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hello and welcome to you if you're joining me around the world, wherever you may be watching in the united states, europe, asia. i'm richard quest. together, we are in the "cnn newsroom". president biden reveals that he didn't ask for a cease-fire in his long call, telephone call, with the israeli prime minister. at the same time, the military in israel is expanding its ground offensive in gaza. christmas eve for many, to be sure, as the war rages on in gaza. christians in bethlehem and around the world, it's a celebration much more difficult than in previous years. and at the cn...

>> you just saw a clip there from the weight of the nation. it's a four-part film from our sister network, hbo, and all of us are under the microscope this morning. our habits, our behavior, our country. this film is part of an unprecedented push by doctors and government health officials, and in part what's driving it this week, we have new numbers, a projection by the year 203042% of the u.s. population would be obese, not just overweight, but obese. now, some sort of twisted way, this could count as good news. the last prediction four years ago was that 51% of us would be obese. o...

2012 can be the year to take control of your finances again and end the year in better shape than you started. that is our goal, folks. stacy francis is the ceo of francis financial and john is president of consumer education at smart credit.com. welcome to the program. good morning. >> good to be here. >> john, we don't want to add more credit card debt. we don't want to end this year and go into 2012 with more credit card debt on top of the debt from the year before. how do you get a grip on this situation, your credit situation here? >> all that stuff you're going to open under th...