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tell a different story. i will break it down coming up next. you stl think you're colder than me? nah. don tell me.ell tiny! [ ice crackling ] [ knuckles cracking ] and who are you supposed to be, back-up? handle it. what you looking at? ha! cat-like reflexes... whoa! [ male announcer ] the coors light silver bullet pint. it's bigger. it's resealable. it's still the coldest. don't you do it. don't you do it! [ male announcer ] frost brewed coors light. gerri: where would we be without senator tom coburn? without the oklahoma taxpayer dollars? this fellow brought us this image. your member this? the shrimp on on the treadmill. does anyone have? @%e national science foundation studying the effects on disease. they decided to do this, and they spend 500,000 taxpayer dollars doing this study. if you can get scieists to ste money, the senator is back with another study. this time uncoving waste of the department of homeland security. anthere was plenty of it. first, zombies apocalypse training. know, crazy. part of our homeland response. they were betrayed by actors who were gunned down by a milita unit

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me? nah. don tell . tell tiny!ckling ] [ knuckles cracking ] and who are you supposed to be, back-up? handle it. what you looking at? ha! cat-like reflexes... whoa! [ male announcer ] the coors light silver bullet pint. it's bigger. it's resealable. it's still the coldest. don't you do it. don't you do it! [ male announcer ] frost brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer! john: good intentions gone wrong? that is what this is. said darth frank locke, hundreds of pages supposed to protect us from the evil banks for kabbalah addition say they took neless risks and mortgages because there was deregulation. >> reckless the regulation if we do not act the bad situation will become worse. john: they got it through 848 pages. i have not read it but a lawyer who has specializes in garbage like this. >> the problem is the myth surrounding this that the biggest that is it deregulation. john: 11 george bush? >> even earlier. ronald reagan and throughout the clinton era. john: george w. bush hired 86,000 more regul

. ♪ ♪ galloping> now don, would you mind telling me what this is all about?get cleaned up before ed finds out there been some trouble. roy! what's the problem? something's happened to ed. read that. oh i don't feel so good. well maybe you're hurt worse than you think you are. read that. we've got ed bailey. if you want him back, it will cost 5,000 dollars. we'll tell you where to deliever it in 24 hours. we can't wait any 24 hours. ed can't live that long without insulin. don, you stay here. we'll get on his trail. no that was my boss, and oh don, you're in no condition to ride. you must stay here. i'll send bullet after pat he can come back and look after him. i'll write the note. take this one. come on let me help you up on the porch. i wonder who would want to kidnap ed sick as he was. i don't know, but i'm sure going to find out. bullet. come on bullet take this to pat boy. take it to pat take it to pat boy. pat will be along pretty soon ♪ ♪ (9 step close, bishop.. now wait a minute. what is this? roy rogers rode in while we were beatin

i grew up listening to howard stern and don imus. let me tell you, in comparison, pale. were the worst accents ever and when we made that phone call, we were sure a hundred people at least before us would have tried this same thing. >> they put us through. we were expecting to be hung up on. we didn't know what to say when we got through. >> sean: that would be like me doing a british accent. >> you sound like dick van dyke gone wrong. i mean, you sound appalling. >> sean: i can't do one. >> yeah. >> sean: i can do a

in the shopping malls that you do have, tell me, don, what are the anchor stores there, you're sayingc is looking really good. what's drawing the crowds? >> it is number of things. we're not malls. we're open-air shopping centers. liz: right. >> i am talking about, it is important to understand, the main coastal markets in the country, boston through washington, d.c. on east coast, northern california, southern california on the west coast and a little bit in florida too and the great quality outdoor shopping centers what we're seeing are tenants like bed, bath & beyond, tenants like restaurants traffic, health club traffic, that really is quite robust generally in those areas and that has been the case through most of 2012, markedly higher than we found in 2011, including the amount of deals that those retailers you know, want to do, leases they want to sign for the future. we'll see about 2013 from the standpoint of whether there is comprehensive tax reform. lots of things that are still certainly up in the air. but right now, most retailers, most shoppers seem to be looking through

tell you this, don. he is now out of intensive care and a bush spokesman is telling me this is just wonderful, great news for the family that he has finally been taken out of intensive care. and for some reason, it seems like singing is a theme here among hw bush. the oak ridge boys apparently serenaded him yesterday after barbara bush had made a call to them and said we need for you to lift his spirits, and indeed they did, from what we understand. the oak ridge boys sang el vira and amazing grace. and the president reportedly singing yesterday and shows he still has his positive attitude and kept his sense of humor. a lot of clarity here. he says president bush absolutely loves his doctors and nurses here. burr again, the headline, he is now out of intensive care, don. >> paul, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >>> other news now. police in new york have a woman in custody, wanted for shoving a man to his death on the subway tracks. a police spokesman says the woman was implicated -- has implicated herself during interviews with detectives but has not yet been formally charged. this is a sketch th

