the holidays. >>> and massachusetts republican scott brown is packing up his house and moving to new hampshireir approval ratings are in the toilet. a new poll shows they're less trusted than car salesmen, but just how hard does congress really work? get this, a new survey suggests they're probably working harder than you. do you buy it? >>> good morning, i'm chris jansing. right now the senate is about to take its first vote on the budget deal. 60 votes are needed to move forward. it appears the deal has not only the votes to pass this first hurdle,

in that part of new hampshire, they're joined by nine other meals on wheels programs around new hampshire, and they serve thousands of people throughout the state. last year alone, meals on wheels delivered more than 1.2 million meelts to -- meelings 2,011,596 people in new hampshire. and the services are critical not only nor improving the lives of service seniors but reducing health care spending. the yearly cost of meals on wheels for a single senior is the equivalent to the cost of nine days in a nursing home or just one or two days in the hospital. this is not just a program that is important to seniors because it keeps thementy and keeps them in their homes. this is a program that's cost-effective because if we're not able to keep seniors in their homes with something to eat, they're going to wind up in nursing homes, they're going to wind up in hospitals. programs like meals on wheels are not where we should be cutting. we should focus on wasteful and duplicative programs, not those with a proven track record of success. and that's why a budget agreement is so critical. this year t

magistrate judge for the district of new hampshire. her federal court experience includes clerking for two district court judges and at the first circuit court of appeals. landy has also prosecuted professional misconduct cases for the new hampshire supreme court attorney discipline office, served as an appellate and trial attorney in the highly regarded new hampshire public defender program, and worked in private practice as a civil litigator. and landy is an innovator. as a magistrate judge, she has become a nationally recognized expert and teacher on how to use technology to achieve a more efficient and paperless work flow in the federal court system. she was unanimously rated well qualified by the american bar association standing committee on the federal judiciary, their highest rating. landy is also active in the legal community outside of the courtroom. for the past decade, she has lectured at continuing legal education seminars on various topics, primarily on legal ethics, and has also presented guest lectures on legal ethics a

new hampshire republicans -- new hampshire is an outlier when it comes to the conservative movement inry that i have no idea. if scott brown gets a semi-serious challenger i don't know how he gets out. if you look at the history of moderate republicans in new hampshire that had serious primary challenges they've not survived. here's another thing. if he wanted to be in the senate why did he run against ed markee? to me it's the same thing as schweitzer, i would like a better explanation. >> let's move on the mitch mcconnell who in 2010 campaigned for rand paul's opponent in kentucky. now it's the minority leader who is facing a tough race there and a group supporting him hopes a new ad will help him in his re-election efforts. take a look. >> for mitch mcconnell and rand paul, fighting obamacare isn't about politics. it's a fight for the kentucky families who are losing their health coverage. mcconnell and paul are working together to stop obamacare, to stop the washington liberals who are forcing families out of plans that include the doctors they trust. mcconnell and paul say start o

mccafferty of new hampshire to be united states district judge for the district of new hampshire. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: on behalf of the majority, i yield back 57 1/2 minutes. the presiding officer: pursuant to the provisions of senate resolution 15 of the 113th congress, there will now be up to two hours of postcloture consideration of the nomination equally divided in the usual form. mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: as if in legislative, i ask unanimous consent that if the senate receives h.r. 3548 from the house of representatives the bill is identical as introduced, the bill will be considered as having been read three times pafpbd the motion to reconsider be -- and passed and the motion to reconsider be laid on the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the senator from new york. mr. schumer: mr. president, thank you. i want to thank my colleagues in the christmas spirit, despite these contentions

but not just the state of new hampshire. to on-line businesses across the country who do not and should not have to be the tax collectors for states throughout the nation. with that, madam president, i yield the floor. i suggest the quorum call be initiated again. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. blunt: could we suspend the quorum call? the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blunt: madam president, i want to talk about some solutions to our health care problems that have been out there for a while, and every time i hear someone say there were no chance to the affordable care act, there were no alternatives to what the president wanted to do -- in fact, i think i heard the president say that multiple times last week, although it may have been multiple reportings of him saying it at the same time, but there is no question he said it. there were no ideas out there except his ideas, and that's just not accura

