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here's abc's jonathan karl. >> reporter: a political firestorm erupted over what congress has failed to do. adjourning without passing an aid bill for victims of hurricane sandy. >> the rug is pulled out from under us. absolutely indefensible. >> absurd. absolutely absurd. >> shame on you, mr. speaker. >> reporter: the failure to even vote on the $60 billion bill prompted an outburst from new jersey governor, chris christie. >> 66 days and counting. shame on you. shame on congress. >> reporter: his wrath aimed squarely at republican leaders in congress. >> they forget, we sent them there. we sent them there to do the work for us. not to sit down there and play with each other. >> reporter: all that sound and fury apparently paid off. late wednesday, speaker of the house john boehner said that aid to victims of hurricane sandy would be the first priority of the new congress to get sworn in on thursday. the first vote for sandy victims coming on friday. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >> our thanks to jonathan. >>> the speaker conceding to pressure over sandy aid. but he's ta
here's abc's jonathan karl. >> reporter: a political firestorm erupted over what congress has failed to do. adjourning without passing an aid bill for victims of hurricane sandy. >> the rug is pulled out from under us. absolutely indefensible. >> absurd. absolutely absurd. >> shame on you, mr. speaker. >> reporter: the failure to even vote on the $60 billion bill prompted an outburst from new jersey governor, chris christie. >> 66 days and counting. shame on...
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abc's jonathan karl has more. >> reporter: on the day vice president biden met with the national rifle association, he made it clear he's pushing for the biggest expansion of gun control in two decades. >> there's got to be some common ground here. >> reporter: biden's proposals will likely include mandatory background checks on virtually every gun sale, and a ban on semi-automatic weapons and those ammo clips that hold dozens of bullets. that will pit him squarely against the nra. >> everything that's been proposed impinges on people who have every right to own firearms. >> reporter: the nra has long been a lobbying force like no other. its unwavering opposition to gun control immortalized by its late president, charlton heston. >> from my cold, dead hands. >> reporter: recent polls suggest an opening for some gun control. a majority now favoring a ban on semiautomatic handguns. but it would be a mistake to think the nra's influence has waned. in the three weeks after the shooting in newtown, connecticut, the nra added more than 100,000 new members. jonathan karl, abc news, the white
abc's jonathan karl has more. >> reporter: on the day vice president biden met with the national rifle association, he made it clear he's pushing for the biggest expansion of gun control in two decades. >> there's got to be some common ground here. >> reporter: biden's proposals will likely include mandatory background checks on virtually every gun sale, and a ban on semi-automatic weapons and those ammo clips that hold dozens of bullets. that will pit him squarely against the...
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thank you so much, jonathan karl. >>> and, in alabama tonight, law enforcement officials are searchingor enough wisdom to prevent a tragedy. a standoff is under way, a frightened 5-year-old boy held hostage in an underground bunker. his captor has a gun. so, what should police do next? abc's gio benitez is there. >> reporter: just beyond that line of trees, a 5-year-old boy named ethan is spending his third terrifying day in captivity. dozens of police and s.w.a.t. teams have the property in this tiny alabama town surrounded. hostage negotiators have been talking regularly to the kidnapper, 65-year-old jimmy lee dykes, through a ventilation pipe. >> that's an innocent kid, let him go back to his parents. he's crying for his parents and his grandparents and he does not know what's going on. >> reporter: police say the two are in a six by eight foot bunker four feet underground. >> i've actually seen the hole, the bunker he's in now. he's got steps made out of cinder blocks going down to it. >> reporter: authorities say the veteran has enough supplies to last for weeks. he is allowing th
thank you so much, jonathan karl. >>> and, in alabama tonight, law enforcement officials are searchingor enough wisdom to prevent a tragedy. a standoff is under way, a frightened 5-year-old boy held hostage in an underground bunker. his captor has a gun. so, what should police do next? abc's gio benitez is there. >> reporter: just beyond that line of trees, a 5-year-old boy named ethan is spending his third terrifying day in captivity. dozens of police and s.w.a.t. teams have the...
