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Show of force by iran, shawn a thomas joins me live from hawaii where the first family is still on vacation. shawna, good morning. happy new year. i know you're fresh into 2012 now. tell us about the president signing the defense bill and his issues with the iran sanctions. >> well, as you said, thomas, the president signed a $662 billion defense spending bill yesterday. he had meager reservationsment one are the sanctions against iran. the sanks are really against foreign financial institutions and central banks that do business with iran. the administration has a twofold problem with this. o...

On. and nearby roads will be closed until they're finished. yikes. president obama marking the new year signing the 2012 defense authorization act. among other things, the bill provides 662 billion dollars for u.s. troops, pay raises, as well as continued military action in afghanistan and then in iraq. and still, the president expressed, quote, serious reservations about the bill and certain pre-visions that regulates the interrogation, prosecution of suspected terrorists. those are your headlines. >> let's check with janice dean in for rick reichmuth with a check of the forecast on this firs...

Goes up, placing first, second or third, he'll be immediately recognized as the conservative alternative to challenge mitt romney in subsequent races, newt gingrich and rick perry are looking past iowa to compete in south carolina and a state where christian conservatives are very important and for many of the so-called second tier in this case, in other words, not romney, ron paul urich santorum, the rest of them -- or, rick santorum, they are looking where they will compete when the race rolls onto the first primary in new hampshire and the first test in the palmetto state, south carolina wh...

Unclear what he was working on. and nearby roads will be closed until they're finished. yikes. president obama marking the new year signing the 2012 defense authorization act. among other things, the bill provides 662 billion dollars for u.s. troops, pay raises, as well as continued military action in afghanistan and then in iraq. and still, the president expressed, quote, serious reservations about the bill and certain pre-visions that regulates the interrogation, prosecution of suspected terrorists. those are your headlines. >> let's check with janice dean in for rick reichmuth with a check ...

Thomas joins me live from hawaii where the first family is still on vacation. shawna, good morning. happy new year. i know you're fresh into 2012 now. tell us about the president signing the defense bill and his issues with the iran sanctions. >> well, as you said, thomas, the president signed a $662 billion defense spending bill yesterday. he had meager reservationsment one are the sanctions against iran. the sanks are really against foreign financial institutions and central banks that do business with iran. the administration has a twofold problem with this. one, they're worried that they s...