to determining the chances of them repeating their euro two thousand and eight semifinal run richard phillips has more. the euro two thousand and twelve championships are drawing a veneer of poland and ukraine will just go to six months to go to the event eventually gets underway on friday the draw will take place in kieve and this will be the first major event of the host nations ahead of ben holding the biggest ever sporting events their countries have ever seen sixteen national science will be in the hats and due to russia's impressive qualification campaign where they managed to top their group they'll be amongst the second seeded teams this is actually very important as fable avoid having to play the lights of germany italy and england all of whom have serious aspirations of winning the tournament itself a fantastic scenario to figure out the cuts men would see his sign drawn with poland sweden and the republic of ireland a group they would start a strong favorites to win however a different outlook would be if russia were to be drawn with the likes of spain creational portugal and franc

phillips' colon health. >>> good morning i'm richard lui in for chris jansing on this wednesday. a very good day to you.blink first? 160 million americans are asking right now what's going to happen to their tax cut as they watch congress play politics. democrats and republicans are not budging. john boehner and republican negotiators was about to discuss a one-year tax cut extension. there's no one on the other side

richard? >> you know, stephanie, prince phillip always there by the queen's side. and yet we know so little about him. what do a lot of british people think about him? what is his reputation? >> reporter: he's really loved in this country. and it's interesting, people here know him very well. although he's not as well known in the u.s. and he has kind of maintained those few steps behind the queen. she's obviously the center of attention. but he does a lot of public service around this country, something like 400 engagements a year. and he hasn't really slowed down. i mean, he's 90 years old, he's been married to the queen for 64 years and it's no wonder that he has some health issues and that he's suffering from some heart illness. but if you look at the man, he's incredibly fit. i had the opportunity to meet him in person a couple of weeks ago. and he said hello, he was very aware. it was very moving. it was nothing on that occasion to lead you to believe that he was in poor health. people really believe that he'll bounce back. but don't be surprised that we hear

richard burton. he gave her many of her signature pieces. including this is pieces like this drop shaped pearl that trace origins back to the spanish royal family. phillipain was the first to own it. there is this diamond called the elizabeth taylor diamond that is 33 care ats that is the premier piece. if you can't afford those, you might top the go online. about 1,000 pieces of cloaking and handbags et cetera are going to be sold during this sale. again, five-part sale and the big event is tonight with the jewelry sale. back to you. >> thank you. the girl with the dragon tattoo has a big debut. tom cruise has an interesting date and has a lot of people talking about the woman with tom. will american airlines stop showing 30 rock on flights? let's get the latest from courtney. >> yes, the feel bad movie of the holidays is finally upon us. girl with the dragon tattoo that i cannot wait to go see. it's a great thing to do on christmas eve, but the premiers just took place and the reviews are trickling out. the reviews are tepid to tell you the truth. people say it's shot beautifully. the star who plays rooney does a fantastic job. it's hard to improve up

phillips. sir, let's start with this, we've seen five national front runners so far. who do you think? who's the best candidate for the tea party in your view? >> heyish richard got to say on the front end, i'm a little biased. i came out in september and i endorsed gingrich. the tea party vote is split among a number of candidates because there's a number of good candidates. there's gingrich, there's michele bachmann, there's rick perry. there's rick santorum. so, the tea party vote is split a lot. >> did you change your endorsement. was it always newt for you, or did you have thoughts of other candidates, too? >> i took a serious look at the other candidates, including michele bachmann. at tend of the day, i ended up announcing i was going to support newt for a variety of reasons. not the least of which, in 1994 he led a pretty good conservative revolution in washington. and that's what i'm looking for in 2012. i don't want to just put some guy in there. i want to change the way washington does business. and gingrich is the guy who i believe has got the vision to be able to do something like that. >> it's a tough question for you. there are thousands of tea

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