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countries. experts saying the risk of the recession of 2012 is all too real. nasa found a new planet, a so-called goldilocks planet. and good morning to you. this is your "a.m. wake-up call" for tuesday, december 6th from the time warner center in new york, i'm carol costello. here are this morning's top stories. the pressure is on in the euro-zone. standard & poor's has threatened to downgrade the credit rating of 15 nations in the european union including france and germany. the agency says it will announce any rating changes as soon as possible following this week's summit. oil giant bp filed a lawsuit against hall by burton during last we're deadly reexplosion in the gulf of mexico. bp saying halliburton destroyed key evidence that pointed to problems with its cement slurry. millions of gallons of oil spilled into the gulf. this is what it looks like in new mexico this morning. yes, that is snow. a wintry storm slammed into the state yesterday. some areas could get up to 15 inches of snow. holy cow. rob marciano, that's just weird. >> yeah, and southern new mexico to boot. i-10, parts of it shut down, i-25, as well. so quite an impressive storm related to what was going on in southern california moving into the plains now. here's a look at the radar. part of that energy is stretching into the northeast in the form of some rain but when the second piece comes through, around about tomorrow or tomorrow night more interesting weather in the form of know away from the big cities and west of i-95. rain on and off throughout the day across the spine of the appalachians and behind that cooler weather for sure. temperatures in kansas city, 30, 16, ooh, i know it's minneapolis, carol but that's still cold for the first week of december. we'll talk more about that. >> that's more than cold. >> the potential for snow across the east coast in the next 15 minutes. >> all right. thank you, rob. breaking news to tell you about out of afghanistan this morning where 18 people are dead following two explosions targeting shiite muslims on the holy day of ashurah. one attack happened when a bomber detonated a guise at a shrine in kabul. the other blast took place in a different city. ashurah commemorates the mart martyrdom hussein, the grandson of mohammed. the fate of the euro is at risk. timothy geithner will join european leaders for talks on how to prevent a collapse of the euro and keep financial panic from spreading. this after standard & poor's warned it may carry out a mass credit downgrade of credit ratings. diane magnay joins us from berlin. good morning. >> reporter: hi, carol. the timing of this downgrade does seem a bit odd. s&p said that it was because it didn't trust the policymaking of euro-zone leaders and that's why it was putting 15 countries in the euro-zone on negative watch including germany which has always been a safe haven for people wanting to invest in bonds. the only countries who aren't on negative watch are greece because you can't bring its rating down any lower. already on junk and cyprus which is already under review and it's training that it should do this the day that the leaders of france and germany announce that they have put forward some proposals to try and get europe to follow rules on its budgets and those proposals will be taken to this very important meeting on thursday and friday where all the heads of state within the eu are going to be coming together and trying to make progress on how to save the euro-zone from unraveling further. as you said the u.s. treasury secretary timothy geithner is also in germany today talking to officials, the head of the european central bank. he's not only going to be talking to his finance minister counterparts on this two-day trip but also heads of state, because of the huge importance of what happens in the euro-zone and how that impacts the u.s. economy, carol. >> diana magnay, thank you. democrats have rolled out a compromise plan. the tax break is worth about 1,000 bucks amelie to the average amelie and it will affect more than 160 million americans. the plan would be paid for by a so-called millionaire's surtax. a 1.9% tax on millionaires and it'll increase fees that fannie mae and freddie mac charge mortgage lenders. it includes cutting the payroll tax paid by workers to 3.1%. it may soon take you long story get your mail. the united states postal service is proposing a 2 to 5-day delivery of regular mail from the current 1 to 3. it's all part of a move by the cash-strapped agency to save 2 billion that means shutting down processing facilities and i'm getting rid of 28,000 postal positions. atlanta area, police are trying to find the person who killed a little girl and dumped her body in a dumpster. investigators found 7-year-old girl rivera. they believe she was beaten and killed after being sexually assaulted. >> it occurred at the apartment complex. we also believe that the murder occurred at the apartment complex. >> police department, the sheriff's department, the gbi are dill yentsly working on this night and day until we find somethi something, we're going to keep on doing it. >> police say her parents are not suspects. jerry sandusky may soon face his accusers, all eight alleged victims of the former penn state football coach will reportedly testify against him in open court. this according to abc news. the hearing is set to begin next tuesday. sandusky is accused of molesting them over an eight-year period. the godfather of gridlock, that's what president obama's top strategist david axelrod is calling gop presidential front-runner newt gingrich. on "piers morgan tonight" he slam his tv ad saying the republicans' theme of working together to solve problems will be a hard sell given his past. >> i don't think there's any single person in this country who did more to create the kind of discord in washington that we see today than newt gingrich. he is the godfather of gridlock. he was the one that created an environment in which people started treating each other as enemies and not as opponents here in washington and shut the government down three times when he was trying to close the department of education and to defund the epa and to cut medicare in order to