. >> store manager jennifer thomas sells trendy designer fashions at her boutique in the u.s. capitol, washington, d.c. it is a tough business. competition is fierce, and it could get worse if the u.s. were to slip over the fiscal cliff. automatic tax hikes across the board would mean less disposable income for american consumers. >> i think our biggest concerns here are we will not be seeing people purchase as many items as they have in the past. we will see people buy jeans and a top, but they will not buy an additional pair of jeans or a dress on top of that. >> many customers are already pinching pennies. >> it has put a lower ceiling than normal on what we can spend for the holidays, our expenditures for our home, our plans for next year, with trips we may or may not go on. >> but the budget control act leading to the fiscal cliff is about more than just tax hikes. automatic public spending cuts would also take effect, primarily in the defense budget, which could have huge repercussions for the massive u.s. defense industry. and there's more -- investment in the country's

now, join home makeover and tool expert steve thomas and do-it-yourselfer jennifer slimko to find out how versacut can pay for itself and give you professional results the very first time you use it. >> hi, i'm steve thomas. >> hi, i'm jennifer slimko. >> now, you've seen me on television home renovation shows for 20 years and i'm known as a bit of a tool hound. so, i did a quick count and i've got 18 power saws in my own shop. but today i wanna show you an all-new power saw that i think is pretty special. >> it's called versacut and it's a really innovative new power tool from rockwell. >> versacut is designed to do the work of tile saws, circular saws, chop saws and even table saws. >> it's powerful, compact and easy to use. >> and it's truly like having an entire workshop full of power tools in the palm of your hand. >> it feels good, i can tell it's made of quality materials. >> it's got the size of a grinder, the power of a hand saw and it can combine both duties into one. so, it's a space saver, a time saver and it's quite unique. >> versacut is lightweight and easy to use. it's

now, join home makeover and tool expert steve thomas and do-it-yourselfer jennifer slimko to find out how versacut can pay for itself and give you professional results the very first time you use it. >> hi, i'm steve thomas. >> hi, i'm jennifer slimko. >> now, you've seen me on television home renovation shows for 20 years and i'm known as a bit of a tool hound. so, i did a quick count and i've got 18 power saws in my own shop. but today i wanna show you an all-new power saw that i think is pretty special. >> it's called versacut and it's a really innovative new power tool from rockwell. >> versacut is designed to do the work of tile saws, circular saws, chop saws and even table saws. >> it's powerful, compact and easy to use. >> and it's truly like having an entire workshop full of power tools in the palm of your hand. >> it feels good, i can tell it's made of quality materials. >> it's got the size of a grinder, the power of a hand saw and it can combine both duties into one. so, it's a space saver, a time saver and it's quite unique. >> versacut is lightweight and easy to use. it's

on behalf of joanne and jeff thomas jennifer, judith, jimmy, and the entire kemp family, if jack were here today, he would tell you that our best days are here and ahead. thank you, and i welcome jimmy back to the statge. [applause]> >> i inherited something else from my dad decides his voice. when of the top things we do is that we work with enterprise identifying the leaders in our humanities -- immunities -- you tease nities.- commu we're going to help bring together the folks who are doing the work that matters. the work at the margin of society so that we can bring together congressional, senate, republicans, and democrats to listen and hear what is actually working and then improve the policies and the legislation that they want to push forward. that will be essential to the move -- to the new movement. it is time for us to get engage and be active. thank you for helping me out. i appreciate it. you have all been more than patient. marco, the thing that struck me the most is the need for more ladders. but we cannot just have one ladder. there needs to be multiple ladders. the st

thomas in for brian. the people of newtown are continuing the agonizing task of laying to rest the victims. >> we're learning more about what happened in the moments following the attack. jennifer davis is in newtown with the latest. >> reporter: it does not feel like christmas is days away in newtown where the community buried two more 6-year-olds today and a man that lived near the school shared his memories helping students. christmas stockings carefully hung bearing the name of each child. these women decking out a tree, a simple reminder of the season marred by funerals. james mattioli and jessica rekos. he didn't know why they were there but took them into his home hearing about the attack firsthand. >> this boy said we can't go back. we can't go back to the school. we can't go back. we don't have a teacher. >> reporter: rosen said some time later that day his joy of hosting these four girls and two boys turned to pain when a mother came looking for her child. >> she said is my son here? she said i heard six kids were here. i said no, he's not. but maybe he's at the fire house. i looked at the casualty list and her son was on it. >> reporter: and people continue flocking