. ♪ ♪ galloping> now don, would you mind telling me what this is all about?at long without insulin. don, you stay here. we'll get on his trail. no that was my boss, and oh don, you're in no condition to ride. you must stay here. i'll send bullet after pat he can come back and look after him. i'll write the note. take this one. come on let me help you up on the porch. i wonder who would want to kidnap ed sick as he was. i don't know, but i'm sure going to find out. bullet. come on bullet take this to pat boy. take it to pat take it to pat boy. pat will be along pretty soon ♪ ♪ step close, bishop.. now wait a minute. what is this? roy rogers rode in while we were beating up wallace. he may be suspecious and be on our trail. drive ahead. we will talk on the way. i'll send palmer right out. ♪ palmer? palmer. what's the matter? where's the old man? he's outside. why didn't you bring him in? it's not safe to hide him here. i want you to

me. "cnn newsroom" continues with don lemon. thank you for tuning in. have a great week. and don, looking forward to seeing your show. >>> you were talking about my shoes and someone said, don't tell her that's your usher board uniform. >> which you still have to bring in. i keep asking, where is your usher board uniform, don? >> i was in new york last week and deb let me use her office. >> i even cleaned it up for you. >> thank you, deb. see you soon. always a pleasure. hi, everyone. we are going to get you up to speed on the day's headlines here on cnn. fiscal cliff talks are turning into a high-stakes game of chicken. secretary tim geithner said there's no deal unless republicans agree to raise taxes on the wealthy. >> if they are going to force higher rates on virtually all americans because they are unwilling to let tax rates go up on 2% of americans, then that's the choice we'll have to make. >> republicans are furious. they don't like democrats drawing a red line in the sand. >> i think we are going over the cliff. it is pretty clear to me they made a political calculation. >> president barack obama and gop leaders held one face to face meeting on the fiscal cliff since the

we can tell you the shopping mall will remain closed today. don, you may see some of the cars behind me of people just sprinted for the door. they left their belongings behind. there are a lot of car keys in the mall. we know at some point there will be an orderly process for people to come and claim their belongings. >> a rifle, multiple rounds and multiple shell casings found at that mall. >> reporter: yeah, that's exactly correct. right now we're in a bit of an information lag, as it were, so hopefully, you know, it's going to shed a lot more light on what happened. >> dan simon, we'll be reporting to you. dan, thank you very much. >>> other news now, it is the award for actors by actors. the screen actors guild nominations are out. did your favorite star make the cut? ok, what's fast? um, my mom's car and a cheetah. okay. a spaceship. a spaceship. and what's slow? my grandma's slow. would you like it better if she was fast? i bet she would like it if she was fast. hm, maybe give her some turbo boosters. tape a cheetah to her back. tape a cheetah to her back? seems like you have thou

don and jim, thanks very much. >>> up next why the biggest headache right now for a baseball general manager might just be taxes and the fiscal cliff. don't tell me taxes don't matter. it even affects baseball all next on "kudlow." >>> dominos have a problem with obama care. they claim it forces them to post signs with nutritional information on every product. domino's says it's done the math. there are 34 million possible combinations costing thousands of dollars at each location which of course will be passed on to customers. this is nuts! massive overregulation. and i think it's another reason why we should say goodbye to obama care. >>> now let's go from pizza to baseball. america's greatest pastime is also feeling the pain of the fiscal cliff tax hike. professional baseball players and major league owners in a fever pitch to finalize contract negotiations before year's end. brian shatner steps up to the plate now with that story. >> reporter: the potential for marginal tax rates to go from 35 to 40% is a big deal for major league baseball. i want to put it all in perspective. the minimum salary in major league baseball is just under $500,000

to do, don, is find out tomorrow morning, whether there is any progress between senator mcconnell and vice president joe biden. there is definitely hope. there is not a lot of time. >> let me tell you this, lisa. when you see the workers there, and the crew that -- and those are the people who these negotiations are about. every day americans who work these types of jobs, who are every day americans and so there you go. i think that is absolutely tells the story. >> don, i want to -- >> go ahead. >> i want to sneak in one thing we found that hasn't been reported tonight. also on the table during negotiations, have been capital gains taxes. that came up with mitt romney. a lot of his taxes come from capital gains. those are investments that affect capital gains. republicans and democrats told us there's a discussion of adding a new capital gains rate for the wealthy. that's a big deal, that's something republicans have never talked about before in the past. but it's something that has been on the table during these negotiations. i was able to find that out today. we don't know if that will be in the final deal but it's something to watch for. there's a lot more on this table, i