give tax cuts to the wealthy. he was the one who led to the impeachment of a press and now he's offering himself as someone who can bring the country together. that will be a hard sell. >> but gingrich continues his rise to the top of the polls and the former house speaker says he is ready to take on all contenders. jim acosta has more for you. >> reporter: at a news conference gingrich insisted he can go toe to toe with mitt romney. even with a much smaller operation. >> we have all these articles, about how businesses are getting leaner and flattening their hierarchy, people now would work from home, you have virtual organization, all of these cutting-edge ideas and then you have a group of kong sult tants who believe you have to be slow, cumbersome and expensive. the donald has had the number one show in the country. he is a genuine american icon in his own right. why wouldn't you want to come and hang out with him? >> reporter: part of the plan included a visit with donald trump who has had enough meetings with white house hopefuls to host a show but gingrich's tailoring a more serious image with a new ad drawing comparison to reagan's morning in america spot but it's eerily similar to, yes, we can. >> yes, working together we can and will rebuild the america we love. >> reporter: team obama is sitting up and taking notice. with gingrich surring to the top of the latest des moines register poll. >> a lot of people inside the beltway and outside woke up today to a very different political environment and one in which newt gingrich is very much for real. >> reporter: democrats seem all too eager to face him in an interview with the blog talking points memo house democratic leader nancy pelosi noted 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[ male announcer ] find your program at phoenix.edu. stocking will open the day higher but the rally that started earlier yesterday fizzinged with growing concerns about the debt crisis. standard & poor's put the euro-zone nations on notice for possible downgrades. all three major indecks ended up, the dow with a gain of 78. credit cards, oh, they're making a comeback. a company that processes card transactions says consumers are starting to return to prerecession buying. on black friday 7% more paid with credit cards than last year and banks are doing everything they can to get you to pull out the plastic. so you want to be the next james bond. britain's top spy agency is looking for new recruits. all you have to do is crack an online code. brian todd has more. >> reporter: here's your challenge. 160 combinations of numbers and letters. and a countdown clock. you've got just a few days to your deadline. if you crack this code cow be the next real-life james bond. >> bond, james bond. >> reporter: maybe not. but if you're a british citizen and you solve this cryptographic puzzle you could be recruited. posted online publicized on facebook and twitter put out by the government's communications quarters. a whiz bank eavesdropping post whose mission is to help catch terrorists. an official tells us this puzzle has gotten thousands of hits and at least 50 people have solved it. if you do that you're con gratd lated. offered a chance to apply. what do you think of this as a recruiting tool? >> i think it is a great idea. it brings sort of awareness of the need for cryptographers. >> reporter: this man says for people with reasonable training in math and computer science this code probably isn't too hard. what kind of crucial intelligence can you gather by code breaking. >> signal intelligence can be valuable because it's one of the rare forms of intelligence that if done properly if you get access to the right things will give you the and i's intention. >> reporter: stout and other experts say governments like britoain need cyberwarriors mor than ever. they want people with an interest in so-called ethical hacking. illegal hackers need not apply. how will that play? mark mayfray is a former hacker who co-founded ei digital security. he says sophisticated hackers might find this puzzle gimmicky. >> the thing that i would have found funny or interesting as a teenager hacker would have been to hack the server that's hosting this challenge and actually change the challenge to have some funny message or some other thing. >> reporter: other cyberexperts say the code is too easy. an official at the british government communications head dwaers says it's not designed to be overly difficult but to promote awareness of what the agency does. maiffret says if that's the goal then it's worth it. getting a career in legitimate cyberespionage. brian todd, cnn, washington. here's what we're working on for our 5:30 half hour. the u.s. postal service facing serious money issues. it wants to cut 31,000 jobs. president obama's chief strategist explains why he thinks night gingrich is to blame for washington's gridlock. it's 26 minutes after the hour. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." 0 with kinect, this season's hottest games and...sweatbands. 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[ male announcer ] introducing spark the small business credit cards from capital one. get more by choosing unlimited double miles or 2% cash back on every purchase, every day. what's in your wallet? this guy's amazing. a killer on the loose after a 7-year-old girl is found beaten, sexual assaulted. police call it one of extreme violence. now the hunt is on for her murderer. good morning to you. this is your "a.m. wake-up call" for tuesday, december 6th. from the time warner center in new york, i'm carol costello. here are this morning's top stories. stock markets reacting to euro-zone's warnings. dow futures are up after the dow closed yesterday s&p put 15 of the 17 euro-zone countries on review for a possible downgrade. the gloves are coming off in the gulf oil spill. bp says halliburton destroyed evidence. halliburton was a contractor and says it's reviewing court papers. winter doesn't tart for another couple of weeks but don't tell that to people in new mexico and texas. a brutal snowstorm closed parts of interstates 10, 25 and 0 in new mexico. add to that gusty wins and dangerous windchills. it is just plain nasty. rob, this has got to be the weirdest want in the history of man. >> we're just getting going. just one week into it. if you go by the official calendar of the 21th or 22nd we're still not in it. new mexico getting it. quirk question got less than an inch yesterday enough to break a record. the snows are putting out but blowing know is creating hazardous conditions and some is stretching toward kansas city. second system is rain and warmth. new york back through d.c., as far as the snow is concerned most of this is blowing snow and the rainfall across the northeast continues to come down. some of this will be heavy at times. maybe an inch or two in spots, delays in new york and philly, d.c., chicago, atlanta and charlotte if you are traveling today. yeah, we're just getting going, carol. so fasten your seat belts. talk more in april, i guess. >> i'm already strapped in. thanks so much. >> we are following this breaking news out of afghanistan this morning. 