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are going to be making some statements i suspect as well. at least the president will talk about whats at stake for them. john, you and i have covered these games of chicken for a long time. president will be walking out in a moment. cant believe personally that they wont work out a deal between now and december 31st, because the stakes are too enormous. >> the stakes are enormous. i think youre right theyll try to work out a deal. if republicans this morning didnt think theyd wake up ...

next year. but heres the thing, folks, both parties want this. they agree that there should be an extension of this tax holiday. the problem here is that house republicans refuse to settle for the two-month band aid, the two-month extension that has already been passed by the senate. listen. >> our house gop negotiators are here and ready to work with their counterparts in the senate. >> hes not lucy, im not charlie brown. were not falling for that football stunt, again. okay, lucy and...

the payroll tax cut. its set to expire at the end of this year. president obama called john boehner today and the white house has even put a counterdown clock on the home page of its website. it says if the house does not act, taxes on the middle class will increase starting the first of the year. lets go to the white house. our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, is standing by with the latest on this dramatic political showdown. what is the latest? >> the latest is that ...

very long time. its also sending shock waves across egypt and the entire world. fair warning, what the camera caught, what the women are protesting, well, its hard to watch. and heres also no sound. which perhaps is just as well because the images speak for themselves. watch. now, we dont know what ultimately became of this woman except that she suffered serious cuts, serious bruises. but we do know this. shes not the only one. and yet keeping them honest, until tonight the generals in...

the surge just in time for an election year. and scientists find earths evil twin far, far away. the size is right, but strange life might sizzle on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com all right. good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, december 21st. im christine romans along with my friend ali velshi. >> i have to tell you. im excited of the news of the new planet. its different. not a political log jam. not pay rolle troll tax plan. new planets! well t...

house democrats tried to bring up the tax extension on capitol hill. >> the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on friday -- >> mr. speaker, mr. speaker. mr. speaker! >> that was a democrat there trying to get the attention. he failed. less than a half hour later, after cutting off the democrats the house republican leader was asking, where are they? >> were here, ready to work. looking for our counterparts to sit down with us. >> so when will the games be set aside and both sides ...

chats. the house speaker -- >> continue. >> reporter: thank you. john boehner came out and said that house republicans, they oppose the two-month extension over the weekend because it doesnt provide the certainly that americans need, the kind of stimulate the economy in the way that the payroll tax extension they would hope would do. so he made it very clear that they are not ready to budge from their decision. he says they have acted and now its time for the president and senate democ...

full fledged congressional showdown with a tax hike for millions of americans hanging in the balance. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." this just coming in. our brand new poll numbers hitting pitting president obama against the republican candidate. the survey puts each toe to toe the president and even though the election is still almost 11 months away, the results still troubling for the gop. lets go inside the numbers with ron brownstein of the national journal. than...

frankly terrifying. but if youre looking for what really sets the country known as the hermit kingdom apart from the rest of our socially net worked planet, consider this. kim jong-il died two days ago. two full days went by before the official announcement actually came out. thats how tightly controlled the media there is. when word did finally arrive the dear leader was dead, his blinkered and brainwashed followers mourned him like the god theyve been told he was. the grieving, as yo...

scientist told you to push the button? the experiment that shocked us all. now a man who was there is speaking out. millions of americans know what its like to wrestle with insurance companies. i cover these stories a lot. what youre about to hear is a problem that i have never run across before. something quite like this. in 2008 the woman youre going to meet was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease that caused a scarring on her insides. it was choking off her trachea, her windp...