. >> cheri, the "washington post" -- the "washington post" is running -- cheri, the "washington post" is running a poll. it shows that 94% think that john boehner is to blame for the impasse. only 6% blame the president. clearly the president, according to this poll at least, he is beginning to win on this. isn't he? >> until he takes off for his $4 million vacation so he can get in touch with his inner 1%. then he might lose it. i think that this fight is not over. and republicans have lost the message because they weren't speaking with this huge unified voice. it is like herding cats. this is one time whenner they aren't just going to answer to their leadership. if they did, they would be accused of just falling in line and doing what john boehner ordered them to do. so this is the way the institution works. we're watching the sausage be made. they have to come to conference. it is not unreasonable to expect a small group of republicans and democrats from the house and senate to get together and hammer out an agreement over the next few days. they can do that. and it is -- >> that's

and cheri, let me talk about th "i'll be back jersey-style" chris christie, and he is out there for mitt romney and necessary to keep him there four days to go here? >> i am sure he is happy to have him, and even if it buoys the candidate a little bit, i am sure it helps him. mitt romney was not to put anything into iowa and he had to put all of the chips in new hampshire and nothing in iowa. he would finish low, but he would say, i didn't put a lot of resources there, and when that changed, the wheels changed and he shot people out to iowa and started to spend the money. so for him to win iowa should that happen is going to be very, very good for him. it is sort of the story of the tortoise and the hear, and he is the tortoise and there is a lot hares out there who keep turning the corner. >> let me turn the attention to congressman ron paul and the passage of the book because this is headlines from the 1997 book, and he says that the individual who suffered from aids is certainly a victim of his own lifestyle, but the same individual victimizes innocent citizens by forcing them to pay

cheri? >> yeah, they are working.soaring before and now he's taking a hit, and the really bad news is that if he's a nominee, and he still could be, certainly, we know what barack obama, the democrats, are going to throw at them. they're very nasty from the left. they have $1 billion. they have no record to run on, and they certainly don't want to remind everyone of obama's record, what he's done with obamacare, on and on and on, so they'll go after whoever the republican nominee is with a billion dollars, and it's going to be hard, and that's what the voters have to sit through in the next election. the good news is that gingrich makes good debates and ehe can wipe the floor with obama. >> robert? >> i think i was better off when i lost sound. >> we all were, robert. >> obviously the short answer that many pundits are saying is that negative advertising works. the public is beginning to know newt gingrich's record, and whether it's putting children back to work by avoiding child labor laws, overturning the constituti

cheri? >> if he does, it's because he's shown contrician.with divorce and remarriage. i don't think a video has much impact. it does more to make this pastor, i guess it is, look a little bit silly. i don't think it will impact gingrich at all in iowa. >> maria? >> i think the video is a little bit unfair because kim kardashian has only been married once. in all seriousness, he has evangelicals right now. he's leading in iowa. whatever he is doing is working thus far. the point of this video is that this is an issue that could matter to evangelicals. we'll see if it's an issue to him moving forward. right now he's enjoying momentum at exactly the right time. >> i'm getting news in from producers. she's been married twice. >> still, newt gingrich is beating her. >> sam, go ahead. >> i actually don't think that the marriage is going to be the issue for evangelicals. i think what's actually going to have more resonance with them was later in the video where they made a real big point of saying he's catholic now. that's clearly the dynamic of th

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>> well, i think cheri had a good point. his arrogance isn't perceived, it's real.k this about newt gingrich. people who know him think this. he acts like he doesn't need anybody's house to get in the white house. can he will it. there's probably more than three tickets out of iowa, but newt gingrich's ticket is going to take him back to virginia where he's from and where he can't even vote for himself because he didn't get on the ballot there. does anybody really think he ever took this presidential run more serious than trying to sell books? i never understood t. i haven't. >> all right. question number two, rick santorum's got momentum of course because he's fresh off a bump in the iowa polls. he's tripled in his support. 's trying to capitalize on t. he's put out a new radio ad. he says he's ready for the race ahead. here he is on jonk king u.s.a. >> this isn't my first rodeo. i've been through tough campaigns. big national scrutiny types of campaigns in the state of pennsylvania. most of the media says that mitt romney can beat president obama. but what history

