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Have from the white house briefing room. that is the countdown clock the white house has put up saying the house republicans are standing in the way of the deal that would extend the payroll tax cut. theres no shortage of sharp words coming from democrats this hour. >> trying to negotiate with speaker boehner is like trying to nail jell o to the wall. >> the latest from valerie jarrett will join me live. and who is kim jong eun? so litting is known about him. were continuing to follow new reacti...

Dishes are clean? >> absolutely, lets look at this from a broad perspective, tom mass number one, the fear of a government shutdown that is off the table. late last night the democratic senate and the republican house came to an agreement on $1 trillion-plus bill to fund the government through the rest of the fiscal year. we got that off. we dont have to dust out the countdown clock for the shutdown of armageddon, we fig that out. next issue, payroll tax extension, holiday of that as well as the...

For people in iowa? >> it sure is and the debates throughout shaped this much more than the retail politicking weve seen in earlier elections. bill: scott, thank you. >> thank you. bill: scott rasmussen, shaking up the world again. well see whether or not youre right on first week of january. make sure you tune in later tonight, fox news channel, the only place you can see this. sioux city, iowa, 9:00 eastern, 6:00 on the west coast. while youre on tv watching us, later tonight you can be online...

Jon: tonight, 9 p.m. [laughter] jenna: do we have our countdown clock? eight hours, 54 minutes. youre not going to miss it, we promise. were glad you with us today. nice to have senator conrad with us, a little optimism, the sun will come up tomorrow and maybe better days ahead. jon: im jon scott. its your last chance to see the seven leading gop candidates together before the very first contest in the presidential election. you can watch that debate tonight right here at americas election headq...

♪ ♪ im bret baier in sioux city, iowa, site of tonights republican presidential debate on fox. candidates will take the stage in a little more than three hours as you can see by the countdown clock on the screen all day. tonight on "special report," carl cameron looks at the latest campaign ads. steve brown talks to several perspective iowa caucus voters to find out what they want to hear in this evenings debate. house budget committee chairman paul ryan has a new medicare plan and a new c...

number iowa and the price of gold suddenly falls and a glimpse into the future of war. time to play reporter roulette on this thursday. i want to begin in kuwait. at camp virginia with martin savidge where troops are getting ready to head hole. market? >> reporter: for those troops coming out of iraq, camp virginia is their first stop and the first step to get home in time for many of them to the holidays. they dont forget this is an important time and they are witnesses to history her...

National character coming together. might that be a jab at the grid lock in washington? >> well, it certainly might be. and weve seen the president sort of try to put pressure on congress right now which is, youve just been reporting is deadlocked over the pay roll tax cut. he has tried to put pressure on them in a number of different ways through that countdown clock that weve seen. hes threatened to postpone his vacation. we heard some lines today, including one in which em, washington could l...

endorsements but a bit of a dark cloud on the horizon. more on that in just a moment, but, first, his fight for the gop nomination. a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows him with a commanding lead over mitt romney. the other candidates trailing far behind. paul steinhauser is in washington. paul, the same poll shows gingrich struggling in a head-to-head race against president obama. tell us about that. >> that horse race poll and two others indicate the same thing. way ahead ...

Leadership. the presidents strategy in this case really seems to be taking his case to the american people. and theres that countdown clock here in the white house briefing room. the president threatened to postpone his own vacation and has urged congress to do the same if they cant get a deal done on extending the payroll tax cut. mostly what we have seen is the president going out and talking about this and making the point you just talked about, mayor tin if this is an extended -- isnt extend...

mitt romney on the defense. we are just three weeks away from the first presidential contest of the 2012 campaign, and the attacks are in full force. >> lets be candid. the only reason you didnt become a career politician is you lost to teddy kennedy in 1994. >> wait a second. now wait a second. thats -- wait a second. >> paul steinhauser is joining us from des moines. gingrich survived. how did he do it? >> exactly, kyra. listen, newt gingrich, the reason he jumped in the polls and su...