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and more than half a million bottles of instant tylenol are recalled because of complaints that the new bottle makes it hard to get the dosage right. authorities say a man arrested blocks from the u.s. capitol today represents one of the most urgent growing threats. the man picked up is a would-be suicide bomber and he was arrested as he accepted what he thought was a gun and a vest packed with explosives. our brian todd is live at the u.s. courthouse where the suspect just appeared in court. fascinating new details coming out in the court papers. fill us in. >> reporter: certainly...

23%. jon huntsman got 17% to finish in third place. rick santorum finished with 10% ahead of newt gingrich with 9%. rick perry had 1%. well, it was a big win romney needed to shore up the front-runner status. now he's the first republican to win both iowa and new hampshire this morning on cnn, romney turned attention to beating the president. >> you've got almost 2 million people that lost their job under this president. you have income that's dropped to 10% over the last four years. you have 24 million people out of work or stopped looking for work. this is a failed presidency. plen...

divide between house hard liners and the gop establishment and by yesterday leading republican voices were openly calling on house speaker john boehner to back down, to agree to a two-month extension or risk ruining the brand. and tonight looking grim, he did just that. >> there's always a right thing to do and while everyone asked for a full year extension of these programs, a lot of people weren't willing to put the effort in as the holidays were approaching to get it done. our members were. so i'm proud of the efforts that they put into this. >> dana bash is going to join us short...

>> hello everyone, it is 1:00 on the east coast. let's get straight to the news. your paycheck and benefits may be cut and your taxes may go up all because congress can't agree on another very important issue, that is payroll tax cuts. congress is in a political standoff right now. the senate passed a two-month extension a moment ago. house republicans rejected that in a procedural vote and are pushing a one year extension. keep in mind payroll tax cuts and extended unemployment benefits expire in less than two weeks. >> our members do not want to just punt and do a two-month short...

Their party's best interest. why is that? reed, good to see you. thanks for being with us. >> good morning, lynn. how are you? >> good. explain to me these results a little. why do you think so many strategies, lobbyists think they would benefit from a shutdown? >> sure. we surveyed some of the top strategists from the city around politics and asked them these various questions. a lot of them have said that the shutdown would benefit democrats largely because they can use the bully pull pit of the presidency to defend their positions. democrats will be able to talk about what republicans want ...