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Monday, December 31, 2012

Season 2012 Episode 3660 | 53m 52s

Tonight on the program, we examine what will happen with the fiscal cliff as the House said it would not vote today. Also: Secretary Clinton was admitted to hospital with a blood clot, a look back at President Obama's re-election campaign in ebook form, how after-school jobs keep young adults in school, the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, and historians look back at 2012.

Aired: 12/30/12 | Expires: 01/30/13
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U.S. seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, escalating tensions with Maduro
News Wrap: Judge halts National Guard deployments in Los Angeles
Trump’s affordability speech turns into a rant against immigrants
Reconnecting with people in the U.S. to see how political divisions are affecting them
Syrian filmmaker gives an inside look at her return home after the fall of Assad regime
What the end of a Biden-era student loan program means for borrowers
Federal Reserve cuts interest rates amid mixed economic data and divisions in its ranks
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