this is how governor brewer sees herself. all the news and commentary and michael moore now on "countdown." >>> good evening from new york. this is tuesday december 14th, 693 days until the 2012 presidential election. and as wikileaks founder julian assange is granted bail and kept in jail. he makes clear he has no interest in becoming a quiet noncontroversial defendant. in our fifth story, the epic constantly evolving battle between leaks and secrets as old as time, itself, or between truth and war takes a new form. filmmaker michael moore posted part of the bail money for assange. today a british judge granted the bail in 200,000 pounds, the equivalent of $316,000 american dollars, but kept assange in custody while swedish prosecutors immediately challenged the decision. britain's high court will hear the appeal. swedish government wants assange extradited for questioning regarding alleged sex crimes. assange assange's lawyer saying, they will not spare expense to keep more assange in jail. assange released a statement dict

this is how governor brewer sees herself. all the news and commentary and michael moor now on "countdown." >>> good evening from new york. this is tuesday, 693 days until the 2012 presidential election. as wikileaks founder julian assange is granted bail and kept in jail. in our fifth story the epic evolving battle between leaks and secrets as old as time itself or between truth and war takes a new form. filmmaker michael moore posted part of the bond money for assange. he joins me in a moment. the equivalent of $316,000 american but kept him in custody while swedish prosecutors challenged the decision. the swedish government wants assange extradited for questioning for war crimes. they clearly will not spare any expense to keep mr. assange in jail. this is really turning into a show trial. part of the hearing, assange released a statement dictated to his mother christine after she visited her son in prison. my convictions are unfaltering. i remain true to the ideals i have expressed. this circumstance shall not shake them. i

she says she was running from his neighbor's house, joseph brewer. she pounded on his door, saying someone was after her. he called 911 but she took off, vanishing into the wields. >> i could have saved that girl if i had known something was going to happen. >> reporter: her mother and sister believe she called 911 on her own. >> her last phone call was 23 minutes to 911. when she was grabbed and put into the truck. the police missed her by five minutes. >> she was basically running away trying to leave and he -- it was heard, get away from me and she was running and knocking on neighbor's doors. >> he's trying to kill me help me. >> reporter: police searched joseph brewer's home and towed this suv but will not comment. brewer did speak to abc news from inside his mother's house. >> the truth will come out. >> reporter: reports say he admitted gilbert was at a party at his home but became agitated and left. >> this picture was taken if february. >> reporter: lorraine is another mother waiting news for his daughter megan. >> my mother's intuition is t

brewer. >> yes. >> that's unclear. mr. brewer says she left because she was agitated and fled, presumably then went to the neighbor's house, after there, the timeline gets very gray. that's when police went back and interviewed mr. brewer a number of times, and now they're back at his house today. but again, he has not been arrested in this case. they have been out there because that 911 call that shannon gilbert made identified the man, so police went out there and they contacted him and they questioned him on several occasions, and now they're back at that house, megyn. megyn: this is incredible, and now you're talking about four other dead bodies in another region of the country. i mean, we're going to stay on this. this is obviously disturbing on a number of levels. trace, thank you. >> yes, okay. megyn: well, just coming into "america live" at this moment, stunning new numbers on what americans think of the job that president obama is doing. we've got that breaking news for you, three minutes away. >>> plus, las vegas

cameras were rolling our first clip tonight is janet brewer during the arizona governor's debate this fall and i must warn you again it is really really painful to watch balance the budget and we are moving forward and we have done everything that we could possibly do. we have. i did what was right for arizona i will tell you that i have. god that was awkward as a governor i still find it hard to believe that you couldn't even remember her own accomplishments in office i understand being on t.v. can be a little bit scary but not if you're talking about yourself now remember jan brewer was the secretary of state and then became governor of arizona when janet apology resigned to join president obama's cabinet so maybe jan's just not ready for the governor's mansion our next political moment came from the future speaker of the house old orange man himself john boehner he took to the house floor when congress was about to vote on health care and he let it fly take a look. can you say it was done openly. with transparency and accountability. without backwind deals or struck behind closed d