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>> all right, thank you jonathan karl. and in those three weeks after newtown, now, another school shooting today, at a high school in california. police say a student with a shotgun wounded a 16-year-old he was targeting, then shot at but missed a second student he was targeting. somehow a teacher an supervisor talked him into putting the gun down. the student he shot is in critical but stable condition tonight. >>> and now, a warning for millions of people who take sleeping pills like ambien. today, the fda said there is evidence that these pills can stay in the body longer than thought. including among drivers behind the wheel. and they plan to change the way some people use it, especially women. here's abc's lee a staisa stark first hand why. >> reporter: we showed you how dangerous it is to drive under the influence of ambien. here i am in a driving simulator, 30 minutes after taking the pill. am i on the wrong side of the road? 90 minutes after downing the medication. i totally fell asleep for a second. and at four h
>> all right, thank you jonathan karl. and in those three weeks after newtown, now, another school shooting today, at a high school in california. police say a student with a shotgun wounded a 16-year-old he was targeting, then shot at but missed a second student he was targeting. somehow a teacher an supervisor talked him into putting the gun down. the student he shot is in critical but stable condition tonight. >>> and now, a warning for millions of people who take sleeping...
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and abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl spent the day trying to find out. >> reporter: after the obamas left the big inaugural ball, they returned to the white house for a star-studded after hours party. celebrities posted photos well after midnight. but today, it's back to reality. president obama's inaugural speech outlined a boldly liberal vision that congressional republicans declared dead on arrival. >> unabashedly far left of center inauguration speech. obviously, it's not designed to bring us together. >> reporter: now that the inauguration is over, what is the president actually going to do? he dedicated more of the speech to climate change than any other one issue. >> we will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. >> reporter: that came as a surprise. during the campaign, the president spent more time touting the very fossil fuels that contribute to global warming. >> too much oil. that's a good problem to have. >> reporter: we tried to press the white house today on what the
and abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl spent the day trying to find out. >> reporter: after the obamas left the big inaugural ball, they returned to the white house for a star-studded after hours party. celebrities posted photos well after midnight. but today, it's back to reality. president obama's inaugural speech outlined a boldly liberal vision that congressional republicans declared dead on arrival. >> unabashedly far left of center inauguration speech....
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jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >>> and the budget stalemate in washington has the nation's military leaders making a stark assessment. in a letter to congress, the pentagon's top brass says the military could become a, quote, hollow force, if an annual budget isn't approved or if threatened budget cuts take effect. the letter says u.s. forces will be severely compromised if something isn't done. >>> developing this morning, more troubles for boeing's new high-tech dreamliner. the faa has ordered all of the aircraft operating in the u.s., grounded indefinitely. united, the only american carrier right now flying 787s. the faa says battery fires can result in damage to these systems on the aircraft. air india and two japanese airlines have ordered their 787s out of service. there's 50 dreamliners in service. about 800 have been ordered. >>> the aurora, colorado, movie theater where 12 people died in a shooting rampage last july, it officially reopens today. 2,000 tickets are being handed out to survivors of the massacre, first responders and hospital workers. some survivors an
jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >>> and the budget stalemate in washington has the nation's military leaders making a stark assessment. in a letter to congress, the pentagon's top brass says the military could become a, quote, hollow force, if an annual budget isn't approved or if threatened budget cuts take effect. the letter says u.s. forces will be severely compromised if something isn't done. >>> developing this morning, more troubles for boeing's new high-tech...
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jonathan karl reporting from the white house. thank you. >>> as you know, george stephanopoulos will be discussing the war and other national security issues on sunday on "this week." >>> and by the way, president obama had another announcement today. he is going to give the medal of honor to a father of three, staff sergeant clinton romesha. in 2009, he was battling 300 enemy fighters in afghanistan when a grenade exploded, wounding him, but still he rushed through a street that left him exposed, taking out more of the taliban to provide cover for his fellow soldiers, and then pushing forward the length of a football field under fire to recover the bodies of his friends who had fallen. it is only the fourth time the honor has been given to a living member of the military. >>> and also, in washington today, the people who oversee air safety said they are going to investigate the boeing dreamliner, the plane expected to be the future of air travel. the dreamliner had some troubles this week, including a fire on one plane, no passe
jonathan karl reporting from the white house. thank you. >>> as you know, george stephanopoulos will be discussing the war and other national security issues on sunday on "this week." >>> and by the way, president obama had another announcement today. he is going to give the medal of honor to a father of three, staff sergeant clinton romesha. in 2009, he was battling 300 enemy fighters in afghanistan when a grenade exploded, wounding him, but still he rushed through...
