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Governor mitt romney. and the others not all that far behind. its also worth pointing out all this fussing and fighting is over support from a tiny fraction of the countrys population. but that population does have a decent record of at least predicting the overall outcome because since 1976, the winner of the iowa caucuses has won the republic nomination half of the time. carl cameron with the news live in des moines, iowa. carl, set the stage for iowas big moment if you will. >> hi, trace. wel...

Grabbing it and yanking on it. it was like -- it seems like it took forever. the girl i was training looks over and asks me, is this for real? yes, this is real. were really getting robbed. so i was laying there thinking about my kids and my husband and worrying about whether theyre going to come behind the counter. theyre yelling the whole time, stay on the floor, to keep quiet. >> while jenny is lying on the floor, her sister is watching the whole robbery happen on the monitor in the back of t...

first, 40 years ago this past friday, december 23rd, president richard nixon declared the war on cancer. >> i hope that in the years ahead, that we may look back on this day and this action as being the most significant action taken during this administration. >> president nixon had big expectations and we have come a long way since 1971. still, even today, cancer will strike down 1 in 4 americans. there are smart people who may tell you up front that we may be losing the war on cancer...

north korea. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." the showdown over the payroll tax cut lasted for weeks, but the stalemate ended in a matter of minutes today after house republican leaders bowed to overwhelming pressure and gave into the democrats. today, the house approved the bill that got almost 90% of support in the senate. president obama signed it into law and the threat of a new years day tax hire for 160 working americans is over. lets go straight to dana bash whos ...

Martha: and this little girl vanished from her fathers home over last weekend. today as the search continues for ayla reynolds, the finger pointing is getting even more intense in this case. were going to talk about that. bill: also, he has been asked this question, but would chris christie be a vp candidate now? part two of marthas interview with the husband and wife team out of new jersey. >> we have a very candid relationship with each other. he calls, and we talk all the time about whats goi...

is the candidate still making money from layoffs? were checking the facts. im wolf blitzer. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com lets get right to the breaking news. a possible deal in the stalemate over extending the payroll tax cut for at least another two months, but potentially for the entire year. the year of 2012. we have all of our reporters standing by. lets go to our chief congressional correspondent, dana bash, hes up on capito...

the u.s. defense officials saying mistakes were made in a deadly attack and anyone traveling for the holidays, you have to listen up here. chad has some weather news for you. jessica yellin, the senior white house correspondent. we heard from you, the president putting the pressure on house leadership as he is really making this personal, personifying this ill pass to the american people. >> reporter: think about the stalemate the president faced earlier this summer where he was fighti...

Comes to throwing the football. >> monica: drew greene breez having quite a season? >> he underrated because he completing 71% of his passes, he will break marinos record which is unbelievable and for 39 touchdown passes. he is having a seasons for the ages. if the green bay packers dont get beat by kansas city, they will be the story. on any given sunday. >> monica: we have a minute left. throw me how to throw because i throw like a girl. >> sean does this every night and you are clearly better...

Comes to throwing the football. >> monica: drew greene breez having quite a season? >> he underrated because he completing 71% of his passes, he will break marinos record which is unbelievable and for 39 touchdown passes. he is having a seasons for the ages. if the green bay packers dont get beat by kansas city, they will be the story. on any given sunday. >> monica: we have a minute left. throw me how to throw because i throw like a girl. >> sean does this every night and you are clearly better...

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...