[00:00.00]The new budget deal in Congress drew support and criticism today. 
[00:05.09]Party leaders on both sides generally backed the agreement. 
[00:08.49]But Tea Party conservatives said there's still too much spending. 
[00:12.08]And Democrats grumbled there's no help for the long-term unemployed.
[00:15.38]We will report the details and hear much more reaction right after the news summary.
[00:20.48]The government's latest enrollment numbers for health care coverage showed signs of improvement today and the Cabinet officer overseeing the effort urged the public to give it another try.
[00:31.03]To those who have been frustrated with the experience so far, we are asking you to come back.
[00:37.38]Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius went before a House committee this morning with an appeal for those who've tried unsuccessfully to shop for a plan on HealthCare.gov.
[00:48.68]I don't think there's any question that the flawed launch of the Web site put a damper on people's enthusiasm about early sign-up. 
[00:59.22]We have been inviting them back to use a newly improved site, and we're seeing some very, very positive trends in that direction.
[01:07.96]Those trends include an HHS report today that more than 364,000 people signed up for private coverage as of November 30. 
[01:17.12]That's more than three times the number who had enrolled by the end of October. 
[01:21.66]But it's still far below the 1.2 million that the administration projected for the first two months.
[01:28.02]And time is growing short. Individuals must sign up by December 23 and pay premiums by December 31 to receive coverage by January 1. 
[01:38.46]Republicans at today's hearing argued the real story remains the number of people losing coverage they thought they'd be allowed to keep.
[01:46.76]Committee Chairman Joe Pitts of Pennsylvania:
[01:49.72]Some news reports have indicated that as many as 5.6 million individuals have had their policy canceled. 
[01:55.87]Isn't it the case that, on January 1, more Americans will have their coverage canceled than will have enrolled in an exchange?
[02:03.23]Well, sir, I don't know where the five million number comes from. 
[02:07.02]I know people have been told that their health plan doesn't necessarily match the ACA-compliant plans; they are not in a grandfathered plan.
[02:16.45]Sebelius did announce today that she's asked her department's inspector general to investigate what led to the massive problems with the launch of HealthCare.gov.
[02:26.87]In Ukraine, security forces withdrew from a protest camp today, after failing to rout demonstrators from Kiev's Independence Square. 
[02:35.72]The protesters cheered as riot police drove away from city hall in buses. 
[02:40.38]They're demanding the government reject Russian pressure and improve ties with the European Union.
[02:46.03]Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland also visited the square. 
[02:50.08]Later, she met with President Viktor Yanukovych as well.
[02:53.64]There is a way out for Ukraine, that it is still possible to save Ukraine's European future, and that's what we want to see the president lead. 
[03:05.14]That's going to require immediate security steps and getting back into a conversation with Europe and with the International Monetary Fund
[03:15.83]Later, Yanukovych offered to hold talks with opposition leaders, but they rejected the invitation and insisted again that he resign.
[03:24.24]The U.S. and Britain have suspended non-lethal aid, including night-vision and communications gear, to rebels in northern Syria. 
[03:32.43]They acted after Islamic front fighters, linked to al-Qaida, seized bases and warehouses from the Western-backed Free Syrian Army. 
[03:40.78]Deliveries of humanitarian aid will continue.
[03:43.78]The body of Nelson Mandela is lying in state tonight for first of three days in Pretoria, South Africa. 
[03:50.89]Thousands of people joined the procession to view his remains today, so many that some will have to wait until later this week.
[03:57.89]We have a report from Rohit Kachroo of Independent Television News, who's in South Africa.
[04:03.19]First, there was silence, then cheering, as South Africa's hero was driven through the streets, his coffin draped in the national flag.
[04:16.01]Today, his death seemed real.
[04:19.74]There will never be people like Nelson Mandela. He has done a lot for us. I'm what I am because of him.
[04:26.55]And this is how much he is loved, a rush to see his body today, the lucky few pulled from the crowd, others told to return tomorrow.
[04:44.19]At the seat of government, the patient procession of the Mandela family. 
[04:49.89]Inside, his widow touched his casket, supported as she walked away. 
[04:59.89]World leaders had to wait in line. 
[05:03.48]They were just mourners today, the last apartheid president among them, the man who freed the man who freed South Africa.
[05:13.30]I'm very sad. Yesterday was a day for celebration. Today is a day for mourning.
[05:21.05]Then the gates were opened for everyone to see Mandela's body.
[05:25.65]Nineteen years ago, this is where Nelson Mandela was sworn in as president. 
[05:31.71]Now and for the next three days, he will lie in state on precisely the same spot. 
[05:38.06]There is not enough space for the people who want to be here, many who traveled through the night.
[05:44.95]After four hours of waiting, Julian gets the chance to see Mandela.
[05:50.45]When I walked past Madiba, all that anger, it goes away, because I know he is the father that doesn't want to be angry with anybody.He wants to love in peace.
[06:02.56]Of course, many didn't get to see their icon. Today has been a long walk for Mandela. 
[06:09.84]But his country has walked much further before.
[06:13.66]In a related story, advocates for the deaf charged the sign-language interpreter at Mandela's memorial service yesterday was a fake. 
[06:24.10]They said there was no meaning to the hand movements by the unidentified man. 
[06:28.15]A government official said the matter is being investigated.
[06:31.76]Prosecutors in Central Florida will not file domestic violence charges against George Zimmerman after all. 
[06:38.35]That's after his girlfriend recanted her claim that he pointed a shotgun at her. 
[06:43.40]Zimmerman has had several scrapes with the law since he was acquitted last summer in the 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin.
[06:50.74]Broad-based selling hit Wall Street today after a series of disappointing earnings reports. 
[06:56.25]The Dow Jones industrial average lost 129 points to close at 15,843. The Nasdaq fell 56 points to close at 4,003.