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here's abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: as gun sales across the country continue their record pace, gun advocates reacted swiftly to the president, declaring they will fight his proposals on every level. in mississippi, the governor said he wants to make it illegal in his state to enforce any new federal gun law. >> to use this tragedy somehow as to say we need great reforms is just the wrong thing to do. >> reporter: in oregon, a sheriff stood by his intention not to enforce any law he believes is unconstitutional. >> making criminals out of honest citizens, that's not the right path to go down. >> reporter: when the president made his announcement, he was joined by four kids who wrote him letters after sandy hook. >> these are some pretty smart letters from some pretty smart young people. julia said -- julia, where are you? there you go. "i'm not scared for my safety, i'm scared for others." >> reporter: rush limbaugh mocked that. >> the children are writing letters to the president, we don't want to die, we don't want to die. >> reporter: the president
here's abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: as gun sales across the country continue their record pace, gun advocates reacted swiftly to the president, declaring they will fight his proposals on every level. in mississippi, the governor said he wants to make it illegal in his state to enforce any new federal gun law. >> to use this tragedy somehow as to say we need great reforms is just the wrong thing to do. >> reporter: in oregon, a sheriff stood...
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here's abc's jonathan karl. >> reporter: at long last, they finally have a deal.senate democrats to pass it. >> i think we'll get a very good vote tonight, but happy new year. >> reporter: after a quick debate, the senate even passed it. >> the bill as amended is passed. >> reporter: now the big question, can it pass in the house? technically, everybody's taxes have already gone up. the tax cuts have expired. but if the bill can pass in the house in the next day or two, the tax cuts can be made retroactive. the bill, if it passes, would extend tax cuts for all workers earning under $400,000. it would prevent a big tax hike on estates valued at less than $5 million and it would extend unemployment benefits set to expire today for some 2 million people. even as they closed in on that deal yesterday, congressional republicans were not happy with what they heard from president obama who held a campaign-style event at the white house. >> i'm going to be president for the next four years, i think. >> reporter: effectively continuing the partisan bickering we've long see
here's abc's jonathan karl. >> reporter: at long last, they finally have a deal.senate democrats to pass it. >> i think we'll get a very good vote tonight, but happy new year. >> reporter: after a quick debate, the senate even passed it. >> the bill as amended is passed. >> reporter: now the big question, can it pass in the house? technically, everybody's taxes have already gone up. the tax cuts have expired. but if the bill can pass in the house in the next day or...
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jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >> understandable outrage.to wonder why it was handled so poorly. and why -- why scrap the bill? at least give the folks a heads up that we're not going to do it right now. we'll do it later in the month. it just -- it seems like that could have been an avoidable episode of outrage from within the republican party. >> yes. there's a lot of that going on right now. despite all of that, they said they're still going to vote -- the republicans that were very vocal against the speaker of the house, said they would still vote for him. >> again, people think the cliff thing is over and i think you pointed on the show earlier this week that payroll tax holiday, roughly what, 1.2%? it's going up a little bit. so everyone is still going to take a hit. so that paycheck tomorrow, open it up. everyone is still taking a hit. we got the bush tax cuts settled. the payroll tax is gone, roughly 2%. so everyone still gets a little pinch come paycheck time this month. >>> in related news, the fiscal cliff agreement ignited the st
jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >> understandable outrage.to wonder why it was handled so poorly. and why -- why scrap the bill? at least give the folks a heads up that we're not going to do it right now. we'll do it later in the month. it just -- it seems like that could have been an avoidable episode of outrage from within the republican party. >> yes. there's a lot of that going on right now. despite all of that, they said they're still going to vote -- the republicans...
