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People everywhere on the streets. >> reporter: in this satellite photo, south korea is blazing with lights at night. but north korea is pitch black, except for the capitol. that capital pyongyang is the home of those with good salaries and impressive offices. we are on top of the world's tallest stone tower. it is majestic to see what's going on. you see the bitter cold, freezing snow. the buildings are really impressive to see what's going on. here in the north korean capital. but one thing we noticed, not a lot of people with cars. there's not a whole lot of traffic here. it's icy, the stree...

north korea. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the showdown over the payroll tax cut lasted for weeks, but the stalemate ended in a matter of minutes today after house republican leaders bowed to overwhelming pressure and gave into the democrats. today, the house approved the bill that got almost 90% of support in the senate. president obama signed it into law and the threat of a new year's day tax hire for 160 working americans is over. let's go straight to dana bash who's watching this on capitol hill. must be pretty empty. it was exciting for a few minutes today. >...

is the candidate still making money from layoffs? we're checking the facts. i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com let's get right to the breaking news. a possible deal in the stalemate over extending the payroll tax cut for at least another two months, but potentially for the entire year. the year of 2012. we have all of our reporters standing by. let's go to our chief congressional correspondent, dana bash, he's up on capitol hill hill. for viewers just tuniing in, wht was just happened? >> what we expect is that th...