washington right now. we hope you have a great day. take care everybody. >> shannon: the cain train runs off rails. herman cain promising an in ment soon. which of the remaining tkpwaop presidential hopefuls will scoop up his supporters. more than two dozen states facing off over immigration and the president's health care law. we talk to attorneys generals from three states. >> game day disaster college game between rivals ends with injured fans. >> holiday disaster if your letter has to get there overnight you may not be able to depend on the u.s. postal service any more. i'm shannon bream, america's news headquarters starts now.

2012 republican presidential field appears to be narrowing. mitt romney and newt gingrich. gingrich's campaign has gotten another boost in iowa, latest poll has the former house speaker seven point as head of his nearest competitor. his campaign isn't the only one getting good news this weekend. >> reporter: newt gingrich is closing in on mitt romney in new hampshire too according to the nbc poll as republican leaders express little surprise that cain suspended his campaign yesterday. >> i think that he provided a big voice in the debate. certainly his numbers were falling over the last few weeks. he was having trouble raising money. i think is only natural if your numbers are falling and you can't raise the money you get out of race. >> reporter: clearly, others see an opportunity here to pick up the cain votes and climb in the polls with cain

out of the way. michelle bachmann is one, rick santorum is another. >> we think we going to do well. we have a strong consistent conservative message that matches up better with iowans than anybody else and we think we going to surprise a lot of people. >> reporter: some peep in the gop not that crazy about newt gingrich, senator coburn applauds him for the 90s, but questions his qualifications to become president. >> there's all types of leaders. leaders that instill confidence. leaders that are an put up with and brisk. leaders that have one standard for the people they are leading and a different standard for themselves. i found his leadership lacking. >> reporter: six of the candidates squared off last night in a fox news forum hosted by mike huckabee. questioned by a panel of three gop state attorneys general on policy differences. newt gingrich for his part defended his plan to have

citizen boards determine which immigrants might be allowed to stay in the u.s.. he said those panels would be more trustworthy than washington bureaucrats. >> thank you. huckabee had his forum this morning we have our own later i'll talk to three state attorneys general about immigration, health care and the 2012 election. >> with a lot of prayer and soul-searching, i am suspending my presidential campaign. >> atlanta businessman herman cain says after a lot of soul-searching he has moved on to plan b. joining us one of his chief campaign advisers. niger innis we have a bit of a delay. i want to start by asking how tough was this decision was and know how tough the spotlight would be on the national stage?

>> e he knew how tough it was going to be. -- i think he dealt with it brilliantly. i would advice your viewers to go to the u.s.a. today interactive poll released last night and what it showed was compelling. in spite of the month and a half, unfair character assassination and frankly, the disgraceful way in which the media dealt with these accusations, in spite of all of that, herman cain remains still second or third in all the early states and nationally save new hampshire that tells me herman cain has a clear constituency. he has said he's away i would recommend your viewers take a look at his site and his new phase of the campaign.

go to thecainsolutions. not going away if i was reince priebus the chairman of the republican party instead of talking about herman had to suspend his campaign i would be begging herman cain today on the phone, please stay in the public eye. >> shannon: as he suspended his campaign yesterday, all of the reaction we got from the other gop candidates remaining in the race, they had a lot of praise for him. they said he brought energy, ideas and discussions that wouldn't have happened without him there. now that he moves to plan b and it sounds like he wants to day involved in a big way. tell us what plan b will be and when we can expect an endorsement from mr. cain? >> well, i spent time with herman. i spent time with gloria, his amazing wife yesterday. i must tell you, those two

have been together almost as long as i've been alive, which is rare these days. what a wonderful family what a wonderful partnership those two have. it just troubles me that the media did not deal with these unfair accusations the way that it did. let me answer your question. i think that what we will most likely see is an endorsement within the next week to 10 days. even though i advised herman to hold back on that endorsement, because there are so many americans that are loyal to herman himself and to his ideas. and are not quite ready for him to give it to someone else. i think what is actually more important for his supporters, to pay attention to what he does publicly. contrary to his detractors, herman cain is not going to

away i recommend you go to thecainsolutions.com and pay attention to herman cain because he is going to stay relevant in the 2012 campaign. he's going to stay relevant in determining who the next president of the united states is. >> shannon: i've had at least one of his supportsers tell me they don't care he suspended his campaign they intend to write him in on their primary ballot where they live. we'll see if others do the same. niger innis, thank you. if you have been a herman cain supporter, are you ready to make a change? feet your answers to --. we'll read some of your responds later in the show. we fully intend to win in iowa. chris, no one thought i was going to win the straw poll in iowa this summer and i did no one thought i would win my tough races in the state of minnesota where i'm the first

republican woman ever to get elected in that state to go to congress, but i did. >> shannon: michelle bachmann may be confident she can win in iowa the latest numbers show she has a long way to go. i sat down with chris wallace to find out what she told him about plans to turn things around. you talked with someone not doing so well in iowa but sounds hopeful. >> yeah, michelle bachmann. she really i think is staking everything on iowa. she from the neighboring state of minnesota, she was in iowa. it should line-up well for her of she's a social conservative more than half, if history is any guide, half voters who go out on a snowy january night and vote in the iowa caucuses, define themselves as evangelicals, social conservatives. she is 8% in the polls, hoping to pick up some of cain's support. she went after the two front-runners gingrich and

romney, saying they north consistent conservatives. -- they are not consistent conservatives and talks with some length and sharpness, digs about where they aren't consistent conservatives and says she is. look, we can look at these polls. there's a month to go. a lot of people haven't focused and things could change in next month. >> in washington the fight over the payroll tax holiday continues. there's news that you broke with senators about something coming tomorrow? >> democrats are pushing it extending the payroll tax cut for the middle class republicans a lot of doubts about it kent conrad the chairman of the senate budget committee said the senate leader reid because republican and democratic plans were voted down this last week he's going to come up with a new compromise to pay for it, 120 billion dollars for the next year.

