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country. >> thats stated policy. publicly stated. is to do whatever it takes to see to it that obama only serves one term. screw the country. were going to do whatever we can to get this black man out of here. >> and the morgan freeman you really dont know. >> play golf with one hand. >> really? >> yeah. i can drive a ball 180 yards. >> this man can do just about anything. ill have to ask him to do me a personal favor. >> im going to do this one more time. but after this i get paid. ri...

Second one is the so-called promissory note. they promise to pay you a high percentage and they dont pay. >> if they ask you to pay any money up front to get in, not just investment money but fees, for example, maybe you should beware of that. >> absolutely, beware of that. another one in general is affinity fraud. they take advantage of the affinity that you have. maybe its your church, could be an alumni group, college. could be an ethnic community and the korean americans or mexican americans...

good morning to you. it is tuesday, december the 20th. im ali velshi joined again by alina cho this morning. good morning. >> good morning to you. so glad youre with us and up first, the u.s. keeping an eye out for advancing troops and any other threatening moves after the death of a dictator in north korea. north korean media show the images of kim jong-ils body laid out in a glass coffin. his third son and successor, kim jong un, paying respects. and live for us in seoul, south korea...

Birth are still a state secret. its believed he was born in siberia in 1941 while his parents were in exile. north korea promoted him as their revered, dear leader. to the outside world, though, he was a brutal dictator. kim jong-il came to power when his father, kim il-sung, died in 1994. it was the first massive secession in communist history, but kim jong-il had been running the country behind the scenes, for years. beyond borders, he was rumored to be a playboy, who famously wore platform sh...

Gap that mitt romney is going to face down there in south carolina. partly because hes a mormon. partly because hes a new englander. and i think in some ways newt gingrich, even though he does come with some personal baggage, at least hes got something of a southern background. he, of course, is the former georgia congressman. hell find some affinity down there. but this i think lays good groundwork for mitt romney to do damage in south carolina. >> im glad to know youre a south carolina girl be...

The largest single block in parliament, a radical anti-american cleric, with a militia group. the political system here is the one thats probably going to create the biggest challenge, a political system that feels in many respects an affinity to ir iran. the security services, yes, they have been trained in the u.s. military as a military was very good at teaching iraqis how to fight, how to clear apartments, but far less good at -- far less effective at teaching them how to run a country. >> r...

Theyre not shiite or iranian pawns, but they do feel a certain affinity to iran, and iran has a great deal of economic influence here, many travelers from iran are coming, and when you compare irans influence, which is exerted through political friends on the ground, through charities that it funds, compared to americas influence, which is now going to be carried out by the face of thousands of hated security contractors, i think long-term, iran is probably going to have more success in winning ...

30,000 wounded warriors, many of whom still struggle with serious, life-altering injuries. >> reporter: its estimated more than 150,000 iraqis lost their lives in the war. most of them civilians. 16 days to go before the typical american worker gets hit with $1,000 a year tax increase. there are some signs now republicans, democrats, might, might break their log jam over extending the payroll tax cut. democratic source says that president obama may drop his plan for a millionaire sur...

Prime minister al maliki was designed to reassure americans that iraq has a viable and independent future. but does it? and will they be able to hold off irans continuing influence in the region? >> reporter: the iranian question is one that has many iraqis very worried. and its fair to say that maliki is not an iranian pawn. the iraqi government doesnt take its orders from iran. but whats different now, and the dynamic that has so many people in this country concerned and other middle east anal...

usual, no agreement on how to pay for it. candy crowley is cnns chief political correspondent and anchor of "state of the union." political theater aside, you think congress will eventually get this done? >> i absolutely think congress will eventually get this done. particularly because we have seen republicans now saying we even the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell said even if you dont believe that this actually helps the economy, it certainly will help the people that get th...