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It wasnt my decision. she wants to be on her own and im not going to be holding her back. >> christmas is coming. you need the extra jack. >> thank you. >> well go to headlines right now and start with the fox news alert coming to us from san francisco. scores of police officers arriving in riot gear to begin dismantling protesters in a downtown plaza. several hundred demonstrators have taken up residence there over the past few weeks. according to local reports, dozens of police cars, fire engi...

Headlines now. an american citizen among 55 people murdered in a bombing at the shiite muslim shrine in kabul, afghanistan. the u.s. embassy confirming the death, not releasing the victims name, however, at this time. more than 100 people were hurt in that attack that came on a shiite holy day. afghan president hamid karzai cut his european trip short to return to capital city. this is the deadliest strike on kabul in three years. >> former m.f. global chief jon corzine in the congressional hot ...

>> now, time for your news by the numbers. first, 694. thats how many bills congress passed in 2011 making it one of the least productive sessions in history! even compared to other nonelection years. next, 4500. thats how many jobs citigroup is cutting worldwide. the layoffs start today and will cost citi $400 million in severance pay. wow. and 18. thats how old elian gonzalez turns today. remember him? the cuban boy just 6 years old when sparked an international custody battle when a fisherman...

Always goes against the incumbent. >> rush limbaugh was saying, you know, this is like clock work. everybody goes against -- everybody -- the republican standby is going against gingrich. this is what happens when you go against mitt romney. why is that? is he right? >> listening to what coburn had said, that clip you played and i think that hes out of date in his view of gingrich. theres a phenomenon gingrich likes to talk about, about leaders who lose, go away and come back. ronald reagan in 1...

Good morning to you. >> good morning. >> is that effective? i mean, weve seen the poll numbers. america does not like congress but at the same time, the president of the united states controlled both houses for two years. >> yeah, and well, he also controls the senate now. i think that its probably not going to help h get re-elected. but it probably will hurt his senators getting re-elected because in effect the president is dumping on his own senators. >> you think the g.o.p. is going to pick u...

No mention of the war in europe. that evening, he reads a draft of the speech and his cabinet erupts. his three major foreign policy advisors, the secretary of war. secretary of state, secretary of the navy, all jump all over roosevelt. they believe the speech that the most important speech in 500 years deserves more than 500 words. they want to give him a long history of u.s.-japanese relations and they want him to use the occasion to declare war on italy and germany. roosevelt had the strength...

1860 as the proponent of union. ronald reagan left in 1976 as a dogmatic right wing conservative, came back as morning again in america. reviving america. charles de gaulle came back as an opponent of the political parties and came back as the savior of france. i think gingrich left as a leader of the conservative movement but i think hes coming back as an innovative, creative problem solver. >> idea man. >> an idea man. >> is that maturing or seasoning? >> growing. and im working off coburns co...

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