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CNNW American Morning December 22, 2011



newsletters written in his name from the past. questions coming up again as he rises in the polls on this "american morning." good morning. good to see you. >> you too. >> thursday, december 22nd. i'm ali velshi with christine romans. >> it could all be unraveling this morning. a wave of coordinating and deadly blasts rocking baghdad. four car bombs and nine roadside bombs went off within two hours of each other, killing at least 63 people and wounding close to 200. this a few days after the last u.s. troops left iraq. it's the worst violence to hit that country siz a political crisis erupted between iraq's sunni and shiite factions. ar wadamon is live. what's the latest on the ground there, ar wa? >> reporter: christine, this is iraqi's worst nightmare coming true. some blasts were so powerful, they shook our building and we're not that close to any of the specific locations. these explosions, happening exactly at rush hour, between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m. one taking place close to a school as children were arriving. another one targeting very busy place in central baghdad. it was right inn't froft integrity commission. part of that building collapsed. other explosions taking place. marketplaces, busy intersections, a very difficult morning for iraqi agents. >> david petraeus made a visit to iraq. was there more to it than that? >> we spoke to the minister of finance, a member of the vice president's ira-qia block. trying to encourage all sides to go back to the negotiating table. he has reported to have met with the speaker of the parliament and traveling north to meet with the kurds there is no political resolution, we could see more violence. many people are grateful fearful that reconciliation at this statement may be impossible. all sides so polarized at that point, christine. >> every iraqi's worst nightmare after the troop withdrawal coming true. the tax fight in the united states is turninging youi ugly. no resolution in sight, even after president obama spent an afternoon on the phone with congressional leaders on both sides of both houses. house democrats tried to force a vote on the senate's 2-two extension of the payroll tax cut. republicans gavelled the house closed to prevent them from having a chance. annoying steny hoyer as they walked out the door. >> walking out. you're waging away, just as so many republicans have walked away from middle class taxpayers, the unemployed and very frankly as well from those who will be seeking medical assistance from their doctors, 48 million senior citizens. >> in an apparent show of their willingness to reach a deal, house speaker john boehner held a news conference from the negotiating table, basically saying the senate will have to come to him. >> we're here, we're ready to work. looking for counterparts to sit down with us so we can do what the president bipartisan leaders in the house and senate all want and that's to extend the payroll tax cut. >> dan lothian live at the white house right now. the president makes the next move with an event later today. what's likely to happen. >> this is an event where the president will again lay out what's at stake here. the white house has been pointing out all week, that if, in fact, this expires, family members who make 50,000 or so a year as a family will see about $40 less in each paycheck and today the president again will be highlighting that and he will be accompanied by people who will be impacted, including some of those who have responded to this call by the white house to say what, in fact, they would do with $40. again this is another attempt to put pressure on house members to go ahead, bring this to a vote. this short-term extension of two months and then they can work later in the year, next year, on a longer term, a one-year deal. that is what the president will be doing here today. it just is on top of what the president has been working on all week. >> talk about the president's holiday schedule. the rest of the first family is in hawaii where the president normally spends christmas. and there have been discussions about whether he should be there, shouldn't be there optics, what's the president's plan? >> right now, that still remains up in the air. we had expected by now the president would have been in hawaii with the first family. rest of the first family. but white house aides say the situation is still too fluid. it's unclear if the president will make the trip to hawaii. what i can tell you is he is purchasing christmas presents so perhaps that sis a hint that he plans to go out there, give it to the first daughters. yesterday, teke a few moments on a scheduled trip to alexandria, virginia, bought a wii game, went to a pet shop, bought some toys for the first pet and picked up some pizzas, spent about $300. it appears the president is getting ready for christmas, but plans for travel to hawaii is up in the air. >> did you say he picked up pizzas? >> yes, three large pizzas. >> don't you have somebody to do that for you when you are a president? >> i'm sure he did. when he paid, he obviously pulled out his own credit card. >> sometimes you have to do it to make sure the card still works. >> i suspect we'll be talking a lot the next few days. dan lothian at the white house. at 7:30, dick durbin and john mccain will join us. durbin says boehner has lost control of the house and mccain says this battle is hurting the party and unfair to the american people. alleged hazing and bullying on the battlefield. eight u.s. soldiers facing serious charges in connection with an apparent suicide of private danny chen. some charges including dereliction of duty, mall treatment and involuntary manslaughter. chen's family said the 19-year-old complained about harassment. racial taunts, physical abuse. he was found dead in a guard tower in afghanistan in october. it is believed he shot himself. army officials say the investigation is ongoing and more charges could be filed. >> any single case of hazing or inappropriate conduct to a fellow soldier, airman, marine, sailor, coast guard member, inappropriate. and not acceptable. zero is the right number. we treat each other with dignity and respect. that's what this uniform requires. and when we don't there, is a justice system in place to deal with it. >> chen's family said they are glad about the charges, but they want to see convictions. their son was 19 years old. walmart pulls a batch of formula from a baby's death in missouri. enfamil newborn was pulled as a precaution, only those with the lot number zp1k7g. the baby died from a rare bacterial infection. meade-johnson nutrition says it tested negative for