next year. but here s the thing, folks, both parties want this. they agree that there should be an extension of this tax holiday. the problem here is that house republicans refuse to settle for the two-month band aid, the two-month extension that has already been passed by the senate. listen. our house gop negotiators are here and ready to work with their counterparts in the senate. he s not lucy, i m not charlie brown. we re not falling for that football stunt, again. okay, lucy and charlie brown. that s what we ve come to now, kate. it can be silly season up there sometimes. but just getting more and more silly, it seems. so, is this just all for show and eventually what people want to know, whether or not this is going to get done, is it? well, it s a good question. right now there s no clear answer, to be quite honest, as it seems both sides at the moment are more dug in than ever before. as you said, the house rejected the senate compromise that two-month extension
communities were hit by tropical storm and declared a state of national calamity. entire villages were washed away. at least 900 were killed and hundreds more missing. the iraqi government issued an arrest warrant for the vice president there. some of his bodyguards confessed to carrying out bombing attacks under his orders. those other top stories on cnn. world business today starts right now. hello. welcome to world business today. i m charles hodson in london. and i m pauline chu in hong kong. the top stories. a time of transition as people pay respects in north korea. the world waits to see what shape succession will take. the struggle to save europe s single currency continues as an emergency cash drive falls short. if you ve still got last minute presents to buy, we ve got the gift guide for you. in north korea, it s a time of deep mourning. in the rest of the world, it s a time of deep unease. one of the world s most cyclic nations, one with nuclear c
robin wright. i m joe johns in for candy crowley, and this is state of the union. the white house has led a very public campaign for the payroll tax cut extension which would save average and working americans $1,000 in higher taxes next year. after weeks of negotiations, a break-through. the senate yesterday voted to extend the tax cut and unemployment benefits for just two months. the house still has to act. president obama seems satisfied but he let congress know he is not backing off a full-year extension. it would be inexcusable for congress not to further extend this middle class tax cut for the rest of the year. it should be a formality and hopefully it is done with as little drama as possible when they get back in january. but he made no mention of the keystone pipeline compromise. to get republicans on-board, democrats agreed to a provision which says the president must make a decision within 60 days on extending an oil pipeline from canada to texas. the pr
vladimir putin and the protests in russia, and the euro s chances of survival. finally, what are we bringing back from iraq? you ll be amazed. but first, here s my take. time magazine announced its person of the year this week the protester. from the arab spring to athens, from new delhi to new york, people power is stronger than it s ever been. and now it s reached moscow with the protests there last week. the great drama of russian history has been between its state and society. put simply, russia has always had too much state and not enough society. historians have pointed out that the russian nation was literally the property of the czar, that serfs were more like slaves than simply peasant workers as they were in europe, and that the country lacked any institutions that contested the authority of the government. the communist takeover in 1917 only enhanced these features by building a soviet superstate that dominated every aspects of people s lives. when it col
it up, as well. still, we re not done. much more in just a moment on capitol hill. also, this is a brave marine. but this time, b he s pretty brave to ask the first lady of the united states to the ball. he asked her out. we ll see how this is played out. also, for keyby bryant, we know how this is going to play out. his wife, vanessa, has now filed for divorce. details on why in just a moment. but from the cnn center, this is your saturday morning. so glad you could spend part of your weekend with us. one down, one to go. after minutes to go, the senate approved one of the bills in front of them. today and so far this morning, it was that payroll tax extension. that means your paycheck should stay about the same, but only for the next couple of months. if it had expired, then the government would have been taking a bigger chunk out of your paycheck. the average american family would see about $1,000 increase in their paychecks per month. the house has to take this up, howeve