my guess is this gets settled. whether good policy or not, politics seem inescapeable. you don't not want to be seen not extending a tax cut for the middle class. i couldn't get, i tried if get out of conrad what is in the new deal. i think reid is going to come up with a new compromise we'll see fit flies. >> shannon: if republicans are forced to choose between letting this go or raises taxes or different revenues to pay for this we'll see monday. >> thank you. keep it right here for all of chris' one-on-one with michelle bachmann, right after our show, 2:00 and 6:00 eastern. police investigating another death linked to occupy wall street movement. campus police got a tip then

found a dead man at a protest campsite on school grounds. no one was there when police arrived. several questions remain. >> the body has been taken to the ft. worth medical examiner's office. it could be weeks before we have the cause of the death. we don't know the identity. >> in portland riot police met protesters trying to establish a new camp. demonstrators were setting up tents vowing to stay through the winter over though overnight camping is not allowed. 19 were arrested. protesters have been trying to fan a new camp since police evicted -- find a new camp since police evicted them last month. thousands rushed down the stands on to the field to celebrate oklahoma state's victory against their huge rival oklahoma.

two were critically injured and airlifted to the hospital. spectators trampled one person fell 15 feet on to the concrete below ii -- arizona of all maces looking like a winter wonderland. parts of the state got several inches of snow kids took full advantage. more snow on the way? rick reichmuth with more. there is more snow on the way eastern arizona at least you get the snow arizona in the higher elevations and that's what they had. that storm was the same that brought the wind across southern california now you can see where getting more moisture and bringing heavy rain to texas, at leave the eastern side of texas we need that rain, we'll take anything we can get here. however, it is very heavy across arkansas, and lower mississippi river valley bringing big time flooding concerns a little too much

rain too quickly we are going see more rain it doesn't move quickly slow moving storm a lot of areas maybe three to six inches of rain by tomorrow night that means big time flooding concerns. all these areas flash flood watches -- flood watchings or warnings in effect. next storm is getting ready to pull into the northern rockies to the south and more snow across the mountains of the four corner states i think we'll see snow across the texas panhandle tomorrow night. >> makes you feel more like the holiday. rick, thank you. potentially unfestive news as you send your holiday cards. some of your mail is about to take longer. peter doocy joins more. the timing could not be -- [ unintelligible ] >> reporter: a couple months ago the post office said the business has been so bad they needed to reorganize. the first big part is going to kickoff tomorrow if they get their way say good-bye to

guaranteed next day delivery. monday they will file with the postal regulatory commission proposing eliminating overnight standards for first class mail. what does that mean for your average viewer? they won't receive mail the day after it was sent if it was sent in an overnight standard area. d.c. mail to northern virginia could take additional day. d.c. to northern virginia our local example. here's a map, extra day to cover not a lot of ground, that's not the map. look at that map. extra day from d.c. to northern virginia not a lot of ground. the postal service had been asking for help, congress did not bail them out. they say the post official service is important if they can't figure things out then maybe it is time to privatize. >> one of the things i like about the post service is we don't appropriate money to them, they have to sell

stamps. you den cut service, limit the days of service, slow down that service if you want to sell more stamps and they want to raise rates. i think they are moving in the opposite direction. >> reporter: if the postal service does get rid of the next day guarantee it will be the first time in 40 years. after this, expect to see them get rid of a lot of their vehicles and cut a lot of jobs, maybe 35,000. >> i can see you hopping on your bike and running packages, little side business. >> reporter: the bike is in the shop. i lost my pump. >> when it gets fixed. peter doocy, thank you. some say the race has narrowed to a two-man field the first in the nation primary has two senators and two congressman all -- congressmen, all endorsed but one. we'll talk to that one hold out, next. so who ordered the cereal that can help lower olesterol

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the party that says it is the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy which destroys families that have been here a quarter

century and i'm prepared to take the heat for saying let's be humane enforcing the law without giving citizenship buy finding a way to create legality so they are not separated. >> shannon: newt gingrich raised eyebrows with his stance on immigration. now data. citing 2010 data, 2/3 of the 10.2 million unauthorized adult immigrants in the u.s. have lived here 10 years nearly half are parents of minor children. the question of fighting illegal immigration has been a hot topic on the justice department is suing several states over the immigration laws. here are attorneys general from three states being sued, tom horn from arizona. alan wilson from south carolina and luther strange from alabama. gentlemen, welcome to all of you, thanks for joining us. >> in phoenix, arizona it is

warm. >> i'm jealous chilly in d.c.. wasn't to start in alabama, luther, you have one of the newest laws, they say another may be coming. they say already your law is having adverse affects. how do you respond? >> well, i think part of that response is because we are winning in the courts. our law inlike the law in arizona has been upheld substantially by two federal courts. i think that explains a lot of the activity on the ground. what is frustrating to me as chief law enforcement officer is they come to alabama what, make a lot of statements unsubstantiated about potential vials if they are interested in make -- potential vie whraeugss if they are interested in making -- we would like their cooperation. if there is anything that is going on that is i will real which i'm not aware of, i would like to know about it so we can take action. >> shannon: to arizona and tom horn. you mentioned the arizona law.

the governor and others there are trying to get the supreme court to take up the latest appeal on the legal challenges, you could know in a company of weeks. do you think you will get the high court to weigh in on your law? >> i hope so. one of the things that a lot of people don't realize is the 9th circuit, two out of the three judges held were preempted from having our law go into effect because we were interfering in the govenment's foreign policy monopoly. mexico and other countries have intervened. we do a lot that foreign countries with, such as capital punish. if we pass laws that foreign countries disagree with, -- >> that is in south carolina as well. alan with the lawsuit there, 16 latin american and caribbean nations have weighed

in. they want to get involved. they want to have a voice in it because of the law you passed in south carolina. they think it will cause discrimination against people who originate from their countries. what did you make in this -- what you make of their involvement? >> i'm not particularly concerned with their involvement we have a duty to enforce the laws. the policy has been decided by the general assembly our job is to enforce the law. what other countries in third-party groups think is irrelevant to that end. our job is premoat the law as it is passed unless it is unconstitutional. in this case it is my opinion our law on immigration is constitutional. >> it is a hot topic. i want to play a bit of the forum we had last night with the presidential candidates. >> in a free society, the

citizens have to bear responsibility for their own culture and society. i believe they are mover trustworthy, if you ask me would i trust a jury or a washington bureaucrat, i would rather have my fate decided by a jury of my peers than by a washington bureaucrat. >> i want people to know there is a cost already to having illegal aliens in the united states. it cost the taxpayers 113 billion dollars every year, 32 billion of that cost is absorbed buy states that works out to $1,000 per american household. a -- it is a very real cost. >> shannon: not that you are endorsing candidates i want each of you give a -- whose position are you most comfortable with? let's start in alabama. >> we are just now starting to hear the candidates talk about this issue and i'm glad.

