john alisyn and mike whelan, stand by, we more for you later. xt, some of the best and brightest in the world want to work for these c.e.o.s but @xóxcannot. >> john: i keep hearing there aren't enough available jobs. that is why americans are suffering and upemployment stays pretty high. but there are jobs out there. at monster .com we just looked there are more than a million liftings. computer network engineer, 71,000 bucks a year. technical analyst, $40,000. truck driver. $40,000. clerical data entry, 10 to $14 an hour. entry level jobs. dishwasher, $8 an hour. companies tell us we have jobs to offer. the problem is there is some work americans, some americans don't want to do and many other jobs they are not qualified for. c.e.o.s tell us they often have good jobs for people like engineers computer scientists and if they could fill them they would grow their companies and hire more americans and it turns out there are computer scientists and engineers who want that job. why don't they hire them? tonight's show is an all c.e.o. show. joining

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mike whalen of the heart of america group runs hotels and restaurants and john alisyn of bb and t, the 12th biggest bank in america. will it lower the cost? anybody? >> i don't think so. (laughter) >> i bring our people that work with us, with our company health insurance and recently we had our agony pain meeting. >> what you call it? >> annual agony of pain. yes, and said just give me like a ten minute synopsis how this thing is going to impact my company and the three of them kind of looked at each other, we've gone to seminar after seminar and mike, we can't tell you. i think that kind of sums up the uncertainty. >> the uncertainty so then you're afraid to hire people because you don't know what they'll cost? >> if i was trying to get to you fund a business you started and asked hee what my payroll was going to be three years from now per employee, if i went to the deep heest specialist in the industry he can't tell me what it's actually going to cost let alone what i'm going to be responsible for. that bill is inconsistent within. >> you would think that something this thick would

mike whalen of the heart of america group runs hotels and restaurants and john alisyn of bb and t, the 12th biggest bank in america. will it lower the cost? anybody? >> i don't think so. (laughter) >> i bring our people that work with us, with our company health insurance and recently we had our agony pain meeting. >> what you call it? >> annual agony of pain. yes, and said just give me like a ten minute synopsis how this thing is going to impact my company and the three of them kind of looked at each other, we've gone to seminar after seminar and mike, we can't tell you. i think that kind of sums up the uncertainty. >> the uncertainty so then you're afraid to hire people because you don't know what they'll cost? >> if i was trying to get to you fund a business you started and asked hee what my payroll was going to be three years from now per employee, if i went to the deep heest specialist in the industry he can't tell me what it's actually going to cost let alone what i'm going to be responsible for. that bill is inconsistent within. >> you would think that something this thick would

>> alisyn: count our blessings. johnnding us we have many blessings this season. >> we do. and more coming. >> alisyn: there you go. >> brian: despite modern technology, john stossel still takes his bike to work. walking in a winter wonderland with the girl scouts of nassau county. they are here to perform the holiday hit next. >> alisyn: first, let's check in with martha mccallum for what's on at the top of the hour. >> i'm a big fan of the dishwasher myself. love the dishwasher. thanks. coming up this morning, newt gingrich says it is a real mess. ed rollins tells us why what happens in iowa may surprise everybody, folks. karl rove is here with a solution to the payroll tax mess and part 2 of my sit down with governor chris christie and his wife. they talk for the first time about their marriage, the pivotal weekend they decided not seek the white house this time, and what they really think about the vp buzz, coming up at the top of the hour. bill and i will see you then le. alright, let's do it. let's do it, let's go

alisyn: chilling stuff. ambassador john bolton, thanks so much for coming in. >> thank you. alisyn: we have new details coming in now on some breaking news out of new jersey. a small plane has crashed into a major highway this morning taking several lives. we're going to go to the breaking news desk in three minutes. >>> and the mayor of a large connecticut city is considering a proposal that would allow thousands of illegal immigrants to vote. we're live on that story for you. >>> plus, who turned out the lights? what exactly happened last night at candlestick park when the stadium went dark twice? we'll try to shed some light on this mystery. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. try our easy-to-use scottrader streaming quotes. it's another reason more investors are sayi

alisyn: we'll be talking with john huntsman later.a lot of concern over the safety of u.s. troops in south korea. so far uncle sam has no plans for any troop reduction. at one time there were 45,000 service members stationed in south korea. one dictator giving way to another. kim jong-un shot to be in full control of the isolated nation. he, believed to be 27 or 28 years old. he's the the youngest of yong *'s sons. he was educated in switzerland. he's not to be fluent in english and german. let's go to the campaign trail where republican candidates are launching a new ad push and ramming up campaign stops with just about two weeks to go until the iowa caucuses. carl cameron is live in davenport, iowa. what's happening there, carl? >> reporter: we are here at global security services where newt gingrich will be holding a meeting. it could be difficult to muster a crowd for mr. gingrich who has not been advertising or as prevalent on the ground. while mr. gingrich and most of the other candidates are running some commercial advertising

