tonight is on. gop presidential candidates is hitting the airwaves to capture every birthday candle for the all important issue caucuses and the victory is seems to be up for grabs. check this out. recent poll shows 45% of iowa voters say they could still change their minds. what are the candidates doing to make sure they wrap up the votes. griff jenkins joins us live from iowa. >> reporter: it's quiet now but that is about to change. one week from tomorrow, iowa voters will have the first say in the country as who they would like to see the republican presidential nominee. one candidate today, rick santorum was on the campaign trail about 30 minutes from here hunting with prominent conservatives like steve king. he has campaigned more than any other candidate here in the state. he received a major endorsement just before the break, but he

isn't leading the polls. according to the real clear politics average, ron paul is leading the pack with just over 22% romney, 21%. grin gingrich, 14%. then rounded out with perry, 12%. michele bachmann and santorum behind them that. now, it's going to be all about retail politicking tomorrow, it will be a battle of the buses. you've got gingrich, romney, perry and michele bachmann, all launching major bus initiatives. romney will give a major speech to iowa voters. he'll have a three-day tour. gingrich is unveiling his bus and bachmann tell me that bus tour is going to all 99 counties and they have already gone to 74. they will pick up and try to finish where they left off before the break.

here is what our viewers need to know what is happening. this has a population of just over 3 million. the turnout of iowa caucus will only be about 120,000 to 140,000. it was 118,000 in 2008. that is significant, in over 1700 republican precincts, you are going to have a small number of folks turn out. it's a seven candidate field. anything can happen here. it will be all eyes on that as we go forward. as you mention in the lead in, 45% undecided, nearly half of the small pool is undecided. that is going to be rearcable. it could be romney or santorum who will join us on this program in a few minutes. >> we'll talk to him live. you mentioned how important retail politics are in iowa but

new ads are being launched. give ace sense, do those make difference with potential iowa caucus goers. it's not a personal touch but it is on the tv screen. >> reporter: absolutely. the ads hit the airwaves, one from mitt romney suggesting there is imperative for the country to stop saying money. perry, says the problem with washington is congress itself. it's in that 45%. if you imagine you take 120 something thousand voters out of three million that ho is going to brave the cold to turn out. last thing they saw was that ad, it could be very influential and very important as well in politics. our flight was delayed almost three hours delayed in atlanta. i was talking to a des moines

resident. he and his wife had gotten through four different candidates, he says he doesn't have any idea what he is going to do. he probably isn't going to decide. it's not a vote, its caucus, so you go to your small precinct. somebody will make a short speech for each candidate and the process takes two hours. it's labor intensive. that is really the story we're watching tonight. i'm going to try and follow that and talk to folks tomorrow for you on where the minds of the iowa voters are. we look forward to that. thank you so much, griff. to cam pair the virginia battle, now newt gingrich is coming under attack himself. he compared it to the japanese attack on pearl harbor. he wrote on his official page, newt and i agreed that the

analogy is december 1941. we have experienced an unexpected set back but we will focus with increased determination and positive action. more than 2300 americans were killed at pearl harbor. did speaker gingrich go too far. dougschone joins us live. the numbers seem to change day by day? >> in iowa it's clear newt gingrich has been hurt by the negative ads. you were talking to griff about that. certainly there has been impact there. in virginia. what you were talking about. speakerer gingrich has been leading in the polls and he won't be in on the primary ballot. so five of the seven candidates are not going to be on the ballot. i don't think pearl harbor is appropriate analogy. that was a sneak attack. gingrich has known what the

petition requirements were. with 2300 people knocked off the ballot, it's hardly analogous. >> he has acknowledged that. it was his own fault that they didn't get things done as early as they needed to in virginia which is where he lives. what do you make of the critics it proves their point. folks that mitt romney supporters, they say his campaign is not focused? >> i think we have something of a point. organization matters. it's critically important in iowa as you and griff were discussing. it's important across the country, but bottom line, as important as organization is message. bottom line, in the tracking polls that gallup and others are doing, newt gingrich is neck and neck with mitt romney. in the south and florida and south carolina, come the end of january, gingrich is well ahead.