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abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl is watching it all. >> reporter: it was short and 42 words. >> so help me god. >> reporter: and with that, the second term begins. last time around, chief justice roberts flubbed the words. >> execute the office -- >> reporter: this time, he took notes. president obama will tie a record, taking the oath for the fourth time. there was the flubbed one four years ago. a redo the next day. the official oath required by the constitution to be done before noon on january 20th. and the ceremonial ones before his inaugural speech. as many oaths as fdr, but he was elected four times. the challenge for president obama this time is to recapture the energy and enthusiasm of four years ago when a record 1.8 million people descended on washington to witness the history making swearing in of the nation's first african-american president. nobody expects a crowd that big again. this time, the president will have his hand on two bibles. abraham lincoln's and martin luther king's. in a video released by the white house, the president explained why. >>
abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl is watching it all. >> reporter: it was short and 42 words. >> so help me god. >> reporter: and with that, the second term begins. last time around, chief justice roberts flubbed the words. >> execute the office -- >> reporter: this time, he took notes. president obama will tie a record, taking the oath for the fourth time. there was the flubbed one four years ago. a redo the next day. the official oath required...
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we begin with the quiet ceremony at the white house and her chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> it was short and sweet. just 42 words. >> so help me god. >> reporter: with that, the seconds term begins. last time around chief justice ron erts flubbed the words. this time he took notes. tomorrow, president obama will tie a record, tarking the oath for the fourth time. there was a flubbed one four years ago, a redo the next day. today's official oath required by the constitution to be done before noon on january 20th and the ceremonial one tomorrow before his inaugural speech. many oaths since fdr, he was elected four times the challenge for president obama this time it to recapture the energy of four years ago when a record 1.8 million people descended on washington to witness the history-making swearing in of the nation's first african american president. nobody expects a crowd that big again. this time, the president will have his hand on two bibles. abera lam lincoln's and martin luther king's. a video released by the white house, the president explained why. >> letting th
we begin with the quiet ceremony at the white house and her chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> it was short and sweet. just 42 words. >> so help me god. >> reporter: with that, the seconds term begins. last time around chief justice ron erts flubbed the words. this time he took notes. tomorrow, president obama will tie a record, tarking the oath for the fourth time. there was a flubbed one four years ago, a redo the next day. today's official oath required by...
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robert reich, greta van susteren from fox news, gwen ifill of pbs and abc's chief correspondent jonathan karl. >>> hello again. happy new year. even before president obama's autopen signed this week's deal into law, it was clear that any cease-fire in washington's battles over taxes and spending would be painfully brief. three new deadlines loom. by the end of february, the treasury will lose the power to borrow more to pay america's bills. across-the-board spending cuts to every federal program taken on march 1st and the government will run out of all congressional funding by the end of march. three more coming fast and with that let me turn to the man who negotiated last week's compromise with the white house, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. thank you for joining us, senator. >> good morning, george. >> i know you think the deal you negotiated is imperfect and you want to fix it as we approach the debt limit. you say no increase in the debt limit without major cuts in spending. the president says he won't even negotiate over that. so to borrow general david petraeus' famous quote
robert reich, greta van susteren from fox news, gwen ifill of pbs and abc's chief correspondent jonathan karl. >>> hello again. happy new year. even before president obama's autopen signed this week's deal into law, it was clear that any cease-fire in washington's battles over taxes and spending would be painfully brief. three new deadlines loom. by the end of february, the treasury will lose the power to borrow more to pay america's bills. across-the-board spending cuts to every...
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jonathan karl tells us what the administration confirmed today. >> reporter: we learned something new today about what hillary clinton was going through when she gave that tough testimony on capitol hill this week. >> what difference, at this point, does it make! those glasses she was wearing were though fashion statement. if you look closer in the left lens notice those vertical lines. those lines are an indication she's still dealing with side effects from the concussion she's suffered six weeks ago. >> when you're used to having single vision all of your life and all of a sudden the muscles aren't in balance and the double vision is extremely noticeable and bothersome. >> reporter: her glasses have a fresnel prism lens. used to assist people having double vision. earlier this week the state department deflected questions about the glasses. pointing reporters to this interview from last summer, suggesting they were a fashion choice. >> i feel so relieved to be at the stage i'm at in my life right now. if i to want wear my glasses, i'm wearing my glasses. >> reporter: she's been wear
jonathan karl tells us what the administration confirmed today. >> reporter: we learned something new today about what hillary clinton was going through when she gave that tough testimony on capitol hill this week. >> what difference, at this point, does it make! those glasses she was wearing were though fashion statement. if you look closer in the left lens notice those vertical lines. those lines are an indication she's still dealing with side effects from the concussion she's...