don lemon. thanks for joining us. new developments out of venezuela to tell you about. it is about the president there, hugo chavez, and tonight the news is about his health. on the phone with me now from havana, cuba, is cnn's patrick ottman. what did he say? >> reporter: very emotional chavez telling people here in cuba, taking the air in cuba as well, announced he has a recurrence of cancer, that he'll be returning to cuba immediately to undergo surgery. this is his third cancer that we knew of before the elections in october in venezuela. he said he'd been cured of cancer. that the doctors essentially saved his life. it turned out that that information was incorrect and hugo chavez in a very emotional address tonight to the people of venezuela said he needed to return to cuba immediately to undergo surgery and that his life is essentially on the life. he said good-bye to venezuela, said the support of the vice president -- and hugo chavez perhaps looking at mortality in the face. >> i think it's interesting that he said good-bye to the people of cuba. should we be reading anything into that? >> reporter: i think absolutely. it's been a year and a half where hugo chavez has

meeting and my friend don davis as they are and he says well, you know, you know, i'm talking about going into a field, look into the sky and see what you see. he couldn't tell me well it turns out that the concept of a circle was a radical new invention and to change things. having it right under your nose does not give it as a module. [inaudible] to put it up in your brain and we have times of these things. after peter had been living with blabbering services for thousands of years. the big question is what is there right now that could be turned into my tool. of some kind. when we missing. what do we have in our concepts that we can't see beyond and not the tools with which we look at reality. people who don't have any of these concepts at all, all of a sudden this new vista opens up to you at ways to reopen up to things. the concept in here that abandons the sheer dependency on matter and looks at something that those of us don't look at. it is sometimes so bigger is that it has an identity and we will do just about anything to maintain that identity. and it is a solid and persistent thing and it's right under our nose. we look at it everyday. [inaudible] s

don? >> so don't leave me hanging. what is fedex saying about this? how are they responding? >> fedex is saying the documents they don't telly'll continue to defend the allegations. fedex also noting that customers who have billing issues can get refunds online or call the company. something tells me e-mails aren't going to be enough. plaintiffs will need proof they were overcharged. we'll keep following this and see how all of it plays out. >> appreciate it,alson kosik at the new york stock exchange this morning. >>> nfl hall of famer dick butkus not on the gridiron but capitol hill. >> it's time to send a clear message that performance-enhancing drugs have no place in sports, especially the nfl. >> while the league and the union battle over drug testing, a growing concern about how this issue affects younger athletes trying to gain an edge. from the best players in history to the number 1 club in the world. the potential of manchester united unlocked. nyse euronext. unlocking the world's potential. social security are just numbers thinkin a budget.d... well, we worked hard for those benefits. we earned them. and if washin

don, there are 46 families that have already met their perspective adoptive children and the children are bonded with the parents. and what state department officials are telling me they hope at least they can resolve these cases already in the pipeline before trying to negotiate with the russians on lifting the ban entirely. >> elise, how is this decision being spun by russia's leaders? >> well, they're saying it is about the welfare of the children. you might remember there have been some cases of abuse and even deaths in the case of russian children who have been adopted in the united states. but the u.s. and the russians have spent the last almost two years negotiating an adoption agreement that was signed in november and so the u.s. is saying this really -- these types of concerns are not at play, this is total politics, payback for the so-called -- that the u.s. imposed for russian officials that are involved in human rights abuses. and they're saying that this is not fair to take it out on the children. >> the reaction from russian citizens to this ban? >> well, the russians are split about this. we have seen a lot of russian adoption agencies and ngos ups

me yesterday. >> thank you, mr. chairman, the minority -- [talking over each other] >> i can tell you i'm going to hang. >> nothing can move don young from the center. >> that is the size of that. it takes five people to move it. >> that is right. >> thank you, mr. chairman. chairman, i have been involved in the issue of high-speed rail since early on in my career in congress in nearly 90s, on the appropriations committee, designated the first proposed high-speed rail routes in america and one of them was from eugene, ore. british columbia, and we will hear a little later from paula hammond who is secretary of transportation from washington who will describe our progress or lack mara of, small amount of progress in achieving those goals but we are plugging away at it. this is not an easy thing. right of way issues are come w hyundai motor first segment from madrid to the coast and had a chance to ride on it and they said we want that too and now have a system that moves people fairly long distances fairly quickly, has changed real-estate market, businesses, has been a tremendous boost for the economy but this is major changes

don? >> deb, thank you. we'll get back to deb in a minute. i want to tell viewers where we are right now. at the newtown methodist church just in front of me.is churchill road that you're looking at here in newtown. just beyond that satellite truck you see down there is a road that leads to the school and it's being blocked off by police as you can see. the people here, it is unbelievable to watch their faces and to come into town today and see -- you can see the pain. it is visible on their faces and it is palpable here. and over the next hour, as long as i'm on the air here, we're going to be as respectful as we can about telling you the story and many things we're going to learn along with you and so bear with us. we may not get it all right, but we are here to inform you but to be respectful of the victims and the people dealing with such a horrific tragedy. i'd like to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. this is unspeakable what happened in this town yesterday. 20 children massacred along with six adults at the sandy hook elementary school. police say the shooter and we'll say his name once in this broad