and guess who also with the brewers, the germans, right?so you have a whole ethnic group whose rights were pushed aside and suddenly there was this huge german hysteria in the country and drinking beer, which let most americans drink at that point suddenly looked really unpatriotic. so the asl at that point proposed the 18th amendment and filter congress. this is a wartime measure. people thought they needed us for the war and went into the states about people even thinking about it very much. congress voted very quickly went on to the states and all but two of the states ratified the 18th amendment. the states were rhode island and connecticut. both states have very heavy catholic populations, who really is prohibition is really targeted at them because the temperance movement have a very strong nativist protestant sentiment behind it. >> are next up here is the striking brick church, calvary baptist church. >> the church was built by adolph coors, who does a lot of buildings doesn't appear to civil war all the way to complete 1880s. he wa

ronnie brewer, the steal. leaves for luol deng. 22 for the swing man. bulls up 85-50 at that point.ozer, the steal. ronnie brewer, flip it, reverse it. the bulls win, 121-76. >>> that does it for this sports update. back to you in new york. >>> a 9-year-old boy in california has proven that he has all the right moves. >> samuel sevian has just been crowned the youngest chess master in the u.s. samuel, who turned 10 on sunday, was 11 days younger than the previous record holder. and it's not his first record, either. he was also the youngest person to reach the chess level of expert when he was just 8 years old. >> i'm not even good at checkers. well -- >>> up next, we'll update our top story. that wild weather here, in the west and over in europe. thousands of holiday travelers, still stranded. we'll be right back. ♪ i'll stop the world and melt with you ♪ ♪ i'll stop the world ♪ ♪ i will stop the world ♪ ♪ you've seen the difference ♪ ♪ and it's getting better all the time ♪ ♪ i will stop the world ♪ ♪ i'll stop the world and melt with you ♪ ♪ i'll stop the world ♪ ♪ i'll stop the

it is known as the walmart of brewers. they are incredibly cost conscious.nheuser-busch had everything gold plated. there was a lot of fat to cut essentially. >> when you go into a world where the choice is employment and prosperity through problem solving or profit through people elimination, it is very hard to -- you can't do both at the same time. >> i think a middle road could have been struck if anheuser-busch had run itself a little better. as many people as we saw in terms of layoffs, it wouldn't have been as bad. >> jack, if you were to look at the fundamental mathematics, the science of job creation, the new businesses, the new ideas where jobs are created, how central is the connection to the formation of new business period and new solutions? >> oh, i think it's a major part. one of the reasons that we've had so much fortune out here in silicon valley is that we have this huge network of mentors and technology that help us get started and we can start with one idea immediately start creating it, immediately put it in front of people and get others

i'm contessa brewer watching the big storm coast to coast. and we are waiting for the senate's vote on the tax compromise which could signal whether you get a tax hike or a tax break come january 1st. >> this legislation will help 115,000 children gain access to school meal programs. >> the hunger kids free act helps hungry children in schools. the first lady was there for signing. >>> and the first lady helping unwilling holiday corralers. >> everybody say cheese. >> and obama is having a tougher time with live-in liberals. and today is the first signal of whether the come promitzed tax plan can pass without changes. senate democrats are expected to hold their noses and vote yes. >> i can say that we have a good caucus from left to right who are willing to accept this. >> the minor leader and majority leader mitch mcconnell and harry reid are expected to meet to see if they can all support the plan the way it is right now. >> i think it is worth it, and it will create jobs in the econo economy. >> but john boehner told "60 minutes" that he i

