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Down. the reaction was quick. president obama issued a statement, paper statement. "for the past several weeks, ive stated con analysis ently it was critical that -- consistently that it was critical congress not go home without preventing a tax increase on 160 million working americans. today i congratulate the members of congress for ending the partisan stalemate reached by an agreement that meets the test." there is heartburn on the hill. because some say i am disappointed because i believe i...

Since. the troop pull-out added to that catastrophe. >> bret: the worst violence in months in iraq today. ten explosions ripping through baghdad, killing at least 72 people. as the violence increases. the white house releasing a statement, "we strongly condemn the terrorist attacks against innocent iraqis. which serve no agenda other than murder and hatred. we offer condolences to those whose loved ones were lost or wounded. attempts such as this to derail iraqs progress will fail. iraqi suffere...

Three months extension, but couldnt agree on enough to get to roughly $190 billion, which would be a full year of these added benefits or reduced taxes. so it was a challenge, and it was a slow sort of cracking branch that we could hear behind the scenes yesterday where you began to see that aides to leadership knew that this was not a winnable argument, even if they believed on the merits that they had something important to say and it was how do you get there? and one of the critical moments w...

They go up. the president getting ready to address this controversy next hour but a short while ago we had the house speaker john boehner weighing in explaining why a one-year payroll tax bill is a necessity. >> i told the president there is one big reason why we need to do a full year and thats jobs. one-year bill, like the president requested and like the house produced is simply better for jobs and better for the economy. jenna: chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has a front row s...

Essentially republicans backed down. the reaction was quick. president obama issued a statement, paper statement. "for the past several weeks, ive stated con analysis ently it was critical that -- consistently that it was critical congress not go home without preventing a tax increase on 160 million working americans. today i congratulate the members of congress for ending the partisan stalemate reached by an agreement that meets the test." there is heartburn on the hill. because some say i am d...

Since. the troop pull-out added to that catastrophe. >> bret: the worst violence in months in iraq today. ten explosions ripping through baghdad, killing at least 72 people. as the violence increases. the white house releasing a statement, "we strongly condemn the terrorist attacks against innocent iraqis. which serve no agenda other than murder and hatred. we offer condolences to those whose loved ones were lost or wounded. attempts such as this to derail iraqs progress will fail. iraqi suffere...

He said, "my 16-year-old twins will be out of the house soonism ill miss this." >> the president pulling on the heart strings may have put the g.o.p. on the defensive. some republican strategists believe a deal will help turn the page. >> its an absolutely blip and long ways to go before we have the next election. at this time, most americans are focusing on the holidays. and nobody has lost benefits at this point in time. >> white house aides do not believe its a blip. they know the president i...

$1.2 trillion are expected to give up. thats supposed to mean automatic cuts in almost every federal department in 2013. same bottom line -- $1.2 trillion half from defense, half non-defense. but congress can and likely will change it. meantime stock markets are tanking again,down jones down more than 2.5% today. again the u.s. credit rating may be in for a down gragradedowngr. much more on fallout in our "face time" segments minutes from now. in cairo, 1,700 people have been wounded...

Too much after chase, citigroup, wells fargo, sun trust and a host of others announced they had abandoned plans to charge a monthly fee for debit card purchases. >> this is a huge win for consumers. it shows that consumers when they take action, when they say we dont want to pay these fees and were taking our business elsewhere, you have a choice. >> reporter: even some politicians had urged customer it is leave their banks. >> to move to banks that arent going to nail them with these fees that ...

but there is a force greater. a force at work here much greater than those who would try to destroy me and destroy this campaign and this journey to the white house. and that force is called, the voice of the people. thats why were doing as well as we are in this campaign thus far. yall were supposed to applaud. >> heres another development. one of his accusers may go public. her attorney says that she can only break her silence if the confidentiality agreement is lifted. that decision...