that could change as you were suggesting but bottom line, speaker's message of conservatism has done really well. >> let's talk about ohio. it's viewed as bellwetherer state in recent presidential politics. let's look at the way numbers. presidential primary. we have gingrich at 36%. nearest is romney at 18%. ron paul, 7, bachmann at 5%. that was earlier in december but that is a key state whether for winning a primary or beating president obama. what do you make of those numbers? >> critically important. my recollection is same day as super tuesday. if gingrich doesn't get back on the virginia ballot which is increasingly likely, he will need ohio to counterbalance the obvious loss he will face in

virginia. ohio is a swing state. it's the heartland. it suffered economic devastation during the recession. gingrich has to win there throughout the south to demonstrate the continued viability of his candidacy. >> and how unsettled do you think the primary race will be. there are so many key states but that is through march. will the field be winnowed or have a clear winner at that point? >> if mitt romney wins iowa and wins new hampshire i think he'll have an undeniable amount of momentum. he will be the clear and obvious front-runner. however, if say ron paul wins iowa and then romney is a close race and wins new hampshire and gingrich wins south carolina and/or florida, then we'll be in a muddled situation going into february. given this is not winner take all at this point but proportional representation, my best guess, if ron paul should

prevail in iowa as the polls suggest he might, then i think super tuesday could be critical. >> what do you make of the rumors at that point we could be looking at someone in the race as third party candidate or looking to get. in we saw donald trump change his voter i.d. to unaffiliated. it's about the tension with him or is he seriously considering a bid? >> i think there is room for a third party. i worked with americanselect.org to put an alternative ballot line in the 50 states. it's a legally possibility given voter dissatisfaction. as for donald trump, it's unclear. he has announced and pulled back numerous times over the last few elections. most recently in the spring when he all but declared and pulled back to stay on the air

prentice. i think it's not exactly certain that he'll be a candidate. i wouldn't hold my breath. doug shooen, thank you so much. >> are we in for an iowa surprise? huckabee says yes. he won iowa back in 2005 and now he is calling rick santorum that could shake things up. what is senator santorum doing? senator, great to see you. i hope you and your family got a little bit of christmas break? >> we had a couple days off and it was wonderful spending with it kids. hi, kids, we got into iowa and we a little hunting but we're ready to hit the trail. >> we saw the pictures, how did you do? >> i did great. any time you are hunting it's a

great time whether you get any or not. i knocked out about four. i call clean kill. there was joint kills where everybody had a shot at it. i had a lot of fun and my son got his first bird. that was highlight. day for me. >> you are hunting for voters out there in iowa. you have been incredibly thorough. you have spent a lot of time with family. do you think it's going pay off even though the polling doesn't have you near the top of the iowa caucuses, come next tuesday night you could surprise the people? >> no question. last week or so we've picked up not just the endorsements but people here in iowa are starting to focus. they are trying to find the alternative. someone who is a conservative who they can trust who can get the job done, who can lead the country and strength and courage to take on tough issues as well as overseas. i've always believed in the

people of iowa. you had to work hard and 'meet the people. that is what we've done and communicated that message and i'm feeling really good we're going surprise a lot of folks. >> you are all there in iowa. how well do you have to finish past the hawkeye state? >> you saw from the polls, we are sitting there at the bottom. among the six candidates that are campaigning, our feeling there is really three primaries going on. ron paul has his own primary, gingrich and romney are sort of establishment primary and three vying for the conservative mantle to go up against the gingrich-romney duo. i feel good about it. if we can do that we're off to the races here and conservatives around the country just like they are doing in iowa will start rallying around our campaign. >> do you need a top three finish? >> i don't know. my feeling is when you are

sitting last, if you can do better than that, that is good. as you look at the polls and just feel it on the ground, we're picking up momentum. we've got over a thousand caucus captains. people going, griff talking about people going to the polling places. there will be around thousand caucus locations. not every one but almost all of them and no other campaign is going to have someone there and speak on our behalf. someone who has met me on the campaign trail, they can bring a little passion and commitment. about a third to 40% of the people who are coming to these caucuses are still going to be undecided. i feel very good we have the organization and we've done the work here. we've got the message and consistent track record that will make all the difference. >> i want to ask about the newest ad, pop-up ad, 80s, it

reminds me of vh-1 and pop-up that tells you additional information. it talks about the family and who you are. it's very positive. do you think that is what voters respond to? what about negative ads? >> if i heard anything from the people of iowa, they don't want the negative ads. sure do they work, of course they work. what they want to see who you are. they are not voting necessarily on check list of issues. those issues are important. they are trying to understand whether you have the character that is necessary, the courage, the drive to take on barack obama and defeat him. whether you are the kind of person they can trust. that is why i've done the campaign i have. so people can get that sense of confidence we are exactly the kind of person you could feel comfortable with. rush lamb but a said you never