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la actual mandataria estatal, la republicana jan brewer, estuvo presente en la corte para apoyar la normaos expertos consideran que la decision del organo judicial, que podria sentar un precedente en otros estados, es de pronostico reservado. --la ciudad de san jose dejara de confiscar por 30 dias los vehiculos de conductores sin licencia que sean detenidos por una infraccion menor.la policia busca alternativas para evitar el viaje al corralon de los vehiculos, como por ejemplo esperar a que una persona con licencia venga por el auto de la persona detenida. esto siempre y cuando no se trate de una ofensa grave como conducir bajo la influencia del alcohol. --si el vehiculo tiene que ser remolcado hasta que otra persona pueda recogerlo, el conductor sin licencia tendria que pagarqas multas necesarias para recuperar su vehiculo, pero no tendria que esperar 30 dias. --un juez federal rechazo una demanda que buscaba poner fin a la llamada "accion afirmativa" en las universidades de california. --la querella, en contra de la proposicion 209, fue entabalada por varios grupos que argumentan que e

that's true brewer. -- troy brewer. derek mcginty is smiling this morning as his eagles win and improve to 6-3. it was a noble thing that hunter smith did sunday night laying the blame on himself for that botched extra point and saying es sense that the red -- essence that the redskins loss was his fault. he got cut yesterday. he was released which on the surface seems harsh but statistically he was the third worst punter in the league. that is a quick look at sports this morning. i'm brett haber. have a great wednesday, everybody. >>> one more sports note. today the nationals will officially introduce their new outfielder jason worth, an appropriate name i'm sure because he signed a seven-year, $126 million deal with washington earlier this month after playing for philadelphia. >> nice he was there to root on the wizards. >> welcome to washington. >>> today may be the calm before the storm as the senate gets set to finalize its vote on keeping the bush era tax cuts. >>> investigators are sifting through rubble and ice

for those who are of a faith brewer that we believe one must have a spiritual experience a born again experience an opportunity to accept that receive christ into their heart into their life sad to military is a perfectly fine setting in which to do that where the word tear think is really pro things to do to focus the people say the most christian god the same god michael says the most god requires you to keep your sun down for him the christian god gave his son to die for you well it's a clash of cultures it's a class of civilizations do we want to go back to eighty eight century islamic law or do we want to enjoy the blessings and fruit of christian liberty and i know where my food is certainly. since it is easy to fit. please. please. please. please leave in. time and just long overdue when we need to read. blame america for jesus christ and i say that without shame and without apology and we should say yes we want to reclaim america. ordinary sequence of human behavior undergoes a radical change so that it did no longer exists and its role here for what exists according to an apo

the arizona 13-year-old raising money to get a liver transplant for jan brewer death panel victim, francisco felix. >> i'm only a 17-year-old kid trying to help another kid live another day. >> our guest, carlos olivos you're. >>> crash and burn, sarah palin's book sales plummet another 29% on top of last week's plummet. >> and which word is he saying here, censure or censor. he claims censure. >> and i think we that we also should be censoring the american news agencies which enabled him. >> all the news and commentary now on "countdown." >> we need to have an honest conversation. >>> good evening from new york. this is wednesday, december 15th, 692 days until the 2012 presidential election. and to that point, the white house says that congressmen couldn't know firsthand, because the president has not spoken to him about this, nor said this to him about any of this, but congressman peter defazio of oregon is tonight saying that the mr. obama is, quote, making phone calls, saying this is the end of his presidency if he doesn't get this the bad deal, end quote. that, the context for the fifth

i'm contessa brewer.esident obama is expected to sign the tax cut extension into law this afternoon. that bill also cut social security payroll taxes for one year and extends jobless benefits. >>> north korea is warning south korea to stop planned live fire drills on the island the north bomb last month. the drills are routine and justified. >>> the cia top spy in pakistan is leaving the country for safety reasons. two officials say his life was threatened. >>> new atm in upscale mall in boca raton, florida, that doesn't dispense cash. you can withdraw, are you ready for this? 24 karat gold bars and coins. you know, just in case cash becomes useless in the years to come. >>> the repeal of don't ask don't tell is gaining more steam as the senate plans to debate and possibly vote on it this weekend. it's getting support from three additional senator today. they are joining olympia snowe and other democrats supporting the repeal. tim kaine of virginia is joining me live now. it was good news when senator lie