we all know it is a federal issue that should ab dressed at the federal level if the federal -- federal government would do its job states wouldn't have to deal with it. i'm very glad the debate is occurring. and i'm waiting to hear a little bit more before i make a decision. >> shannon: tom, do you have a decision yet? >> yes, i public endorse mitt romney he's been successful in business which we need in this economic environment he was a governor. i was comfortable publicly endorsing him. >> shannon: alan in south carolina. >> i think you asked for one word, the law. my jokó in south carolina is enforce the law i need a president who will enforce the law. the federal level, did not believe it was the intent of congress that they deprive the federal government of all the and -- the resources we

are adding the federal government in enforcement of that law even in our law it says to be -- conducted in a manner consistent with our constitution and federal law. it comes down to that one word, the law. >> shannon: i want to make sure we have limited time. there have been discussions about health care, lawsuits coming before the supreme court in the spring. newt gingrich and mitt romney have in some form or fashion, they have in some way endorsed the idea of a mandate in the past both admitted that public do you have any problem with >> well, i have a problem with individual mandates that's why our state supports the lawsuit against obamacare care. i'm hopeful the court will see it our way, -- overrule that mandate. that's my position.

>> shannon: tom? >> we've joined in the florida action the case going to the u.s. supreme court. our position is the federal commerce clause doesn't enable the federal government to require me to buy something i don't want to buy, such as health insurance or it might be a car next time around because the government now owns general motors. governor romney did that at the state level but doesn't support it at the federal level. >> shannon: alan? >> for my purposes near south carolina, there are enumerated powers that give congress the ability to do certain things forcing people to enter into private contracts is not an he mime rated power. i think that is -- that is a slippery slope, enlargement of congressional and federal power we are going to be strongly advocating this string to the united states supreme court that is an overreach by congress and the federal government.

i will support any candidate who agrees with that proposition. >> thank to you our state attorneys general and our panel today. >> thank you for having us. mitt romney, newt gingrich or another 2012 gop hopeful. next the only new hampshire congressman left to endorse. >> reverend graham still in the hospital. his family is keeping fox news updated. the latest, next. i wouldn't do that. get married? no, i wouldn't use that single miles credit card. nice ring. knock it off. ignore him. with the capital one venture card you earn... double miles on every purchase. [ sharon ] 3d is so real larry. i'm right here larry. if you're not earning double miles... you're settling for half. really? a plaid tie? what, are we in prep school? [ male announcer ] get the venture card at capitalone.com and earn double miles on every purchase every day. what's in your wallet? was gonna say that. uh huh...

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>> shannon: a manhunt is underway in two state force an inmate who escaped from a new hampshire prison. police in maine and new hampshire on the lookout. they consider him armed and dangerous. authorities believe hobson escape food harm two people, moved to a -- escaped to harm two people, they've been moved to a safe location.

as immigration takes center table on the campaign trail senator mccain thinks hispanic voters in his state and other states are up for grabbed -- for grabs. >> reporter: on a morning talk show mccain said republican presidential s could have a shot with hispanic voters in 2012 if they can address immigration in a hugh maine and -- in a humane and pragmatic voters. and they no longer believe president obama is on their side. following an airstrike last month the u.s. military is butting its people out of airbase in pakistan -- is pulling is people out of the airbase in pack san . u.s. cargo planes have arrived to fly out tkweupl and personnel. today president obama called pakistan's president to apologize. officials say the ref represented graham had a good night at the north carolina hospital where he has been

treated for pneumonia. he was admitted last wednesday. >> u.s. postal facing bankruptcy. with no help from congress in sight it is pushing ahead to cuts in first class mail next spring expected to eliminate the chance for letters to arrive the next day. right now two-man race in new hampshire, mitt romney campaigning hard this weekend in the state that holds the first primary but getting serious competition from a candidate who was once politically dead, newt gingrich. the latest rasmussen poll shows romney and top, beginning riff following paul in third. -- gingrich following poll in third. thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> what matters most? where do these candidates need

to hit home? >> who can beat president obama? who is best on issues that reflect new hampshire and third who is going to change the direction of our nation. we have debt and deficit at extreme highs unemployment still high people want to focus on getting a career back in place who within the republican field is going to deliver that the best and quickest. >> shannon: these candidates are spending a lot of time one-on-one. >> it is required in new hampshire. the joke is if you haven't met a candidate five times you are not going to earn that vote. it is a tradition. great to have candidates come back. appreciate the first in the nation primary in. of tightening, voters make decisions. the field we thought was set two weeks ago, we obviously have candidates that are dropping out that changes the make-up of this campaign over

the final six weeks. it will be interesting and fun to watch. >> shannon: there are important endorsements that come out of new hampshire last week gingrich scored a big one, romney today. >> endorse s give credibility. they are important. what ultimately matters reach and every vote on the ground and you are going to campaign. you have to be in the state. you have to be looking people in the eye asking for their support. i haven't made my decision question, i'm still watching now is going to play out. what i'm looking for is someone who can take the country in a different place than the president has. i would like to talk about who these candidates are thinking about in terms of their cabinet? the people that closely with them and grading them, who are these individuals going to be? what kind of individuals are they going to put on the supreme court? those are interesting and important questions that i think you will start to see answers to. >> have you narrowsed it down?

>> probably to -- three. i continue to take a look. i had conversations with newt gingrich last week and will be meeting with him, same with mitt romney as well as rick perry. and john huntsman. i'm looking and trying to figure out what makes the best sense for new hampshire and our country. >> shannon: what do you make of the gingrich surge? >> his campaign has been a little untraditional, to say the least. he's ramping up with his staff in new hampshire, focusing on grassroots. no question the union leader endorsement is critical. i think given the fact that he's had a long history with new hampshire, he has a lot of experience and solutions, people going to give him a second look, as we get closer to the date by which we need to make a decision. i don't think is a flash in the pan. i think he's a serious

contender. most people across the country are starting to realize with his polling numbers moving up at the right time in the early primary states, this could be a two-person race. fun men fallly means you are going to see -- fundamentally means you are going to newt gingrich and mitt romney really go out for the next 60 days >> shannon: when you narrow down your three or tour to one, feel free to come back and give us your decision. thank you. house ethics committee released a report showing probable cause that democratic congressman jesse jackson, jr. was part after effort to race campaign cash for former governor rod blagojevich. he jackson maintains there was no wrongdoing on i had part and insists he sought the appointment based on permit. bystander who recorded a police incident with his cell phone said what the police did after is i will real.