have to worry a night that i wasn't trying to do the right thing in the oval office and that is what i hope the people of iowa picked up. >> the polls show 45% of potential caucus goers have not decided one week out. what do you think is going to be the tipping point for garnering those voters? >> i'm very excited about that. if you look at all the polls, our name recognition is lower than everybody else. as you know from the debates, we haven't gotten the coverage as everybody else. people are beginning to discover us and our plans to cut five trillion dollars over the next five years, to drastically reform the tax code, to revitalize the economy and small town rural america. those ideas are beginning to take hold here. the hard work we've done, grassroots organization we've built, all of that is focused on the idea that people will be coming into the caucuses undecided and we'll be the new,

fresh alternative coming down the stretch to pick up this big surprise finish here in iowa. >> senator rick santorum, thanks for taking a break on the campaign trail. >> thank you so much and appreciate it. new violence exploding across iraq. it comes after the last u.s. troops pulled out. the general called the decision to withdraw an absolute disaster. what does he say now, general kean goes on the record and look north korea. reverend billy graham. his son franklin graham talks with greta. and jobs biggest issue across the nation and focus on many college students. what are they looking for in 2012, greta hits several campuses to find out.

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>> shannon: it's getting worse. new deadly attacks in iraq, suicide bomber killed 7 people outside the ministry. latest attack by suspected insurgents linked to al-qaeda.

16 bombs exploded last week killing 17 people and injuring hundreds more. this is after the last u.s. troops pull out. d the question is, did the u.s. leave too soon and what should we doing now? general kean is here, thank you so much. you have a wealth of experience that most of us will never understand. we talked about this a couple weeks ago and you were worried this is what we would see. >> it's really tragic. we never should have pulled the troops out. second thing, almost three years when this administration came into power, they immediately started pushing away from the malaki government. he had choices. he had a long term strategic relationship with the united states. he has nefarious activities and he has to be influenced and controlled which we weroing when ryan crocker was there over the three years, malaki has moved away from us, hardened his

position and moved closer to the iranians. at the same time he has been pushing back on some of the democratic reforms and consolidating. in doing this, he has created this political space between the sunnis and sheas. sunnis feel very, very insecure about this. extremists are between the political space and now taking advantage of this situation. it will get worse before it gets better. >> shannon: that was going to be my question. will it resolve at some point, will it get better or is it going to evolve? >> dangerous thing we have in front of us, if malaki continues down the road he is on, he is disenfranchising the sunnis who joined the political process. that what brought the level of violence down so significantly in 2008 and 2009 it was down. if they can't see political

objectives achieved, then we will head towards a civil war. what we will be seeing will be minor compared to what can happen. >> shannon: you mentioned the consolidation of power where the primer nouri al-maliki has called the arrest for his own arrest of his own deputy. that can't be building bridges? >> for months he has been moving key sunni leaders out of the military. he has pulling some away from key appointments. now, the capstone event he ordered the arrest of his vice president. this is all about consolidating his power base and removing any political threat to himself. by disenfranchising the sunnis, the country is going to boil over. consolidation of power that nouri al-maliki wants to achieve is going to destabilize his government. >> shannon: we are out, decision by this administration and

discussed much earlier. the fact we are gone now. what can we do, what should we do? >> we have an embassy, largest embassy we have any place in the world. the problem is we don't have much influence. troops would have given that influence just as we had done in germany, italy and japan pstd world war ii and korea. that provided us influence and it was a stabilizing factor. right now we don't have the influence, we sent general petraeus. we sent a general chief of staff from the army, but prior to that he worked with maliki for two years as commander of all forces in iraq. the administration has tried to reestablish a relationship and therefore has some influence. we'll just have to wait and see if it takes hold. >> shannon: sit too late? >> i suspect it is. >> shannon: you were one of the

co-authors for the plan for the surge. many people thought it was successful and something that improved conditions greatly. when you heard the decision was for us to leave, we were trying to negotiate immunity for troops do you think we could have pushed harder. a lot of polls show american people, many are relieved we don't have a presence in iraq? >> i can understand that. wart we started in 2003, wasn't the kind of war we expected. it dragged on for eight years mostly because of our own fault. we had the wrong strategy for three of those years. we finally turned it around with so-called surge strategy which was countered insurgency. we changed the fundamental nature of the war. we were very successful, in 18 months the war was turned around completely at bush had defeated the insurgency by 2009 by the time obama administration had come in. it was a wing and nod, we had

a -- wink but the fact that we would renegotiate again after the iraq election of 2010. troops for the last 18 months have not been in any combat and no intent for them to be in combat in the future. they would be stabilizing force. but the administration never spoke in favor of that. there was no education of the american people as to why we would want to keep troops like we had done after previous wars. that case had never been made. the only thing american people heard we're going end this war and bringing the troops home. >> shannon: now we will watch to see what the end result. thank you very much. >> coming up, a different approach, reverend franklin graham says president obama should invite north korea's leader to a basketball game. reverend graham goes on the record, next.

