experiment. so there s big government behind romney care, not as much as obama care but a heck of a lot more than your campaign has admitted. big government, high cost. two of gingrich s favorite slams on the romney reforms. he also likes to hammer the centerpiece of the massachusetts law, which was the individual mandate that requires all residents above a certain income level to buy health insurance or pay a fine. the idea is controversial, but not so long ago many conservatives, including gingrich, supported the idea. here s what he wrote in april of 2006 in a newsletter called newt notes. this was just after massachusetts enacted its health care law. the most exciting development wrote, is what is happening in massachusetts. the health bill signed into law this month has tremendous potential to effect major change in the american health care system. help went on to say, we agree entirely with governor romney and massachusetts legislators that our goal should be 100%
two of gingrich s favorite slams on the romney reforms. he also likes to hammer the centerpiece of the massachusetts law, which was the individual mandate that requires all residents above a certain income level to buy health insurance or pay a fine. the idea is controversial, but not so long ago many conservatives, including gingrich, supported the idea. here s what he wrote in april of 2006 in a newsletter called newt notes. this was just after massachusetts enacted its health care law. the most exciting development wrote, is what is happening in massachusetts. the health bill signed into law this month has tremendous potential to effect major change in the american health care system. help went on to say, we agree entirely with governor romney and massachusetts legislators that our goal should be 100% insurance coverage for all americans. what s more, gingrich applauded the individual mandate in the law. quote, we also believe strongly, he wrote, that personal responsib
i m thankful we re here together as a family. it s a difficult place to be. david, his wife and 5-year-old daughter got stuck on a highway in new mexico when the blizzard swept through the state. david s wife is still recovering from pneumonia at a hospital. las vegas might be known as sin city. this woman is being hailed as a saint after his good deed at the airport there. mitch gilbert found two unmarked envelopes just as he was boarding his flight home to colorado. little did he know they each had $5,000 in them. he called the airport repeatedly after discovering the cash. two weeks later, he found out that someone finally reported losing the envelopes. gilbert says he feels like a million bucks but the real owner got his money back two days before christmas. christmas miracle indeed. that s so wonderful that he kept at it, you know what i mean. in vegas! you can make one phone call, i tried. i got a busy signal.
mall. police with guns drawn, shoppers scrambling for exits. chaos after christmas on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. it s tuesday, december 27th. this is american morning. i m alina cho along with ali velshi. good morning. good morning to you. we re so glad you re with us today. there s a lot going on. let s get right to it. starting in iowa. it s the place to be this morning. five top republicans plan to visits hawkeye state today. not going for the corn. seven day rees main until the iowa caucuses. the first in the nation, a nomination is up for grabs. cnn political director mark preston is live in des moines this morning. mark, the week begins with newt gingrich trying to distance himself once again, not from someone else, but from his own past. reporter: yeah. from his own past, ali. no question about that. new documents unearthed by cnn just in the past week show that newt gingrich, in fact, served his first wife wi
increasing violence, deaths and injuries the past few days. there were videos purporting to show members of the arab league in homs today. one video purports to show the head of the mission being shown remnants of weapons there by residents in the city. another video purports to show the members of the delegation there with residents of homs basically saying that they wanted the members of this league to go to other parts of the city to see some of the harder hit area. in that video you hear gunfire later on. we can t verify the authenticity of these videos, but they are corroborating what we re being told on the ground by eyewitnesss. mohammed, you mentioned gunfire on the video. what do we know about whether these clashes quieted down or how severe clashes were today in syria? again, we need to point out, the fact-finding mission is on the ground and according to reports there s still violence going on. reporter: that s right. even on the day these observers finally arr