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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20101221:11:58:00

to work. >> reporter: before the president can reunite with his family here on oahu, he has to sign the repeal of don't ask, don't tell into law. and he's waiting in washington to see if the senate ratifies the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty. he's hoping to get here wednesday night or thursday the latest and hopefully the sun will return, as well. john, kiran? >> even if the sun's not shining in hawaii, it's almost like liquid sunshine, right? >> still hawaii. and they've got time to clear up for christmas. >> they'll probably get a beautiful week next week. well, we just told you about operation santa. we had the wrong address and we want to be sure to get it right. if you want to help you go to usps.com/holidaynewsroom all one word then you can click on the letters for santa icon and fulfill these letters until the 23rd at 7:00 p.m. top stories are coming your way after a quick break. don't go away. ♪

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20101221:12:31:00

well, next on the list is the health care bill that benefits 9/11 rescue workers. democrats are keeping the measure alive. they say they've cut costs to try to win republican approval. well, they're going to be speaking with new york senator in the next hour. a new bill is expected to get a final nod in the house today before it goes to the president for his signature. and as long as congress is in session, president obama remains in washington, d.c. not on the hawaiian vacation. >> the first lady and his daughters, of course, are already there and so is our intrepid correspondent ed henry. >> reporter: john and kiran, president obama's hawaiian vacation has been delayed because of all of the action on capitol hill. but we expect him to join his wife and two daughters. and he's going to find out that this beach is going to be even more quiet because it's been raining for days now. and forecasters say it's

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20101221:11:56:00

the first lady and the first family spending the christmas holiday in hawaii again. but this vacation looks much different than last year's. our ed henry has been covering the president's christmas trip back in 2009. a difficult assignment, of course, back then. ed was forced to sit on the beach for hours slathering on suntan lotion. this time around, though, things are a bit different in hawaii. here's why. >> reporter: john and kiran, president obama's hawaiian vacation has been delayed by all that action on capitol hill, but we expect later this week he'll join his wife and two daughters who are already there behind me in the vacation rental. and he's going to find out this beach is going to be even more quiet because it's been raining for days now. and forecasters say it's probably going to rain until thursday or friday. that's why there's just a couple of lone surfers out there braving the waters. the bottom line, people on the beach are telling me they have all kinds of advice about how the first family should pass the time. >> we're still having fun. >> we're still having fun. >> what are you doing? >> we're swimming, we're going

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20101221:12:06:00

that's more than three times the amount that they would expect during a normal day without this rain. we've also had swift water rescue crews deployed throughout the region. and they've had to do several rescues already. people who have fallen in to flood control channels, one woman driving across a creek at san bernardino county. water coming up to the dash board of her car. we also had scattered power outages and just bracing for more wet weather over the next couple of days. kiran, john? >> casey wian for us this morning. thank you. it's still a miserable scene in europe, as well. a winter storm blowing snow and ice. also frigid temperatures causing massive problems with transportation. dozens of flights in great britain, germany, and france canceled, rail service shut down. in belgium, there's so much snow on the roads that drivers are literally unable to get around. parts of the northeast in the united states feeling the icy chill, as well. southern maine's first snowstorm of the season arrived as the evening commute began.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20101221:12:33:00

annoy your parents. >> well, that's what these two guys have been doing. it's been raining, they're on christmas break. and that one said let's go surfing and i said anything to get them out of the house. >> reporter: and if you're already wet from the ocean, a little rain won't even cramp this surfer's style. >> well, it's better than going to work. >> reporter: before the president can reunite with his family here on oahu, he has to sign the repeal of don't ask, don't tell into law on wednesday. then he's waiting around in washington to see whether or not the senate ratifies the new start treaty. he's hoping to get here as early as wednesday night or thursday the latest. then hopefully the sun will return, as well. john, kiran? >> that's right. the native sun and actual sun. flag football with soldiers in iraq. coming up, we're going to talk to super star rodney pete and jim kelly. mud slides, record rainfall, a massive storm is raging out west. and it's moving east.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20101221:11:29:00

so be careful with your toy shopping out there. but toys -- everyone's been very lean with their inventories. what does that mean? they're not keeping a lot of stock on hand. if you see it now for a price you want, you better get it. apparel, you know prices of apparel have been going down. and the longer you wait, you're going to see the big retailers trying to move their lean inventories out. so you're going to see better deals as the days pass toward christmas and beyond. and deals unlikely on the kindle. they've sold out in a lot of places. be careful there. and kiran, you are very interested in the iphone. >> we always say certain things never go on sale. one of them are apple products. however -- >> however, at walmart, it looks as though walmart is giving the iphone 4 for i think -- well, it was $50 discount, so it's $147 after a $50 gift card. and there's this -- one of the web blogs this morning or the tech blogs reporting that sam's

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20101021:10:11:00

republicans take back the house next month, the rich will get richer and middle class families will be left to fend for themselves. more from senior white house correspondent ed henry who's traveling with the president. >> reporter: john and kiran, the president was interrupted by chants of "yes, we can" here in portland, fitting because this is the city he had his largest rally of the 2008 campaign. and the president is basically laying the state down for the midterm elections. telling them to stand with him in 2010. aides telling me he has the biggest megaphone of all in this campaign and he plans to use it in the west coast swing. the president charging that the republican plan is amnesia, trying to get americans to forget that they caused this economic mess. the president also charging if republicans take power, they're going to roll back a series of reforms for health care, wall

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20101021:11:02:00

own base on some issues that have not been taken care of yet. this is one, john. >> what is the prospect that this could actually pass in congress, particularly in the results of the november election puts republicans in charge of the house? >> well, you're absolutely right. and that's one of the challenges and maybe problems with the white house strategy. it's that the house has already passed to fix, the don't ask don't tell to end it. and the republicans have blocked it this year. as you say, coming next year, the republicans will either have less seats or short of the majority or will be in control of the chamber. so it seems that the prospects in the near future are actually pretty grim for getting this done on the hill, despite what the white house is saying. >> ed henry, thanks so much. we want to go to chris lawrence at the pentagon. the pentagon is saying they're going to enforce this, go with this policy. yesterday, though, they were in favor of over policy that

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20101021:10:29:00

i did not have to undergo a physical exam or provide any records. there are some doctors who advertise. one is dr. sonya patel. >> i'm not doing something wrong. i strictly follow the laws. since i'm not doing anything wrong, i xi see nothing wrong. >> reporter: dr. patel says she screens her patients rigorously. reading the law there's a list that certifies patients to use medical marijuana but at the end of that list it adds any other illness which opens the door to hard-to-prove complaints like back pain. >> there's a lot of laws on there and a lot of people are capitalizing on that. >> reporter: and a lot of people are illegally getting high. there's no medical database

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20101021:11:26:00

so he can increase black wealth. here's what he said. >> live within your means. people that don't manage their money wisely are not managing our lives wisely. >> reporter: sores is on a crusade, he feeling that black america has a new enemy. is debt a bigger problem than racism? >> yes, debt is a bigger problem than racism. >> reporter: you didn't even hesitate. >> there's no question that debt say bigger problem than racism. >> reporter: debt, a bigger problem than racism, he says, it's a provocative theory but sores stands by his claim. >> we still do rent to own, we drive shiny cars and wear designer clothes, we have all the appearances of doing well, but we won't admit that we're broke. when i'm paying next month's bills with last month's bills,

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