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>> shannon: one week after the death of kim jong-il world waits on edge to see what north korea does next. south korean met with the new leader kim jong un. >> franklin graham spoke with greta. >> nice to see you. >> greta: reverend i know there has been so much talk about north korea with kim jong-il

dying but he is not the one. that is his son and your father billy gram met him in 1992. we have extraordinary video. can you tell me under what circumstances that your father met with kim jong un? >> we thought was very unusual, my father felt this was going to be an opportunity to try to have some kind of christian influence in this regime. the government, of course, is atheist, its communist country. there are many christians that live in north korea. before the second world war ii it was known as the jerusalem of the east. high father felt the embers of faith were still in and he wanted to preach the gospel of jesus christ which he had he

gave him to speak at presents test tenant church. that trip led to another trip in '94 which led to a trip for my mother few years after that. it's opened up the door for myself and billy graham evangelistic associations. >> greta: we so rarely get footage of the son. he is the one who all the people in north korea credit with fighting the war against the united states, being heroic with incredible powers. he is really the one. he is looked up with such add raise by the people? >> no question. he is revered. not just the fight against the united states. it goes back to the fight against japan, freeing north korea from japanese occupation

in. later we had the war with the united states. this man is revered. it's almost a worship in that country. the fact that he liked my father the fact that my father met with him on two occasions, that has made the people of north korea revere my father in many ways. they respect his name. you've been with me, you've seen it for yourself. they still revere billy graham because billy graham was a friend of their great leader. >> greta: and he would invite your father and have conversations with your father because it is said especially back then, it's so isolated from the rest of the world. viewers should know that every wom room i was in with you, there are pictures of him. he is the one that his son who recently died. he is the one that they think

was the protector that created this country and isolated it. >> it's true, greta. those meetings with my father, his son was steirg to have better relations with the united states. this has been 20 years, greta. nothing has really changed. unfortunately with the death of his son, we hear all had harsh rhetoric about his past and alleged crimes. we should not be looking backwards but united states should be looking forward. how do we build a relationship with his son? sn how do we move our relationship further down the road? the son was great man. he led their nation, whether you agree with it or not, he fought the japanese and won. he fought against the united states and fought them to a

standstill with the help of china, but the people in that country, they worship this man. they see him as the father of their nation. more than that, it's almost deity. >> greta: i want to make sure, we understand they are incredible hardships for these people. they have none of the freedoms. they don't have freedom of speech or freedom of religion so you are using the term great in a slightly different context than we might otherwise think? >> i'm using in the context they would use it. fighting the japanese and freeing themselves from japanese occupation. they see him as a great man in that respect. he did build the country with a lot of industry. back in the '50s, north korea was more highly developed in the south. there were a lot of things he did for his people during that time.

no question, the people in north korea are suffering. they are suffering today, probably more there than any other nation on the face of this earth. they need our help. this is why the united states needs to be engaged with the people of the dpk. this young leader. for obama to invite him to this country to come to a basketball game, to tour this country, to sit down and talk with the president. the president has such a wonderful time of personality i think he would be able to win him over. if we don't take these steps, i don't know what will happen in the future. it will stay on the same course as for the past 60 years. i believe as kim jong-il's father, if he had lived, there would have been a much better relationship between the united states and dpk. >> greta: reverend, nice to talk to you. to see your father as well as kim il jong's son.

