessionary new year, ha, ha. neil: do they say it like that? >> yes, 4 out of 10 miss their sales estimates, you see buildings and supplies go down by 2%, and housing recovero track, you have to say to yourself, something else is at work. neil: what is it? >> you are right, consumers are facing longstanding headwinds, we have minimal income growth, and very minimal employment punes and we look at third quarter growth, if we parse out one time purchases

thingvis have gotten quiet, bute also heard hamas was telling its workers, government workers, to go back to work tomorrow. i don't see that happening with all that's going on now. if it's the same as it was yesterday and the day before where things got very, very loud and very, very active during the night, i don't see that happening that people will be back in the streets and back working as normal. >> it's 9:00, so it's relatively early in the night. a ground offensive we would assume, would come when things get worse. how does tonight so far compare with last night? >> it's about the same although we were hearing a lot more air strikes last night. what we have been hearing all day today, though, is the sound of drones overhead, literally for the past 20 or so hours. we heard the sound of the drone. it's really been consistent. usually what it means is israel is looking for where they're going to strike next, trying to find the yare craw they see weapons, for example. they've got equipment on those drones that's incredibly strong. they can see things very, very closely. and so usu

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