in the house, democrats want to change the bill to make the estate texas bill less generous to wealthy heirs. >> it's a $115 billion. >> we're not interested in changing this deal. we're interested in passing this through. >> the white house fully expect the deal will be passed by the end of this week. >> three military veterans are suing the federal government to be reinstated after they were discharged under lawsuit from gays serving in uniform. the officers want the ban on openly gay troops unconstitutional. they want to pressure u.s. lawmakers the don't ask, don't tell law before a new congress is sworn in. >> a vote by san francisco tomorrow could put san francisco to charge a toll for drivers that drive in the peninsula. it would cost $3 each way. two can play the game. terry mcsweeney is live in san francisco to tell us what the border battle is all about. >> they say if you have a $3 toll in mind, we have a $6 toll in mind. meaning if everybody says what they might do, commuters would be paying $9 per vehicle to move between san mateo and san francisco counties. >> where some p

in the house, democrats want to change the bill to make the estate texas bill less generous to wealthy heirs. >> it's a $115 billion. >> we're not interested in changing this deal. we're interesd in passing this through. >> the wte house fully expt the deal will be passed by the end of this week. >> three military veterans are suing the federal governmento be reinstated after they were discharged under lawsuit from gays serving in uniform. the officers want the ban on openly gay troops unconstitutional. they want to pressure u.s. lawmakers the don't ask, don't tell law before a new congress is sworn in. >> a vote by san francco tomorrow cou put san francisco to chae a toll for drivers that drive in the peninsula. it would cost $3 eachay. two can play the game. terry mcsweeney is live in san francisco to tell us what the border battle is all about. >> they say if you have a $3 toll in mind, we have a $6 toll in mind. meaning if everybody says what they might do, commuters wod be payg $9 per vehicle to move between san mate and san francisco counties. >> where some peopl see vehicles, so

estatal, republicano. cuando se habla de imitar a la 1070 en texas, en la florida, en otros estados, son republicanos.ue desafortunadamente por ahÍ es por donde algunos han visto la ganancia polÍtica. no ven, por ejemplo, la secretaria de estado de texas, donde ella comprobÓ que el trabajador indocumentado contribuye a la economÍa americana, paga los impuestos locales, a veces correcto o incorrectamente, pero precisamente el dream act es de justicia porque hay quien dice: "es que nos estÁn robando" y no es cierto. se les estÁ robando a esos padres que pagaron los impuestos, que pagan las universidades. >>y esos niÑos que no tienen ninguna culpa de nada. >>exacto. pero ellos por impuestos pagados tienen derecho al institution y se les estÁ robando con un argumento polÍtico que se usa como una pelota de ping pong. >>Última pregunta, para cambiar el tema, porque usted es un experto. su reacciÓn a todo este escÁndalo de w. leks. >>tenemos dos problemas. el primero es que al que compartir inteligencia, se abrieron las puertas a lugares donde este soldado pudo meterse. >>250 cables diplomÁticos, digo, no es

estate that will go through this pipeline. we didn't want a auditors flying in from texas or oklahoma because we want to bring jobs here in france and -- here here in san francisco. as i said, it is a lot of small buildings that will be affected, and i think there will be education that needs to be done. represent some of the biggest in san francisco. i started for a very small management firm in san francisco. i represented the building of where they might be. i know where they are coming from and i know what we are going to be faced with. i really look forward to your support. >> i am a building manager, i am also a lead accredited professional and wanted to come on record as saying that we support the ordinance, although we support it with a couple of caveat. i don't have a dog in this fight. we have an energy stars or for the requisite number of years. we have been successful at managing energy usage. from the standpoint of the smaller building owner, [unintelligible] i just wanted to kind of hookups some of these folks to see what their availability is. i found zero cpmp's, item b on page 8 of energy efficiency of their qua

estatal, del alcalde, condado. si nosotros somos parte del sistema, esos distritos se hacen sin incluir nuestras voces. >> los estados de tejas y la florida ganarÍan escaÑos en el congreso. -texass electorales. aquÍ nuestra comunidad tambiÉn va a tener una participaciÓn muy importante. hay estados que hubieran perdido escaÑos si no fuera por la poblaciÓn latina. >> la combinaciÓn de cambios en la poblaciÓn, que reflejarÁn los datos del censo, podrÍa hacer aÚn mÁs difÍcil la reelecciÓn del presidente obama, porque cada asiento en el congreso representa un voto electoral lo que tal vez concederÍa mayor peso a los estados en los que obama es dÉbil para el 2012. >> el partido republicano necesita 40% o mÁs de los votos latinos para llegar a la presidencia. vamos a ver cÓmo responden los partidos. >> el censo ajustara los distritos para que reflejen los cambios obtenidos por el Último conteo de la poblaciÓn. >> a pesar de que las cifras oficiales respecto a los latinos y el centro reciÉn se darÍan a conocer en febrero, se estima que por lo -50 millones de hispanos han participado. tambiÉn las cifras se refieren a que en 18 estados van a haber cambios. >> la casa blanca dijo que el p