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wikileaks found using his last option in the fight to avoid extradition. tomorrow the 40-year-old will ask judges to let him take his case to britain's supreme court if they say no, he could be on a plane to stockholm within days. assange had been fighting extradition for almost a year he denies allegations against him. first amendment fight brewing in baltimore over an altercation with the police that was caught on tape in 2010. the man who recorded it on his cell phone camera says police unfairly destroyed some of the evidence. douglas kennedy investigates. >> reporter: a woman lies bleeding oned ground. after an altercation with police. an officer at the scene tells

passers-by to stop recording. >> turn that off. >> reporter: he was at pimlico race course in 2010 and also pressed record on his cell phone. it was his friend on the ground. on the >> on the video we had you can't tell how she blame so bloody. >> police took her to the ground and beating her with her hands behind her back after they subdued her. >> reporter: he recorded that part. but he says when the baltimore police found out they confiscated his cell phone then he says they erased everything. also erased all of your personal photos and videos. >> after they took my phone, they gave it back to me, everything was off, all my personal videos of my son and family and friends. >> reporter: sharp and his attorney are now suing the baltimore pd. claiming the violated the first amendment. to you this is a free speech

issue? >> it is. police have tremendous power over us as citizens. it is important that we as citizens have a right to hold the police accountable by recording their actions. >> absolutely not this is not a free speech issue. >> reporter: former police officer and current police advocate. he says videotaping cops off gets in the way. >> the police officers do not need citizens out there with cameras, videotaping each and every move they make. they interfere with the arrest. >> reporter: some police say people who videotape, including that you day, disrupt law enforcement from doing their duty? >> i candice agree more. i was no -- i can't disagree more. >> reporter: he said he should be able to record anywhere in public, especially a public servant. >> can the government push a private university into violating its core religious

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♪ >> shannon: a special holiday delivery makes its way to the windy city. a coast guard ship has arrived in chicago filled with christmas trees for needy families. the trees will be distributed after a special ceremony today. not counting today, there are 20 full shopping days left until christmas to help you figure out what to get the gadget lover on your list we've invited dan ackerman. great to see you, thanks for coming in. >> good to see you. >> let's start with ultra books, what are they? >> new category of laptop. all the laptop makers said we need something like the mac book super thin, light less expensive and runs winds. toshiba z-835, thin, lightweight, this guy starts at $799.

there are a bunch that have just started coming out. >> what about lower priced tablet-type items? >> they are kind of like the ipad less expensive. pad stars at $500 then you have the kindle fire that just came out amazon's 7 inch tablet, it is $199 and does a lot of same things, reads e-books guess on the web, will do some games not as powerful as an ipad not the same experience but for $200 almost a stocking stuffer. >> can i keep up with my words -- -- >> let me ask you about roku. don't understand what it is or how it works. >> if you have netflix streaming maybe you watch movies on your laptop or

amazon has is own movies streaming and you want it on tv, there's a lot of ways to do. roku makes the box stars at $50 plug -- starts at $50 plug it into the tv and you can do the streaming. guy one for my mother last year easy enough for her to hook-up and watch old movies on netflix. >> you can take things from your computer and watch on tv? >> it takes streaming services that you watch on your laptop and putting them on your tv. >> you mentioned games, any system is hotter than the others or anything new? >> all the game consoles, x-box 360,station 3, wii, would think sales would taper off, x-box just had biggest sales month, november they cut the price you could get one for $200 similar deals on the wii and playstation 3.

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how far can the religious school away from its core believes? the heart of the matter is birth control. >> a catholic institution says it complies with the church's teaching on reproduction. the student says the school is providing conflicting information about whether or not the student health insurance plan covers contraceptives and turned away women trying to obtain prescriptions for them. >> we think contraception is a fundamental part of women's health bay she arranged a gorilla birth control clinic which will operate for several hours wednesday night which will operate a block away from the campus. >> we may need to hold something like this every semester so women can get their health bay a ford ham spokesman says "we are sure that our student rs are well aware of the catholic identity.

it is central to our mission and featured prominently on our website. we do not offer reproduck ductive health services. >> it is playing out as several other catholic universities publicly expressed concern. the recruiting lakes will force them to cover contraception in employee and student healthcare plans. some have said if forced to they will drop insurance coverage all together. as the obama administration works to finalize the regulations, some are urging the president not to allow religious organizations too broad an exemption from hhs policy to provide birth control as part of preventive care. earlier this month, congressman jesse jackson, jr. wrote to the president "to exclude millions of american women and families from cost free preventive services is discriminatory and unsound public policy. >> this dehe six has not yet been made. we want to strike the right balance between expanding coverage of preventive services

and respecting religious beliefs. >> shannon: whether or not the proposed regulation is modified it is due to take effect next august. >> shannon: now, that herman cain is out of the race, all ears are on his campaign to hear who he will endorse. team senior advisor -- cain's senior advisor tells us he is hoping that cain will hold his tongue but cain says he will endorse soon. all this as newt gingrich popularity surges in iowa. brand new polls out today. i'm shannon bream. hour number two of america's news headquarters full of election news is live from the nation's capital starting right now. but first we begin with concern here at home about election results in egypt. islamic parties have captured an overwhelming majority of votes in the first round of the country's parliamentary elections. one big concern the strong showing for a hard line group

that wants to impose strict islamic law. leland is in jerusalem with the latest. >> it seems like moderates in egypt just can't catch a break. for decades they were under a tyrannical dictator and now a military hunta and moving to an islamic regime. the muslim brother hood got about 40%. in this election the results underscore how well organized and well funded the muslim brotherhood is. they were masters at being able to get out the vote here in this election. they played things incredibly smart. lied low during the revolution and during the summer when everybody didn't care about egypt that is when they started getting out and organizing things. also the military junta there in cairo is not happy that it seems like the muslim brotherhood to use some people's words has hijacked the revolution and the values that

