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His son watched the whole scene unfold. >> sitting there watching him fully landed and then seeing it start to rotate, and e knows what to do. he was trying to control it. i actually saw the door of the helicopter fly open and it started to rotate, and thats when it spun around in the -- and the back end of the helicopter hit the trailer. i ran out with the fire extinguisher, we got him out, got his jacket off that was burn, and like i said, hes just fine, but my fire extinguisher was no match f...

The numbers and the arithmetic is going to specifically be decreased. the affordable care act only provides enough funding for the actual education of 1700 family doctors. were going to need 0,000 primary -- 40,000 primary care physicians. heather: need far more. >> right. heather: thank you so much, dr. brooks. >> merry christmas to you and everybody there. heather: merry christmas to you too. gregg: speaking of which, christmas celebrations in the holy land in full swing right now. weve got a ...

Her first conversation with him. >> reporter: what did you say to him in. >> are you okay, you know? he was like, yeah, im sick, but im okay. im okay and im tired. and, you know, the first thing he said to me, actually, is i need a shower. that was his first comment. so -- but my husband said he took, like, a four-hour shower the first night, so i think hes doing okay. [laughter] heather: our steve harrigan is live from palmetto bay where the marine has just arrived and, steve, no doubt a big ce...

Heather: welcome back. were tracking developing news this afternoon as severe winter weather disrupts holiday travel plans for millions across the u.s. a big storm pushing snow from the west into the plains making for hazardous travel conditions. with slick roads and low visibility and there were some serious airport delays earlier. the faa reports conditions are improving though. but some residential backups or residual backups remain especially in spots like atlanta and san francisco. gregg: b...

But increase for people above. he won. 60% of the voters said they were for it in the exit polls including some republicans. >> reporter: senators, house members likely to becoming back to work within a day or two of christmas. were hearing it is likely the president will do the same and fly back to washington on air force one at some point later this week, that is very likely. sit down with congressional leaders to figure all this out. it is unclear they will working is out at that point. for t...

Political downside. and that has me even more worried, i must say. heather: thank you very much for joining us with your insight as usual. fascinating. thank you. >> merry christmas. heather: merry christmas. gregg: all right. there is one piece of good news as the busy u.s. shopping season wraps up. made in the usa for the holiday. thats next. ♪ .

Gun legislation in the congress. >> we have 10,000 elementary and secondary schools in this country. if you had two officers in each that would cost $25 billion. where is that money going to come from? >> reporter: president obama has put vice president joe biden in charge of a tax force looking at reducing gun violence. the president says he wants a report back next month. heather? heather: molly henneberg live for us in washington. thank you, molly. gregg: were hearing new concerns our foreign...

Democrats used to support but now they wont. heather: chief white house correspondent ed henry is live for us in honolulu. that is where the president ising christmas with his family. ed, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, heather, great to see you. after speaker boehner had that news conference on friday the president had a brief statement of his own in the briefing room before he left here for hawaii where he did lay out a smaller plan as you suggest. he has been here mostly relaxing wit...

Strategist. thank you both for joining us. >> thank you, heather. heather: so some 800 billion in annual spending cuts and tax increases scheduled to start january 1st, plunging us off this fiscal cliff. what do both sides need to do to come to a compromise? didi, ill start with you. >> well, actually, heather, here we are again. it feels like groundhog day because we have the government shutdown, fiscal cliff. i mean, washington, d.c. is such a mess, and its really too bad that we didnt have mo...

All are expected to fully recover. carbon monoxide levels inside the prison have returned to normal. rick: when we come back, the ceasefire in the middle east seems to be holding, but there are some latest hostilities between israel and hamas, a sign, perhaps, that a bigger conflict could be coming. general jack keane is here to break it all down for us straight ahead. heather: and a wave of violence sweeps egypt. take a look at this after the countrys president grants himself new powers. a live...