welcome to the new hampshire institute of politics. if i am understanding this correctly, you are saying twitter is really influencing what people are putting on the news, and it is starting with twitter, and if that is the case, because i believe it is, , cnnse i use twitter breaking news, it notifies me, and i do not even have to turn on the news. i had the time, but not during finals, but if that is the case, do you think, especially with our generation -- i mean, we have a lot of different types of students here who do watch the news, but i know that there are many in their early 20's who are using their phones and twitter and facebook may be as a means of getting news. do you think that twitter is going to take the lead and surpass nightly news as our generation grows up? out dateoing to nightly news? is twitter going to change that? >> not anytime soon, but the importance of tv is absolutely there, no question about that. did a ton of research about how people are processing the media. if you are under the age of 30 in 2012, you w

but he probably cannot win in new hampshire. chris christie can win in new jersey. but he would have a hard time winning in alabama. i do not care how many times ted cruz hugs barack obama. i do not think he can win the majority of the latino vote, the women vote, in new jersey. i want to win elections. that requires fielding candidates that can win. fielding candidates that fit the population priorities of where they are running. a winning republican candidate with whom i agree part of the time is a hell of a lot better than a losing candidate because with whom i agree all the time. because this is new hampshire, i want to make an aside here. ayotte is a winning republican candidate. she is an even she is a better that her senator. senator. she is thoughtful. she is courageous. she has guts. she worries about priorities in new hampshire. not republican primaries. as ted cruz and the senate conservatives found out, do not tread on kelly ayotte, she bites back. if you asked what the biggest problems the party faces, there are many issues. the most harmful one is the

romney had ahouse in new hampshire. >> this looks we're doing this opportunityistically. at was her connection to new york in advance? maybe there's a certain stature you achieve at which carpet bagger can no longer be raised against you. not like england where the party picks a safe seat for you and sends you out there so i think it resonates when people say it. >> thank you all so much. congratulations on your first appearance on "the lead." you got through it okay. great job. >> coming up on "lead," will farrell extended us an invitation to the pants party. i sat down with the "anchor man 2" star and we promise you won't regret sticking around, not immediately. ♪ hmm. mm-hmm. [ engine revs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] oh what fun it is to ride. get the mercedes-benz on your wish list at the winter event going on now -- but hurry, the offers end december 31st. [ santa ] ho, ho, ho! [ male announcer ] lease the 2014 ml350 for $599 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an archite

mike lee can win utah, but he probably could not win in new hampshire. chris christie can win in new jersey, but he would have a very hard time winning in alabama. and i don't care how many times or how hard ted cruz can hug barack obama, i don't think he could win the majority of the latino vote, the majority of the women vote, a fourth of the black vote in a blue state like new jersey. i want to win elections. that requires fielding candidates that can win. fielding candidates that fit the population needs, priorities of the places where they are running. a winning republican candidate with whom i agree part of the time is a hell of a lot better than a losing republican candidate with whom i agree all of the time. and because this is new hampshire, i want to make an aside here. kelly ayotte is a winning republican candidate. and she's an even better senator. she is thoughtful, she is courageous, she has brains, she has heart, she has guts. she worries about priorities in new hampshire, not republican primaries in new hampshire. and as ted cruz and the s

bush what midterms can do in new hampshire.ll recovering in some ways from 2006 when for the first time since reconstruction, democrats took every level of power, the governor's office, the legislature, the executive council. that's an opportunity lost if republicans can't find a marquee candidate for u.s. senate and for governor, and they think they might have one in scott brown. >> in the granite state, who is there besides scott brown. who could wrestle this nomination away from him? >> certainly former senator bob smith, who's been living in florida for about 12 years, says he's coming back to the state. he's going to redeclare full-time residency and run here as well. i'm not sure if bob smith could beat jeanne shaheen but he represents real problems for scott brown in a primary and here's why. it's appropriate -- i was watching when my wife, the wizard of oz over the weekend, because i think scott brown will have that judy garland moment where he thinks i'm not in massachusetts anymore. the massachusetts republican of hen