the revolution was about which was having a liberal democracy there inside of egypt and also have big-time economic progress in egypt. as we think about what the muslim brotherhood is about they have shown us demonstrations in the square were highly antiamerican and highly antiisrael. one of the demonstrations ended with them burning down the israeli embassy inside of cairo. the other thing the muslim brotherhood now has to contend with, though, is rather than being in opposition they have to figure out how to feed 85 million mouths in a poor country which is difficult which brings us to the final point and that is this election now puts egypt which was once a strong western ally suddenly in play. the united states gives them $2 billion a year to make their military an extremely well funded and well trained operation. that makes them a very, very useful friend to any group that would want to have a friend inside cairo. that $2 billion will be the opening bid as people have now the potential to buy off this

new hardline regime that is coming in to town. shannon, back to you. >> shannon: leland, thank you very much. live from jerusalem. fallout from the accidental nato bombing that killed 24 pakistan soldiers last month continues injuries the u.s. military is pulling its people out of shamsi air base in pakistan. u.s. cargo planes have arrived to fly out equipment and personnel. just this morning, president obama called pakistan's president to express his condolences and promise a full investigation. is the taliban a shadow of its former self? some say that appears to be the case in pakistan. security officials analysts and tribesmen from the area say pakistani military operations and u.s. drone strike have taken a toll and the pakistani taliban has fragmented into a hundred smaller weaker and cash

strapped sections. the no u.s. confirmation yet. the development comes as iron is locked into dispute with the west over tehran's nuclear program which the u.s. and its allies believe is aimed at making nuclear weapons. >> shannon: newt gingrich campaign has gotten another boost in iowa. the latest des moines register poll has the former house speaker 7 points ahead of his nearest competitor. as you can see, the poll has mr. gingrich at 25% to ron paul's 18 and mitt romney. michele bachmann and rick perry and rick santorum round out the bottom three. with less than a month left until the ka kaw caucuses the d seems to be narrowing. >> it is a two man race but the other candidates are certainly not giving up home. in fact, two candidates see an

opportunity to pick up some of herman cain's tea party suspects you port after he dropped out yesterday or suspended his campaign. here are michele bachmann and rick santorum on the sunday talk shows this morning. >> people recognize that i'm the real deal and authentic and genuine and we will pick up a lot of support from across the country. people who formerly supported herman cain. >> we have a strong consistent message that matches up better with iowa wans than anybody else. >> newt gingrich is the one with all of the momentum that the point. he was joined for a fox news for are rum. candidates were questioned by state attorneys general on a variety of issues including immigration. gingrich defended his plan to let local community panels decide which immigrants might be able to stay in this country. >> i believe they are no trustworthy. if you asked me would i trust a

jury or a washington bureaucrat. i would rather have my fate decided by a jury of my peers than have my fate decided by a washington bureaucrat. >> as for herman cain's decision to uss augusta pend his campaign the -- to suspend his campaign, the chairman of the gop says it is all part of the process. >> he has to make that decision for himself and did he. eventually we will be narrowing down the field and eventually we will have a nominee. these things are common in primaries. the candidates come and go. >> cain, of course, was the one-time frontrunner and now says he will be offering an endorsement of one of the other candidates. shannon? >> we could still be months away from knowing who lands the gop nomination. a new report says he or she could give the president a run for his money. the ras musten poll shows a generic gop candidate beating pros b -- beating president oba

by 6%. how encouraged are you by the latest poll number? >> greatly. this week's gallup poll shows president obama's poll numbers falling below those of president carters. what i'm actually more interested in is i think in the policy standpoint which is where president obama has failed to deliver, it is president obama's record that makes us look like jimmy carter has been a great success. so, i think that the president's failure on jobs and the economy s what is driving the numbers and it kin to propel a republican back to the white house. >> shannon: let me ask you. i know you want to respond to the red meat that he just through out. they lose ground when you get to a specific candidate. >> that that is exactly right. shawn would like to run a generic president against president obama. when when one of the flawed candidates, mitt romney with a number of issues, the flip

flops and his honesty or any of the other candidates are matched up against the president, the president fares better. most battleground states the president is ahead. i think shawn is living in a little bit of alternative universe. the country has created 2.9 million jobs over the past 21 months. there is something there for the american people to look at and it will be he a choice and that is what those -- that is what those h head to head polls, show. >> the reality, shannon, is 1.8 million less people are employed than they were the day president barack obama took office. i think that that is good spin but the reality is more and more people are unemployed. in fact, last week's jobs statistics. >> you should pick aing. >> hold on. last week's job numbers showd that 315,000 people stopped looking for work. that is how this current -- >> shannon: let him answer. >> i think when you look at the economy they try to put all of the best numbers up but have to

put a baseline up. when did he start off what is the total record and it is not good. a failure on debt. a failure on the economy. a failure on jobs. >> look, so depending on the month shawn wants to pick the unemployment rate when it is higher and then he wants to pick something else when the unemployment rate is lower. >> i didn't pick anything. >> the unemployment rate is at the lowest rate since the second month president obama was in office. he doesn't want to talk about the rate, he wants to talk about something else. >> pick a topic. i will talk about anything. >> 400,000 private sector jobs created in the past few months. shawn and the rnc, the republicans on the hill would love for the city to tank because they he think it would help them in the presidential election and they are chagrined that the economy is starting to show life. we are seeing slow but steady improvement in the job picture.

>> shannon: shawn, do you want the economy to collapse? >> why didn't you cheer the 8 point. >> i'm trying to make sure people watching understand. when you try to say things are getting better. i don't think if you go out into america whether it is in washington, d.c. or washington state or anywhere else in this country and you say are you doing better than you were three years ago, anybody is going to say god, i feel like i'm doing better. >> you never hear out of the republicans gosh that was a good month and let's hope for better months. >> no, you see our candidates talking about a better future and what they can do. >> they want to talk down the economy and they would be happy if not a single job were create. >> do you really think that is true? >> i do think that is true. michele bachmann one of your candidates has said that. she said higher unemployment would h help her get elected. she is your candidate, not mine. >> i think when you look at what the candidates are talking about, what they said last night with governor huckabee on his show is each one of them are laying out a vision whether it is foreign policy, the

economy or a myriad of other area where they are trying to stake out a better vision for this country and each one, frankly, has a better plan for the economy that is on their websites. how to put people back to work and make the economy stronger. that is just false is. >> putting people back to work is not vote is against construction borkers and saying we can't invest in infrastructure. not telling police and firefighters and teachers that they need to be laid off. what they have on their websites are are plans to return to the same things that were failing us in 2007 and 2008. they want wall street -- they want wall street to go back doing the same things it was doing. you know, your chosen candidate mitt romney. >> name one area that the president's economic program, name one statistic that the president has succeeded on since he has been in office. >> we have created 2.9 million jobs in the private sector in the past 21 months. you may not think that is a good record but it is a heck of

