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Democrats' court. gregg. >> gregg: will the president focus at all on this topic, in the coming days? >> reporter: there doesn't appear to be much he can do, he's with his family in hawaii to celebrate christmas and he'll return to washington and landed in honolulu early today for a shorter than usual christmas break, and he says the white house -- at the white house he's a hopeless optimist but is now scaling back his plan, calling for a middle class tax cut now and, still pushing for a compromise. >> president barack obama: in this congress, laws can only pass with support from democrats and...

Americans at the consulate. look at that -- the wrong one, 65% say yes. >> of course. >> gregg: 24% say no and his approval ratings are still fairly high and look at the next one, put up the other one there. 48%, think there was a cover-up. wow. >> 42% say no. i go back to the fact, nobody really knows about a lot of this stuff and that's the problem. more interesting than anything, greg, the fact that i really believe nothing will happen as a result of this. people will take responsibility and this accountability review report will be filed with the -- tanzania and kenya, the recommendation w...

Voters would have been receptive to a challenge for anyone voting to increase taxes. >> heather: another topic on capitol hill, was of course gun laws, this time, last week, i think we were all still in shock, and still are, really, following the shooting that happened at sandy hook, elementary, a week ago-friday, 26 people shot and killed. how far do these laws need to go or should go, according to the americans that you polled? >> you first have to understand, people when they are recovering from this, they are feeling terrible for the families involved and want something done. most voters, ...

>> gregg: judge jeanine pirro, catch her show tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern time here on the fox news channel. a pretty picture there. >> i don't like the hair but... >> gregg: looks great to me. >> heather: oh, the christmas spirit. the gun control debate, front and center in the wake of the newtown, connecticut tragedy. where do americans stand on a possible assault weapons ban? scott rasmussen joins us with the new poll, that is up next. m is efficiently absorbed in small continuous amounts. citracal slow release continuously releases calcium plus d with efficient absorption in one daily dos...

Transitioning a reporter role. karl has a side. he has a side. he is allowed to have a side. it's out in the open. >> jon: next on news watch, no longer an election issue. would the benghazi attack get any real media attention? >> it's too early to know exactly how this came about, what group was involved, but obviously it was an attack on americans. >> cbs releases a new clip adding more controversy on the deadly attacks in benghazi. was cbs and other media helping the white house spin a cover-up over the terror attacks? details next on news watch.