i'm contessa brewer.sh prosecutors will challenge the bail for julian assange to remain in the uk jail. that's the word we're just getting in. apparently a british court is reconvening in the next few minutes to hear the case. we had heard from our reporter on the scene that the swedish authorities were not planning to challenge the decision to give julian assange bail, but now the associated press is reporting that the prosecutors from sweden will challenge the bail. we'll wait for court to start and see what happens there. but as it stands now, his bail is set for 200,000 ponds, about $315,000. he's been ordered, if he does get out, again we're waiting to see if there's a challenge here, he would have to go to an estate, stay there, check in with police every day. >>> retail sales increased for a fifth straight month in november. they were up 0.8%. department store sales jumped nearly 3%. good news for the stores. >>> yahoo!'s laying off up to 700 employees today. most from the product division. >>> mic

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his comments earlier about jan brewer immigration law and saying that didn't represent the entire rit of the political party, that was palatable to some. he has said that he has foot in mouth disease, which some people would like to see turn into lockjaw when he says thing that we need to start appealing to everybody including one-armed midgets. this is a guy that doesn't have a big filter when talking about what he wants to do with the party. >> he does have the foot in mouth problem but has this administrative problem. bad manager of the budget apparently. which one of those is the bigger problem and which is the better way to campaign against him to beat him? >> i think the fund-raising issue is definitely the thorn in his side. it is definitely the thing that the other candidates have been talking about the most in their opening sort of volleys toward their candidacy. michael steele only raised 192 million in this last midterm compared to 242 in the 2006 midterm election cycle. that's a big problem. if we're looking at what the democrats are doing, obama is on track to spend $1 bi

the arizona 13-year-old raising money to get a liver transplant for jan brewer death panel victim francisco bailey. >> our guest carlos olivas, jr. >>> crash and burn. sarah palin's book sales plummet 29% on top of last week's plummet. and which word is he saying here, censor or censure. he claims censure. >> i think we should be censoring the american news agencies which enabled him. >>> all that and more now on "countdown." >> wneed to have an honest conversation. >>> good evening from new york, this is wednesday, december 15th. 692 days until the 2012 presidential election. to that point, the white house says that congressmen couldn't know firsthand because the president has not spoken to him about this, nor said this to him. but president obama is making phone calls saying this is the end of his presidency if he doesn't get this bad deal, end quote. the context for the fifth story tonight. a lower estate tax than president bush had. house democrats are now standing their ground. at least until tomorrow when they're expected to cave too. today's vote was in the senate, 81-19. overwhelmin

the "today" show sarah haines and contessa brewer and richard louie. i don't have your list. out. sarah, your top three. >> julian assange, mark zuckerberg and this is maybe not the appropriate choice but the tea party as a whole. i would say mark zuckerburg. >> you're going with the "time" magazine pick because? >> with the release of the movie and how he continues to ride the tide. you feel like there's going to be a breaking point for facebook and what it can do. from advertising dollars and trying to turn it around i just found him fascinating but also because he's the head of this empire of social networking. we don't know much about him. whenever -- he's known to be somewhat socially awkward, which is ironic, if i'm using the word correctly. but i just find him fascinating. i think the movie uncovered and made me more intrigued by him. >> contessa, i always count on you to have a unique perspective on the world. >> my three, the chilean miners as a whole. they are changing the labor laws right now for the workforce as whole in chile in large part because they're nationa