a lot better record than what we he came into office with. >> shannon: we are out of time. we could listen to this all day. next time we will celtic coats aircraft per view situation. they are good buddies in real life. important things like supporting the troops these guys come together when it is important. thank you very much. >> thanks for having us. >> shannon: as the gop presidential race narrows candidates are turning to a blue state to get much needed campaign cash. casey stegall joins us with more. hello, casey. >> shannon, good to see you. california is playing an interesting dynamic in the upcoming presidential election. there are currently a number of gop candidates stopping here and they are not necessarily trying to garner support from the voters. what they are looking for is turning to the major donors to fill their campaign coffers. from fancy dinner parties in the south near los angeles to black tie galas up north in the silicon valley region. the republican contenders are coming here time and time

again. analysts say it is smart campaigning pulling in last minute cash from california to buy up last minute ad space in the battleground states that have the very first primaries. >> many donors want to help these presidential candidates in these early states. in california, the best way you can do so is to raise a significant amount of money so that these campaigns can actually run last minute ads and i think you are going to see that in states like, iowa. >> so how much money are we talking here? here is how the numbers shake out according to the federal election commission. overall, republican candidates here have raked in more than $7.6 million for context and perspective, president obama has made a little over $10 million. mitt romney is the top gop fundraiser in the state so far with about $3.9 million followed by rick perry with 2s 1.2. ron paul in third place with

more than $790,000. and you can seize there former candidate tim pawlenty and also jon huntsman round out the top five. newt gingrich, by the way, who you do not see on that list ranks number seven even though he is topping now most of the major polls, he ranks number seven when it comes to fund raising. about $144,000 here in the golden state. shannon? >> shannon: casey stegall live in california. thank you, casey. eight atf agents involved in operation fast and fuhrous who told lawmakers they monitored the activities of gun smugglers but were told not to intervene now say their careers have take and turn for the worse for their testimony while those in charge of the operation have been promoted. william la jeunesse explains. >> any attempt to retaliate against them for their testimony today would be unfair, unwise and unlawful.

>> and yet atf agents claim that is what happened to the fast and furious whistle blowers. >> they risk everything knowing that everything they he worked for, their careers, their renditions, their finances are all going to be ruin. >> 8 agents took their stories up to capitol hill. for most it has been all downhill since. >> this is what we were ordered to do and every time we question that order there was punitive action. >> the atf forced agent john dodson out of phoenix leaving h him with a house he can't sell. he thousand lives in a south carolina apartment with his two children. larry says he has unresolved retaliation claims against the agency. agency pete fircelli was demoted to a desk job despite what washington claims publicly. >> the department of justice would not retaliate against whistle blowers. >> meanwhile none of the executives who oversaw fast and fuhrous were fired. in fact, some promoted.

david now chief of the tobacco division. former acting chief kennell son to the office of legal affairs and coordinator bill mcmahon promoted to assistant director of internal affairss. >> they are protected and all part of the club. >> the atf maintains no one was moated just transferred. so far the only person to retain voluntarily was former u.s. attorney dennis burke from arizona. things lot a little out of hand in washington today at the occupy washington demonstration. we just learned the u.s. park police moved in just before noon and began arresting protesters after they clashed over a wood building the group was trying to construct nearby. police gave the demonstrators an hour to dismantle the two story structure they were building and then moved after the deadline passed and it was still standing there. we will bring you video of this mixup there when we have it. the identity of a third victim has been released in a

case that could be connected to the craigs list murders injuries the body of 56-year-old ralph geiger of akron, ohio, was found in a shallow grave last week. he had been homeless and told friends he had a lead on a job he saw advertised and craigs list but has not been seen since. >> unbelievable how anybody could do something like this. they are absolute animals. >> police have charged two people including a 16-year-old boy with the deaths of two men whod a answered a craigs list ad in that same location as geiger. >> still to come, the payroll tax fight is heating up again. new information on word o proposal from senate majority leader harry reid, next. >> and julie banderas holiday cheer. there is some holiday giving underway. hello, julie. >> an amazing program here, trees for troops and fed ex is getting involved in trying to mark a major milestone by

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propose tomorrow a compromise plan to extend the payroll tax cut. >> shannon: senator kent conrad talking about a compromise plan to extend the payroll tax holiday but just what would it mean for you to extend that tax break? senior business correspondent brenda buttner is here to break it down for us. hello, brenda. >> hi, shannon. no question the pay check you take home now will be smaller if the payroll tax cut expires at the end of the year. a compromise will save you money. workers this year saw their payroll taxes cut 2% from 6.2%. of course, as with most things in washington, there has been plenty of fighting between the parties about whether to keep the cut. how to pay for that. also, whether we should cut it more and how to pay for that. but let's just look at what happens to your wallet should washington actually do something. the tax policy center estimates that 121 million families currently get a break from the tax break with an average

increase to pay checks of 1.7%. this works out to be about an average 934 bucks in take home pay over one year. now, that is a very broad number, however. so let's take a look at what the bureau of labor statistics and the national occupational employment and wage estimates help us see about the impact on some popular occupations and what they usually make. let's take a nurse. of a an average salary of close to $68,000 a year. the take home pay is less healthy, the nurse loses $1,400 if the tax holiday is gone next year. what about an electrician making $51,000 a year. $1,036 less in take home pay. for a home health aide at $21,000, some $400 more in taxes paid. of course, we taxpayers all pay more for this so-called

holiday. it isn't free. the price tag for the nation this year 120 billion bucks. but now compromise to do something will certainly save you personally some money right now. be shannon? >> shannon: , brenda buttner, thank you very much. >> thank you you. >> shannon: a touching holiday story. a christmas tree farm in new jersey is spreading its holiday cheer overseas to u.s. military bases. the shop plans to donate 200 trees to the troops and their families. julie banderas joins us now with all of the details. it is nice to have some good news, julie. >> yeah. it really is. and considering the fact that this has been going on since 2005 there were so many mill tar arery families not only at military bases here in the united states but overseas that get to reap the rewards of the generosity not of just the tree farms but of the public because the public can donate as well. in fact, they are taking any donations, $35 will actually buy a tree and it will go to

