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Of this party. now they're in the position to do that again after that close race in iowa. >> i get it. i get it when you move your race up, it's a whole lot of fun. but you also take a hit and you lose -- you lose delegates. and we're still sort of waiting to find out, david mattingly, if the states who decided to move their primaries up are going to continue to suffer that loss or if the gop organization is going to reverse the decision to penalize all of those states who decided to move. i want to penalize him because he took away my christmas break. that's all i'm saying about that. we hav...

>> and we are a little punch drunk, as you can tell. >> it's been quite an exciting night. mitt romney declared the winner here. 30,015 votes. and rick santorum, 30,007. if you do the math, it is eight votes that separated them. and as ashleigh's been saying, you should always exercise your right to vote. that last precinct, we had to wait until they reported in order to get to these numbers. it was back and forth and back and forth. >> like 2 1/2 hours ago. the whole cnn team has been here. in fact, i'm still wondering if they're putting their shoes back on. i saw wolf, john king, g...

The median spending for each family this thanksgiving weekend will be $554. a lot of gravy. back to you. jon: 554, not 555. 55? >> reporter: no, sir. take it up with aaa. jon: peter doocy. you can buy a lot of turkey with 500 bucks. jenna: at this time next week we'll be nearing point we'll all eat something good. isn't that nice about thanksgiving? your only job is to eat. jon: i love that. jenna: real quick, we're talking about gas prices. coming up next hour something significant happened in the business world just yesterday that has really changed or could be a game-changer when it comes t...

economy came out just minutes ago. christine roman has those and then zain verjee looking at reaction to a deal made on the debt crisis and alison kosik at the new york stock exchange where your 401(k) could enjoy a big day. christine, let's go ahead and start with you. before we focus on the big debt deal, if you don't mind, let's talk about what this means. tell us about the economy and the good news we're getting. >> all right, first of all, gdp. how the economy grew in the most recent quarter. the third quarter. 2.5% kyra. that's twice as fast as it was in the second quarter. it ...

they also agreed to boost the eu bailout fund to a trillion euros, details still pretty vague. they're requiring european banks to keep more cash reserves as a cushion against losses. so why should americans care? well i mentioned stocks but that is just the start. my colleague alison kosik has a whole lot more from the new york stock exchange. first, catch us up on the markets, both here and abroad. >> okay. randi, first stocks are at some of their best levels of the session, the dow up 293 points. if you look at this month as a whole, it is shaping up to be among the best ever. t...