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might say. taking a double digit lead as the 2012 presidential nominee preference. they come with an interesting twist. jenna: if the election were held today mitt romney fares better than president obama and then newt gingrich. romney with 42% versus the presidents 44%. that is a bit better than a theoretical gingrich versus president obama matchup which has the president up by six points. it is worth pointing out though, like most polls, when you look at these you have to consider th...

>> pop-up kind? >> absolutely beautiful. >> so anyway, theres our christmas tree ready for the christmas season. >> and lets get right to your headlines for "fox & friends" and a fox news alert. 34 nato trucks loaded with fuel and supplies for u.s. troops in afghanistan now burning in pakistan. they were destroyed by militants who fired rockets at a trucking terment natural. no reports of injuries. pakistan closed its borders refusing to let nato trucks through after an american air st...

continent. so how are stocks reacting and why isnt britain onboard. and iran shows off what it claims is a top u.s. secret drone, but is it the drone or dummy? some say iran may be pulling a bait and switch on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com and good morning to you. happy, happy friday. it is december 9th. >> carols favorite day of the week. >> except for saturday and sunday. >> ali off, im carol costello along with krrm krrm christine this "american ...

news alert. an american scientist called north koreas secret nuclear facilities stunning in its sophistication. his revelation is raising eyebrows around the world. julie kirtz is following the latest developments. >> reporter: the top administration official tells us today or describes this, rather, as a provocative act ofdy fines by north korea. the chairman of joint chiefs says hes very concerned about reports of a new highly sophisticated uranium enrichment plant inside north korea...

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and those taxpayers would move to the 15% bracket. all incomes below $44,000 a year. other tax rates would increase to 30 -- 20%, 31, and 36%. and so on. what are your expectations? do you want democrats to compromise with republicans? the president intent -- indicated on his interview that aired on sunday that he would be open to compromise on the issue. republicans talk about a two- year extension of the bush era tax cuts. and then look at the issue two years down the road. what do y...

pelosi wants to return as minority leader. correspondent james rosen reports several democrats privately and publicly are now saying that is a terrible idea. in a draft letter circumstance -- >> reporter: in a draft letter circulated among the defeated house democrats, nancy pelosi is asked to show leadership in this dark hour by passing the baton and abandoning the request to be leading house democrat. many of us want the chance to run again and we fear republicans will demonize you a...

americas realtors reported today that after a bad summer sales of previously owned homes shot up 10% in september. even with the increase, sales are still weak and now theres a lot of concern that any housing recovery wont last because the foreclosure document mess will keep potential buyers out of the market. as anthony mason reports. the federal reserve is getting involved in that investigation. >> reporter: now the fed is putting the mortgage mess under the microscope. >> we are loo...

proceedings says theyve just started discussions with the banks. >> but were very conscious we need to move as quickly as we can. we do not want to do any harm to the housing market which would do harm to the overall market. >> reporter: bernanke says more than 20% of borrowers are underwater. that is, they owe more than their home is worth. more than a million houses will r currently undergoing foreclosure and more than a quarter of those are under review. thats already creating uncer...

Protests right behind them. turned out it was a civil war reenactment. i think incumbent is democratic rick larson in the second congressional district. got caught spreading these smears about the tea party and his republican opponent. look at these confederate flags. turns out there was a civil war reenactment in the photograph. what the imposters tell me, shannon, or show me, shannon, that the whole charge against the tea party was bogus to begin with if you have to put imposters in the moveme...