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captions paid for by nbc-universal television >> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> and i'm ann curry. happy friday, everybody. so this debate in sioux city was the last before the iowa caucuses, which are on january 3rd. >> while newt gingrich did face some criticism, surprisingly, none of it came from mitt romney. instead, he saved his harshest words for president obama. we'll have much more on the debate and where the republican race stands right now, straight ahead. an encouraging sign for one of the smallest babies ever born, delivered...

>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> and i'm ann curry. happy friday, everybody. this debate in sioux city was the last before the iowa caucuses, january 3rd. >> while newt gingrich did face some criticism, surprisingly, none of it came from mitt romney. he saved his harshest words for president obama. we'll have much more on the debate and where the republican race stands right now, straight ahead. an encouraging sign for one of the smallest babies ever born, delivered at 24 weeks and weighed 9.5 ounces and doctors gave her a 1% chance of...

push on and we will show you that into the the afternoon hours. this goes into effect at noon it will be a combination of a cold front and remnants of tropical depression lee. we could look at potential for 1 to 3 inches of rain by tuesday evening. potential for more flooding, flash flood watch for washington starting at noon. >> let's take a look at our maps and current temperature regan national, in the 70s, 75 degrees, humidity 76%, winds from the south, cooler than yesterday 82 your daytime high not going to rain all day but if you are out and about bring an umbrella and be ready...

>> no, he was in switzerland. i'll send you the chapter. >> okay. >> he was in switzerland, and he found the care pretty good there. he found -- so -- >> in switzerland, i read the book, and he interviewed -- they had a battle there several years ago, and to regulate the insurance companies, and the conservatives fought it, but now they are very happy with it, and they interviewed a conservative, and said since this reform, has any swiss citizen gone bankrupt because of the health care issue, and as you know in this country, about 50% of bankruptcies or more are in some part caused b...

just to get what they want, and they are not willing to compromise. it is just upsetting. host: thank you, rosa. guest: i really agree. it is incredibly upsetting. again, the hostage taking that is happening right now, threatening to throw the whole american economy over a cliff if they do not get these vicious cuts to vital programs, but absolute protection an extension of tax breaks for millionaires andeo's. you have to wonder what makes them so willing to do tha given the it is even of concern to the business base that runs their party. one reasonab explanation is they think that ...