all of this is fuelling speculation that scott brown will challenge new hampshire senator next year. number of public appearances and scheduled to headline the new hampshire republican party's holiday party on thursday. in the meantime, senator sha heene is under fine from a group called ending spending, trying to draft brown to run against her. they are slamming her for supporting president obama's pitch on health care reform. >> on health care, jean shaheen didn't tell the truth. >> you can teep your insurance if you like it. it will increase choices for families and promote competition. >> the facts, more than 20,000 new hampshire patients had their coverage canceled and next november, if you like your senator, you can keep her. if you don't, you know what to do. >> joining me live now, deputy political editor kminco montener ro. there's a laundry list if scott brown chooses to run, including, he's running up against history. >> no question about that. the fact he's moving from massachusetts to new hampshire, of course going to be the first hurdle, may not be, you know, the end of

jackie anderson owns a boat repair shot in newton, new hampshire. you were diagnosed some time ago with ms, and so you couldn't shop for health insurance. what's it been like this time around? what are you feeling? >> well, the first thing i'm feeling is extreme relief at finally being able to purchase health insurance after three years of not having it. >> and tell us the process that you went through. where did you look and what did you end up with? >> well, the first thing -- right off the bat we decided to wait for the sharp exchange to open up in new hampshire, because the sharp exchange is the exchange opened to small business employers. in our particular case, as it turns out, the shop exchange in new hampshire is no better than the regular exchange. so what we're actually going with is just a regular policy, a private policy, if you will, through our agent that we've had for, you know, more than two decades. the exchange is going to do wonderful things for a lot of people, but in our particular state at this particular time it's not going to

so i expect another good new hampshire year of good politics.it's part of our culture. >> i've got to ask you, sir, you exited the head of wall street's biggest lobbying firm. is that an indication that you want to run? >> no. been there, done that, to quote george h.w. bush. >> got the t-shirt? >> i truly enjoyed my time and kathy and i appreciate the people of new hampshire allowed us to represent them for over 30 years in government but we've been there and done that. >> we're watching the tea leaves for scott brown now. judd gregg, ezra klein, gentlemen, thanks for your time. >> thank you. >>> on a completely different note, beyonce and her bragging rights. first she breaks the rules with this stealth release of her new album. now that surprise album is breaking records around the globe. and later, the controversy over santa's race. >> i look forward to the day where you have hispanic, asian, all signs of santas. >> so while people debate whether saennta is white or bla, are we overlooking the reason for the season? we'll explore that in the

. >> on new hampshire they didn't tell the truth.our insurance if you like it and increase choices for family and promote competition. >> the facts, 20,000 new hampshire patients had coverage cancelled and obama offered only one insurer on the individual market. if you like your senator you can keep her, if you don't, you know what to do. >> td banky is a former white house aide to president bush. and lean is on the action fund. dee dee how effective are they? >> they are fantastic and i think we'll take back the senate. the obama care nightmare will cope giving. obama and his legacy is set and a failed presidency. but the democrats have to survive and listen to the gripes and complains and say we don't want this. polls show it. he didn't tell them the truth. they are going to bail on obama or try to survive and most won't. >> emily how do democrats fight back against a ds like that. >> it is correct. the democrats will not run away from health care. pieces of the law going in to affect people so it affect their lives. they were not

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>> guest: i did it in new hampshire, believe it or not. we have a family ohm in new hampshire, so when we go up there on breaks, especially in the summer, i would spend a lot of time on that. but with always jobs i have, i had to cram in that time anywhere we could, so we would schedule a specific time so we could focus on it. >> host: have political parties become less significant in the last 30 years, and what do you think about that? >> guest: um, in what way? >> host: do they matter as much? do people care about the democratic party and the republican party like they used to? besides the conventions, what are parties for? >> guest: oh, sure. i think parties absolutely matter. they matter in a different way than perhaps decades ago. now they matter because, as always, people who don't have a lot of time and aren't necessarily focused as much researching individual candidates, if they know that they generally identify with one party or another, then supporting that party's candidates is, you know, a safe pathway for making sure they elec

