with bone marrow that was at issue. except for all those lung and heart and liver transplants she denied. your best defense against jihadist recruitment? george clooney movies scripted by al franken, desperate housewives? [ speaking foreign language ] sarah palin s disaster. new book sales crater. america by heart becomes america buying somebody else s book. all the news and commentary now on countdown. it s been an embarrassment. good evening from new york. this is thursday, december 9th. 698 days until the 2012 presidential election. in nancy pelosi s last month as speaker, democrats stood up against republicans and against the president.
captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning, it s thursday, december 9th. thach thanks for joining us. i m john roberts. and i m kiran chetry. turning up the heat. top white house economists warning fg another recession if the deal doesn t get passed by congress just how confident is the president that the vote will trend his way? supporters of wikileaks striking back. hacking websites belonging to the swedish government, sarah palin, mastercard and visa. leaving some to wonder how far the hackivists are prepared to go. also fears in the citrus
of the republicans on a lot of these issues. they think it s immoral to work hard their entire life, scratch and claw and then end up getting giving 50% of their money for the government. the estate tax is a loser. it s not a big revenue producer in and of itself. i think when people think about the taxes, they obviously want their taxes cut, but they re also wondering how the republicans who go around complaining about the size of the deficit in passing programs as they did for eight, nine years when george w. bush was president, that they ll pay it for the programs. it s a great question. by the way, it s thursday, december 9th. i m in houston this morning with willie back in new york. we have msnbc political analyst harold ford junior. of course, you ve already seen mike barnicle and our own orson
causing chaos. wikileaks founder may be in jail but his supporters aren t. how they re wreaking even more havoc through the internet. a father s anguish. i was completely, completely fried. i was walking around in a daze. the sole survivor of that horrific home invasion speaks out for the very first time. and, posh planet. scientists discover what they believe could be another world out there that is covered in nothing but diamonds. it s thursday, december 9th. from abc news, this is world news now. yes, ladies, nothing but diamonds. so make sure and stick around for that one this morning. thanks for being with us, i m vinita nair. change your career now to an astronaut, head up there. i m rob nelson. call it revenge of the nerds.
under fire. there are some things that i think would make the bill much better. and i m going to work on those. president obama obliterated by criticism from his own party. how he s trying to convince them he did the right thing. then, sweet idea. how one college student went from shop worker to shop owner. and the surprising secret behind his success. and, thanks but no thanks. why this man passed up his life-long dream of playing pro football. it s thursday, december 9th. from abc news, this is world news now. if you watched the morning papers yesterday we were talking about kevin fitzhugh, the guy who turned down the offer by the jets. apparently he said the phone was ringing off the hook all day.