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millionaires to pay for it. republicans say they could live with extending the current rate, but only if spending cuts offset it. last night in the senate both parties plans were voted down so there is work to be done before the end of the year. in california, powerful winds are still in the forecast for parts of southern california. nothing like the winds that did this though. did you see this damage? gusts topping 140 miles an hour were measure in the mountains outside los angeles ...

together. tonight, a shocking ad campaign insulting american jews paid for by the government of israel. >> christmas. >> but up first tone the dramatic reshuffling of the race for president and a rare inside look at the focus groups used to help with the strategy decisions. suppose youre herman cain, trying to decide whether your candidacy can survive, or newt gingrich testing whether your rise in the polls can sustain tough scrutiny now of your record. >> who is newt gingrich? >> gr...

That point. >> now we know what the plan was, if there was one. harry reid came up with this goldberg thing if they didnt get the spending cuts by agreement they would become by machine basically. the president teaches us what he had in mind, right? >> he does, because the obvious hole in what the democrats were trying to do is that the trigger wasnt a trigger if it doesnt take place until 2013, republicans could try to come in and change it, democrats could try to come in and change it. the pre...

But partisan nostalgia, revitalization and vision of reagan, but there is potentially a sort of newt gingrich nostalgia that could emerge around. >> hes trying to taut -- of his main talking points, substantively is that the balanced budget and the economic surplus of the 90s were his doings, right? thats one things hes come to own. in items of the newt grandiosity which i find fascinating because hes an amazing character study. a quoted i never encountered until james column in "the daily calle...

Firm that had lots of people doing things. and we offered strategic advice. >> is the figure correct? >> i dont know, were going back to check. >> it sounds like more than a historian. >> i was speaker of the house and strategic adviser. >> will you make those records public? >> if we can, sure. >> he said he would release as many documents as possible, david gregory, his campaign is saying, no, instead releasing a list of facts on gingrichs group on their relationship with freddie mac. i wonder...

As president of the united states, i will devote myself to an american century. this century must be an american century. in an american century, american has the strongest economy and the strongest military in the world. in an american century, america leads the free world and the free world leads the entire world. the 21st century can and must be an american century. >> mitt romney the current front-runner for the republican nomination depending on how rick perry and herman cain are doing toda...

But they dont like their choices. in the end, just because romney has been a good debater they are not enthusiastic about him. you still see, according to people who watch those numbers, 50% of i nors on the sidelines. people heavy hitters not ready to commit to either of them. >> chris: bill, you breath a special ed form for the weekly standard after the debate. it was striking. -- yikes! that was the one-word headline about rick perry you wrote: no front runner a presidential field has ever, w...

But they dont like their choices. in the end, just because romney has been a good debater they are not enthusiastic about him. you still see, according to people who watch those numbers, 50% of i nors on the sidelines. people heavy hitters not ready to commit to either of them. >> chris: bill, you breath a special ed form for the weekly standard after the debate. it was striking. -- yikes! that was the one-word headline about rick perry you wrote: no front runner a presidential field has ever, w...

Outcome. we dont know what the palestinian resolution will actually say. theres a good chance in addition to declaring a state, this will lay out the borders to israels detriment. >> benjamin netanyahu praises them for going firmly in their corner. >> prime minister netanyahu learned from what happened to him in the clinton administration. hes trying to stay as close to the obama presidency as he can. thats fine rhetorically but substantively, the presidents policies have been more anti-israel t...

Portion to come from higher taxes and the republicans are saying not a penny. >> what do you think of the presidents plan? >> what he calls the buffett rule. >> i think it leaves out social security. i dont think thats a good idea substantively. and i think theyre making a mistake as john has said a couple of times by focusing on -- by putting out the big news, a tax increase without connecting it to a higher purpose and without talking about it in the context of tax reform even though the plan ...