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Sensenbrenner, a multimillionaire when he hit the lottery three times. congress is pretty much evenly divided between red and blue. but there is one color that is very much bipartisan, and that is green. take the united states senate for example, where there are 67 millionaires including 37 of the democrats and 30 of the republicans. the estimated median net worth of a u.s. senator is $2.63 million. for a member of the house more than $750,000. for the average american family, $96,000. >> i thin...

choreographed affair, as we were expecting from north korea, very similar to what we saw 17 years ago for the funeral of kim il-sun. we saw the procession. coffin going through the streets of pyongyang, 40 kilometers was the procession. and along those snow-laden streets, there were tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of mourners who had come out to pay their last respects. this was a lot of emotion. we did see at the front of these crowds a lot of wailing and weeping and be...

Zero, where christmas started. >> now, midnight mass is conducted in french. its also conducted in arabic inside the church of the nativity. only for foreigners who are allowed inside and the tickets are given out by lottery. its tough to get a ticket for the standing room only event there inside of the church of the nativity. gregg, we heard from the patriarch and a couple of things he said. he asked for peace here in the world, which is always a fleeting hope here in the middle east. you can i...

>> hes going to have to convince people that he understands the plight of the working class and that he will fight for policies that will help working class americans, thats what he says he believes in, but hes going to have to convince people -- >> you said something on this show a few weeks back that made me gasp and made me pay attention. >> just one thing? >> not just one thing, but when you said on this set that you had been hearing from conservatives that they were looking at maybe -- they...

Movement was swelling and the masses were organizing and the dispossessed were finding their strength and their voices and their power to declare we are one and were not going to take this anymore! occupy north pole was born! >> when do they sing on dancer and blitzen and donner, whoever. i dont understand. they are actually talking about anti-capitalist behaviors and talking about essentially spreading the wealth and the glory of sleeping in a park. >> that is the message on christmas? >> i don...

We see these people crying in the streets, you know, your heart goes out to them because you have to imagine that they dont really know whats going on in the rest of the world. i guess my hope is that the younger generation have some inkling but wouldnt you think from being inside the white house? >> also, ive had the privilege of serving on the broadcasting board of governors for president obama and one of the things that we talk about is the access to free media. there is none. you can smuggle...

two days ago it was the cheer leaders from the philadelphia eagles. they had rock bands. it is a chance for those soldiers coming out of iraq to sort of decompress a bit before they go home. there also isnt a lot to do while they wait for their flights. they have been able to speed up the process. a couple of weeks ago this process was slammed. and you might wait five to eight days if you were a soldier hoping to fly back to the states. the crew that i came in on the convoy last night ...

youre in "the situation room"." the first republican presidential contest is two weeks away and a top obama adviser says the democrats are counting on a long primary season slugfest between newt gingrich and mitt romney. every word from the candidates could make a difference. jim acosta is covering the final sprint of the caucuses. jim, were seeing a possible shift in the romney campaign strategy. what are you seeing? what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, there may be a big moment...

bit. of course, newt gingrich at the presidential debates and the rivals, they exchanged jabs, engineer jeers and some jokes last night. even though there had been 723 presidential debates you always get something out of these things. maybe the line of the night. listen to who rick perry decided to compare himself to. >> there are a lot of people out there, i understand it. a lot of folks who said tim tebow wasnt going to be a very good nfl quarterback and people stood up and said, wel...

over and out. the u.s. military lowers the flag in baghdad. the final u.s. troops leaving iraq with pride. and putting a fragile nation in the rear view mirror. >> breaking news for your paycheck. big compromise on capitol hill that could put $1,000 or more back into your paycheck next year. occupy gingrich. newt gets heckled by wall street protesters. they get it back on this "american morning." good morning, everyone. it is thursday, december 15. welcome to "american morning." go...