again, people in new hampshire, can you imagine being in the capital of the state of new hampshire, the concord hospital, if that was where your doctors were, you can't go to those doctors anymore if you're on the exchange. it's less choice for people. i'm hearing it from my constituents all the time. one of the impacts of this law, unfortunately. >> senator, thank you for joining us. thank you. >> thanks, greta. >> the really bum news is that it isn't just the other guy. it's you, too. we're finding out more and more that you cannot keep your doctor even if you like your doctor. so why did president obama promise you could? house republicans are now trying to get to the bottom of that. congressman ron desantis is there to tell you their plan, next. vo: it's that time of year again. medicare open enrollment. time to compare plans and costs. you don't have to make changes. buit never hurts to see if u can find bettoverage, save money, or both. and check out the preventive benefits you get after the health care la open enrollment ends december 7th. so now's the time. visit medicare.gov or

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in new hampshire they had a network that excluded a ton of hospitals.hey have to pass on these plans being offered, so -- >> governor, governor, if i may, isn't it the president's promise if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor. you're telling me that's not true. >> for the most part it will be true, but it won't be true 100% of the time. >> you can't buy up to higher benefit. >> in most cases the the network of physicians is the same between the bronze, silver, and gold plans. so there really isn't a lot of choice -- >> you have a choice between insurance companies though. you know, you -- there is no different -- >> not in every state, 60% of counties in this state will insure. >> i want to get to this question -- >> that was true before obama care. >> i want to get to this question of cause. he said that generally speaking under obama care you will pay less for your health care than you did under the old season. dr. gottlieb, you said that folks maybe realized that premiums may be lower, but what they don't realize is that under a lot of the

i guess i got told. >> i will not be seeking the senate seat from new hampshire. >> do you have any other predictions? >> i would vote for him. >> yes. i want to talk about the legislation introduced to the senate now sponsored by almost 50 members, which would impose tougher new sanctions on iran if these negotiations fail. president obama has threatened to veto it, the iranians say if it passes they'll walk away from the table. i believe bipartisan majorities in both houses will be with iran, the president will not veto it and not walk away from the table. i think they will not find iran a diplomatic way to end their nuclear weapons, and i think by the end of 2014 the u.s. and/or israel will take military action to disable iran's nuclear program. >> entertainment. >> television will continue, in my judgment, to be where the action is. there has been a proliferation already on cable of new quality drama and see cop shows. i note that matthew mcconnaughey, a man who has no problem getting parts in movies, and woody harrellson will combine for a new cop detective series. that gives you an

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but people in new hampshire, can you imagine being in the capital of the state of new hampshire, the conkoshd hospital, if that was where your doctors were, you can't go to those doctors anymore if you're on the exchange. it's less choice for people. i'm hearing it from my constituents all the time, one of the impacts of this law unfortunately. >> senator, thank you for joining us. >> thanks, greta. >> and the really bum news is it's not just the other guy. it's you. you cannot keep your doctor even if you like your doctor. so why did president obama promise you could. congressman desantos is here to tell you their plan next. it's the little things in life that make me smile. spending the day with my niece. i don't use super poligrip for hold because my dentures fit well. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. even well-fitting dentures let in food particles. super poligrip is zinc free. with just a few dabs, it's clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortable and confident while you eat. so it's

and those new hampshire people are some of the best in america. [laughter] be okay, next question, last question. >> aids:0228:18 in the morning i'm stretching. >> it's good to stretch. >> i'm a strong democrat but you stand on economy control and the background check was really courageous. [applause] a question i follow politics for a long time and there was a breed of moderate republican senators many from the midwest. are there any of that breed still left and do we have hope for social moderates with fiscal conservatives? >> both of the parties have sort of gone to their own corner. of course at the same time there are conservative democrats in the south. it's more of a regional phenomenon than anything else that you don't see that as much. i will tell you though, i am glad to see the republican party again, think about it. the 80s and 90s we were the party. like you said of joe scarborough, of tom delay, newt gingrich of karl rove and george w. bush the people driving the debate in our party were from the deep south. now you look at the peopl

