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less than one year ago on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning. its friday, december 23rd. im deb feyerick an with alina cho on this "american morning." good morning to all of you out in. >> so glad youre with us. up first, an early christmas present for 160 million americans. the house is expected to vote today on extending the payroll tax cut that divided washington for weeks. house republicans caved yesterday after a lot of arm-twisting by ...

Is iran, and its nuclear ambitions. some want to bomb iran, but have they even thought what the consequences would be? finally, which republican candidate said in new hampshire he doesnt care what the rest of the country thinks or fears? thats in the sideshow. we start with newt gingrich. joan wall somebody editor at large for salon.com and david corn is from "mother jones" and an msnbc political analyst. one of the more ridiculous answers at last weeks cnbc republican debate. asked about his ti...

Libya. this guy cant remember the departments he wants to get rid of. this guy wants to bomb iran after all weve been through. >> here we go, governor. by the way, even when you the mayor of our great city you read the newspapers.ç lets listen to some of the more notable blunders by some of the republican candidates as they have gone into the dangerous areas of american history and politics. >> we know there was slavery that was still tolerated when the nation began. we also know that the very...

Nonmilitary presence say cia security contractors or others staying on? >> well, first of all,ç lets put it in a perspective. george bush, not barack obama signed a status of force as agreement where we committed to remove our troops by the end of 2011. president obama ran on that issue and reaffirmed that position in february of0b!mhh . this not a surprise. we do have interests in continuing securityç ties and training functions with the iraqis. significant diplomatic presence. forces, pro...

Along through the decades. thats how it went. now if you put these two charts together this is what its going to look like. middle class income shrinking, executive pay, whoa. here it comes. we had a president in office now who seems to understand the problem and at least as a candidate he wanted to do something about it. >> washington where george bush handed out billions of dollars of tax breaks to the wealthy few over the course of 7 1/2 years. john mccain promises to make those same tax cuts...

Its vastly different than a version passed by the senate in february. congressman mica defending the spending cuts, which would lead to fewer air traffic controllers during overnight hours. >> do we need to double up? do we need to double up when there is no air traffic at most of these airports between the hours of midnight and 5:00 a.m.? thats the washington -- big spending, big government. lets add more. >> stop right there. m a pilot i have to say that safety is paramount. and i am infuriat...

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Been given permission to view them at cia headquarters. we will hear from one of those members of congress tonight. and the bomb thrower made it official, newt gingrich is in the 2012 race. note to newt -- it is going to be much harder to assail president obamas commander in chief credentials now that he has rolled up the biggest target on the planet. also is it time for newt and the rest of the 2012 republican field to take one of their cues from one of their late greats, ronald reagan? we ha...

Going to rachet -- rachet upwards in terms of his acceptance by a lot of people. >> lets talk about his flexibility and his credibility. you know, howard, nothing succeeds like success is an old phrase and its true in foreign policy. will he now have more credibility when he says, you know what, ten years is enough, we got to start coming home from that country? >> well, first of all, on the credibility question, the polls clearly show that he is now regarded as an effective commander in chief t...

$786 million. the fema first responders. now, i just thought id pull out some hometown video tonight. this of course is fargo, north dakota. theyre fighting a flood for the um teenth time. another record flood. fema always shows up. but theyre going to get cut. the medical assistance, search and rescue, every governor that goes through a disaster always calls for fema assistance but i guess theyre going to get a busy signal now or somebody is going to take it off the hook because nobody is going...