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diane swonk, old friend, chief of messere, aux financial. we're talking about the middle class. who represents the middle class in this country. the democrats are trying to make the point with speeches by president obama in the last couple of weeks. democrats are the party of the middle class. republicans are the party of the rich. republicans obviously are struggling with that themselves. david, what's your sense of how republicans are thinksing themselves and who in this country represents the vast majority of people, the middle class. >> i don't think anybody is doing a very goo...

Plan. there has to be a better way to get the job done. christmas is coming. the goose is getting fat. >> the president also keeping with the holiday theme at an event on friday said if they don't act fast congress could end up -- last year both parties came together to cut payroll taxes for the typical middle class family by about $1,000. that tax cut is set to expire at the end of this month. >> the president made one thing clear, while he wants to extend the payroll tax cut another year, he does not want to lock in tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. peter doocy reporting in washington...

Cut creating a divide now among republicans. meanwhile, president obama is pushing to extend the tax cuts for the middle class that expires at the end of the month. peter doocy reporting from washington. gop leaders laid out for members a pathway to a payroll tax holiday but some members broke rank saying there is no way they are going to go for that unless entitlements are reformed first. >> unless we have the courage right now to address entitlement reform we shouldn't be extending the payroll tax holiday. while republicans are talking courage, democrats are talking christmas. >> the dea...

Like christmas at the white house, now that the first family is done decking the halls. >> on wednesday, michelle obama welcomed military families to view this year's decorations and its surprise star. abc's mary bruce has more. good morning, mary. >> good morning, sunny, rob. the holiday theme at the white house is shine, give, share. the real holiday star this year is the first dog. bo. he is everywhere. the obama's famous portuguese water dog made in all sizes from buttons, licorice and pom-poms. there he is standing proudly in front of the 400-pound gingerbread house. >> it's sort of a whe...

after a shocking tape has come to light. also, the markets getting a bit of a black friday bounce. pakistan puts the u.s. on notice after a deadly nato strike. and a wet, dare i say possibly snowy, day for the southeast. i'm going to play reporter roulette here on this monday. ed lavandera, in syracuse where syracuse university fired assistant basketball coach bernie fine, fine is accused of sexually abusing kids. ed, also news fine's termination just hours after the world heard this tape recording of his wife. tell me about it. >> reporter: well, this was a recording between o...