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Planned very early travel plans in hope os of dodging the later delays we may see later on especially as those storms continue to develop not only in the pacific northwest, but also in the southeast. but conditions are deteriorating here, we're seeing a lot of people saying that they're waiting on the tarmac for up to an hour before their flights take off. that being said, as long as they're home for christmas, a lot of them say they're very, very happy. and one thing i do want to mention, heather, is that we are expecting some serious weather after christmas, so people are already planning fo...

>> i'm not so sure that's going to happen because, again, a deal is only as good as it is for both parties. o our problem is spending, not revenue. we're willing to raise revenue, but not without deep spending cuts, without tackling entitlements and guess what? next quarter what do we face? another crisis of raising the debt ceiling. gregg: is it better to go over the cliff then, brad? >> i think the president believes he's in a much better position the go over the cliff. why? because there's nothing he has to do as a matter of law. all the rates go up, and then he can, he can live to fight an...

Support for terrorist groups like hamas and hezbollah, i could see all of these crises spinning together and the entire region growing out of control while the united states acts almost as if it is a bystander. this is unprecedented in recent decades to have such a weak, feckless in fact, u.s. role in the region. heather: do you see any change taking effect? >> well, i don't think so honestly. i don't think, for example the nomination of john kerry to be secretary of state or whomever the nominee for a new secretary of defense turns out to be, i don't see them changing the basic direction of o...

Him. it only shows how prepared we have to be and how we have to cherish every moment because he never know when it can be the last. gregg: that is caitlin boldock of our portland affiliate. kttv. reporting. heather: well, brand new study on faith to share with you this christmas eve and it has some very interesting findings. chief among them, that, people with no religious affiliation are now the third largest group in the world coming in just after christians, and muslims. pastor robert jeffers, he is the pastor of the first baptist church in dallas. he is also a nationally syndicated radio ...

About the median age, specifically, i can pull out judaism, which has 14 million adherents. .2% of the entire world. has highest median age of 36. what do you think are the growth aspects there? >> in order for it to grow we have to assert the importance of religion. there is more to life than simply being a good person and religion offers you is a relationship with god and an understanding of what is right and what is wrong. a life without god is a diminished life in my opinion. but i think that we need to assert this more and we've been remiss. we just relied a lot on feel-goodism, as if tha...