for peak day to ensure that your holiday gifts get where they are going on time. >> su keenan and yang yangboth. it is now time for "hotshots." a look at some of the most compelling images of the day. in afghanistan, a circus school and joyht back laughter to children in the war-torn country. tens of thousands of kids have attended the school which was set up by a traveling educational group called mobile mini circus for children. the school was established in 2002. it has grown into a countrywide program focusing on teaching children to become leaders. in mexico city, hundreds of clowns sang, juggled and joked their way to the basilica of our lady of what a lupe in annual pilgrimage. they asked her for blessings and protection for the upcoming year. holidays canw, the be stressful. one spot has developed a new way to treat yourself. instead of reaching for the lavender oil, how about dark chocolate? allows you toa enjoy all the benefits of chocolate without the calories. the owner says that simply inhaling the chocolate makes you happy and relaxed. [laughter] ok. get the latest headlines a

yang yang and su keenan with a preview. >> let's start with tomorrow's house hearing on the federal reserve. president obama considers naming former bank of israel governor stanley fischer to the fed number two position. the house financial services committee will be hearing to consider the dual mandate. that is scheduled for 10 a clock a.m. washington time. at 2:30 p.m., the sec meets to consider lifting the ban on in- fccht phone calls -- the meeting. we will see another big vote sometime tomorrow and the house where lawmakers are expected to pass the bipartisan two-year budget agreement. that's it for your look ahead in washington. what else is going on, su keenan? >> amc theaters expected the price next week. you will be interested to know this is not a traditional public offering. the movie chain is inviting members of its customer loyalty plan to buy shares along with wall street investors. you can buy and sell stock with no fees through a site called loyal. ron burgundy is back and he is reinventing is to promote a movie. ever since anchorman 2 was announced, there has been a museum exhibit, books, tv cameos. genius marketing? we take a look. >> su keenan and yangou both. it is time now for hot shots, a look at some of the most compelling images of the day. goodbye to the hit be -- hippie van. the last factory making the like konica vehicles is located in brazil. volkswagen said they would stop making the vans by december 31 they could not change production to meet the new safety laws. all 1200 last addition models are sold out. japan, busting a move for noodles you go techno -- noodles? techno udon the new trend. stomping oneats dough. ands then cut into noodles the served to the guests. organizers say they hope the trend will encourage young japanese to help save the dying art of noodle making. be some people just cannot happy with one guinness world record. a german daredevil aiming for two. first, he broke the record for walking across the most upright on top of 60eading champagne bottles. the previous record was 51. then he took the record for the most darts cut by hand in one minute. he caught 16. yes, he lived to tell the tale. he caught

we will bring you a market check and 56. 26 we have yang yang and su keenan with a preview.morrow afternoon, the senate will vote on the final passage of the bipartisan budget bill it would take the threat of another shutdown off the table for two years. but the big driver of the action will come from the federal reserve. first at 2:00 p.m., the fomc will release its policy statement, wrapping up his two- day meetings. economists expect the central bank to announce a tapering of its monthly bond purchase program. following the meeting, ben bernanke will hold what could be his last news conference as fed chairman. that is it for a look in washington. what else is going on? >> the big ipo starts trading tomorrow. we will be tracking all of the action. third'swned by china's richest man. it is selling at a discount as it grapples with more debt than its rivals. we will see how it goes. year,the busiest time of it's conveyor belts are spilling over with holiday packages. theonal delivery aside, is global economic weakness hurting business? we will have the latest. --american far

yang yang and late developments on a budget deal coming out of washington. >> good evening. moments ago, budget conference committee chairman paul ryan and senator patty murray announced their answer to avoiding another budget shutdown with a budget deal, setting the spending cap at approximately $1 trillion a the, higher than the 96 -- 960 billion in the current. the difference will be made up through auctioning government airwaves and increasing pension premiums for federal workers. there'll be no major changes to taxes or entitlement programs at this time. the outline is not the grand bargain many had hoped for, but it should be enough to solve the spending battles that have defined congress, but still, it will take convincing of rank- and-file members. paul ryan call this a step in the right direction and focus on republican selling point. >> the bill reduces the deficit, it does not risk -- raise taxes, and cut spending in a smarter way. we knew if we force each other to compromise corporate tables, we would get nowhere, so that is why we decided to focus where the common ground is. >> there may be common ground, but there is plenty of both -- plenty of room for disagreement. tax increases and entitlement form cannot be avoided forever, said patty murray. >> we need to acknowledge our nation has serious long-term fiscal and economic challenges this deal does not address, and the budget process has been broken. >> it will take convincing of members on both sides of the aisle. republicans worry that eating the sequester now will mean more painful cuts to other programs later. the house will be the first to take up the bill, work understood ryan expects to see it pass -- where congressman ryan expects to see it passed. it is a different issue in the senate where many republicans have said they will not vote for an agreement that increases spending cuts they have fought hard for. reaction continues to flow in, but for now we have a deal before the friday the 13th deadline. quite a change of pace. >> yang yang, thank you. also, this evening, the united states senate has confirmed commerce been mel watt as the next director of the federal housing finance agency with a 57-41 vote. in october, the congressman failed to get the 60 supermajority votes needed to advance his nomination, but senate democrats change the a simplerequire majority of 50 votes to advance certain executive nominations. in south africa, tens of thousands of people turned out to pay respects to nelson mandela, the prisoner who became peacemaker. mandela's life was celebrated with singing and dancing as well as emotional speeches as heavy rain fell at a stadium in johannesburg. dozens of world leaders attended the service for mandela who died last week at the age of 95. prison but years in he promoted forgiveness and reconciliation when he was finally freed and later became south africa's first black president, and president obama said the world should try to emulate mandela. >> medina would emerge as the last great li