let me ask you what's going on here, cheri. president says he won't go on vacation until they get this done. we know something's going to happen by the end of the month, right? >> yeah. something's going to have to happen. both sides lose if they let this go, obviously. i think there is a way, and republicans are providing the president a path to be able to claim partial victory and show he can work with congress. the problem is the president wants to run against congress even at the risk of hurting some of his democratic members. republicans want to add the keystone pipeline issue on to the payroll tax holiday and have that combined. the payroll tax holiday is not a sustainable economic growth item by itself. the keystone pipeline project is. i mean one is a one-hit wonder and the other the gift that keeps on giving, but the president wants to delay the keystone issue. he's saying i don't want this attached to it. he's threatening to veto the bill. but we have democrats that support both of those proposals as well. so i think

let me ask you what's going on here, cheri. president says he won't go on vacation until they get this done. we know something's going to happen by the end of the month, right? >> yeah. something's going to have to happen. both sides lose if they let this go, obviously. i think there is a way, and republicans are providing the president a path to be able to claim partial victory and show he can work with congress. the problem is the president wants to run against congress even at the risk of hurting some of his democratic members. republicans want to add the keystone pipeline issue on to the payroll tax holiday and have that combined. the payroll tax holiday is not a sustainable economic growth item by itself. the keystone pipeline project is. i mean one is a one-hit wonder and the other the gift that keeps on giving, but the president wants to delay the keystone issue. he's saying i don't want this attached to it. he's threatening to veto the bill. but we have democrats that support both of those proposals as well. so i think

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. >> well, it is sincere, kind of, cheri is what will says. what do you say about it? >> well, i spent time around newt gingrich when he took the house, and he does not show this emotion easily and he is a professional man. so for this to happen in the set, it was very genuine and i think that it even caught him off guard. the difference however between newt gingrich and hillary clinton is that hillary clinton seemed to be tearing up four years ago because she realized that she would not be the party's nominee and therefore not be president, so i think that is very different than newt gingri gingrich basically tearing up about his mother, and the affliction that she suffered from and his acknowledgment and understanding that so many families have loved ones affected as well. he shows the empathy and not to be crass, but tearing up over the right things if you will and i think it was genuine. >> it certainly did appear genuine. and cheri, let me talk about the "i'll be back jersey-style" chris christie, and he is out there for mitt romney and necessary to keep him there

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we're back in moments. [ cherie ] i always had a job, ever since i was fourteen.ld not make working and going to school work. it was not until the university of phoenix that i was able to work full-time, be a mom, and go to school. the opportunits that i had at the university of phoenix, dealing wh profesonals teaching things that they were doing every day, got me to where i am today. i'm mayor cherie wood, i'm responsible for the largest urban renewal project in utah, and i am a phoenix. [ male announcer ] find your program at phoenix.edu. [♪...] >> announcer: now get a $250 airfare credit, plus save up to 65%. call 1-800-sandals. certain restrictions apply. >>> so parents medicate children who have disorders like adhd and add, our education contributor steve perry looks at a family who chose education and how that choice made the decision for their child in tonight's "perry's principles." zbl >> reporter: jerry is full of energy, just what you'd expect from a typical 10 queer-year-ol. he was adopted from russia just before his first birthday. >> when he first ca

vice president garcia: i will speak as the other non-attorney cheri a reasonable approach would be that, aside from some constitutional issue having to do with section 315, which was in place when this permit was granted, it seems as though a covenant was entered into, a contract. there is no suggestion that there has been misrepresentation of fraud or any of the normal things that would end a contract. that aside, it is an exercise and i have enjoyed reading about it. the most compelling argument for me is that i accept more the city's argument about statute of limitations than i do the appellant. when you read into why the 90- day exists, and i love the word profit to -- proftitude was part of it. i am from the business world. this is business. it has to do with real estate. aside from any other argument, i think that the statute of limitations is right. >> i agree that the constitutional arguments were interesting. i think the design of counsel raises some interesting arguments there is also the counter of legal principles and i think eight years after the fact, as far as our limited

