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Today. my goal is to just become -- i guess, typical member of society, working every day, living and contributing back to society. >> for now, anthony remains the leader of the group that sleeps in the abandoned hospital. he says it will be difficult to leave his friends behind. >> i know everybody that stays there, so ive got a soft spot for everybody. >> i want to see them get out of the same situation that im trying to. >> anthony is optimistic about his future. im going to look back on this...

The bill worked out by both parties, following a bruising battle on capitol hill. mike emanuel is live there with an update. mike? >> reporter: hi, jon. after a week full of drama here on capitol hill, it was peaceful passage of the payroll tax holiday extension. the senate went first. we expected no drama there and it lived up to that. after all a two-month extension of the payroll tax holiday, won 89 out of 100 votes in the senate last saturday. after it was all over, senate majority leader ha...

Bill. i would hope that my colleagues dont play any games with this bill. it is important. it will -- the short-term extension saved the jobs of more than a million people during our highway construction. the two-year bill will create new jobs, not just save the jobs. so those are a few things we have to do. i hope this congress has had a very good learning experience, especially those who are newer to this body. everything we do around here does not have to wind up in a fight. that isnt the way...

Save the jobs. those are a few things we have to do. i hope this congress has had a very good learning experience, especially those newer to this body. everything we do around here does not have to wind up in a fight. that isnt the way things need to be. people wonder why the approval rating of congress is so low. i dont wonder. it seems that everything we have done this last year has been a knock down, drag-out fight. there is no reason to do that. and if there were not, if there were message r...

>> i hope this congress has had a very good learning experience, especially those who are newer to this body. everything we do around here does not have to wind up in a fight, that isnt the way things need to be. julie: a brand-new hour of "americas newsroom." good morning im julie banderas in for martha maccallum. gregg: im greg gerratt in for bill hemmer. julie: president obama hopes a year-long extension will follow . i urge them to keep working to reach an agreement that will extend the tax ...

Ideological scores. so i say to my colleagues, it is new years. lets put those games aside, and make it a -- and make it our top priority, our top priority is not for political advantage, but to get things done. if we are able to get things done, there is lots of credit to go around to everybody. but conversely, if we dont get things done, there is criticism that spills off on everyone. lets show the american people that despite our differences, we can tackle the big challenges that stand before...

>> i hope the congress has a learning experience, especially those newer to the body. >> nevertheless, the both sides seem to be headed for another showdown in january. >> although that can wait for now. he jetted off to join his wife and daughter. >> all of those serving overseas may not have a chance to see family in the holiday season. we are grateful for everything you do. thank you. >> he said the same thing saturday before the deal unraveled. a reminder that nothing in washington is a form...

kyra? but in the next half an hour, we should see the senate come into session and this deal could pass within maybe one or two minutes. it could be that short as both the senate and the house are expected to pass this legislation. this payroll tax extension deal using a procedural move that basically allows them to pass legislation without having to call all of the members back into town. so, according to both democratic and republican leadership aides on the senate side, they do expe...

some sun lounger in a bikini spending daddys money being a brat? >> thats a really good question. i often ask myself that. >> from television stardom to sharing the screen with the muppets. this is "piers morgan tonight." patricia cornwell is the queen of crime. she sold 100 million books and scared the living daylights out of people. "red mist" and patricia joins me now. this is going to terrify me. i know it is. before i even read it. >> well, i think it will. i wont tell you why. bu...

this is t.j. back in atlanta. you hearing me okay? arwa damon is not hearing me right now. arwa damon one of a number of cnn correspondents who spent a lot of time in iraq over the last several years reporting there literally from the very beginning of that war and throughout. well try to get her back in a moment. a historic day we saw even though a few thousand american service members in iraq. they will make their way out, many of them this weekend and, again, formally, it is over. l...