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. >>> and now i want to bring in our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: wellthat was the big, the lofty, the ambitious today. tomorrow, reality comes back. the president, if you looked at that stage, it's the people that hold the key for his second term agenda. over his right shoulder, speaker john boehner. it is boehner that can stop the president's agenda dead in its tracks. all of the president's priorities including gun control, combatting climate change, ultimately must go through a republican-controlled house that is led by boehner, to get anything passed. he must find a way to work with boehner, despite deep political differences on the very issues that the president wants to pursue. and it's not just the house. there are also pro-oil, pro-gun democrats who can stymy the president's agenda in the senate. that brings us to joe biden. you might consider him the president's ambassador to capitol hill. at the start of the second term, the president is counting more than ever on biden, who quite simply has better and deeper relationships with members of cong
. >>> and now i want to bring in our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: wellthat was the big, the lofty, the ambitious today. tomorrow, reality comes back. the president, if you looked at that stage, it's the people that hold the key for his second term agenda. over his right shoulder, speaker john boehner. it is boehner that can stop the president's agenda dead in its tracks. all of the president's priorities including gun control, combatting climate...
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abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl tells us what happened. >> reporter: you wouldn't know it by watching the way she arrived on capitol hill today, but it was just two years ago that a bullet shattered gabby giffords' skull. >> too many children are dying. too many children. >> reporter: they were the very first words giffords has spoken before congress since she was shot. she used them to implore her former colleagues to act against gun violence. >> it will be hard, but the time is now. you must act. be bold. be courageous. americans are counting on you. >> reporter: and with that, giffords left, leaving her husband, mark kelly, to take on the national rifle association's wayne lapierre. kelly argued for better background checks for all gun sales. >> my wife would not be sitting in this seat, she would not have been sitting here today if we had stronger background checks. >> my problem with background checks is you're never going to get criminals to go through universal background checks. >> reporter: and kelly said if the man who shot his wife had been limited to an
abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl tells us what happened. >> reporter: you wouldn't know it by watching the way she arrived on capitol hill today, but it was just two years ago that a bullet shattered gabby giffords' skull. >> too many children are dying. too many children. >> reporter: they were the very first words giffords has spoken before congress since she was shot. she used them to implore her former colleagues to act against gun violence. >> it...
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i want to bring in abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl, who bring us up to date on white house action. where does it stand, jon? >> reporter: let me first say, the white house welcomes what gabby giffords is doing here. they welcome it all. the vice president is launching this effort to bring together a program on gun violence and i am told now that the national rifle association will be part of the meetings held this week at the white house with vice president biden. that's a big deal, diane. we have never seen the nra at the white house, the obama white house. >> and how soon could we see something actually take place? >> reporter: well, they are saying that they will have recommendations from the vice president within three or four weeks, maybe even earlier. and, diane, they may act, well before congress gets around. the president can act by executive order on some things, including what you heard mark kelly talking about, the issue of background checks and streamlining those background checks. not going as far as he wants to go, but improving the process. >> all right
i want to bring in abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl, who bring us up to date on white house action. where does it stand, jon? >> reporter: let me first say, the white house welcomes what gabby giffords is doing here. they welcome it all. the vice president is launching this effort to bring together a program on gun violence and i am told now that the national rifle association will be part of the meetings held this week at the white house with vice president biden....
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abc's senior white house correspondent jonathan karl, who questioned the president today, tells us what to expect next. >> reporter: in his first press conference this year, the president vowed quick action on gun violence, with or without congress. >> members of congress, i think, are going to have to have a debate and examine their own conscience, because we're going to have to come up with answers that set politics aside. >> reporter: what are you willing or able to do using the powers of your presidency to act without congress? >> i'm confident that there's some steps that we can take that don't require legislation and that are within my authority as president. >> reporter: on top of the list? improving background checks for gun buyers. but to extend them to gun shows, where most sales don't require any background check, president obama would need congress. in today's abc news/"washington post" poll, a vast majority of americans said they would support extending background checks to gun shows. but the manager of this virginia gun shop says that more background checks will just haras
abc's senior white house correspondent jonathan karl, who questioned the president today, tells us what to expect next. >> reporter: in his first press conference this year, the president vowed quick action on gun violence, with or without congress. >> members of congress, i think, are going to have to have a debate and examine their own conscience, because we're going to have to come up with answers that set politics aside. >> reporter: what are you willing or able to do...