now we're just dealing with a little bit of snow in northern portions of vermont, new hampshire, also in northern maine. even upstate new york getting some snow as we speak. we'll zoom down a little bit closer and you can see boston, the rain now pushing out. still dealing with maybe a couple of flurries, a couple of showers. but nothing too major. as we take the storm hour by hour today, right around noon, you can see the snow basically in maine and then northern vermont, new hampshire. it pushes out by 9:00 tonight. looking clear for most of us. so give the flights a chance to catch up. a lot of delays yesterday and on into this morning. snowfall amounts, pretty impressive. we saw a foot of snow in upstate new york. north haven connecticut, about 7 inches. boston 6. central park 5 and chicago 4. a lot of snow fell with the storm. we're also going to see breezy conditions today. it's going to be windy for you in portland. gust toss 48 miles per hour. could see gusts of 27 in boston. 29 in new york city as we go through the morning. the winds should relax a little bit as we go through

does this mean he's going to take on jean shaheen and run in new hampshire? >> i can't imagine it means anything other than that, andrea. we know he is -- he floated this months ago, and i think a lot of people reacted with, what? i think he did it on purpose to acclimate people to the idea he might do it. i just did an interview a wmur affiliate, big affiliate up there. he said, look, carpet bagging isn't great. scott brown would have to answer that if he did run. but you can drive from downtown new hampshire to the border in 30 minutes without traffic. it may be less of an issue there than other states. i think scott brown from a purely political standpoint, a lot better chance of lebbed to something as a republican in new hampshire than getting re-elected or elected again to something as a republican in massachusetts. >> and this quick footnote just to -- "politico" breaking frank wolf, long time veteran from california said he's not going to seek re-election in 2013. that could be a seat up. >> competitive seat. >> ruth marcus, if he don't see you, happy

no problems or delays basically on the northern stretch of the beltway between 95, new hampshire avenue and silver spring. let's go to another live picture. this time to the other side of town where there are no problems to report on the northbound side of 95 and in on 66. this is a live look from our sky 9 where you just have a few brake lights now into the fair oaks area. back to you guys. >> thank you, monika. >>> just about 6:02. americans looking to get health insurance through obama care, the affordable care act have till midnight to buy their plans for the new year. >> the white house extended the deadline for purchasing health insurance by 24 hours to comindicate more -- accommodate more people who want coverage. delia goncalves is live in the newsroom with more. who are these people signing up now? >> reporter: a lot of last- minute folks, procrastinators and those folks who are procrastinators, many of them probably finishing up their christmas shopping are very happy. this is good news for those folks living in the 36 states using the federal website healthcare.gov but for mo

jim in new hampshire, jim. >> mr. cramer, greetings and booyah from the live free or die state, new hampshire. >> new hampshire rocks. go ahead. >> caller: yeah, hey, i got a question about top sorts. i know you're big on stop orders. one of the things that i played with is trailing stocks. say you've got a stock at a hundred. one of things that i've done is a three-tiered approach so i don't get stopped down all at once. seems like something like that strategy works. i'd love to hear your thoughts on that. >> that's a pretty good idea. as you know, i think this idea that you get stopped and it just hits it and the next thing you know it comes right back up, that's bad for me. but if you're going to do it in pieces, that's kind of like the stage that i like. i like that method. i'm not going to endorse it for my own, but i can if it makes you comfortable, i think it's good. jim in new york, jim. >> caller: jim, i'd like to know what the what's the drawbacks of owning stocks held by a holding company. >> well, i mean,

>> guest: i did it in new hampshire, believe it or not. we have a family ohm in new hampshire, so when we go up there on breaks, especially in the summer, i would spend a lot of time on that. but with always jobs i have, i had to cram in that time anywhere we could, so we would schedule a specific time so we could focus on it. >> host: have political parties become less significant in the last 30 years, and what do you think about that? >> guest: um, in what way? >> host: do they matter as much? do people care about the democratic party and the republican party like they used to? besides the conventions, what are parties for? >> guest: oh, sure. i think parties absolutely matter. they matter in a different way than perhaps decades ago. now they matter because, as always, people who don't have a lot of time and aren't necessarily focused as much researching individual candidates, if they know that they generally identify with one party or another, then supporting that party's candidates is, you know, a safe pathway for making sure they elec

