oh, my god. you all right? there s a madman and hollywood rampage caught on tape. a crazed gunman firing into cars. we ll talk about what set him off on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com and good morning, everyone. it s monday, december 12th. wow. december 12th where has the year gone? carol is off. i m christine romans. and i m ali velshi. good to see you again. haven t been here a while but come back into much news. tell me your abu dhabi in case you missed it, republican front-runner newt gingrich must have felt like everyone was ganging up on him because they were. calling the palestinian an invented people. this is a propaganda war in which our side refuses to engage and we refuse to tell the truth while the other side lies and you re not going to win if you re afraid to stand firm and stand for the truth. you stand firm and speak for the truth but you don t stand for israel. if bb netanyahu what s to say what you say, let h