and reverend, thank you very much, sir. >> thank you, greta. >> shannon: it is an alarming amount of waste. nation is drowning in debt. many americans are suffering to stay afloat you would think congress would be watching the bottom line and do anything they can to help americans. griff jenkins investigated and what he found you may find it shocking. >> tom coburn, he announced the unnecessary signatures your tax dollars to the tune of $6.5 billion. >> what is $6.5 billion with the national debt exceeding $15 trillion. here coburn asked three major questions. number one, can we afford these things with natural deficits exceeding one trillion dollars? number two, do the initiatives match your understanding of the

role of the federal government? number three, do they represent national priorities? keep those in mind as we highlight some of our favorites. >> history of electronic games received over $113,000 for the preservation of video games. that is not the only thing gobbling up your american tax dollars. in california, one lucky filmmaker received half a million to make a movie how rock and roll contributed to the collapse of soviet union. the band that helped bring down the soviets, the nitty-gritty band. in kentucky they received $175,000 to extend a program that studies the correlation between cocaine use and high risk sexual behavior of the japanese quail. >> chocolate festival got 50

thiod to help the emerging chocolate industry. in maine the national science foundation approved a four-year $900,000 grant for researchers to study how dragon robots can help preschoolers learn language schools. >> had here in washington, this international house of pancakes was built with $800,000 worth of funds, if you take a look around dozens of shops and multiple banks, it's anything, but and you can understand why the senator calls this project pancake for yuppies. >> in pakistan, busy squandering the cash. in one program they wasted $30 million trying to prop up farmers but the inspector general said it didn't achieve the goal and project was stalled

or as senator says, the magees were mangled. >> and they also gave a pakistani art organization $10 million to begin production on a remake of sesami street for pakistani audiences. it didn't make the cut, but elmo is the only original cast member headed overseas. >> another example, viewers will be shocked to learn that the united states actually gives millions of dollars annually, over $17 million last year to our largest debt holder china as foreign aid. >> so happy new year, america. perhaps congress's new year's resolution 9% approval rating should be to cut national debt every day instead of adding every day as the senator suggests in his report. >> shannon: high unemployment

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there has been an arrest in the case of an american soldier that was shot and left paralyzed at his own welcome home party. accused gunman surrendering at the scene of the shooting east of los angeles. army specialist christopher sullivan remains in critical condition. doctors say he will never walk again. >> three people have died following the crash of a helicopter on o en route to pick up a heart transplant. they were all killed. chopper traveled from majo clinic from jacksonville to gainesville. the heart could not be used for another transplant because the time expired. now, we return to you to on the record. >> shannon: next generation of

american voters, college students, we begin our special series, road to 2012. we wanted to find out what college students are looking for in their next president. going to three universities in the washington area. republicans and others that are undecided. topping their concerns is economy and jobs. >> greta: first question, what is most important issue for 2012 for you? >> jobs. >> jobs and economy. >> greta: why? >> because what we're looking at. when we graduate, we're looking at $100,000 in tuition rates, we want to see jobs for us. a lot of us want to get married and we have to support a family. those are important issues, especially as go to junior or senior year or grad school.

what obama has done for the nation, there are not the jobs out there. >> greta: you said the economy. tell me why? >> we are about to graduate from college. we are looking for jobs. unfortunately the way the economy is, we can't find the jobs. secondly the economy is putting a burden on our pockets. unfortunately that means we don't have the money we need to be able to get married, to be able to support ourselves and unfortunately the way the economy is going, we're all pretty nervous about it. >> greta: do any of you have jobs lined up? >> i'm working on it. >> greta: you look a little pensive about it? >> this is more important about this election. i don't think the president of united states is going to create a job for plea. >> greta: top interest for any of you ahead of economy? >> i agree whether the president

can create jobs or not. i do believe the president should foster an environment for jobs to be created. whether he creates them or not, i don't think as conservatives i don't think most of us would look for the government to create jobs in and of itself. for me the less government intervention the better the economy is going going to grow. i do believe it's the president's job to foster and spur and create an environment in which businesses feel competent enough to invest in capital and hire people. >> greta: let's start with you. i'm curious, when you go to a vote this next election, what is your attention on. is the economy, jobs, security? >> i'm a journalism major but i'm interested going into the state department. to me it's foreign policy and

international relations is one of the key issues. also i'm going to be out into the world when i graduate when the person takes over as president. the jobs and economy are issues i'm looking at. >> greta: michael, what matters most to you in this election? >> no question the economy. you read the papers, the economy is showing signs of growth but unemployment is still high. as i get ready to put my feet into the professional world, i want to know i have a job. this next president can assure me of their policies. that is the way i think the election should be going. >> greta: what matters to you this time? >> absolutely the economy. >> greta: no doubt bit? >> no doubt about it. >> greta: what is second? >> education. >> greta: how is the economy doing? >> crappy. it's not doing too well, but it