. >>> a quick baseball note -- the milwaukee brewers made it official and acquired former cy young winner zack greinke. 22 wins over the last two seasons. >>> and finally -- the uconn lady huskies won their 88th straight game matching the men's mark set in the early '70s. uconn beat ohio state, tenth ranked. they'll try to break the record tomorrow against florida state. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> we'll not only tell you who won at the box office this weekend, we'll also tell you who stunk up the joint. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus these are tough signs to see any time of the year, but we'll tell you about one man who is trying to make sure no one forecloses christmas. you're watching "early today." >>> it's a rainy monday morning that's going to lead to a rainy tuesday and wednesday. this is three more days left in california of this miserable weather, and we're still watching a lot of heavy rain up here around santa barbara to bakersfield. i mentioned hawaii. another rainy day out here in paradise, t

for more than a century, five generations of busches owned anheuser-busch, the brewers of budweiser. nbc's john yang has the latest tale of intrigue. >> reporter: the busch family name casts a long shadow over st. louis. it's on city's baseball stadium, as well as on the historic brewery, a major employer. so the 911 call from the gated mansion two sundays ago was sure to get attention. >> emergency 911. >> yeah, we need an ambulance. >> okay, what's the problem? >> this girl is just not waking up. >> reporter: paramedics found 27-year-old adrienne nicole marten, dead. an official cause won't be known until toxicology results come back, which could take weeks. in a statement, busch's lawyer said there was absolutely no indication of any suspicious circumstances. martin and the 46-year-old busch, both divorced, had been dating for about a year. >> according to her family, august busch was the love of her life. >> reporter: it's the latest chapter in the saga of this prominent but troubled family. there have been personal scandals. one of busch's half uncles shot shot a friend and plea

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the craft brewers association will focus on beer week. the vintners and everybody else -- we are trying to tie it all together to make more business happen. commissioner o'brien: maybe this is off the beaten track a little bit, but just from the point of view of us being a small business commission and constantly trying to make the city an easier place to do business in, what do you think is the situation with trying to set up a new bar or saloon type of business in san francisco as far as the process of pyramiding and stuff like that? i am curious to get an answer from somebody i have never met before who might be able to give it to me from the trenches. i was just curious to know. >> i was excited to hear the city was working with the mayor's office to try to bring all of those offices together to make the permiting and that entire step-by-step process easier. when i did it seven years ago, it certainly was not easy. i had multiple points to look to to try to figure everything out. one office did not know what the other office needed, o

had he eight point in his debut and later in the 1st half tony brewer with the hot hand hits three consecutive three-point others his way to a team high 18. american defeat unbc66-53 to avenge last year's loss and au snaps a three-game losing streak. >>> after sunday's loss to the bucs punter hunter smith, the infamous holder snap said if anybody should be cut he should. the skins agreed waiving smith today and replacing him with sam paulescu who takes over both punting and holding duties. this was smith yesterday. >> i don't give any blame to anybody who did anything in the other 60 minutes. we did all we could to be in the game to tie it up and didn't and it's my fault. >> now one more time just for giggles. nine seconds left, all the redskins need was an extra point. hunter smith unable to hold the high snap from anything sundberg. well, smith paid the price waived today and at the lakers game the only place to be tonight where will thomas was not i asked santana moss his thoughts on the news. they waived hunter smith tonight. i just wanted to get your reaction. >> you know, it's surprise,

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. >> police greater than joseph brewer was a client of the missing women. the whereabouts of the other bodies. >>> to people with tuberculosis were able to board -- two people with tuberculosis were able to afford oo board -- to board an airplane. the tsa says the loophole that allowed them to board has been fixed. >>> "7 is on your side" with major news about breast cancer. efta is removing its approval of the drug avastin. some patients suffer dangerous side effects. >>> a group of arlington second graders got a big surprise. but the commander in chief himself stopped by to read to them today. sam ford is live there would the story. >> the students did know -- did not know anything about this until they got to school. they were on a cloud. >> he ran as a book. and then he read the "night before christmas." >> these second graders for all -- were all achatter./ president obama came to the library where the three classes were waiting. he read a children's book he wrote to his daughters. he also read "the night before christmas ." >> when what to my wonderin

