this is occupy youngstown ohio. remember them? you may remember our earlier reporting on occupy youngstown in one of america's most impoverished cities, turning out way few tents outside of the bank in what's left of downtown in youngstown. well, these are occupy youngstown's tents today, where they camped out in the yard of a mother and her family facing eviction from their home just in time for the holidays. this is politics too. if you want to take the political temperature of our country, absolutely, look at the 2012 race. but look too at governor nikki haley's 34% approval rating and that hometown reporter chasing her into the elevator with no answer, no explanation, merry christmas. look at the sudden and unexpected half million signatures for recalling governor scott walker in wisconsin. look at how the republican party is wielding its power in trending blue virginia. look at occupy youngstown, saying this is their priority, that they will stand up for this, that even if no other level of politics in this country can stop t

>>> back in this country, a magnitude 4.0 earthquake has rattled ohio near the urban centers of youngstownnd warren. this same area has been the center of a lot of controversy over fracking, a method of getting natural gas out of shale rock. critics worry it could cause earthquakes and other damage. >>> and customers complained and verizon listened. the country's largest mobile phone provider is scrapping its $2 fee for customers to make a one-time bill payment. the movement sparked outrage from thousands of verizon customers for having to pay a fee to pay their bill. >>> and the new year will mean new lives for entertainers, russell brand and katy perry, the entertainment power couple is calling it quits after little more than a year of marriage. brand tells cnn, i'll always adore katy and i know we'll remain friends. >>> we'll follow the republican contenders live in iowa as they criss-cross the states. "the contenders" 2012 starts right now. >>> good afternoon and welcome to "the contenders 2012." i'm candy crowley. today you're going to hear from the republican candidates at their live

and yet you're talking about a woman in youngstown, ohio, that you're not going to be mean to.ration destroys this country. >> well, you sort of shifted out of social security there, which is not the issue. you mentioned it earlier. take that off the table because we know how to make that work so that we don't raise the retirement age, especially for moderate and low-income people. put that aside. the health care bill you know this, joe, the health care bill we pass two years ago has a lot of significant cost savings. the issue isn't the cost of medicare as much as the cost of health insurance generally. medicare actually is more efficient, as you know, than private health insurance, in terms of administrative costs. so we know how to do a lot of this, but the answer isn't to raise the medicare eligibility age or the answer isn't to shift a lot of costs to seniors. i fully am aware of the problems with medicare. i've worked on this for years. but we've not by and large done the right things there, but we can do it without scaling back benefits and just ignoring this 62-year-old

change in leadership will not mean a change in policy: >>> a magnitude 4.0 earthquake has rattled youngstownea has been a center of controversy, cracking, getting natural rock out of shale rock. critics worry it could cause earthquakes and other damage. >>> the largest phone provider, verizon, is scrapping the $2 fee for customers to make one-time bill payments. this sparked outrage from the customers having to pay a fee to pay their bill. >>> as we close in on the iowa caucus, mitt romney is clearing as the leader they have just two more days to convince iowans to vote for them for president. >>> a 21-fire arson spree in california. the fires have prompted a $60,000 reward. 17 were set in hollywood. four others in west hollywood. all of them within a two-square mile area. property damage estimated at $350,000. extra police have been deployed and cops are pouring through surveillance tapes. i'm natalie allen. "the situation room" is next.

members of a breakaway amish group charged with hate crimes were arraigned in federal court in youngstown. according to the tribune chronicle, the judge ordered the men to stay in prison saying they're a danger to the amish community. the men are accused of shaving beards of people who refused to follow their leader. three other defendants will be in court friday. >>> 93-year-old evangelist billy graham is hospitalized in asheville, north carolina, for what officials say is, quote, evaluation and treatment of his lungs. >>> also, you have to see this. a tough day for santa at a palm beach, florida, mall. he tried to make a grand entrance by rapelling into the ground. it didn't work. his beard got stuck. kids were down below, he couldn't move. he ended up tearing off his beard and hat, made it to the ground. by the way, as this was happening the announcer was singing christmas carols, doing all that she could. that is the latest, anderson. back to you. >>> erin burnett "outfront" up at 11:00. >> a huge day in the markets today, 500 points, that is huge. the best in 2 1/2 years. why, can it

members of a breakaway ammish group charged with hate crimes were arraigned in federal court today in youngstownhe tribune, the judge ordered the men to stay in prison saying they're a danger to the ammish community. the men are accused of shaving the beards of people who refuse to follow their leader. samuel mullet, sr., mullet wanted to seek revenge and punish those who were leaving his group. three other defendants will be in court on friday. >>> 93-year-old billy graham is hospitalized tonight in asheville, north carolina for what officials say is evaluation and treatment of his lungs. >>> and how about this? a tough day for santa at the palm beach florida mall. he tried to make a grand entrance. take a look, by repelling into the crowd. his beard got stuck and he couldn't move. this is no jolly st. nick. he eventually made it to the ground. as this was happening, at announcer trying her best sing is christmas songs trying to stall. the kids were below saying santa! >> oh, no! >> yeah. he made it down at least. >> i think this singing makes it worse almost. >> what else could she do? >> wow.

change in leadership will not mean a change in policy: >>> a magnitude 4.0 earthquake has rattled youngstownn a center of controversy, cracking, getting natural rock out of shale rock. critics worry it could cause earthquakes and other damage. >>> the largest phone provider, verizon, is scrapping the $2 fee for customers to make one-time bill payments. this sparked outrage from the customers having to pay a fee to pay their bill. >>> as we close in on the iowa caucus, mitt romney is clearing as the leader they have just two more days to convince iowans to vote for them for president. >>> a 21-fire arson spree in california. the fires have prompted a $60,000 reward. 17 were set in hollywood. four others in west hollywood. all of them within a two-square mile area. property damage estimated at $350,000. extra police have been deployed and cops are pouring through surveillance tapes. i'm natalie allen. "the situation room" is next.

