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are going to be making some statements i suspect as well. at least the president will talk about whats at stake for them. john, you and i have covered these games of chicken for a long time. president will be walking out in a moment. cant believe personally that they wont work out a deal between now and december 31st, because the stakes are too enormous. >> the stakes are enormous. i think youre right theyll try to work out a deal. if republicans this morning didnt think theyd wake up ...

good morning to you. it is tuesday, december the 20th. im ali velshi joined again by alina cho this morning. good morning. >> good morning to you. so glad youre with us and up first, the u.s. keeping an eye out for advancing troops and any other threatening moves after the death of a dictator in north korea. north korean media show the images of kim jong-ils body laid out in a glass coffin. his third son and successor, kim jong un, paying respects. and live for us in seoul, south korea...

>> heather: the last six years have been one of the most competitive political era since the 1940s. 20 senate seats changing hands since 2006 and 2012 could be one of the most competitive years yet with dozens more seats now in serious play. so how will this affect the next year on capitol hill? joining us now, josh, the spokesman for the clinton-gore and gore-lieberman presidential campaign. and ron, the former communication director to house speaker hastert. thank you for joining us. >> thank ...

Out of money at midnight. the republican controlled house is waiting tomorrow to force the democratic controlled senate to pass their version of the bills to fund the government by end of the september giving them very little time to do anything else. speaker boehner says democrats and republicans in the house and senate have agreed to a bipartisan bill and now the ball is in senate majority leader harry reids court. >> im tired of hearing what the senate cant do. i think it is time for us to wa...

Pass in some fashion. meaning the payroll tax cut and these extensions, all this is sort of nonsense, right? >> well, im not -- go ahead. >> well, my question is, are these politicians that attach the keystone pipeline to this bill literally just gettingç money from the energy people that want to make this happen and saying, listen, well fund your campaign for 2012 if you guys get in there and nail this pipeline on to whatever you can? >> well, its not quite as blatant as that, but its true. a...

See what more we get from this. molly henneberg is on that story out of washington where there are new details. martha? martha: lets go back to washington now where there are new developments over the battle whether to extend unemployment benefits into next year. millions of jobless americans have already collected nearly $450 billion in the last four years and it would cost another $44 billion to keep that lifeline in place. now republicans are demanding that spending cuts be attached to the ex...

Backwards. youre for tax cuts, republicans, so am i. move forward with this along with here, because approximate if you dont its your fault. >> a.b., your thoughts here. the president is saying this is no time to play games with unemployment insurance, for example. this is what people have been able to get by on and pay bills and keep them in their homes and keep them with a vehicle to go out and look for a job here. what is the legitimate that the counter that the republicans can put on the tab...

People ought to ask is where is the backbone in washington to actually pay for the extensions in the year in which the money is spent. in all we see coming out of washington is promise about the future collecting revenues to pay for expenditures today. we are in very serious trouble. we continue to kick the can down the road. we lack the backbone and courage in washington to make the hard choices now. nobody is making hard choices now. what they are doing is promising the benefit and no paying n...

Wheres the backbone in washington to actually pay for these extensions in the year in which the money spent? we are in very serious trouble. we continue to kick the can down the road. we lack the backbone and courage in washington to make the hard choices now. nobodys making hard choices now. what theyre doing is promising the benefit and no pain now. it always comes later. >> republicans want the extension of the payroll tax cuts paid for. were going to talk about that. joining us now is democr...

his own white house run, and who now plans to host a republican debate, after christmas. then there is ex-candidate herman cain whose endorsement could go to gingrich eventually. though he now says hes going to take his time. stay with us, well bring you those comments live at 1:45 eastern time. also, president obama, we are told, is going to have some sort of statement or briefing in the briefing room of the white house. the subject is going to be taxes. a lot of talk of that up o...