new hampshire would come back to win it anyway. holy cow. how about the scramble, the throw, and a touchdown. the caps were down in philadelphia tonight. the caps now have won six of their last eight games. we will see what they do against the flyers tomorrow night in philly. >> a christmas tradition at the medical center, we will take you >> special visitors at children's national medical center today. the first dogs along with first lady michelle obama shared some holiday cheer. andvisited with patients read stories to the children. that has tradition been around for years. to revealed what the president wants for christmas this year. she says he wants exercise clothes. the dogs were on their best behavior's this time around the chef, you seem less tense since you got spark unlimited business checking from capital one bank. my stress has vanished. my old business checking account really pushed my buttons. transaction limits? more fees? are they bloody insane? horrible! come on! getting spark checking has made your cooking tolerable. [ male

. >> iowa and new hampshire and south carolina. [laughter] >> that was easy. he is planning none. >> i like south carolina. i love iowa. and those new hampshire people are some of the best in america. [laughter] >> next question. last question. >> i watch her show religiously. 8:02 to 8:18 in the morning. i am stretching. i'm a strong democrat but your stand on the background check was really courageous and much appreciated. [applause] a question. i follow politics for a long time and there was a breed of liberal or moderate work republican senators chuck percy all the ways to new england with clifford case and people like that in between. are there any of that breed still left and do we have hope for social moderates or fiscal conservatives? >> both of the parties have gone into their own corridor and of course at the same time there were conservative democrats in the south. you don't see that as much. i will tell you though i am glad to see the republican party. think about it. the 80s and 90s we were the party. of joe scarborough and tom delay and newt ging

on january 11th, 2012, a fresh snow blankets sandough, new hampshire.gh for veteran natives used to these conditions, but for newcomers, it's even tougher. they often speed on open roads and won't slow down for slick surfaces, according to longtime resident, roberta ford. >> traffic has increased a lot since these houses have gone in. but i've found that sometimes even pulling out of my driveway, i'll just sit there and watch people go by and they're going 40, 50 miles an hour. >> prepared to document any incident on her property with her digital camera, roberta snaps stills of an suv that slides off the road on to her front lawn. behind the wheel is one of her new young neighbors. the sheriff is already on scene. turns out the truck has hit a steel electrical junction box installed on roberta's property. the driver and his passengers are not hurt, but the accident dislodges high-voltage cables, which feed electricity to the entire neighborhood. the cables attached to the junction box are pulled out of the ground when the suv hits the box. now power is

this is new hampshire. it is a tradition. we are going to drill this guy, so, peter, welcome back to new hampshire. i will not ask if you are testing the waters. that is very good. this is absolutely excellent. did twitter kill the boys on the bus? talk a little bit about the origin of why you had this topic. and what you learned. >> kind of two reasons. one, after the campaign, i was jealous, and you may have been jealous about this also. campaign operatives take some time off. they were forced to take time off. you go on vacation and you are reflecting and meditating. i am not jealous of their unemployment, but i am jealous of their space, so after the campaign of 2012, i had an opportunity of fellowship at the kennedy school of government, and i had to write a paper on some aspect of the media and the political media, and i started to think about the difference between 2008 and 2012, which were the two presidential campaigns that i covered, and i on the plane in the bubble, as they say, with hillary clinton and mitt romney

. >>> and massachusetts republican scott brown is packing up his house and moving to new hampshire. does this mean he's set his sights on challenging senator jeanne shaheen? >>> plus their approval ratings are in the toilet. a new poll shows they're less trusted than car salesmen, but just how hard does congress really work? get this, a new survey suggests they're probably working harder than you. do you buy it? >>> good morning, i'm chris jansing. right now the senate is about to take its first vote on the budget deal. 60 votes are needed to move forward. it appears the deal has not only the votes to pass this first hurdle, cloture, but also enough republican support to pass the final vote tomorrow. and in about 45 minutes, the president will meet with 15 silicon valley ceos to talk about the obamacare website and the nsa. that meeting with high profile tech giants like apple's tim cook, google's eric schmidt comes as the white house is dealing with the fallout from a judge's decision about the nsa. the judge ruled the call program violates the constitution by sweeping up meta data

