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intensified. the army shelling its own people as the arab world steps in to try to end the slaughter of civilians. and an all-out brawl at the mall. police with guns drawn, shoppers scrambling for exits. chaos after christmas on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning. its tuesday, december 27th. this is "american morning." im alina cho along with ali velshi. good morning. >> good morning to you. >> were so glad youre with us today. >> theres a l...

This is a rich people ripoff, payroll tax should fund social security. i think that this -- what youre seeing in washington now is absolute side show. they should have the courage to deal with payroll tax and make it solvent. >> brian: well have a copy of tho show. >> i will autograph this and give it to toys for tots. >> steve: can you imagine if somebody paid 6.2% on $108 million in their retirement, they would get a gigantic ed mcmahon like size check. >> i think that you should get what you ...

About how secretary of state trust fund is going broke, the payroll tax funds the trust fund, so we have this cut during the emergency to continue the cuts now really is very, very difficult to justify, i believe. and i have -- may i? >> juliet: very karl rovish. >> so you pay payroll tax on the first $800,000. 6.2%, you would be paying $6,696. with the 4.2%, reduced cut, you pay $4,536. its a savings of 2160 bucks. thats the most, thats the highest paying and the most you could possibly save. b...

less than one year ago on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning. its friday, december 23rd. im deb feyerick an with alina cho on this "american morning." good morning to all of you out in. >> so glad youre with us. up first, an early christmas present for 160 million americans. the house is expected to vote today on extending the payroll tax cut that divided washington for weeks. house republicans caved yesterday after a lot of arm-twisting by ...

way. in the end house speaker john boehner, he caved in and he gave in to political pressure but still he defends the stand that he took. >> we have fought the fight, the good fight, but i talked to enough members over the last 24 hours who believe that, hey, listen, we dont like this two-month extension. we dont like this reporting problem in the senate bill and if you can get this fixed, why not do the right thing for the american people even though its not exactly what we want. >> i...

hes going to have some time to relax with his family. this is a good time for him to reflect in hawaii. it is not just where he grew up. lets not forget he was born, t.j., in hawaii. even though there was a controversy, a at least maybe some people still believe he wasnt born in hawaii. but he was born in hawaii. hes got a lot of old friends there. he deserves some time off. hes got a lot going on. but even as hes on vacation, every president is never completely on vacation. hell have ...

extension that was passed by the senate. today neither side shows any signs of giving in. >> i told the president theres one big reason why we need to do a full year, and thats jobs. a one-year bill like the president requested and like the house produced is simply better for jobs and better for our economy. >> lets enact this bipartisan compromise, however, to eliminate uncertainty for american families and then get right to work on a one-year version. not wait until february. not wal...

To create jobs. if there is no deal before january 1st payroll taxes will go up again as we mentioned for 160 million americans. the social security tax will increase from 4.2 to 6.2%. almost $20 a week for someone making $50,000 a year. it will impact unemployment benefits for 50 million americans and medicare, doctors could see big cuts. martha: a lot riding on this deal. who blinks first on this congressional standoff, that is really the question right now? we have both sides covered in "amer...

It is part of an earlier debate. part of a 2010 tax agreement that extented the bush era tax cut. it cut the amount of the social security taxes that employees pay from 6.2% to 4. 4.#%. that means $20 extra a week for workers. if they failed to act the plan would have expired next month. >> arthel: u.s. troops in iraq gearing up for final mission. heading home for the holidays. president obama using the radio internet address to welcome the brave service members and congratulate them for a job w...

also, would you ask your boss wife out on a date? especially if your boss is the president of the united states? well explain this and youve been chiming in on it this morning as well. lets start with the senate. open for business today. theyll be in session. first on that agenda is extending the payroll tax holiday. this is a compromised keel that appears to have been reached. its just an extension that goes for two months. it means we have to come back and do this all over again in 6...