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Kim jong-il. it turns out. has a down side. there are few, if any, deaths worth celebrating in the world, but this year has been a banner year for those that come close. may 1st the death of osama bin laden in afghanistan. october 20th, the death of moammar gadhafi in libya. last night, word from north korea of the death of the dear leader. supposedly died of a heart attack while on a train. kim jong-ils statements from media are often made up. read into that what you will. its hard not to see t...

It turns out. has a down side. there are few, if any, deaths worth celebrating in the world, but this year has been a banner year for those that come close. may 1st, the death of so osama bin laden. the death of moammar gadhafi in libya. and word from north korea of the death of the dear leader, supposedly died of a heart attack while on a train. kim jong-ils statements from media are often made up. read into that what you will. its hard not to see the sunny side of the death of an autocrat who ...

Kim jong-il. it turns out. has a down side. there are few, if any, deaths worth celebrating in the world, but this year has been a banner year for those that come close. may 1st, the death of so osama bin laden. the death of moammar gadhafi in libya. and word from north korea of the death of the dear leader, supposedly died of a heart attack while on a train. kim jong-ils statements from media are often made up. read into that what you will. its hard not to see the sunny side of the death of an ...

Do you expect as far as any part of that. megyn: they have got to be a little aggressive, do they not? >> it will a much different environment. there will be a lot of candidates looking to follow up and to ask for time. so it will be a challenge for all of us to juggle that ball with 7 candidates on stage. i also point out first ever presidential debate in sioux city. northwest iowa is psyched for this. >> reporter: after this about going for the jugular. there is a down side. in 2004 gephardt a...

Country doesnt see as many zeros, and they get swept up with this. that happened with the $10,000 bet. it happened with newt gingrich saying $1.6 million i got from freddie mac wasnt lobbying, because i was getting $60,000 a speech, which is more than the average american makes a year. >> could this bet be the undoing of a campaign that frankly was already on the down side? >> very difficult to predict, because this has been so volume tiff. we have to preface it with that. those of us who watch ...

Unemployment. it does look like the republican leadership at least is in a fallback position trying to regroup. they dont have the politics on their side. >> no. the people here are strongly behind the presidents position. nobody i think wants to see the pipeline issue made part of this eventual deal. i support the pipeline with proper environmental controls. but it should be discussed. it should be part of an overall energy package. trying to jam it in really is bad politics. so i think the pre...

egypt are headed home, arriving later on tonight. they were accused of taking part in the violent protests in tahrir square. egyptian officials say the students threw molotov cocktails from a rooftop. the student deny the charges. nba players and owners reached a tentative deal this morning so play may resume december 25th. the players still have to ratify the agreement but the plan is to start a 66 game season with a christmas day triple header. the nba lockout has lasted 149 days. ...

free after being accused of throwing fire bombs during recent violent protests in cairo. we are monitoring their moves. also this morning, an american journalist, well get back to our jason carroll there in just a second. the other story i need to tell you about, also in egypt. someone you have seen on our air here at cnn a number of times. an american journalist who has appeared here with us says she was blindfolded, beaten and sexually assaulted by egyptian police. she is now free an...

loyalists. gadhafis sons say they are both in custody and wanted by the fcc and war crimes charges. yemens embattled president has arrived in riyadh. hes expected to sign a power transfer deal to end ten-month-long political crisis in his country. the parents in a high-profile missing child case are scheduled to testify before the phone-hacking inquiry in london on wednesday. the mccanns were highly scrutinized when their daughter, madelei madeleine, was reported missing in 2007. t...

Lets ask you, mark. will they be taking aim at him in the debate since hes atop the polls pretty consistently? >> of course. when herman cain rose to the top, now well see people come at newt gingrich. the difference is newt is fully capable of defending himself. the down side of gingrich isnt his expertise or debating prowess. its the fact that if he gets into a general election, all of those skeletons come out. he can win debates. he cant win elections. >> great points this morning. thank you....