there are no official statistics, but lawyers, real estate agents and consumer advocates say their ranks are growing. homeowners in florida, nevada, texas and pennsylvania have filed lawsuits claiming they are victims of mistaken foreclosure. in california and kentucky, class action lawsuits have been filed on behalf of homeowners who alleged that they made all of their payments but the banks took control of the property any way. >>> time now 6:22. in the south bay a plan to boost school performance there, but this could come at the expense of adults pursuing their own educational goals. >>> well, the rain is definitely good news for some people. we'll hear from some of the people who care the most. the moment you feel run down or achy nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. >>> good morning. right now traffic is moving along okay if you're driving on bay area bridges. but they have turned on the metering lights at the bay bridge. it's very foggy. in fact it's so foggy we can't see the richmond bridge although traffic is okay. san mateo and gol

we now get two opposing viewpoints on the estate tax that has been a key sticking point for many house democrats. republican representative kevin brady of texasrl pomeroy of north dakota join us from capitol hill. both men serve on the house ways and means committee. thank you for being with us. >> hi, judy. >> couric:. >> woodruff: now, representative pomeroy, it's our understanding this compromise would mean a tax only on a very small, relatively small, 3,500 estates in the entire country. why do you think it's unfair? >> we think the agreement reached on the senate side simply went too far in terms of basically taking out estate tax as a revenue item for this country. we prefer an approach taken in 2009 and that's what an amendment that will be considered on the floor would substitute in place of the senate deal. in 2009 we had the smallest level of taxation on the states in 80 years. 99.8% of the estates in this country had no tax at allç ande believe thatç that's an appropriate way to resolve this thing. the senate deal gives away over two years an additional $23 billion just as you mentioned to the wealthiest few families at a time wh

estate tax, well below what democrats wanted. even a visit from vice-president biden last night failed to sway opponents of the plan, including lloyd doggett of texas. >> we were told yesterday by the vice-president this was a "take it or leave it" deal. we're saying, "leave it." >> lehrer: in a statement, outgoing speaker nancy pelosi said the caucus believes the agreement must be changed. she said, "we will continue discussions with the president and our democratic and republican colleagues in the days ahead to improve the proposal before it comes to the house floor for a vote." before the caucus action, the tax cut package had appeared to be gathering momentum. earlier in the day, house majority leader steny hoyer suggested democrats would have little choice but to vote for the package in the end. he spoke on msnbc. >> the president obviously made a judgment. we're going to have to determine whether we're going to make a similar judgment as to whether or not putting the economy at risk, and putting millions of americans at risk and their homes and their families in surviving, or whether or not we're going to play a game of political chicken. >>

texas, mr. green. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. green: i thank the ranking member and chair for allowing me to support. i support maintaining the estate tax, exemption of $3.5 million. that's not whais in this legislation. i believe in the value of hard work and those who are able to succeed. some perceive the estate tax as undermining these values. americans with multi-million dollar estates are not the only hard workers. we have social security recipients whoave worked but see their benefits have deliped for two straight years now. what message does it send that we are giving 6,600 families a tax break on the average of $1.5 million each but can't find it appropriate to give our seniors on fixed income more breathing room a $250 check to allow them to pay their bills. the government's calculation tells us that the cost of living has not increased over the last two years but seniors in my district have done their own calculations. the cost of electricity, gas, health care have risen dramatically. i hope to support a bill that will benefit my constituents, but this bill does not and i hope the amendment will make it better. the chair:

