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reiterated his pledge saying, please, republicans should all be nice. here's mr. gingrich, in his own words. >> i only have one opponent, that's barack obama. i have a number of friends running and one opponent. and i'm going to run this campaign on a positive basis because i believe the people of iowa are smart enough that they can see the difference between somebody trying to help the country and somebody who simply is running a negative campaign. >> can he stay positive is the big question because speaker gingrich make no mistake, is feeling the heat. let's bring in cnn's jim acos...

Dressing unbalanced approach. they also voted on defense. and passed a huge defense authorization bill, $662 billion. it came short of what president obama wanted, short of what they actually passed for this year. reflecting the fact that the wars in iraq and afghanistan are winding down. president obama has threatened a veto. lynn? >> tracie, thanks so much. elsewhere as herman cain weighs his white house aspirations, the he said/she said continues between the gop presidential candidate ant an atlanta businesswoman, who claims she was his mistress for more than a decade. in a newspaper inte...

Spending bill. any hope of a passage there? >> well n a procedural vote, it passed 88-12, which these days is huge. it's a $662 billion package. it would fund troop pay raises, weapon systems, the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the controversial provision is about detainee matters in terms of it has language in it saying anybody who is a suspected terrorist should be held by the united states military. the white house doesn't like that because it says it eyes the president's hands in terms of fighting terrorism. the president has threatened to veto. we will see. >> shep: mike emmanuel, live on ...

and good morning, everyone. it's friday, december 2nd. ali and carol are both off today. i'm christine romans along with alina cho on this "american morning." >> so glad you got the memo. >> i know. we're both feeling a lot like christmas this morning. up first, the countdown is on for herman cain. he's heading back home to atlanta this morning in the decision to whether continue his campaign could be in his wife's hands. cain says we will know by monday at the latest whether he's in or out of the race, and yesterday for the very first time, cain admitted that getting out is an opt...

Authorization act? what is at issue here? >> reporter: interesting, jenna. the senate is expected to take it up this hour. it passed a procedural vote 88-12. that tells you a lot in this very polarized environment. this got overwhelming support in the united states senate. the senators feel like their issues in terms of detainee handling is fair and so they are challenging the white house own that measure. now it is a $662 billion package. a short time ago a senate democrat expressed her concern about some of the spending. take a listen. >> i have come to a stark and real conclusion about mone...