the bacteria before it shipped. they released a statement. we are working with the health authorities to support their efforts to identify the source or cause of this infant's infection. nine minutes past the hour. bank of america has agreed to fork over a record $335 million to settle claims that country wide financial discriminated against minorities at the height of the housing bool. according to the justice department, country wide, acquired by bank of america back in 2008. country wide steered more than 200,000 black and hispanic borrowers into high-interest rate subprime mortgages, even though they qualified for prime loans. coming up in less than 30 minutes, we'll talk to jesse jackson sr. about that settlement. he is concerned about this practice in the mortgage industry for years, even before the bust, he was saying, look, something fishy is going on with some of these mortgage lenders, pushing people that are prime lenders into subprime loans. we'll talk about this case. >> we'll do that in a bit. right now, snow could be a factor for some as we head to christmas weekend. rob marciano is off. reynolds wolf in the extreme weather center. snow could be a factor. is it a bad thing? it's christmas? >> it could be a bad thing if you are trying to get somewhere, but christmas day? all good stuff. in parts of new hampshire yesterday, we have the video to prove the crazy stuff. people trying to get to the store, trying to get to work. nothing doing on some of roadways. this big heavy ecoline van, sweeping sideways. this time of the year people drive with the ice or the snow, if you had to pick your poison, trust me, always easier to drive in the snow. for today, some of the big travel troubles may be along in parts of the grapevine. traveling through parts of the southwest, california, mountain passes really tough. wind gusts from 45 to 60 miles an hour. downed trees and power lines are a possibility. another possibility, heavy snow we might see. parts of colorado, fwrand junction, toward 70. where it intersects. 25. this is a pretty good news. we have had heavy winter weather in parts of the desert southwest, tell you what. a lot of places in denver, colorado, a lot of places in colorado itself where they are desperate for snow. this will help matters. good news. we'll see that extend to the parts of the sangre de cristo mountains. keep a sharp eye on parts of the southeast. we might have a possibility of strong storms and tornadoes. may cause widespread backups. more on those backups and flight delays later this morning. back to you in new york, guys. >> we look forward to speaking to you for the rest of the morning as people get ready for christmas travel. a shocking new details in the latest autopsy report for suspected hazing victim robert champion. the florida a & m student, he suffered injuries so brutal it looked like he was the victim of a car accident. and chinese hackers targeting american businesses and the chamber of commerce. what they are looking for, why it may cost us billions. and ron paul walks out of an interview after being asked about racial newsletters in his name that he may want to keep in the past. it's 13 minutes past the hour. maybe we should head back to the dealership first? 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cnn george howell live in atlanta, and clearly there must have been a lot of people who were witnesses to this so why are there no arrests here? >> precisely for that reason. clear to say, a lot of moving parts to this investigation. we know, in fact, there were 30 people on the bus when robert champion was killed. we turned to people who understand large-scale investigations to get an understanding of police investigations to find out who did this. it happened on a tour bus parked outside an orlando hotel. robert champion died after a vicious beating. investigators say it was a homicide that resulted from hazing. >> you look at a bus like this and there are aisles, seats close together. the ceiling. such tight confines in here, and to have to walk from the front to the back of the bus, with people just beating the hell out of you, what must have he gone through? we turned to law enforcement analyst mike brooks taking us to the minds of investigators trying to piece together what happened to the 26-year-old victim before someone placed call. >> is he breathing? >> we don't know if he is breathing or not. we need help asap. >> how do you determine the level of culpability? >> who were the ones delivering the serious blows? one person that delivered the most blows? other people who might not have been involved at all. >> reporter: band members who spoke to cnn say it may have been the result of a hazing ritual called crossing bus c, where the victim wauklks backwa from the back of the bus to the front being beaten repeatedly. investigators have their work cut out for them. this bus is a crime scene. what happened? where did it happen when he was being beaten with fists, maybe with musical instruments? those are things law enforcement has to find out what happened. >> reporter: robert champion died of significant blood loss due to significant trauma. the victim of a severe beating. with so many possible witnesses on the bus -- >> i find it hard to believe that much was going on inside the bus, they were beating him so viciously inside that bus, that somebody on the outside didn't hear something, didn't see something. >> reporter: brooks says it's a complicated investigation to determine what happened in the moments leading up to champion's death. >> did anybody try to stop this, say he's had enough, knock it off? did that happen? >> only the people on that bus know. >> reporter: it has been more than a month since robert champion was killed on that bus. the florida department of law enforcement and the orlando sheriff's office are jointly investigating this case at this point, ali, christine. no arrests have been made. >> george howell in atlanta. the faa, federal aviation administration is releasing new pilot fatigue rules. every pilot must have a ten-hour rest period before reporting for flight duty and a period of eight hours of uninterrupted sleep. this is following a plane crash in buffalo where pilot fatigue was a factor. this takes affects in two years. a time-honored navy tradition, the first kiss after a ship's return. for the first time, a same-sex couple was picked. marissa geta and her partner reunited in virginia. she won the traditional kiss during a raffle. she spent 80 days at sea. >> the interesting part, you win the kiss in a raffle. i didn't know that. >> who knew? investigators track down missing money from mf global. where it turned up no. i already called it. 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