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Break it down. 60% of democrats say congress was the worst. 71% of independents pile on and 68% of republicans add their voices to the worst ever congress. but what are we going to do about it? with me now, robert zurman a democratic strategist, ron christie, a republican strategist. >> great to be with you. >> happy boxing day. >> fantastic. i hadnt realized but thank you. establishment republicans are already at work. according to the wall street journal, the u.s. chamber of commerce is spendi...

The dow and s&p 500 both opening at record highs. zain asher is tracking it for us. good morning, zain. >> really strong day for stocks. s&p 500 has risen 79% of the time. if we continue on this pace we are on track for the 50th record close so far this year. what you have right now is a situation whereby you have the perfect ingredients for a real sustained rally. all the uncertainty regarding the fed and thats out of the way. budget negotiations in the rear view. gdp coming in at 4.1%. earlier...

The midwest again. weather is always going to be a factor everywhere. thats not really a good enough excuse. this is about underestimating the power of online now. and stores, as well as online retailers were driving so much traffic and so much opportunity to buy gifts and use it as a vehicle to ship it, the consumer became very comfortable and confident in u.p.s. and fedex to be able to deliver and they just fell short of expectation. >> i will say that not all customers are upset at u.p.s. man...

Ice storm. across oklahoma thats where we have ice storm warnings in the purple and that is freezing rain advisories. ice storm warning for parts of michigan and then tomorrow the mess moves into the northeast. we could see over an inch of ice in these areas shaded in purple and that could be crippling for these regions where we will see ice on the roadways and on the power lines and we could be talking about power outages for weeks here. tracking it here, the temperatures are incredibly warm, r...

Karen travers is tracking it. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning. nothing is happening here in washington. there are no negotiations, no back room secret deals, no progress. there is no sense of urgency either, which means the government shutdown is likely to drag on. president obama said house speaker john boehner could get the government back up and running. >> there are enough republican and democratic votes in the house of representatives right now to end the shutdown immediately...

Indra petersons is tracking it. >> bad news for everyone as we start talking about the weekend again, carol, talking about the storm which is going to bring a huge temperature drop in the midwest making its way through the region. well track it friday night in through saturday, ohio valley and looks like saturday night in through sunday, the northeast is going to be looking for yes even more rain so definitely troublesome, maybe one to three inches of rain, not a huge major storm but just enough...

Professionally produced. >> it does. >> you notice that. im not sure exactly how this happened. you know, the crash happened in june, this just was released. came to the surface yesterday but its -- a lot of people -- i was reading the comments and a lot of people have mixed reaction to it. its powerful. you definitely are grabbed by its attention but you do you have any sympathy for him coming out -- >> does he have any indication of why hes coming out now? was it that it was weighing on him? h...

Seems absolutely true. thank you so much. great work in st. petersburg. back here at home a growing health alert. several states are seeing an alarming increase in cases of choopg. in tex whats causing whooping cough and what can be done about it? elizabeth cohen is at the cnn center in atlanta with more. good morning, elizabeth. >> reporter: good morning, kate. kate, you have a really bad combination going on right now. you have kids going back to school so once again theyre in close quarters...

Children and stay married. >> with george? >> thats something im going to have to think about. >> reporter: the interview came after shellie zimmerman pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor perjury charge for lying about how much money the couple had for georges bond. she said there was next to nothing. they had raised 135,000 from donations. the plea deal which included a letter of apology to the judge kept her out of jail. >> i accept, your honor. >> she stood by her man and she probably shouldnt hav...

Administration officials is the president has made his decision. he wants congress support. if he backs down now, boy, the questions about here at home and around the world would accelerate dramatically. the last time the president spoke he didnt answer directly but on record saying "we must act" the. >> question is what does the word act mean. john, thanks. sometimes being a leader, hard the decisions you have to make where you choose what not to do. kate, back to you. >> chris, thank you. an...