much more from and about the hawkeye caucuses later this hour. sears holdings is out with a partial list of the sears and k-mart stores it plans to close. earlier this week sears said it would close between 100 and 120 stores as a result of poor holiday sales. the firm has released a list of 79 that will be closed nationwide. sears said in a statement that it could not say how many jobs will be cut or when the stores will be closed. sears holdings has more than 4,000 stores in the u.s. and canada. a protest in syria turns deadly. hundreds of thoses of pro-democracy demonstrators jammed the streets and homes and other cities across the country as part of what the opposition called the crawl to freedom square. anti-government groups say at least 32 protesters have been killed. witnesses say this video shows a man who had his legs blown off being carried by friends in a ma das tus suburb. crackdown by president bashar al assad s forces continues despite the presence of arab
the u.s. defense officials saying mistakes were made in a deadly attack and anyone traveling for the holidays, you have to listen up here. chad has some weather news for you. jessica yellin, the senior white house correspondent. we heard from you, the president putting the pressure on house leadership as he is really making this personal, personifying this ill pass to the american people. reporter: think about the stalemate the president faced earlier this summer where he was fighting with congress over a vague and confusing issue. the debt ceiling that didn t hit americans in any direct way. contrast that with this issue which hits americans directly in their wallet. if this isn t resolved by january 1, your average american family will see $40 less in their paycheck. it couldn t be more simple and a more clear argument for the president to be making, that congress should get its act together and resolve this one way or another. a very clear fight for the president to be h