>> new hampshire is a tough state when it comes to obamacare. rik alluded to the fact that there are going to be some people who are going to have to pay more or have a more difficult time if they did like their health plan before in terms of transitioning. in new hampshire, the tea party legislature declined to set up an exchange and instead they had to access the federal exchange and last i checked, there was only one insurer that was selling in new hampshire. so it's possible that, you know, this kind of attack will work. but jeanne shaheen is very popular in the state. >> irin carmon, rik hertzberg, great to see both of you. >>> checking the newsfeed, taliban suicide bombers attacked a u.s. military base near the pakistan border of afghanistan today. three attackers blew up a car at the gate of a nato outpost and then stormed the compound, killing an afghan policeman. no american soldiers were killed, but the attack comes a day after six americans were killed in a blackhawk chopper crash in afghanistan. >>> some new information coming in thi

and from new hampshire, troubling new clue in the national search for a missing teenager, 15-year-old abigail hernandez disappearing nearly two months ago. her mother going before cameras with her emotional pleas, tonight police revealed the mother received a letter believed to be from the daughter, authorities are concerned by what's in it. here's abc's linzie janis. >> 15-year-old abigail hernandez mysteriously disappeared on her way home from school two months ago. but tonight, police are revealing a critical lead in the case. a letter they say the new hampshire teen sent to her mother two weeks after she went missing. >> the reason we are announcing today that we have it, is because law enforcement had to take every possible step to verify its authenticity. and at this juncture, we believe that it was in fact written by abby and was sent to her mother. >> reporter: the letter was postmarked october 23rd. but didn't reach abby's mother until november 6th. an fbi investigator working on the case says receiving the letter is unprecedented saying he hasn't seen anything like this in r

you have long had ties to new hampshire, that is your permanent home. a senate race is coming up in 2014 with an incumbent. a lot of speculation scott brown will be in it? will we see you on the campaign trail in new hampshire. >> when you answer the question about you in '16. >> that is different. i have two extra years and you have to answer now. >> i'm actually trying to figure out, is it huckabee and brown or brown and huckabee. >> but you are looking at it. >> i would be misleading people if i said i wasn't hoppered for the -- honored for the consideration. right now we are looking there. we getting the family settled and reconnecting with my mom and family that lives up there. listen, the present senator, she was the deciding vote on obamacare. she rammed it there and voted for it and every grandfathering amendment and she was one of the people writing the letter to the irs asking they investigate the conservative group. so she'll have to answer to somebody, people from new hampshire on these very important issues. >> if you are the one, just come

a conservative pack is running ads in new hampshire touting brown's credentials. he is scheduled to speak at a republican holiday party there this thursday. in case you were wondering, the listing price for that home right there? massachusetts, $555,000. the family bought it in 2005 $2 for $307 th,000. brian schwietzer one of the names floating around as a democratic candidate for president in 2016. yesterday he took a direct one-two punch at the presumed front-runner and the sitting president. in an interview with the weekly standard, he said, the quo that we have is will it be that hillary that leads the progressives or is it the hillary that says i'm already going to win the democratic nomination so i can shift hard right on day one? we can't afford any more hard right. we had eight years of george bush and now we've had five years of obama who i would argue in many cases has been a corporatist. schwietzer stopped short of saying he would run for president but he has said he's interested in the job. let's go to business now. wall street rebounding yesterday ahe

in port smith, new hampshire. >>> one called this the largest christmas week storm in history.across the bay area, people are using christmas as an excuse to give of themselves. spending christmas eve delivering toys or maybe taking meals to seniors on christmas morning. the generosity felt almost contagious. nbc bay area's chase cane is in san francisco. you've been on the forefront of this for the past few days, really seeing people, you know, giving of themselves, as we said. >> we sure have, peggy. that's a nice thing to be reminded of on this christmas morning, that people do care about one another. there are, in fact, people fanned out across the city of san francisco right now, delivering doors, delivering meals to the doors of people who can't get out and enjoy a meal otherwise. here at the salvation army, they've been hard at work since 5:00 a.m. volunteers getting together to assemble meals, put those meals in boxes. of course as the morning went on, they started showing up here, picking up boxes of food and taking that out to the homes of the elderly, disabled, anyon

