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Looking around. but i think its also important for people to know, anybody who might have information, that if they are concerned about their information getting them involved in a possible crime, that they have the opportunity to go to a local defense lawyer and tell them and talk about their possibility involvement and how their information might help the police without going directly to the police. >> all right. lets move on to another mystery since we have two experts with us. lets talk abou...

Make pry port choices. what are the things you have to have and what are the thing that are just nice to have. we cant borrow in the obama administration we could borrow until the country is $20 trillion in debt. and where a third of the federal budget goes to pay the interest. its smart for we come to a realization that these problems have to be fixed now. the sooner you do it the less impact there will be. you do this two years from now after another couple trillion dollars in debt well be in ...

Fresh by giving everybody something that we know everybody wants. there cant possibly be any controversy on this one. >> reporter: and even though delegate eleanor holmes norton says there she doesnt think there could be any controversy on this one, we should expect a big debate about how these extensions are going to be paid for, gregg. gregg: yeah, thats the big problem. peter, nobody wants to be called a grinch around christmas, so it comes at a pretty tough time politically. what are republi...

The senate plans on bringing up these two things in a stand alone bill when congress comes back into session. >> this is a way to begin afresh. we let everybody down with the super committee. lets begin fresh by giving everybody something that we know everybody wants. they cant possibly be any controversy on this one. >> when president obama talks about the possibility of the payroll tax cut ending, he says this will be the worst possible time for that. but republicans dont plan on letting the w...

>> reporter: speaker boehner has said hes trying to touch base with president obama about the tax cuts for months. he said we told the president in september that we stand ready to have an honest and fruitful discussion with him regarding the extensions, and that invitation stands. even though it is tanks giving today here in d.c. weve already got our eye on new years eve. jamie: are you going to the white house by any chance for thanksgiving dinner? we saw the menu, its looking pretty fine. >> ...

it will not be happening. >> got to be. >> you will be. >> love it. >> just to see the melee. not looking to buy anything just. >> people watch. more power to you. >> thank you. >> little cup of cocoa or hot java. >> or whatever. >> nice holiday festive beverages. >> its okay. >> good to see you. >> have fun with that shopping. we will be looking for you in the live shots. >> dont do that. a lot ahead, lets begin in egypt. im fredricka whit field, welcome to studio 7. it is happy tha...

if they fail -- and thats expected -- what happens? >> reporter: it seems that despite the very -- we call it the super committee and they had super powers. this committee written in law had the power to bypass many of the procedural hurdles that slow down and hold up legislation up here on capitol hill. despite having the power these 12 committee members were not able to bridge the gap on a philosophical difference on what they believe. a big issue thats held up negotiations to this p...

Out there in the country is to begin working on our public sector, and working on things that are below safety code and need to be fixed. whats your counterargument? >> my counterargument is im glad he invoked ronald reagan. he was exactly right. i think what reagan said was exactly right. the truth of the matter is when president obama came into office in 2009, the highway bill needed to be reauthorized. it expired in 2009. that is a six-year multi-year effort to build our roads, bridges, et ce...

That is a six-year multi-year effort to build our roads, bridges, et cetera, so while the president is attacking republicans for refusing to go along with part of his jobs bill, there are democrats and republicans in the congress alike who want a six-year reauthorization bill. weve had this thing punted several extensions, the most recent one will expire in march of next year. we need six years so our governors and mayors and elected officials at the local level can actually put the federal mone...

Bridges, saying the smart thing for us with so many unemployed out there in the country is to begin working on our public sector an working on things that are below safety code and need to be fixed. whats your counterargument? >> my counterargument is im glad he invoked ronald reagan. he was exactly right. the truth of the matter is when president obama came into office in 2009, the highway bill needed to be reauthorized. it expired in 2009. that is a six-year multi-year effort to build our road...