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jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >>> the top commander in afghanistan has been cleared of anyg e-mails with a florida woman. there were hundreds of messages between the general and tampa socialite jill kelly. the pentagon ultimately found they were not inappropriate. the investigation was triggered as part of the david petraeus sex scandal. >> interesting. i remember from that scandal a few months ago, up to 30,000 pages of e-mails and documents from his communications with kelly between 2010 and 2012, but none of them have been made public. >> she was interviewed by howard curts recently. she says that is an exaggeration and there were about 300 e-mails. my question is, if you're in a military operation responsible for military operation, how do you have that much discretionary time to e-mail not your wife or your children, but sort of this socialite over 300 times? even 300 to me seems odd and inappropriate. but we don't know the content. >> right. we don't know. it habit -- hasn't been made public. i'm sure they would argue we're just friends and those were innocent the fli
jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >>> the top commander in afghanistan has been cleared of anyg e-mails with a florida woman. there were hundreds of messages between the general and tampa socialite jill kelly. the pentagon ultimately found they were not inappropriate. the investigation was triggered as part of the david petraeus sex scandal. >> interesting. i remember from that scandal a few months ago, up to 30,000 pages of e-mails and documents from his communications...
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. >> and with that, let's bring in abc's jonathan karl. jon, there was some unusual tension on the house floor when they were counting those votes. >> reporter: there really was, george. i was in the chamber. i can tell you, even as they started casting ballots, boehner's own team did not know if they had the votes to win an outright majority. in the end, he lost 12 republicans. and that may not sound like a lot. but it would take just 17 to keep him from getting re-elected speaker. so, he emerges as a weakened speaker. less able to make compromises with the president. as one republican put it, he was like a cemetery superintendent. he has a lot of people under him. but nobody listening. >> that's going to be tough for him as he faces that debt limit confrontation with the president at the end of february. and the president also learning yesterday he's going to face that without his treasury secretary, tim geithner. we knew he was going to leave. but now, he's saying he's going to leave right after the inaugural and not be around for that
. >> and with that, let's bring in abc's jonathan karl. jon, there was some unusual tension on the house floor when they were counting those votes. >> reporter: there really was, george. i was in the chamber. i can tell you, even as they started casting ballots, boehner's own team did not know if they had the votes to win an outright majority. in the end, he lost 12 republicans. and that may not sound like a lot. but it would take just 17 to keep him from getting re-elected speaker....
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and jonathan karl is covering it from the white house. jon, the president was clear, it's up to congress to get this done. he's not going to negotiate. >> reporter: that's right, george. the president is on yet another collision course with congressional republicans. and on this one, both sides are insisting they just won't back down. late yesterday, the treasury department said if congress doesn't act, the u.s. government will hit the limit of how much money it can borrow as early as one month from today. >> we are not a deadbeat nation. america cannot afford another debate with this congress about whether or not they should pay the bills they've already racked up. >> reporter: president obama used the last news conference of his first term to issue an ultimatum to congressional republicans, raise the debt ceiling. but house republicans have been equally adamant they will not raise the debt ceiling unless the president first agrees to major spending cuts. >> i think the real issue here is, we all know, is spending. >> reporter: the presi
and jonathan karl is covering it from the white house. jon, the president was clear, it's up to congress to get this done. he's not going to negotiate. >> reporter: that's right, george. the president is on yet another collision course with congressional republicans. and on this one, both sides are insisting they just won't back down. late yesterday, the treasury department said if congress doesn't act, the u.s. government will hit the limit of how much money it can borrow as early as one...