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and 12-year-old maya johnson of youngstown, pennsylvania. she did, too. you. thank you so much for your donations. >>> big exclusive coming up tomorrow. mend di mccready's going to be here. she sat down with andrea canning. setting up for a big "20/20" on friday. >>> now maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >>> just minutes before 9:00 many we are looking at 59 -- we are looking at 59 baltimore a fall back from where woo start -- where we started in the 60s and that will be moving n watching the vied view snow on the southern end that looks more impressive as this digs on the south side of the system. pumping in the warm air with moisture but cooling off. wave of low pressure and new system will form and that will be spinning right through baltimore around midnight and early hours of the morning many we could have some rumble of thunder as we make the transition back to snow and with that in mind we can have ourselves some intense burst of snow to overtake the warm ground and we get stickage and we

and 12-year-old maya johnson of youngstown, pennsylvania. she did, too. you so much for your donations. >>> big exclusive coming up tomorrow. mend di mccready's going to be here. she sat down with andrea canning. setting up for a big "20/20" on friday. >> live and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. morning @ 8:56. >>> drivers in downtown can face big delays today. take back the capital protesters k straight g along between 13th and 17th street. it will begin at about 11:00 morning and could last into the evening rush hour. a senate panel will look whether the d.c. area is for a natural or man- made disaster. hearing wasd by gridlock during the snowstorm and after the earthquake. here is lisa baden with traffic. we've had so many accidents morning. ofre have been areas publishing and flooding reported. adam caskey will fill you in. this is the pace of traffic with delays out of woodbridge. this is northbound on 395 and a southbound accident at washington boulevard is gone. it is slow out of rosslyn across roosevelt bridge with other siden on the constitu

factories in places like youngstown and charleston and huntington and dayton have moved to wuhan and shihan and shanghai with final products sold to the united states. the business plan of a number of corporations is to shut down production in mansfield, ohio, and in zanesville, ohio, and move that production to beijing or shihan, china, set up companies there and ship products back to the united states. to my knowledge, never in history has there been a country where such a huge number of companies would set up that business plan. think about that. shut down production in the country where you're located, shut down production, laying off workers who have made you a successful company, shut down -- hurt a community by closing down that plant, doing terrible damage to the schools, to the police departments, to the city services and all that, and move your production to another country because you can work there more cheaply and sell products back to the united states. to my knowledge, never in world -- i could be mistaken about this but nobody has ever shown me otherwise. to my knowle

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i was in youngstown not too long ago and at a town hall meeting and a 63-year-old woman stood up and said -- 62, 63 years old, she said, i'm a couple -- i just need -- she said, i just need to stay -- i just need to stay healthy and stay alive until i'm 65 so i have health insurance. i need to be able to stay alive for another couple of years so i can get on medicare and have health insurance. imagine living your life that way, when you're thinking, you know, i just got to stay alive until i'm 65. then i'll have good government medicare health insurance. and so some people here are saying well, tough luck, we're going to have to raise the eligibility age to medicare to 66, 67, 68, whatever my very conservative colleagues are proposing from -- from utah and from kentucky, raise the eligibility age for medicare as if that's going to make them better. and, you know, when you think about it, if -- i want 62-year-olds -- it's one reason we passed the health care bill -- i want 62-year-olds to have health insurance. one, it's good for them. second, it's way better for the country, includin

and you have places like yungstoyung youngstown, ohio, which is creating jobs again. >> let's move torided by people like me when he was in college saying he would never be good enough to play in the nfl. a guy who his own -- one of his own bosses, john elway just doesn't like as a quarterback. he has -- boy, he has turned the broncos around, a remarkable story. and a little religion debate going. >> right. so you can talk about him as a football player and you can talk about him as this popular figure now who -- there are people who rejoice about it and make fun about it. and he talks to our own shawn gregory and says i have good faith in human nature, i think people are celebrating what i'm doing. >> and teammates rallying around him. they believe. >> yeah. >> they believe in tim tebow. >> he's a second-year player who goes into the huddle and commands the respect of veterans who have been in the league and been in huddles with quarterbacks who are more traditional quarterbacks. they call the nfl a passing league. he can't pass yet he's 6-1 as a starter and is taking his team to the

that is from a citizen in youngstown, ohio. $40 means the difference to me in buying gas or paying my electric bill. i am disabled, so i am on a very tight monthly income -- an american from forest grove, oregon. $40 a paycheck allows my son to have hot lunch at school -- a citizen in honolulu, hawaii. and from a citizen in alaska -- it means a home cooked meal for my family of five, it means new shoes for two of my kids. i think americans are listening, and americans are speaking, including republicans, who say it is time for us to get this done, to move forward. we believe that every member of congress in the house and senate can deal with a two-month extension. everyone should know how to walk and chew gum, including those who have to process these payroll tax cut claims. let's get on with this. we are three days from christmas, nine days from seeing one of the largest tax increases on americans who work in our history. it is time to get this done bit with that, let me yield to the ranking democrat on the ways and means committee, sander levin. >> i am fourth, because i am supposed