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and then, israel, iran and the u.s. with mike rogers. im candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." a gallup/"usa today" poll of 12 key swing states shows president obama beating every republican comer except one, mitt romney. after months of pounding by republican rivals and the presidents re-election team, romney is up by a point over the president, a statistical dead heat. 35% of swing state republicans say theyre extremely enthusiastic to vote this year. thats compared to 2...

london. here are the headlines. this just coming in. operations at the shipwrecked costa concordia is been temporarily halted because the ship is shifting. the captain is under house arrest as he awaits possible charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. meanwhile, divers are working to remove a second data recorder from the abandoned ship. they recovered more bodies, bringing the death toll to 11. the arab league is set to end its mission this week, but anti-government protests sh...

While. past two months have been very soft. folks are very hesitant about making that kind of investment of $1,500, or $2,000 for a new range or refrigerator and they seem to be holding back because there is still a lot of concern about where the economy is going among consumers. >> gretchen: were looking at the graph as you compare january of 2011 to january of 2012. you can see major appliances, 6.2% back one year ago slipping to 3.9% now. i want to take a look at jobs as well. lost jobs versu...

law or part of the lacey act, thats about extinction of species, that sort of thing. this is not a problem in every state. the problem we have with lions and tigers, yes, there are some of these in every state. but were going to pass these laws for these animals very, very shortly. >> okay. jack hanna on the python today. well follow up and see what the state of ohio does with the other animals. thank you so much, sir. i appreciate it. top of the hour. watch this. welcome back, im br...

>> well, i would have to say that i agree with the ryan plan. i think im the only one standing up here who has embraced the ryan plan. its a very aggressive approach to taking about 6.2 -- $6.2 trillion out of the budget over ten years. and it looks at everything. and what i like about it is it says there will be no sacred cows. department of defense wont be a sacred cow. as president of the united states, im going to stand up, and im going to say, we are where we are, 24% spending, percentage o...

>> well, i would have to say that i agree with the ryan plan. i think im the only one standing up here who has embraced the ryan plan. its a very aggressive approach to taking about 6.2 -- $6.2 trillion out of the budget over ten years. and it looks at everything. and what i like about it is it says there will be no sacred cows. department of defense wont be a sacred cow. as president of the united states, im going to stand up, and im going to say, we are where we are, 24% spending, percentage o...

Surprise on the positive side tomorrow morning. friday. >>shepard: mixed news on retail. >>gerri: a lot of discounting going on. if you did not discount you did not do well. macys had a bang up december 6.2 percent gain in sales. limited was 7 percent. and costco up 7 percent but analysts were disappointed. and people were not buying a lot of things they normally buy, like warm scarfs and hats because it has not been that cold. >>shepard: it was the last few days, though. >>gerri: true. >>shepar...

Analysts of making the numbers lock better so we can get a surprise on the positive side tomorrow morning. friday. >>shepard: mixed news on retail. >>gerri: a lot of discounting going on. if you did not discount you did not do well. macys had a bang up december 6.2 percent gain in sales. limited was 7 percent. and costco up 7 percent but analysts were disappointed. and people were not buying a lot of things they normally buy, like warm scarfs and hats because it has not been that cold. >>shepard...

harvard physicist. a look at the way your mind works and doesnt. fascinating conversation with nobel prize winner daniel kahneman. a big birthday but an awkward time to throw a big birthday bash. ill explain. first my take. its the start of the new year and we will do predictions on this show. i thought id try my own hand at some before asking others to risk their reputations. and in the spirit of keeping myself honest, im going to look back at what i said and wrote in "time" magaz...

with you and that question. candidates are going to be crisscrossing the state today. talk to us about this day a week before the caucuses, joe. >> oh, yeah, you can call this crunchtime for sure, hala. a time when the candidates really bear down and iowa truly gets focuses on the caucuses. mitt romney starts out his day in inp. the. however, he like many of the other candidates will end up here in iowa. hes going out on a bus tour and so is newt gingrich, in fact. he is another guy we...