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and jonathan karl at the capitol for that.s the president prepares to deliver his speech, his team is gearing up for a lot of big debates ahead. >> reporter: you can see the presidential podium, still covered in plastic. it is from there that he will deliver one of the most important speeches of his presidency, hoping to set the tone for a second term that his aides say will be every bit as ambitious as the first. after the ceremonies, all the celebrations and the ball, president obama will take on the tricky task of implementing his second term agenda. >> i plan to carry out the agenda i campaigned on. an agenda for new jobs, new opportunity, and new security for the middle class. >> reporter: on the list, gun control, immigration reform and climbed change. all of which will take support from both parties to implement. the president still faces a slow-growing economy and high unemployment. but there are signs things are turning around. real estate is starting to rebound. and the dow recently hit a five-year high. >> we are po
and jonathan karl at the capitol for that.s the president prepares to deliver his speech, his team is gearing up for a lot of big debates ahead. >> reporter: you can see the presidential podium, still covered in plastic. it is from there that he will deliver one of the most important speeches of his presidency, hoping to set the tone for a second term that his aides say will be every bit as ambitious as the first. after the ceremonies, all the celebrations and the ball, president obama...
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let's go to abc's jonathan karl. jon?e executive actions the president will outline, important, because it will be hard to pass anything in congress. >> here's the president and the vice president who headed the task force. >>> please, please be seated. thank you. before i begin today, let me say to the families of the innocents who were murdered 33 days ago, our hearts go out to you. you showed incredible encourage being here. we'll do everything in our power to remember your children. it's been 33 days since the nation's hearts were broken by the horrific sense of violence that took place alt sandy hook elementary school. 20 -- 20 beautiful first-graders gund down in a place that's supposed to be their second sanctuary. six -- six members of the staff killed. trying to save those children. it's literally been hard for the nation to comprehend. hard for the nation to fathom. and i know for the families that are here, time is not measured in days, but it's measured in minutes and seconds. since you received that news. ano
let's go to abc's jonathan karl. jon?e executive actions the president will outline, important, because it will be hard to pass anything in congress. >> here's the president and the vice president who headed the task force. >>> please, please be seated. thank you. before i begin today, let me say to the families of the innocents who were murdered 33 days ago, our hearts go out to you. you showed incredible encourage being here. we'll do everything in our power to remember your...
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tomorrow, it will happen, jonathan karl is there at the white house.expect diane, the president will lay down a very strong marker on that issue of the debt ceiling. will it hit of how much it can borrow. the president says that congress must raise it. he will not negotiate. it's their responsibility. that puts the president squarely at odds with the president. they'll demand spending cuts before raising that ceiling. the president will not engage in negotiates, period. it's simply congress's responsibility to act. >> he's ruled out any unilateral work-around. >>> an element of here we go again. >> it certainly does. so many times, back in august 2011, again, just before the end of this year, the president in pa major confrontation with congress over fiscal issues, taxes and spending and debt. >> you're looking at the door slightly ajarred to the green room, right next to the east room, and the president has been gathering there, we noticed that he postponed this press conference a couple of times this morning. a few delays. >> supposed to be around 11
tomorrow, it will happen, jonathan karl is there at the white house.expect diane, the president will lay down a very strong marker on that issue of the debt ceiling. will it hit of how much it can borrow. the president says that congress must raise it. he will not negotiate. it's their responsibility. that puts the president squarely at odds with the president. they'll demand spending cuts before raising that ceiling. the president will not engage in negotiates, period. it's simply congress's...
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a quick word from jonathan karl, white house correspondent, as you look out from the platform. >> reporter people who are surrounding him here wish that he were up here a little bit more. this is a day for unity, diane. but he is surrounded by the people that he will soon be doing battle with. but what a moment. what an incredible moment. >> first lady, getting the walk down those capitol steps, as well. let's go to martha raddatz, who is also inside the capitol right now. what are you seeing, martha? >> it's mostly what we're hearing, george and diane. we can hear the roar of the crowd, even from here inside the rotunda. every time, especially, as mrs. obama came into the building. and a big roar from the crowd. but as you know what happens here a little later, after the swearing in, it's all about food. it's a very exclusive surf and turf. lobster, bison, about 3,000 calories a meal. >> whoa. >> yes. 15 chefs are working some place. >> it's only once every four years. that's okay. >> eric cantor has tweeted. thinking bipartisanship on this day. and he said this, is a great day for all am
a quick word from jonathan karl, white house correspondent, as you look out from the platform. >> reporter people who are surrounding him here wish that he were up here a little bit more. this is a day for unity, diane. but he is surrounded by the people that he will soon be doing battle with. but what a moment. what an incredible moment. >> first lady, getting the walk down those capitol steps, as well. let's go to martha raddatz, who is also inside the capitol right now. what are...