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captions paid for by nbc-universal television >> welcome to "today" on this friday morning. i'm ann curry, good morning, everybody. >> and good morning, ann. i'm natalie morales in for matt this morning. we've step outside to be right near the gorge russ rockefeller christmas tree as the countdown is in fever pitch, two days to go before christmas, this is as quiet as you're going to see it. >> this is the eve of the eve. all eyes are on the roo and we had pretty big downpours in the northeast overnight. in fact there was actually a storm in parts of georgia. it was a very powerful s...

if so, is that payroll tax cut extension as well? >> the drama builds. peter doocy live in washington with the latest on congressman's fight before christmas and the phone call between the speaker and the president. >> yeah, brian, president obama called speaker boehner yesterday and told him he agrees with the speaker, there should be a one-year extension of the payroll tax cut. but the president says the house is going to need more time to negotiate that so he says they should pass the two month long short-term extension already approved by the senate just a week and a half now ahe...

peter doocy live in washington with the latest on congressman's fight before christmas and the phone call between the speaker and the president. >> yeah, brian, president obama called speaker boehner yesterday and told him he agrees with the speaker, there should be a one-year extension of the payroll tax cut. but the president says the house is going to need more time to negotiate that so he says they should pass the two month long short-term extension already approved by the senate just a week and a half now ahead of their new year's eve deadline. >> the ball is in the house's cour...

cuts. just yesterday, leaders from both parties saw a possible area for agreement as they have for a while now. but rank-and-file members were not giving much ground on how they plan to pay for it. extending the cuts, which the white house says will prevent a $1,000 tax hike on a family next year could now become a political issue in 2012. the white house hopes so. "the new york times" reporting the president and his party seeking to capitalize on that vote by trying to portray republicans as defenders of the rich while middle class families continue to suffer. the democrat proposal ...

congress faded last night, as the senate defeated dueling proposals on a key component of president obama's jobs bill. an extension of payroll tax cuts. just yesterday, leaders from both parties saw a possible area for agreement as they have for a while now. but rank-and-file members were not giving much ground on how they plan to pay for it. extending the cuts, which the white house says will prevent a $1,000 tax hike on a family next year could now become a political issue in 2012. the white house hopes so. "the new york times" reporting the president and his party seeking to capit...