18 people are dead following two explosions targeting shiite muslims on the holy day of assure hurah ashurah. a bomber detonated a device at a shrine in kabul and another blast took place in a different city. ashurah commemorates the murder of hugh cane, the grandson of the prophet mohammed. talks on how to prevent the collapse of the euro. they may carry out a mass downgrade of credit ratings and diana magnan joins us with more. good morning, diana. >> reporter: it's no real surprise given the conditions in europe that s&p decided to carry out this massive negative watch on 15 euro-zone countries. if you look you have a situation where the banks are having difficulties lenning. you have the very real possibility of a sovereign default. the country defaults on its debt. you have the very real possibility of recession in the euro-zone but the question is why did s&p decide to do it now? only yesterday the leaders of france and germany came up with some proposals that markets reacted to extremely well that they were hoping the rest of the euro-zone would ratify on thursday and friday at this key eu summit and those proposals are really to try and get some better budget discipline across all of the various countries at the euro-zone so the seven members are able to keep to the rules as much as countries like germany. as you said, timothy geithner is here been sent by the u.s. president ahead of this very key summit to try and reinforce the message that the united states is consistently put toortd to europe that it must get its fiscal house in order. it must get agreement because it isn't just the euro-zone at stake. the problem of the euro-zone have much wider ramifications across the global economy and on the u.s. economy. carol. >> diana magnay reporting from berlin, thank you. democrats have ruled out a plan to extend the payroll tax cut before it expires at the end of the year. it is worth $1,000 annually to the average family and it'll affect more than 160 million americans. the plan was paid for by a so-called millionaire's surtax. a 1.9% tax on millionaires and increase fees that fannie mae and freddie mac charge mortgage lenders and includes cutting the payroll tax to 3.1%. it may take you long story get your mail. the u.s. postal service is proposing a two to five-day delivery. it is a move to save $2 billion. it means shutting down hundreds of processing facilities and i'm getting rid of more than 28,000 postal positions. a heartbreaking story out of the atlanta area this morning. police are trying to find the person who killed a little girl and then dumped her body in a dumpster. investigators found 7-year-old jorelys rivera yesterday. last seen on friday playing near her apartment complex in canton. police calling the case one of extreme violence. they believe rivera was abducted. sexually assaulted, beaten and then killed. >> the abduction occurred at the apartment complex. we also believe that the murder occurred at the apartment complex. >> police department, the sheriff's department, the gbi are diligently working on this. >> police say her parents are not suspects. jerry sandusky may soon face his accusers. all eight alleged victims of the former penn state football coach will reportedly testify against him in open court. according to abc news. the preliminary hearing is set to begin next tuesday. sandusky is accused of molesting the boys over an eight-year period. the alleged victims were part of his charitable organization the second mile. the godfather of gridlock, that's what president obama's top strategist david axelrod calls newt gingrich. on "piers morgan tonight" he slammed his tv ad which launched in iowa saying the republicans' theme of working together to solve problems will be a hard sell given his past. >> newt gingrich is the godfather of gridlock. he was the one that created an environment in which people started treating each other as enemies and not as opponents in washington. he tried to shut down the government three times and give tax cuts to the wealthy and led to the impeachment of a preside president. i think it will be a hard sell. >> his momentum keeps on building. a new "washington post"/abc poll shows he is the front-runner in iowa. far ahead of mitt romney and ron paul who were each at 18%. let's talk more about it with "the washington post" political reporter nia-malika henderson. this came out of nowhere. >> yeah, and that's the thing about newt gingrich. there's been this boom and bust cycle in the republican race with folks like michele bachmann or rick perry. his timing has been great. we're four weeks ahead of the iowa caucuses and here he is coming doing so well in some of these polls in iowa, even in florida. there is a new poll out that will come out later today out of south carolina that shows him with a commanding lead over mitt romney who at this point has got to be worried he's been only able to grab 21%, 22%, 23% of the republican vote. i think this thing between romney and gingrich is going to get tougher. you see democrats stepping up their attacks on gingrich. there was axelrod as you showed that clip calling him the godfather of gridlock but some of those things he said about defundings epa and wanting to shut down the education department, music to the ea

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