Return to Transcripts main page   Resolving Fiscal Crisis; Al
Jazeera Makes Major Move on U.S.; Behind-the-Scenes at the White
House; Asteroid to Make close Call with Earth  Aired January 3,
2013 - 17:00   ET   WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: And you're in the
SITUATION ROOM. Happening now, more diversity and more
partisanship. The new Congress has sworn in. Newcomers are ready
to do battle, but can they avoid the gridlock of the last
Congress? I'll talk to one of the architects of a bipartisan
fiscal reform plan, exclusive conversation with Erskine Bowles.
That's coming up.  The Arab news network, Al Jazeera, buys a
struggling cable channel founded by Al Gore, the former vice
president. Is the Middle East government trying to buy American
public opinion?  And we'll take you inside the White House with
some just released official photographs of the Obama presidency.
We have glimpses of history you haven't seen before.
BLITZER: We begin this hour with 113th Congress that was sworn
in today right here in Washingt