yang yang is in washington with today's cover story. she will have the latest on u.s. government rules that could change the way we fly. we will have that story coming up. economic conditions around the nation shows the united states still growing at a moderate to modest pace. is that enough to get the fed to alter its row graham. >> the new beige book does not contain any major revelations on the u.s. economy but it could bolster the view that the economy is gaining traction and could affect policymakers decisions on whether or not to scale back their asset purchases. from the fed's 12 districts, early october to mid november, that includes the 16-day government shutdown. economic activity continued to expand at a modest to moderate pace. manufacturing activity continues to expand in most districts. reports on retail spending were deeper into the beige book, seven out of 12 strips reported modest growth. tourism is affected in some districts. on manufacturing, the report says it continues to expanded most districts with gains noted in motor vehicle and technology indu

and yang yang has reaction from harry reid on the battle in the united states senate. greg good evening mark. the battle is in the senate after the house voted ,verwhelmingly on thursday almost equal numbers of republicans and democrats, to pass the bipartisan budget deal. it puts new pressure on the senate democrats to get it through this one last hurdle and onto president obama's. the senate is expected to take up the bill on tuesday. 5 republicans will have to join democrats for the deal to pass. after two street all night sessions, and the continuing fight over senate rules, passage does not look like a landslide. despite strong republican support in the house, some of republicanofile -- senators have already lined up in opposition to the bill. they do not think that the deal negotiated by congressman paul ryan and senator patty murray does enough to bring down the deficit. majority leader harry reid who spoke to bloomberg's al hunt for "political capital" said that senators have to vote yes. >> i think it would be suicide if the republicans do not have to. it is a

yang yang has more now. >> u.s. positive conference committee chair paul ryan and senator patty murray announced their answer to avoiding another government shutdown with a two- year budget deal. the deal sets the annual spending cap at approximately $1 trillion a year, higher than the $967 billion under current law. be eased byts would about $40 billion in the first year, $20 billion in the second year. the cost would be made up through the likes of auctioning of government airwaves and increased pension premiums for federal workers. there will be no major changes to taxes or entitlement programs at this time. the deal is not the grand bargain that many had hoped for but should be enough to thaw the battles that have defined congress the past three years. it will take some convincing of rank-and-file members. chairman ryan calls the deal a step in the right direction and focused his remarks on republican selling points. >> this bill reduces the deficit by $23 million and does not raise taxes. it cut spending in a smarter way. we knew that if we force each other to compromise at core principles, we would get nowhere. we decided to focus on where the common ground is. >> there may be common ground but there is still plenty of room for disagreement. urray said the issue of tax increases and entitlement reform can't be ignored forever. >> we need to acknowledge that our nation has serious long-term fiscal and economic challenges this deal doesn't address and our budget process has been broken. >> for now the u.s. has a short- term budget deal. she at her's have made the deal with a few days to spare. a nice change of pace here in washington. president obama praised it as a good first step and said he would sign it if it reaches his desk. back to you. >> that was yanghington dc. news, regulators signed off on what they are calling a strict volcker rule. the final draft of the ban on proprietary trading imposes new curbs but leaves many of the details to be worked out later. our markets editor manus cranny joins us with more. who is this a victory for? >> i think if you talk to wall street, they will say, we got what we wanted. that concern they would see a rush of liquidity, they have got a delay. the volcker rule doesn't come into effect until 2015. liquidity is the pre-issue. they have exemptions. you have a group of people, men and women sitting at desks, traditionally proprietary trading desks. they are more or less gone now. you have exemptions. continue to make markets as long as you don't pay the people the same way you pave traders. what is critically important here is that the exemptions are there. you have to show that you're buying stocks and derivatives but that is what your customers want. you have to show a reasonable mess in terms of

what's begin with yang yang and washington. she has more details on the november surprise and the unemployment rate falling to a five-time -- five-year low. >> five years. the unemployment rate at seven percent in november is the lowest it has been since november of 2008. employers added jobs next work -- last month, and the increased followed a revised 2000 payrolls added for the month of october. a november report showed consistency. the u.s. added 200,000 jobs in three of the last four months. manufacturing had its best month since years. the 11ging signs for million americans who remain unemployed. spokes. labor secretary to bloomberg this morning and said that the jobs reports showed steady broad-based growth that would pick up if only they would act on obama's proposal for immigration reform. republicans on the budget conference committee consider letting this through. >> we recognize that when employment -- unemployment is at this level that we should help the long-term unemployed. 1.3 million people will have a lump of

yang yang has more from washington. >> u.s.udget conference committee chairs paul martin -- ryan and patty merry announced their answer to avoiding another government shutdown with a two- year budget deal. the deal sets the annual spending cap at approximately $1 trillion a year, higher than the $967 billion under current law. sequester cuts would be eased by about $40 billion in the first year. $20 billion in the second year. the cost would be made up through the likes of auctioning of government airwaves and increased tension premiums for federal workers. there will be no major changes to taxes or entitlement programs at this time. the deal is not the grand bargain that many had hoped for. it should be enough to thaw congress. it will take some convincing of rank-and-file members. german ryan called the deal a chairman -- step in the right direction and focused his remarks on republican selling points. >> this bill reduces the deficit by $23 billion. it does not raise taxes. a cuts spending in a smarter way. we knew that if w

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