obamacare offers only one insurer on new hampshire's individual market. next november if you like your senator, you can keep her. if you don't, you know what to do. >> i think that's a powerful ad. i expect it in a lot of places. >> your reaction? >> i think that final tag line is really telling. you know, obamacare isn't working. it was sold to the american people under false pretenses. 28 times president obama looked in the tv cam a and said, if you like your health insurance plan you can keep it, period. that was knowingly, deliberately false. it was the entire heart of how obamacare was sold to the american people repeat lid. president obama and the democrats told the american people if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. that was knowingly, deliberately false. in the public arena, when you knowingly, deliberately make false statements to the american people and hurt millions of americanss through foolhardy policy there are consequences. that's why you were speaking out so loudly and had been speaking out against obamacare and why so many

welcome to the new hampshire institute of politics. so if i am understanding this correctly, you are saying twitter is really influencing what people are putting on the news, and it is starting with twitter, and if that is the case, because i believe it is, because i use twitter, cnn breaking news, it notifies me, and i do not even have to turn on the news. i wish i had the time, but not during finals, but if that is the case, do you think, especially with our generation i mean, we have a lot of different types of students here who do watch the news, but i know that there are many in their early 20's who are using their phones and twitter and facebook may be as a means of getting news. do you think that twitter is going to take the lead and surpass nightly news as our generation grows up? is that going to out date nightly news? is twitter going to change that? >> not anytime soon, but the importance of tv is absolutely there, no question about that. pew did a ton of research about how people are processing the media. if you are under th

. >>> coming up new hampshire senator kellialot in our center seat. do you have anything to ask her. let me know on facebook.com/brett beyer or twit with #brett beyer. >>> and you see there are a backlash on the people who support it but that doesn't mean there are not good and bad points that can be pointed out. here to do that is brit hume. greeng -- good evening. >> good evening, bret. if the bill passes, it will get them past another struggle over spending and taxes without either a threatened or actual government shutdown. people may not think much of the government these days but they don't like shutdowns and they never blame the democrats when they happen. the worst thing about the deal is that it lifts the legally mandated caps on spending for two years and those caps had reduced government spending for two years running, a rare occurrence. but that brings us to the second best thing about the deal, which is that it spares the defense budget already heavily depleted under president obama from a deep further round of cuts. for complex budgetary

is calling from new hampshire, independent caller. hey, there. are you there? affordable care act. i would have preferred a single payer but i'm excited about having health care for all americans. if one wants to see what a free market health care world looks like, i suggest viewing the dvd, "as i lay dying." it is positively grim. i suggest all republicans and young people watch it. thank you. >> let's hear from salt lake city, democrat. hi, there. >> yes, good morning. [indiscernible] i am really happy for this on c- span, objectively. i want to make more comments about health care. this has been a problem in america for as long as we can remember. [indiscernible] there are sets of problems related to the formal health care act. number one, [indiscernible] late in his first campaign, and to makesequent efforts the legislation go through , from different stakeholders. i think obama made a mistake because theynning , so it so difficult difficult, that it was not easy to explain and it has lost all of its weight because it has been gutted during the conservative and other stakeholde

here along maine, new hampshire and all the way into canada. south of that, it's all rain. not cold enough to see the snow line drop further south. that could be about a foot of snow. 40 there, not going any higher but not dropping from washington to philadelphia inthrough new york. how about temperatures? tuesday into the 40s with that rain and dropping, 30s and 20s, there is that bitter cold arctic air seeing that, maine at 1 below zero. the front will move through chicago. we will see these temperatures drop quite a bit. come with a gusty wind so it feels like it's down to about 20 degrees below zero in maine with that windschill. that will continue for at least the next 24 to 48 hours. >> sometimes what happens in the midwest has to stay in the midwest. >> trying to move east, though. >> dave, thank you very much. >>> talk about this: ringing in the new year as newly we did, gay couples in utah celebrating after the state's ban on same-sex marriage was over turned. the fight isn't over. now, the state says it wants the to step in. jim hooley tells us why from salt lake