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good morning to you. it is tuesday, december the 20th. i'm ali velshi joined again by alina cho this morning. good morning. >> good morning to you. so glad you're with us and up first, the u.s. keeping an eye out for advancing troops and any other threatening moves after the death of a dictator in north korea. north korean media show the images of kim jong-il's body laid out in a glass coffin. his third son and successor, kim jong un, paying respects. and live for us in seoul, south korea, anna, good morning. the south korean government sending its condolences along with a dose of wh...

Provide it with false information. and the republican front runner is taking time off from the trail today. newt gingrich and his wife are signing books at mount vernon, virginia. he heads back to iowa tomorrow. the christmas rush is on, but unfortunately, a lot of holiday spending can end up creating piles of debt in 2012. joining us is financial advisor with some tips to keep us on track. rick, thanks for coming in. >> great to be here. >> shannon: you say there is a strategy. how do you start? >> make a list. do exactly what santa says. if you make a list of everyone you have to buy a g...

The occupy wall street demonstrations have moved from the back page to the front page now and the question no longer is whether they will make an impact but what kind of an impact on the democratic party and 2012. joining me is former plash secretary robert riech. good afternoon to you. >> the occupy wall street protests movement won't take hold of the democrats like the tea party did the republicans. why not? >> basically because the democrats have been drinking at the same trough. that is wall street campaign donations as the republicans have been drinking. now the democrats might actually c...

The white house in 2012. joining us, university of miami president, donna shalala. bill bennett, tim shriver and tavis smiley, after the break. coffee doesn't have vitamins... unless you want it to. new splenda® essentials™ no calorie sweetener with b vitamins, the first and only one to help support a healthy metabolism. three smart new ways to sweeten. same great taste. new splenda® essentials™.

Percentage of kids that get high school 2kdiplomas. it's not as good as you would like it to be but you can't get a job in sanitation without a high school diploma. you can't get in the military without a high school diploma. so that is something. and we're also reducing the gap between our minority kids and those who have scored much better. >> perfect segue into our conversation on education nation. thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >> appreciate it. coming up, kicking off education nation. a special discussion, more of what we started here about public schools and how politics and policy...