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and tonight weve put together a terrific team to look ahead to 2011 and beyond to the presidential election of 2012. we begin with president obama, his party lost 63 seats and its majority in the house, plus six seats in the u.s. senate. how does he up his presidency and succeed against an embolden republican majority that wants just one thing, his defeat in 2012. and what about those republicans like boehner in the house and mcconnell in the senate. in their zeal to smash the presiden...

haiti with a bizarre allegation that he kidnapped a child that was already pronounced dead. and you know what year world war i broke out? thousands of fourth graders do not because their history textbook got the wrong date. wolf is out today and im suzanne malveaux. youre in "the situation room." what a way to end the year with weather mess from coast to coast. new rainfall in southern california. there is already a soaked ground and were seeing flooding, power outages, and traffic s...

presidency. neil aber romby the new governor of hawaii wants to make it possible to release more evidence to put to test will nonsense that the president wasnt born in the country. it wont matter to some, of course, as someone once said, dont waste your time arguing with someone whose job depends on not being convinced. but will it matter to some? plus, remember the moment, this moment from the 2010 election year. >> my name is -- davidson. and i am seeking our partys nomination for ...

presidency. the new governor of hawaii wants to make it possible to release more evidence to put this to rest. it wont matter to some of course. as someone once said, dont waste your time arguing with someone whos job is not being convinced. plus, remember this moment from the 2010 election year? >> my name is bill davidson and i am seeking our partys nomination for the position of treasurer. >> that was just one of many campaign moments that went viral this year. well count them down....

>> in washington, where the 111th congress ended with a bang. >> its been quite an exhilarating week. >> a lame duck session that was anything but. >> as congress comes to a close, the media marvels at the most accomplished american legislative body since the 1960s. >> look what they were able to accomplish in a month. >> lets talk about the work that congress just got done. >> all of these controversial issues. >> dont ask, dont tell will be remembered as the biggest political achieve...

which just might explain why they finally decided to work together and get a few things done. >> in washington, where the 111th congress ended with a bang. >> its been quite an exhilarating week. >> a lame duck session that was anything but. >> as congress comes to a close, the media marvels at the most accomplished american legislative body since the 1960s. >> look what they were able to accomplish in a month. >> lets talk about the work that congress just got done. >> all of these co...

so are journalists out of touch with the public? sarah palin leaves the fox lair for an interview on "good morning america." is she ready to deal with the mainstream media? . race and journalism seem uncomfortable intertwain intert candid conversation on the subject with cnns soledad obrien. plus, a gripping story of life and death on facebook. how mark zuckerbergs creation is changing the nature of journalism. im huaoward kurtz, and this is "reliable sources." theres no question...

has been the source of a weeks long republican-imposed logjam is now freed, open, back up for business. you will recall at the beginning of this month, senate unified. all 42 members signed on to a letter proclaiming they would block all other senate work until the expiring bush tax cuts issue was dealt with. nothing else could happen in the senate, not even the funding of the united states military until those tax cuts, that whole deal, was resolved. period, end of story. nonnegotiabl...

>> we have an amendment which is a motion to suspend the rulesndn and considerd the amendment ani will make that motion in a bill moment. we had to force a bill. were going to spend $136 billion more than what we plan to be for this agreement was made. we have no opportunity under oft last priority, less important items. so we have an amendment for the its not being free. its painful. but it cuts $150 billion from the federal expenditures to payt for the shell petrol expenditures that ...

business. you will recall at the beginning of this month, senate republicans stood absolutely yun anied. all 42 members signed on to a letter proclaiming they would block all other senate work until the expiring bush tax cuts issue was dealt with. nothing else could happen in the senate, not even the funding of the united states military until those tax cuts, that whole deal, was resolved. period, end of story. nonnegotiable. well, today senate republicans got their wish. today the sen...