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senator rick santorum. lets go to cnns joe johns right now. hes joining us from des moines. i think rick santorum believed in himself. not a whole lot of others, joe, did. but its been quite amazing over these past few days how well hes done. >> reporter: thats true, wolf. you know, more than half of the republicans who participated in this process the last time around viewed themselves as evangelical christians. born again christians. so it might be a little risque to compare this pro...

Is a man who has lived a very privileged life but says he certainly can understand the ordinary things that americans are going through but that connection is so important i want to bring in jim acosta and joe john whos who have been out cover all of these candidates for many, many months. lets talk about making that connection because the fact of the matter is, when you look at some of the polling, the person who seems to have made the biggest connection is ron paul, at least in terms of people...

Either way, i have a hard time taking seriously the very same rating agencies that gave subprime mortgages the highest possible credit rating. isnt there someone else we can look to for financial truth?! fifth, the packers won the super bowl! hey, this is my rant and the packers are my team, so im saying it. sixth, 2011 must go down as the year of oops for the republican party. not just governor rick perry forgetting what he stands for, or former pizza ceo unable to answer foreign policy questio...

Is activity and they pick had thes here in new hampshire. >> well. huntsman annual made one appearance in iowa to date and the poll puts him dead last and statements like that wont help him with 1% of collectedç vote. huntsman in is in number in new hampshire with 9% of likely voters there. >> the number of americans seeking unemployment benefits rose, the first in nearly a month. the numbers just out show benefits were up 15,000, up to 381,000, but that is still below the all-important 400,00...

Refinance? how do you get the congress to let bankruptcy judges reduce peoples mortgages in the bankruptcy process given, again, the resistance of investors and other people sayingç why shoul they get a special break? so it is a tough, tough problem, and, you know, in reality the obama administration itself has only marginally a different position because it, too, doesnt have trillions of dollars lying around to solve it. >> if its not likely -- to your point, if its too complex and hard to so...

Will this hurt the gop as we see all this infight something. >> i think it depends on how long it gets stretched out. if its wrapped up in january, this whole process doesnt hurt him -- >> how likely is it? >> its more likely now much you you have the situation where its santorum, bachman, perry, gingrich, all going after the christian right voters. if they all get 10% of this thing, looks on paper that romney gets a big win. thats what needs to happen for him to get a challenge here. >> the eva...

Can rely onto try and really go after and overturn this healthcare reform law. jon: the chief congressional correspondent for the examiner, sue, thank you. julie: home prices taking a hit falling in most major u.s. cities, but consumer confidence is actually surging. doug mcelway with the details live in washington d.c. doug, what should we make of the new numbers? >> reporter: its a good news, bad news situation with the economic numbers. lets start with the bad news the decline in hoping price...

Economy. steve moore says that this scenario is indicative of a hurky-jerky economy. while consumer confidence is on the rise sears announced today that it is closing a hundred stores, all signs that the economy may still be incapable of a sustained recovery. julie. julie: thank you very much. meanwhile employees in one city are actually getting a raise despite the struggling economy. in fact san franciscos minimum wage set to become the highest in the nation, clocking in at $10.24 an hour, that...

mercy. yet, theres consequences for what we have done. >> if i ask you about abortion, what would you say? >> every baby should live. >> do you like interviewing or do you find it a mine field? >> i like it. >> tonight, the olesteens. >> were still praying for you. my favorite guest, never afraid to tackle the tough questions. such a lively conversation the first them they were, i invited them back. what better time to revisit than now. now, youre here, because you have this great ne...

two. hoping it will be a christmas black morning. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning. this is monday, december 26th. i hope some of you are watching from home. >> did you get back from toronto okay? >> i did. boxing day. >> like the black friday of canada. >> right. good shopping. a lot of news right now. >> right. eight days to go m s ts to go ba caucuses, paul steinhauser is live with us in des moines, iowa this morning. hi, paul. good morning. >> reporter: good mor...