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Earning things. >> you are a republican in hawaii? >> yes. >> how does that feel? you need a friend? do you need a hug? [ laughter ] democrats control every level of government in hawaii. the state income tax rate is 11%. the highest in the country. also the highest in the country, food stamp benefits. hawaii has a deep debt problem and also a severe homeless crisis. do you think there is a big homeless problem here. >> yes, there is. >> you are okay with all the food stamp benefits being paid h...

Don dont have the right to rum paj through a prospective employers past. >> its like having the keys to a house and looking through diaries. >> reporter: indoor use of generators or charcoal fires can create a build up of co2 gas. >> a lot of people felt they had no alternative but to bring something in their home. >> reporter: in florida its now legal to flash your headlights to warn of a speed trap ahead. the minimum wage goes up in ten states, where its more than the federal rate of $7.75 an ...

Playing a part in this fiscal cliff negotiation, this is the latest gallup polling around christmas time. none of them faired too well. the president does the best. but we have house speaker john boehner, approval is 26% and harry reid, 34%. doug, who steps up and shows some leadership at this moment? >> well, the presidents overall approval rating is pretty high, i think, he is in the mid-50s, about the highest he has been in some time. i think its going to be, in the short term, its mcconnell ...

Then i start worry a little bit. >> she doesnt know that her only child, who doesnt speak english and has never flown before, is having trouble clearing customs and immigration. >> if youre coming from outside the country, youre supposed to be directed to whats called secondary customs so they can process your papers. >> robert apparently becomes confused by the process and spends several hours wandering around the customs area. >> until at least 10:00, no one had any real interaction with him. ...

Some slight semblance of certainty and we havent had anything like that. consumers want to think long term and budget but trillions of dollars and hundreds of millions of people waiting to fined out what president and congress do at the last minute. not only is the indicator numbers down but the dow took a dump on friday and its been down for five straight days. >> arthel: something i touched on the intro. current economic conditions rose to the highest since 2008. what is driving that part of t...

Senator reid, dealmakers who love this sort of stuff can come together and work something out. >> and david, to bring you back in, a lot of people here at least the deal you referred to earlier was that $1 million threshold, raising taxes on those people, incomes over $1 million. a lot of people shake their heads. if you cant go for that deal what deal would you go for to raise taxes on anyone? i guess what is it? do you think that voters, do republicans think voters will hold it against them so...

Those other big things dimmer, i think. >> big things. i just shake my head right now thinking we knew this was coming and here we are just a couple of days. one more thing to you here, david, are people -- i say people, members of congress, oftentimes people cant understand like why on a national level as we watch, why wouldnt they vote to raise taxes on the highest of the highest income earners. but do you sense this -- not sense this, its fact is it not that many of these members of congress ...

Happening? >> you can. aaa has a battery service, and test your batter at this. if you need a new one we can put it in. harris: might want to do that before the snow hits. how does this year compare to others. >> in terms of holiday travel, we predict 93 million americans will travel by all modes of transportation. that is the highest weve seen since 2006 and 7. in terms of motorists the people traveling by automobile this is the highest number weve seen over the past decade. harris: that is lot...

Go back to the national debt clock. remember, we were staring at it it early in series. the debt to gdp or gross domestic product ratio is at 102%. the highest since just after world war ii. that is with extremely and historically low interest rates. even at these rates, that interest will cost the u.s. more and more every year. $222 billion in interest payments on the debt this year. $570 billion by 2022. at current rates. >> this stuff is no joke. we have a big interest to keep the interest pa...

In nevada, when they got to that disastrous debate prep in nevada, we report this 1:30-minute session was just a shellacking in which kerry got right into obamas face and called him a failure repeatedly. they had expected it would arouse obama, wake him up, but it didnt. >> forever trying to figure out why obama was looking down at his table for taking notes. for what? future debates? let me go to john on this one. im being sarcastic because it drove me crazy. because he is so smart, the preside...