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Afternoon. this as they went through their news conference. im richard lui along with janet in for melissa today. she is away. we will go straight now to our senior white house correspondent and thats chris jansing who has been there watching this entire thing and chris, both presidents covering a lot of items. some items we may not have expected to hear about and others certainly were on the agenda. >> reporter: well, i have to tell you, richard, im surprised. i thought this was a fascinating n...

Fact is that the numbers have greatly exceeded expectations. "the washington post" poll from about a week and a half ago shows for the first time more people like the health care bill than dont like it. so the electoral strategy sort of crumbles if the health care bill is not a detriment to democrats out there. and its not going to be. so in 2010 when democrats lost the house of representatives and took some hits in the senate, by this time there were a a bunch of democratic incumbent senators d...

One on one with our nsschelle turner. lets give you an update on the standoff between kenyan forces and terrorists as it enters day four in nairobi. sustained gunfire erupting from westgate mall. police have called in a bomb unit to clear the scene. several gunman are still believed to be inside that mall. the interior minister says two or three of the al shabaab attackers are american. that has not been confirmed. president obama is expected to face a skeptical audience later this morning. ...

Issue thats coming up, when the u.s. troops withdrawal is going to be. how many troops remain behind. what is the u.s. force? obviously just like with the iraqis the united states will want to have some sort of frankly legal -- they want to know theyre going to be protected legally in that country by karzais government. what did he say to that? >> well, president karzai said that he is willing to talk about immunity with u.s. soldiers in afghanistan. he is aware that the united states wants to k...

The president also will talk about steps to make the economic recovery last. economic equality in the economy and preserving the middle class is something youll really hear the president touch on. because the unions are really key to his re-election. >> its funny how this coincidence happened. and it is interesting talking to voters of the polling places how much this bailout situation and mitt romney, not only speaks so forcefully, but writing the campaign and defending to defend his position a...

Were going to lower gas prices, elect me, well lower gas prices. nixon, where are we now shall 2012. karl rove talked about the media standard, going after one president and not another. >> we wont hear much from the media, the other thing to touch on, remember, bush was pounded because the media was willing to mauck it an issue and jobless recovery at 5 percent unemployment the media made it an issue and lets he be honest, the media is complicit with the president now. so, there you go, the med...

and good morning, everyone. its friday, december 2nd. ali and carol are both off today. im christine romans along with alina cho on this "american morning." >> so glad you got the memo. >> i know. were both feeling a lot like christmas this morning. up first, the countdown is on for herman cain. hes heading back home to atlanta this morning in the decision to whether continue his campaign could be in his wifes hands. cain says we will know by monday at the latest whether hes in or ou...

murdochs protege rebekah brooks to show up tomorrow to answer questions. despite her arrest over the weekend, her spokesman says she will be there. shes denying she knew her reporters hacked phones for scoops while she was the newspapers editor. rupert murdoch, chairman of news corp, and his son james are expected to testify alongside brooks tomorrow. they will appear before parliaments media committee. a heatwave hitting the middle of u.s. extremely high humidity makes it feel as ho...

Threat for severe weather and, moderate risk is issued across the state of oklahoma. where we are looking to see the greatest risk. >> gregg: maria, thank you very much. >> gregg: president obama is not backing down, not one bit, dlifrpg delivering a speech to iapiac defending his support to the middle east peace plan that incorporates israeli borders as they existed before the 1967 war and mike emanuel has more and the upcoming trip to ireland, touch on thats well, but, first, the speech. >> re...

Staff describe some undocumented immigrants, people in the country illegally, as too lazy to sign up for the daca program, is -- is, you know, would in normal times be a top story. i mean, to blame the victims, these people are victims of being a political football. frankly between both parties for many years now. so, just speak to the fact that got a white house chief of staff calling people in the country illegal, many of them who came here as young children, lazy. >> well, to go back to simpa...