has not to do well for us to change it. i don't just see it as a crappy situation but i see it as an opportunity. i see as americans getting more and more and tired and upset and less tolerant of it. i think that is absolutely necessary if we want to change anything, kinds of bad is not good enough. we need to be things really bad, as we've seen occupied protests get in the streets and put their bodies on the line. >> greta: economy is your focus? >> economy is the most important thing. economy is getting better, unemployment went down this month. so we are seeing a decline. >> greta: a lot of people have been discourage and left

unemployment that is an issue? >> true. but accountability in terms of statistics, but the economy is still most prevalent issue in the political spectrum. >> greta: what is the most important issue for you in voting this time? >> i definitely, biggest issue is how a candidate and his stance on things, economy and budget. how a candidate wants to face those issues. >> greta: social issues in some years have been important in some years. in terms, economic issues, social issues, what tops your list? >> wo i would say jobs and economy are top of my list. that is where people are hurting the most. >> greta: michael, what are you looking for? >> i'm looking for a candidate

that has a strong record on the economy and progressive record for social issues as well. >> greta: and economy as one of the main issues and we've heard from other students. a have a rarely discussing national security. we're in a different situation with iraq war and afghanistan than we were four years and going back eight years ago. is that issue among your friends an issue that is not high on the tally right now in importance? >> national security, terrorism and things like that, will always be high on the agenda. honestly things are hitting the people is unemployment, it is the economy. that is what people feel. you feel it in the pocketbook, when you gas up your car, you feel that. that is what matters to people the most right now. >> greta: if the unemployment rate stays the same or gets worse, will any of you who

currently intend to vote for president obama change your mind and vote for the republican candidate? no matters what the unemployment does you are in for obama? >> i would like to explain why. i think the unemployment number, i would have no problem blaming the republican congress for not even looking at the american jobs. the president is doing something on the issue of economy. i see republicans are putting policy over country right now. >> shannon: crews work to free a fishing boat. also, we go out to a special friend this christmas. you don't want to miss this hoild holiday surprise. get ahead of it! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defend against digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. hit me! [ female announcer ] live the regular life.

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>> shannon: you've seen the top stories but here is the best of the rest. help finally arrived for a russian fishing boat that has been stuck for more than a week. south korean ship came to the skew and it had underwater ice tearing a hole in it's hull. they had to go all the way from new zealand to help the boat. now to nepal where crowds turned out for the olive elephant race. they took part in other activities like elephant ball. why do they do it? organizers say they it will actually attract more tourists. >> in china, it is the ice and snow sculpture festival. you can see palaces and huge pakodas carved from ice.

the artists light them up with multicolored electric lights. tourists can catch the light testing. festival launches next week. justin beiber played the role of santa claus. he gave out a new car. he surprised his childhood friend with a new mustang convert i believe. threw have it the best of the rest. coming up, your last call, one more quick round before we turn off the lights. there is something you probably didn't know about president obama's hawaiian vacation. that is next. ask someone in texas if they want "big" savings on car insurance, it's a bit like asking if they want a big hat... ...'scuse me... ...or a big steak... ...or big hair...

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when bp made a commitment to the gulf, we knew it would take time, but we were determined to see it through. today, while our work continues, i want to update you on the progress: bp has set aside 20 billion dollars to fund economic and environmental recovery. we're paying for all spill- related clean-up costs. and we've established a 500 million dollar fund so independent scientists can study the gulf's wildlife and environment for ten years. thousands of environmental samples from across the gulf have been analyzed by independent labs under the direction of the us coast guard. i'm glad to report all beaches and waters are open for everyone to enjoy. and the economy is showing progress with many areas on the gulf coast having their best tourism seasons in years. i was born here, i'm still here and so is bp.

we're committed to the gulf for everyone who loves it, and everyone who calls it home. >> greta: 11:00 is almost here, flash studio lights because it's time for last call. payroll tax hike finally ended and the president finally got to hawaii but did he get an

early start? check out this clue on jay leno. >> president obama said he was postponing his vacation until the payroll tax legislation passed? he said something the other day that made me think, well, you be the judge. >> with respect to my vacation, i would not ask anyone to do something i'm not willing to do myself. some of you might have been looking forward to sun and sand. but the bottom line is that we're going to stay here as long as it takes to make sure that the american people sign the bill by january 1. >> and busted. that is your last call. lights are blinking and we're closing down show. thank you for being with us tonight. let greta know what you thought about tonight's show. you do not want to miss