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earlier, i spoke with loraine brewer, a passenger on board "the brilliance of the seas" and she told me just how rough it got. >> between 2:15 and 2:30, i woke up because it was very rough and then we had got a little bit rougher and my glasses fell and i reached down to pick them up and a huge lifting of the ship flew across the cabin to the stateroom door and then when it lifted the other way, i flew across. my husband grabbed me and we slammed into the plate glass sliding door. this went back and forth for probably maybe five minutes or so. >> oh my gosh. >> we could see waves higher than our seventh floor balcony. >> you could see waves -- >> i talked to someone yesterday -- yeah. and then i could see it at the tenth floor balcony, as well. >> you could see waves from the seventh. somebody said they saw them up to the tenth. >> and higher. >> you literally -- the ship listing from one side to the other and you were just literally just being tossed from one side of your stateroom to the other side of the stateroom? >> yes. panels flying. the bed was hitting the wall. we had totall

take advil®. [ ted ] for years, i was just a brewer.read that he'd made from our pale ale. and from that first bite, i knew my business would never be the same. [ male announcer ] when businesses see an opportunity to grow, the hartford is there. protecting their property and helping them plan their employees' retirement. ♪ beer or bread? [ male announcer ] see how the hartford helps businesses at achievewhatsahead.com. ♪ ♪ give me your love oh baby ♪ ♪ cause if you really really love me ♪ ♪ you will do things to show >> larry: we're back with stevie wonder. do you remember the first thing you ever wrote? >> there's a song i wrote called "ellafandella." >> "ellafandella." ♪ >> larry: could be a hit. >> i don't think so. it wasn't then, and it's not now. >> larry: what was the first hit? >> the first hit we had was a song called "fingertips." ♪ >> and originally -- >> larry: third album, right? >> that was in the -- yeah, third album. it was a jazz -- the first time it was recorded, it was a jazz solo with little stevie which was a proje

. ♪ [ ted ] for years, i was just a brewer.n some fresh bread that he'd made from our pale ale. and from that first bite, i knew my business would never be the same. [ male announcer ] when businesses see an opportunity to grow, the hartford is there. protecting their property and helping them plan their employees' retirement. ♪ beer or bread? [ male announcer ] see how the hartford helps businesses at achievewhatsahead.com. >> larry: as we've discussed, carlos has an impressive art collection. take a look. ♪ ♪ we're back with carlos slim who also maintains his childhood home. here's a look inside. >> hello, larry. that's my family home. it has, like, something like 65 years. maybe a little more. see the ceilings, we never touch painting or anything. that's a photo of my father. when he was only 32 years old. here you saw the area for living together and for friends and these are the bedrooms. my wife and me prefer these houses. where you come out of your room you get together with the family. that's my wedding a few years ago,

. ♪ [ ted ] for years, i was just a brewer.f the guys brought in some fresh bread that he'd made from our pale ale. and from that first bite, i knew my business would never be the same. [ male announcer ] when businesses see an opportunity to grow, the hartford is there. protecting their property and helping them plan their employees' retirement. ♪ beer or bread? [ male announcer ] see how the hartford helps businesses at achievewhatsahead.com. >> larry: we will touch some other bases with the prime minister of vladimir putin of russia coming to us tonight from moscow. what's your assessment of president obama? >> translator: such assessment is to be provided by the electorate. by the people who voted for him. basically american citizens first. but looking to outside to provide an assessment there, generally speaking, i say president obama has been confronted with very serious challenges. especially in this year of economy. it's not up to me to judge whether he has taken right or wrong steps when he passed through the parliamen