estatal "pemex".--el estallido dejo tambien a 52 personas heridas.--las autoridades informaron que la explosion ocurrio, presuntamente, cuando una banda de delincuentes pretendia extraer crudo de manera y tenemos la de dallas texasno de los lugares favoritos en esta Época del aÑo porque se siente la navidad y la decoraciÓn y la gente haciendo sus compras. estoy en muy buena compaÑÍa con alguien que ustedes y yo tambiÉn nos encariÑamos muchÍsimo. la jueza de mira quiÉn baila. bianca marroquÍ. >> andaba de vacaciones en mÉxico y este frÍo! >> quÉ frÍo hace. >> dios mÍo. >> esto no es nada, lo que falta. apenas comienza el invierno. >> estamos en navidad y felices haciendo un recuento de las cosas que pasaron en este aÑo. por ejemplo, estar en mira quiÉn baila. >> fue un reto al principio pero me encantÓ y me sentÍ como pez en el agua. me tomÓ un poco acosbraumme. acostumbrarme. >> lo harÍas de nuevo? >> sÍ. >> yo estoy llorando del trÍo! [risas] >> lo que tÚ haces nuevamente es el musical chicago que estrenas esta noche. >> tengo una relaciÓn con chicago ya casi de 8 o 9 aÑos. >> cuÁnto tiempo vas a estar? >> es una corta temporada para las fiestas navideÑas, tres semanas, desde hoy 20 de diciembre hasta el 9 de e

texas. he's joining us via skype. >> good morning, al, good morning, barbara. what are some signs that our real estateou have to actually catch it before it starts going up. you should look to see if housing are selling faster or slower than they were six months ago. that give you a trend point and that's easy to find out online or you ask your local real estate broker. you also keep your eye on the cheapest houses in the neighborhood. look at the houses that are selling for $200,000, $225,000. once those sma . >> barbara corcoran. >>> trac >>> actress melissa mel llano hey, you made your own lunch. yep! (mom) i'm so proud of you. the bus is here, gotta go mom. okay hunny, have a great day. look in your bag, made you something. (announcer) it's more than just that great peanut taste, choosing jif is a simple way to show someone how much you care. choosey moms, choose jif. ♪ [ gasps ] this is for you. thanks. ♪ cool. ♪ [ chuckles ] whoa! ♪ [ chuckles ] i love this part. yeah. me, too. [ lucy gasps ] [ female announcer ] this year, hallmark has all new ways to say it. [ female announcer ] this year, in

texas, mr. green. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. green: i thank the ranking member and chair for allowing me to support. i support maintaining the estate tax, exemption of $3.5 million. that's not what is in this legislation. i believe in the value of hard work and those who are able to succeed. some perceive the estate tax as undermining these values. americans with multi-million dollar estates are not the only hard workers. we have social security recipients who have worked but see their benefits have deliped for two straight years now. what message does it send that we are giving 6,600 families a tax break on the average of $1.5 million each but can't find it appropriate to give our seniors on fixed income more breathing room a $250 check to allow them to pay their bills. the government's calculation tells us that the cost of living has not increased over the last two years but seniors in my district have done their own calculations. the cost of electricity, gas, health care have risen dramatically. i hope to support a bill that will benefit my constituents, but this bill does not and i hope the amendment will make it better. the ch

texas, mr. green. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. green: i thank the ranking member and chair for allowing me to support. i support maintaining the estate tax, exemption of $3.5 million. that's not what is in this legislation. i believe in the value of hard work and those who are able to succeed. some perceive the estate tax as undermining these values. americans with multi-million dollar estates are not the only hard workers. we have social security recipients who have worked but see their benefits have deliped for two straight years now. what message does it send that we are giving 6,600 families a tax break on the average of $1.5 million each but can't find it appropriate to give our seniors on fixed income more breathing room a $250 check to allow them to pay their bills. the government's calculation tells us that the cost of living has not increased over the last two years but seniors in my district have done their own calculations. the cost of electricity, gas, health care have risen dramatically. i hope to support a bill that will benefit my constituents, but this bill does not and i hope the amendment will make it better. the ch

texas, mr. green. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. green: i thank the ranking member and chair for allowing me to support. i support maintaining the estate tax, exemption of $3.5 million. that's not what is in this legislation. i believe in the value of hard work and those who are able to succeed. some perceive the estate tax as undermining these values. americans with multi-million dollar estates are not the only hard workers. we have social security recipients who have worked but see their benefits have deliped for two straight years now. what message does it send that we are giving 6,600 families a tax break on the average of $1.5 million each but can't find it appropriate to give our seniors on fixed income more breathing room a $250 check to allow them to pay their bills. the government's calculation tells us that the cost of living has not increased over the last two years but seniors in my district have done their own calculations. the cost of electricity, gas, health care have risen dramatically. i hope to support a bill that will benefit my constituents, but this bill does not and i hope the amendment will make it better. the ch