. >>> it's one of those romantic moments americans have come to cherish opini cheri cherish, the welcomess. it got a modern twist yesterday as a navy ship arrived in virginia beach, virginia, and a sailor from california disembarked. tony lopez of kovr tv has our story. >> reporter: it's a big-time kiss from a small town girl. that small town placerville. that big kiss making history as the first openly gay first kiss from a member of the military to their significant other upon return. petty officer second class marisa gatea planted that peck on her girlfriend of two years. and snell also a member of the u.s. navy after gala's return from 80 days at sea. both beamed with pride after the sailor-to-sailor smooch. >> i feel lice about it. nice to be myself. it's a long time coming. been there for two and a half years and very recent to changes coming into effect and it's been nothing but positive so it's been pretty awesome to say the least. >> reporter: outside of placerville, her mom was happy to talk. kim gatea says she couldn't be more proud. >> i was overwhelmed with proudness of my d

with me is cherie cole, a big bells fan. you must be disappointed right now. >> not really disappointed. more excited for them just because they got shock the world just by even going. i'm sad for them because they didn't get the win. but they should keep their heads up. no one expected them to get this far. and i had faith in them the whole game. but they just really came out and shocked the world. i can't be disappointed right now. >> an intense gameful of ups and downs and these fans endured every moment. >> reporter: to play in primetime on tv in the state final is special. bellerman was in the championship game gunning for the school's first state title playing power house santa margarita. >> it's huge. you hardly ever get to the state. >> reporter: watching an intense game you feel all the emotions. sometimes you don't like the play. >> oh, my gosh. >> and when it goes your way -- >> go travis woo! >> reporter: what does that feel like? >> it feels good. >> reporter: kevin knows how emotional a game like this can be. h

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and that the the latest keep party members and i knew that all these occupy wall street people want cheri they think that las vegas harappan the bailout should not happen they just want bigger gigantic government is that true so you just want a government that works very hard i say then i want a good government one that functions properly and the right wing wants a credible government that can just be steamrolled by wall street so to me that's you've already is just been doing all of the legwork for wall street i mean they've really been very very good to them and it says to me everything that this movement wants to push for a better and to wreck citizens democracy where the tea party was a lot about electing house republicans who would vote against abortion and block obama's jobs bill i mean the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell he's said my number one priority is to end the obama presidency it should have been jobs right i mean how comparable is that with all the hysteria even their own hysteria about the deficit they still admit their number one goal is to sabotage the present uni

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cheri? >> i think the message from the beginning has been wrong. the redistribute the wealth.ople, you're on your own. go redistribute your own. what all republicans want to do and most americans is create wealth so you don't have to redistribute it. let everybody have a shot at the american dream rather than playing this game of class warfare and pitting one group against another. let everybody have a shot. his message is fail. he's a failed presidency. his presidency has failed. it's looking pretty good for republicans. >> there you go. maria? >> it's the republicans who have been saying time and again that the middle class is on their own, so i think president obama's message is right on. if you're part of the middle class, if you're part of the working class, which a majority of americans are, you're going to be excited about his campaign because he's going to be very starkly drawing the differences between a party that wants to protect the middle class and create jobs and a party who only wants to protect millionaires, billionaires and big corporations as the expense of m

what i could tell, that happens now that kim jong il is dead. [ cherie ] i always had a job, ever sinceing and going to school work. it was not until the university of phoenix that i was able to work full-time, be a mom, and go to school. the opportunits that i had at the university of phoenix, dealing wh profesonals teaching things that they were doing every day, got me to where i am today. i'm mayor cherie wood, i'm responsible for the largest urban renewal project in utah, and i am a phoenix. [ male announcer ] find your program at phoenix.edu. >>> it was the assignment very few journalists get to experience. kwun wun yeone year ago i was accompanied bill richard sochb, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. he was seeking to ease tensions between north and south korea, and the united states in the process as well. here is some of what i saw in the one of the world's most mysterious countries. >> huge pictures of the late great leader, and his son, kim jong il were all over the place. i didn't see pictures of the next expected leader, kim jong un. children were in classrooms with overcoa