communication hasn't been. >> as lorraine brewer, a passenger on the ship in the mediterranean. i guest most everybody on thep ship is okay. >> time for the rest of the morning's top stories. good morning. >> great to be with you. good morning. a tense hostage drama at a nursery school in france ended. the school is in the eastern part of the country. 17-year-old male armed with at least two swords had entered the building and took 20 children and their teacher hostage. he released 14 of the children before police entered the building and negotiated a safe end. the suspect's motive is unclear. he is said to suffer from depression. >>> the senate is expected to take a test vote on the tax deal president obama agreed to with republicans. nancy is on capitol hill. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. assuming senators can get back from the snowy midwest today's vote will show whether democrats can accept this tax cut deal. appearing on cbs news's face the nation sunday, top white house adviser david axelrod predicted passage for the tax deal worked out between the obama adminis

she was hired by brewer off of craig's list. she went to his oak beach home. she called to 911 saying someone was trying to kill her. she ran to a neighbor's home saying, they're after me. the neighbor said he was going to call police, but now the neighbor's reporting a man in be an suv came by after that looking for shannon gilbert. we're hearing there the man who hired her. listen. >> i'm innocent in this case so, you know, i have truth on my side. i have no friends other than truth. >> reporter: you have the shannon gilbert case, you also have the case of another craig's list prostitute, megan waterman. police are not confident that hers is one of those four bodies that was found. look at the whole case now. you have four bodies. you have two other women who are missing, and now police in suffolk county are trying to figure out if these murders are somehow connected to the murders of four other prostitutes in atlantic city, new jersey, back in 2006. megyn, this story is developing. the news conference a little over an hour from right now. megyn: we'll be lo

police say shannon gilbert was with a client, joseph brewer. wednesday, they searched his home and towed this suv. brewer spoke to us from inside his brother's home. >> the truth will come out. >> reporter: even with the news, police are still investigating shannon gilbert's disappearance, along with the other victims. how challenging is this investigation for you? >> well, this is very challenging. as you can imagine, four unidentified bodies at this point. and it's critical to an investigation that we identify the victims. you know, we're waiting for the science to be completed. >> reporter: science the medical examiner admits could take weeks. how do you go about identifying such badly decomposed bodies? >> we need to go to forensic dentistry, and then the last step is to do the donna athat will cyst. >> reporter: should people be scared? >> no. i don't want anybody to think that we have a jack the ripper running around suffolk county with blood dripping from a knife. >> reporter: and the search will continue again. this morning they plan to

i'm contessa brewer covering the big news coast the coast. the big story, one of the busiest days on capitol hill. this is the action live on the senate floor. lawmakers voting on amendments to the tax bill that could put more money in the pockets of millions of americans beginning january 1st. >> i am absolutely convinced this tax-cut plan, while not perfect, will help grow our economy and create jobs in the private sector. >> president obama is pushing congress to get the tax deal done before the holiday break two days away. it goes for a full senate vote this afternoon. it is expected to pass with overwhelming support. even one of the senators who voted against it says he will vote yes. >> i still don't like the package. i don't like how it was done. i'm not going to look an unemployed worker in the eye and say, sorry. >> the bill goes to the house where democrats are angry about two generous breaks on estate taxes. they held a tense, closed door meeting last night. >> it is clearly going to widen the deficit. >> a vote is expected on the

jan brewer, arizona governor have a stricter immigration bill over there and then immediately after that, the president ordered more troops on the border. and $600 million bill, there is like 1,000 troops ordered on the border. but it hasn't reached the national conversation. you almost think that what has to happen, sadly, is for more americans to be caught up in this. i think something like 39 americans were killed in 2009 and 36 so far this year in this rampant drug violence and you almost think it's going to take more of that kind of real cost to actual americans for this to happen. >> i don't know. you talk to people along the borrowedder and they are into it. i get e-mails all the time. >> they know the names. you've had high profile cases, this official that was killed with the spouse. you've had some high profile killings, but it hasn't sort of crossed into the national consciousness, i think. in the short-term, i think what the u.s. government has to do is continue to provide the back up and the resources for the mexicans to fight the problem on their side of the border. that in