one of the 60 military bases here. i want to show you you video of the trees and the generosity that a lot of these military families certainly appreciate. together with the christmas spirit foundation tree farmers are donating these trees to service members stationed overseas and the christmas tree farm and christmas shop is donating some up to 200 trees for the second year in a row. they have been providing holiday trees and trimmings now for 22 years. debra phillips actually is with fed eck. if you want to come over to talk to us about this and fed ex is is amazing because you guys are traveling hundreds of thousands of miles and hoping to deliver 17,000 trees this year. >> yes, typically we will deliver 17,000 trees a year all across the country to upwards of 60 military bases and we partner with folks like the tree farmers who generously donate trees. we will do pickups here and

make deliveries to military bases all over the u.s. today is the trees for troops day so they are encouraging families to come out and you can actually donate a tree, write a card and have it go specifically to a military family. >> and there are many locations nationally. this is only one of many. you have to check locally if there is a tree farm in your area. what has been the response on behalf of the military families. many of the military families also receive wreaths, too. >> the military families have been appreciative and i think it has also been exciting for the fed ex team members who volunteer. everyone has a touch with the military families and it has been heart warming and rewarding the response we have gotten from the military families, the tree growers and from our own team members. >> thank you very much for talking to us. $35 is all it costs to donate a tree. certainly good money toward a good cause. shannon? >> shannon: julie banderas, thank you so much. well, the old man strikes again.

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>> shannon: california's so called geezer bandity has reportedly struck again for what appears to be the 16th time according to the fbi. a man fitting the geezer bandit's derobbed a bank of america yesterday. he pointed a pistol at the teller and got away with an undetermined amount of money but a dye pack exploded in the parking lot forcing the robber to leave behind a lot of that cash. >> senator john mccain says he thinks that hispanic voters in his home state of arizona and other states are "up for grabs" in the upcoming presidential election. peter doocy with that and our other top stories.

mccain said republican presidential candidates could have a shot if they can address immigration in a humane way. mccain says hispanic voters no longer believe president obama is on their side. the u.s. military is pulling its people out of shamsi air base in pakistan. a senior pakistani official tells fox news that u.s. cargo planes have arrived to fly out equipment and personnel. officials say reverend billy graham had a good night at the hospital where he is being treated for pneumonia. he was admitted to the hospital last wednesday with a fever and congestion. >> and president obama will be meet both recipients of this year's kennedy center honors tonight before the big event. neal diamond, barbara cook, yoyo ma will be honored in the ceremony. the event will be broadcast later this month.

>> shannon: knoanother showdows brewing in congress over the payroll tax holiday extension. the senate defeated competing republican and democratic plans to extend a cut in the social security payroll tax, throwing the issue to the house where the gop appears to be split on the issue. joining us for a fair and balanced debate, congressman thaddeus mccotter and congressman frank malone. thank you for joining us today. we hear an announcement that senator harry reid is going to come up with a compromise he will unveil tomorrow. first to you, congressman mccotter what do they have to do for you to be able to vote, yes? >> especially with the payroll tax we have to see a cut in government spending to match it so that people don't wind up worse off in the long run than they are in the short run. much of this is dedicated to entitlement spending like social security and we have to make sure that people don't wind up getting something today that ultimately the tax man takes tomorrow back with

interest. >> shannon: congressman, what would you need to see out of the reid proprosal. >> i want to grow the economy. the most important sting we not pay for it with something that is going to slow the economy. i would like to see it paid for with a tax on millionaires which is what senator reid originally proposed. the main thing is let's extend the payroll tax. we have to keep money in people's pockets so they spend money and grow the economy. we have to get the unemployment rate down. >> shannon: congressman mccotter how do you you respond to that. they say the way to pay for things is to tax the highest earners in the u.s. and the gop will not go along with that if they are favoring their millionaire, billionaire friends over the average american? how do you respond? >> one, i don't have a lot of friends like that. heading into an election year about might be good to. you could have higher taxes which will slow the economy or a payroll tax relief which less government which is the actual

big drag on the economy itself. the democrats like to demonize certain individuals but the worst thing you can do is continue to grow government, raise taxes to do it and as we have seen from the economic numbers come out, we had 315,000 people stop looking for work in november. don't make it harder for this economy to grow and stop playing cass war fair and let's get on with the business of growing the economy. >> shannon: when it comes to cuts and entitlements, what are you willing to consider on the table? >> i think the main thing as i said is i want to grow the economy. if you have a tax on millionaires it is is really not going to affect them that much. the problem is if you start cutting, you know, social security or medicare or some other programs that basically destroy jobs, then the opposite is going to occur. we don't want to reduce employment in the country right now and i think that the best way to deal with that is to basically say if this is paid for by those who are making

over a million dollars a year they can afford it and then we continue to put money in people's pockets so that they spend and we continue to grow. i mean i'm just very fearful of cuts that are going to essentially destroy jobs or take, you know, eliminate programs that right now are creating jobs. >> shannon: and congressman mccotter county gop afford to be seen at this point in time with the economy struggling the way that it is, not extending this payroll tax cut? i mean is there a public perception for them that would be very tough to actually vote down a measure that would do that? >> well, shannon, while the democrats like to talk about perception, i think it is best that the american people deal with the reality and the choice is to have payroll tax cut extension which you are going to have as a choice between higher taxes or less government and the republicans understand the way to grow the economy is not through more government. we saw that with the failed stimulus. we continue to see that with the inability of people to find

work in this country. when we talk about not wanting to make sure that the economy, let the economy grow but we don't want big government to grow. you have to restructure big government. you have to reduce spend. you to reduce the debt and the i.o.u. you are going to pass on to our kids. is going to hurt the economy and hurt future generations of americans and republicans will continue to oppose raising taxes for more government. >> shannon: the final word here. >> we have to be he concerned about the debt but right now the biggest problem is to grow the economy. if you start cutting entitlements like social security and medicare and medicaid it just means more jobs lost. we have to be careful in the next year or two because essentially we are starting to see signs of a recovery. unemployment went down a little last month. the amount of manufacturing and the amount of jobs in the private sector is growing. so i would be very careful

right now to make any kind of cuts that are going to directly impact jobs. i think let's eastbound tend the payroll tax. let's ex-end unemployment insurance. let's make sure that the doctors get a fair reimbursement. all these things have to be done by december 31 and i'm hopeful that the republicans will work together with the democrats to achieve those goals in a sound way. >> we can see there is still a lot of negotiating to do. congressman pallone and congressman mccotter thank you both for weighing in today. residents in southern, california bracing for more gale-force winds today. a violent windstorm brought down trees and knocked out poured concreter to thousands in los angeles. gusts of up to 60 miles an hour are expected today and authorities are hoping the increased winds do not kick up wildfires. two giant pandas getting first-class treatment in their new home. sweety and sunshine arrived today from southwest china.

