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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 cri...

next year. but here's the thing, folks, both parties want this. they agree that there should be an extension of this tax holiday. the problem here is that house republicans refuse to settle for the two-month band aid, the two-month extension that has already been passed by the senate. listen. >> our house gop negotiators are here and ready to work with their counterparts in the senate. >> he's not lucy, i'm not charlie brown. we're not falling for that football stunt, again. okay, lucy and charlie brown. that's what we've come to now, kate. it can be silly season up there sometimes. ...

Americans. >> gretchen: also in attendance, lauren alaina. she sang "coal miner's daughter." and those are your headlines today. >> steve: all right. we have told you over the last month or so about the scandal that is solyndra. we're on the hook for close to half a billion dollars in federal loan guarantees. now as it turns out -- >> brian: oops. >> steve: thank you. as it turns out, because those people were working for solyndra and because solyndra made the case, look, the chinese were making much cheaper solar panels than us, because of that, they're now available for assistance from uncle...

Away and protesting and what cls not -- whatnot, so you're seeing this disparity happen, the unemployment rate going up and you need young males, black, hispanic, asian, tied into the economy. bill: eye houl scoot, 25-24, 22.4%. wow! >> bill, black community, any age, 14.3%, hispanics, 11 percent. it doesn't matter where you come from, your racial background, you're not seeing these opportunities that we were promised years ago. bill: it's a great topic for "the five". by the way. martha: there is new fallout from the health care overhaul. why people are worried about a major backlash from thi...

And all different cities around the country have struggled. one other kick bit of news on friday unemployment came out for the city of vegas and it was little bit better. it went from 14.3% to 13.6%. but obviously that is still far worse than the national average, and so people in this community are basically saying it's only less bad right now. that is really troublesome for the president heading into 2012. jon: as he tries to win re-election a lot of observers saying he needs nevada's election troel votes. is he going to be able to carry that state again? >> reporter: a big question. bottom ...