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Revenue, not more government spending and debt. >> you sure you dont want to whisper it right now? >> alex, ill tell you on the side. >> okay. kay bailey hutchison, thank you. >> thank you, alex. newt gingrich in the final gop debate of the year. were going to hear from a senior strategist from his campaign, next. later, the tebowing trend. why is it so popular? here on "weekends with alex witt." ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gift of a pain free holiday. ♪ this seaso...

Jobs, 20,000 jobs is what the union and industry says this will give to our country at a time when all of us want to put people to work. and theres no government expenditure. its all private sector spending that will create 20,000 jobs and plus 180,000 is the estimate in jobs created with all of the suppliers and the people who would support the construction. so it seems to me to be a no-brainer and the -- all of the environmental studies have been done. everyone is in agreement except the presi...

Win florida and get to 270. they could win the far west states and get to 270. thats their strategy now. while republicans are fighting with each other, they are getting ground operations going in these states. >> all right. susan page, always a pleasure. thanks so much. >> thanks, alex. as of last week, a survey shows that about 40% of americans have reported wrapping up their holiday shopping but some of them may be returning to the stores a little bit dissatisfied. well talk about that here...

True arctic air is over the next seven days. the purple color and then the white, thats the really, really cold polar air. the light blue, its chilly but thats not the heart of winter. as we go through the next seven days out to next weekend and getting to the christmas weekend, you notice that the heart of the cold air, the purple, that still stays up in the hudson bay. the light blue stays over the northern plains which means it will be chilly but were not looking at any big shot of cold air a...

He then press and never took any steps to investigate. defense officials hammered mcquery about why he never told the plus. he said, i thought i was talking to the police. now, al electric, the defense lawyers were frustrated because the judge wouldnt let them question mcquery on what they believe were inconsistent statements that hes made to other witnesses. but he they say once this case goes to trial, they will fully explore that and other issues about mcquerys credibility and they hope they ...

As a result, iowans are opening their mail bocks to a slew of negative letters and pamphlets all targeting gingrich. nbcs campaign embed is in des moines, alex mo. good to see you. give us your -- >> how are you? >> im great, thank you. give us an idea of what kind of mailers were seeing. describe them. >> thats right. as you said, there was a slew of negative mailers in iowans mailboxes. i saw at least eight and five of them were specifically targeting newt gingrich. one from ron paul, mitt rom...

Attracted one democratic member and thats what that legislation would do. it would allow medicare to wither on the vine, which is what republicans want, and its unacceptable. >> do you wish you havent gone there? does it make you mad? because it gives republicans fodder to say that its a bipartisan proposal. >> in the democratic party, alex, we dont require unanimity. this particular democratic senator, senator wyden, this is where hes been on health care for his whole career. it follows his tra...

for dinner at the white house three times already. good morning, know, welcome to "weekends with alex witt." its 9:00 on the east soes, 6 a.m. out west. developing now, a crucial day on capitol hill with the senate in session at this hour. senate leaders agreed on a compromise measure last night, ebs tending a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for at least two more months. heres what the senate will vote on today. that two-month extension of social security payroll, language on th...

good morning, know, welcome to "weekends with alex witt." its 9:00 on the east soes, 6 a.m. out west. developing now, a crucial day on capitol hill with the senate in session at this hour. senate leaders agreed on a compromise measure last night, ebs tending a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for at least two more months. heres what the senate will vote on today. that two-month extension of social security payroll, language on the keystone pipeline. nbcs luke russert is busy on cap...

down this road before. well get a reality check. its thursday, december 1, 2011. thi this is conscio this is "the daily rundown." mitt romney goes up with his first major tv ad in the hawkeye state. its a introduction to voters an implicit comparison to the candidate emerging as the chief challenger, newt gingrich. >> i spent my life in the private sector. ive competed with companies around the world. ive learned something about how it is that economies grow. and im in favor of cutting...