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And lawmakers on both sides of the aisle slammed his move to reestablish diplomatic relations with cuba. still, obama ends the year with his highest approval rating in 20 months. and the most recent cnn orc poll, 48% of those surveyed approved of a job that he's doing. so let's talk about this. cnn senior political analyst ron brownsteen joins me now from washington. always fun to go back and look at the president's year and see the wins and the losses. can't wait to hear your perspective on this, ron. so let's talk about president obama's best moment of 2014. what do you think it was? >> i th...

Good. a remarkable, remarkable turn-around in sentiment. you can thank crashing gas prices for the increase in confidence, the feeling better about the economy. gas prices down a record 90 days straight. that's never happened. that's according to tripaaa. average prices now 2.35 a gallon. it puts extra cash right in american wallets this holiday season. guys, you can see it, you can see it in the poll numbers. you can see it in the stock market. you can see it in the gdp numbers. it looks good. >> even diesel is really low. you know traditionally diesel is much higher than even super high test...

Considering its response for the cyberattack on sony. officials are being very coy about whether the u.s. was responsible for these latest disruptions in north korea's internet. whatever the measures they take they do expect some kind of counterresponse from kim jong-un, an effort to show he is in control both home and abroad. elise labott, cnn, washington. >> now despite its antics many americans believe north korea is a serious threat to the u.s. in a new cnn orc poll it was first among those polled. take a look at this. iran followed closely behind, you see russia, syria and china rounding ...

20% correction. and history shows when we go this fast for this long and this high, we tend to see something bad happen or a big pullback. so don't get too excited. a little bit of grinch before christmas. >> a new cnn/orc poll released today shows a lot more americans are optimistic about the u.s. economy. 51% now say economic conditions in the united states are good. that's up from 38% back in october. so americans are feeling a lot more confident. what's behind this pretty dramatic increase? >> reporter: they're great numbers. it's twofold. first, it is unquestionably gas prices. you have a...

>> on sunday, a judge cleared the huang's of any crime but immigration officials seized their passports and would not let them leave. the order to keep them in the country was lifted after meetings between the united states ambassador to the country and top officials there. hopefully they will be getting out. good, good news. a brand new cnn poll has people talking this morning. the surprise is not who is leading the field of republican presidential contenders but who is in second. >> check this out. the name at the top, you've seen it before, that's mitt romney, 20% in the new cnn/orc poll ...