revenue, not more government spending and debt. you sure you don t want to whisper it right now? alex, i ll tell you on the side. okay. kay bailey hutchison, thank you. thank you, alex. newt gingrich in the final gop debate of the year. we re going to hear from a senior strategist from his campaign, next. later, the tebowing trend. why is it so popular? here on weekends with alex witt. [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gift of a pain free holiday. this season, discover aleve. all day pain relief with just two pills.
jobs, 20,000 jobs is what the union and industry says this will give to our country at a time when all of us want to put people to work. and there s no government expenditure. it s all private sector spending that will create 20,000 jobs and plus 180,000 is the estimate in jobs created with all of the suppliers and the people who would support the construction. so it seems to me to be a no-brainer and the all of the environmental studies have been done. everyone is in agreement except the president and a group of people who think it s going to hurt the environment when, in fact, honestly, alex, the experts say that there will be more carbon emissions if we don t do the pipeline because it will have to be shipped out overseas and then we ll have to bring it back in at a more expensive rate and with more carbon emissions. well, in further demonstrating how there are two
win florida and get to 270. they could win the far west states and get to 270. that s their strategy now. while republicans are fighting with each other, they are getting ground operations going in these states. all right. susan page, always a pleasure. thanks so much. thanks, alex. as of last week, a survey shows that about 40% of americans have reported wrapping up their holiday shopping but some of them may be returning to the stores a little bit dissatisfied. we ll talk about that here on weekends with alex witt. y to you. the forecast is simple. chilly in new england.
true arctic air is over the next seven days. the purple color and then the white, that s the really, really cold polar air. the light blue, it s chilly but that s not the heart of winter. as we go through the next seven days out to next weekend and getting to the christmas weekend, you notice that the heart of the cold air, the purple, that still stays up in the hudson bay. the light blue stays over the northern plains which means it will be chilly but we re not looking at any big shot of cold air any time soon. all the cold air is locked up over siberia and around the north pole. as far as your forecast goes this weekend, saturday and sunday, both days are similar. just showers down there in texas. mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies over much of the country. alex, no snowstorms heading our way. there s really no huge shots of cold air either. it s great for getting holiday errands done but doesn t feel like christmas and the holiday season in a lot of places. sooner or later it will
he then press and never took any steps to investigate. defense officials hammered mcquery about why he never told the plus. he said, i thought i was talking to the police. now, al electric, the defense lawyers were frustrated because the judge wouldn t let them question mcquery on what they believe were inconsistent statements that he s made to other witnesses. but he they say once this case goes to trial, they will fully explore that and other issues about mcquery s credibility and they hope they are going to be able to get these charges dismissed. alex? the story is a long way from over. thank you, michael isakoff. the senate vote is not the last word on the payroll tax holiday. lawmakers voted to extend it for two months only. so in february americans will be hearing the same arguments again. i m joined by republican senator kay bailey hutchison of texas who just voted yes on that bill