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i weigh 03-pounds. i'm going to be 85 on february 1 so i'm your typical terrorist, right? in my wildest dream i couldn't picture such a thing. who could imagine that such a thing could happen. and then they took me into a private room and strip searched me. >> shannon: that is 84-year-old

lenore zimmerman. she is fuming after she says she was injured and humiliated by the tsa while traveling to florida. she was strip searched after she asked to be patted down instead of going through a body scanner. the tsa is saying "while we regret that the passenger feels she had an unpleasant screening experience the tsa does not include strip searches as part of the security protocols and one was not conducted in this case. >> when it comes to family values, character counts or does it? in an editorial on fox news .com penny nance of concerned women for america wrote isn't the truest test of character what you do when no one is watching. joining us to talk about that is pen any nance. thank you for coming in today. i know there has been a lot of discussion about this because of the accusations against herman cain which he denies. he says they are unproven.

i know you have experience working with him and you as far as you understand you never saw anything inappropriate? >> he was is always very much a gentleman and any time i was around him, never heard any whispers about his character. nonetheless is, this is very troubling the fact that five different women came forward and even the idea of him, you know, giving money to another woman without talking to his wife. there is a lot of questions. but i really was glad to see that herman cain when left he went out on top and jubilant and joyful and i hope to see other good things from him in the future. he is a good man and i look forward to working with him in the future. >> shannon: he says he is sticking around and is not going anywhere and will still be a big voice in this process. there have been questions about newt gingrich and his past. he has been open and saying he saw the forgiveness and apologies. do you think his background, even thal gibbs would b allegae

enough to sway female conservative voters. >> women are the largest voting bloc in every presidential election since 1964 and they are an important constituency to win over. i think there is work to be done. i do give credit to newt gingrich for talking about his issues and embracing his fall sawi don't know if you kaw kathleen parker's piece in the washington post but she was talking about as christians we love redemption. we hate sin but we love a sinner. and it is an important point, though. george, washington, said good moral character is the first essential in a man. most of our founding fathers talked about moral values and we have said that when you decide to run for public office your life becomes public. if you want your private life to stay private you should stay in private life. women want to know whether we can trust you and i think many of these characters have women problems, they have trust issues that we have to work

through and i think people are still deciding. >> shannon: do you think there is a double standard. there are some out there that says i don't care what happens in their personal life. i want to know if they can be a good leader and govern well. and more say we will factor that in less where republican voters especially in iowa and places where it is about family values and there are a lot of evangelical values say it is going to be a top consideration for you us and it will factor into who we vote for. >> they always worry later. they should have taken that into consideration with bill clinton. it embarrassed the entire country when they was having an affair with a 21-year-old intern. the feminist groups took the man's side. character counts whether it is bill clinton, whether it is john edwards, whether it is newt gingrich or herman cain, no matter who you are character counts and we think that as voters we have a right to discuss it and make sure we know who we are supporting.

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>> shannon: we have just gotten video of arrests made by u.s. park police today at the occupy washington demonstration. this is just in. check this out. this is a structure those folks were building, a two story wooden structure in a park here in d.c. that is where the clash started. the police gave them a deadline to take down the illegal unpermitted structure and when that didn't happen they moved in. there were clashes and there were arrests. we will keep you updated as we know more about this. the protesters there at occupy washington started building a two story structure on the site. when they refused to take it down police made several

arrests. new information concerning the downing of a u.s. drone over iran. iran clays to have shot it down today. this is coming from an iranian military source which says it was shot down in eastern iran. we are waiting for official confirmation from u.s. officials as well to tell us more about the situation. the u.s. postal service is trying to divert a death spiral by delaying the speed with which you receive your first-class mail. it will be guaranteed to arrive in two to three days instead of one to to days. it is designed to save the agency an estimated $3 billion. thousands of letters by the way are starting to come through post offices across the country all to the same address. santa claus, north poll. for the 99th year the u.s. postal services operation letter to santa is underway. matching letters from needy children to volunteers who want to help. patrick reynolds is the founder of be an elf.

the organization is to raise awareness of the postal service system. thank you for joining us today. tell us more about these letters, what folks are looking for. >> sure. the postal service has been doing this for 99 years. this year they are doing it at 75 branches around the nation. many of them a single branch in large cities like chicago, new york, washington, d.c., miami, los angeles, san francisco and so on. and the public is invited to go down to the branches and say that they want to volunteer for the operation santa program. they will be asked for i.d. and note that a lot of the branches close by 3:00 in the afternoon so you would probably need to go down earlier in the day during the week and they can then read through letters to santa claus written by children in need. deedear santa, i'm 19 years oli have a baby, i don't have any money for gifts. i'm working at a minimum wage job, please, oh, santa, all i

need is gifts tore m for my bat christmas. deer santa, my older brother needs shoes. they have holes in them. i'm really fine myself, i don't need anything myself. but please santa just send shoes for my older brother. those are the kinds of letters that you can walk out of that post office with and buy that child a gift direct from you to the child. there is no charity involved. it is microphilanthropy from a volunteer to children. and to make a needy child smile on christmas is a wonderful thing to do. if you are home alone sad and alone at the holidays and a lot of people are, get up out of your chair, go down to the operation santa post office and get a letter from a child and make them smile on christmas. if you have a family bring your children and get your kids involved. it is a wonderful program. and be an elf is just a way you

can find out about where these branches are and welcome your support. >> shannon: it is a simple way to get directly involved. be an elf.org if they want to know more. thank you so much. >> normally i'm on here talking about smoking and tobacco. my grandfather founded reynolds tobacco. today i have my santa's hat on and i'm going down to the post office to get a letter from a needy child and you can, 250. >> who will herman cain supporters flock to now that he suspended his campaign.is always is a good time to go to disneyland. up next, when the magic kingdom is even more magical, right now. [ morgan ] the super bowl.

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