with wal-mart's campaign that really enable us to make these projects happen. >> alisyn: you guys are terrific. real heros. johne, we'll put some information on our web site about purple heart homes. thank you very much for coming in to explain it to us. >> thank you, have a good day. >> alisyn: you, too. speaker newt gingrich is coming up for more with us. yesterday we asked mitt romney how he would handle what's going on in iraq and now it's newt gingrich's turn to explain. what would president gingrich do differently today? we told thought girl scouts are being taught about media bias by a liberal blog. later in this hour, we'll hear from the scout who blew the whistle sweetie i think you need a little extra fiber in your diet. carol. fiber makes me sad. oh common. and how can you talk to me about fiber while you are eating a candy bar? you enjoy that. i am. [ male announcer ] fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. >> steve: welcome back. on the hee

. >> alisyn: but in 2004, they supported john edwards. >> clayton: right. >> alisyn: it's good news, mitt romney, you're thinking good news. >> clayton: and as as people are opening up the des moines register, they'll see criticism of newt gingrich in the endorsement, one of which saying they think he's an undisciplined partisan who would alienate not unite. . >> dave: that's not the only good news for mitt romney. bob dole endorses mitt romney. i've run for president myself. and twice had the deep honor of finishing first in the iowa caucuses. i have many friends in the state, some of them have even called me president of iowa. and why these two particularly big? i think the polls we told you two-thirds of iowa admit they're open to changing their minds. if you wake up this morning and read your biggest newspaper is supporting that mitt romney might take a second look. >> certainly, bob dole. he is mayor, the president of iowa. >> dave: if that region he's big, in iowa and kansas. >> clayton: if two-thirds of the fox are undecided there a lot of the ads are probably carrying weight

shooter was killed and now, of course, john atterbury, the well known music producer, has also died in that. alisyn, trace, thank you for the update. >>> two red hot and divisive issues, illegal immigration, and the president's health care reform law, well, they're headed for the supreme court, and they are sure so ricochet through the 2012 presidential race with rulings likely to be announced in june, just five months before election day. so to help us assess the political fallout from both of these, leslie marshall, syndicated radio talk show host, and lars larson, also a syndicated radio host. hello to both of you. >> hi,. >> good morning. alisyn: we talked so much about the flagging economy that we've taken our eye off the supreme court, but these are major decisions that will certainly affect the presidential candidates and president obama. let's start with arizona's illegal immigration law. if supreme court sides with arizona and what they did to stop or curtail illegal immigration in their state, will that help the gop candidate, leslie? >> you know, immediate reaction, knee-jerk reaction is

that man and say he's not interested in -- >> but right now -- >> alisyn: obviously the president would say he tried to work with john. >> he has the house and senate in the beginning, he had no problems for two years, so why didn't anything get done there? no excuse. >> the bipartisanship was the objection to bills by democrats. >> right. right. >> that's an important point. >> and it's the holidays and people are just struggling, they can't get their christmas presents, can't go to grandma's house. people are upset and they're like enough already, we are not having a good time here and this president is not producing. time to -- i don't know, to -- >> alisyn: i want to talk about the numbers that david brought up. this is a different poll. this is a national heartland monitor poll that broke down the places where his support is eroding and it's interesting, because it is young people, those 18-29-year-olds who gave them the big unusual 2008. remember the groundswell and internet support and all that. why are they leaving? >> because the economy is horrible and they can't get jobs. i think it's a mix of that and the

we can be adults. >> alisyn: let's celebrate all the holidays, how about that. >> wonderful. >> clayton: there's a lot of them. >> dave: father johnng pittsburgh after thursday night and, at the stadium, we talked about it on the break, another wonderful thing, to celebrate. >> dave: waving the terrible towel? that will be a sight. father, thank you. >> clayton: thanks. >> alisyn: thanks for your perspective, father. >> clayton: coming up the congressman versus the mogul. donald trump and ron paul, exchanging jabs. after paul disses donald over the debate invite. >> alisyn: and, then, listen up, women, listen up. if you want to climb the corporate ladder all you need is a personality makeover. >> dave: you need to be like ali. >> alisyn: be like donald trump or newt gingrich. overconfidence helps you climb the corporate ladder. we have your tweets and e-mails, they have been pouring in on this story, and we'll read this. mary? what are you doing here? it's megan. i'm getting new insurance. marjorie, you've had a policy with us for three years. it's been five years. five years. well, progressive gives megan discounts that you gs di