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. >> cheri? what do you think?ed to explain himself so others didn't have to try to explain it. newt gingrich did very well i think. he's very good at putting people in their place when they are misspeaking about him. i don't think he is respectful. michele bachmann is a mixed bag. she looks strong going after her opponents. that may have hurt her with some republicans who don't like to see that much negativity. i think it was a mixed bag for her but i think mitt romney, newt gingrich as expected both did very well. >> pete? >> i thought michele bachmann did a good job standing up to the boys last night. took it to newt gingrich and ron paul. i thought ron paul was amazing with foreign policy. point about how he had 30 years with russian missiles pointed at us. i thought mitt romney played it safe. he kept the plastic on the couch, t.j. that $10,000 smile didn't go after anybody. if newt gingrich gave a seminar on confidence, i would take it. that guy is amazing. rick santorum was there and he helped iowa caucus vo

you can make a cheri coke out of everything. >> a lot of burger kings -- my wife is a diet coke thing. >> that's been my issue. >> thanks, jess. >> time now is 5:38. >> it is the known as the day that will live in infamy. >> a look at the 70th anniversary of the bombing of pearl harbor when our news continues. >>> howard bernstein with you outside on the wet weather terrace. it is coming down in buckets. you'll see the moderate to even some heavy rains, the yellows you see around college park, indianapolis area, that's some pretty hefty rainfall that we're looking at. that will be the case today. moderate to heavy rains. we've got a flood watch in effect. severe weather alert day. temperatures drop even into the 40s in many areas this afternoon. we've got some snow moving in tonight. more on that in the next five minutes. here's monika with timesaver traffic. >> all right, howard, the rain is definitely affecting traffic. it has been since early this morning. here's southbound i-270 at falls road, a car spun out along the left side. you can see police on the scene causing this delay.

. >> late in the evening of super bowl sunday 2007, bill and cherie lusk were sound asleep when theyt the call every parent dreads. >> it was denver medical center calling. they said our son had been assaulted and we needed to come immediately to the hospital. >> i think when i decided that it had to have been real bad is when they ushered us right into a room and a social worker came in. and the emergency physician came in and told us that our son had been almost decapitated. >> i interviewed the lusks only knowing wesley's account of what had happened to brian lusk. and when mr. lusk described his son's body having almost been decapitated, i was shocked. >> so we go to the icu, and, of course, it's black in the icu except for this one bright room, and they're doing cpr on him. and it was our son. >> he loved soccer until he found out about snowboarding. >> and he liked basketball, too. >> while stoltz claims their son, brian, started the fight, the lusks stand by a very different account. >> it came out during the trial, the bouncer on the stand said out of nowhere stoltz sucker pu

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i'm mayor cherie wood, i'm responsible for the largest urban renewal project in utah, and i am a phoenix. [ male announcer ] find your program at phoenix.edu. >>> many of us are taking it easy this week between the holidays, but the republican contenders are storming into iowa for support in next week's caucuses. the most recent polls still show ron paul, mitt romney and newt gingrich pretty much tied for the lead there, but with only days to go, many in the hawkeye state have their eyes on a known kingmaker, especially when it comes to the strong conservative vote. u.s. congressman steve king went pheasant hunting with rick santorum today. look at him there, just as he has with other candidates. and once again, he ended the outing with kind words but no endorsement. with time running short, i spoke to the influential congressman. congressman, you're the kind of guy that people listen to in iowa, and they're listening really hard right now, but you're not picking anyone. what does that mean? do you not like any of these candidates? >> it means more that i actually like all of these candi