between house hard liners and the gop establishment. by yesterday leading republican voices were openly calling on house speaker john boehner to back down, to agree to a two-month extension or risk ruining the brand. tonight looking pretty grim he did. doing the right thing for the right reasons is always the right thing to do. while everyone asked for a full year extension of these programs, a lot of people weren t willing to put the effort in as the holidays were approaching to get it done. our members were. so i m proud of the efforts that they put into this. dana is going to join us to explain the mechanics of the deal, the spaks. president obama was quick to praise the outcome. the statement read thg is the real money that will make a real difference in people s lives and i want to thank every american who raised your voice to remind folks in this town what this debate was all about. and to give you an idea of some of the pressure, intense pressure lawmakers were fee
back down, to agree to a two-month extension or risk ruining the brand. tonight looking pretty grim he did. doing the right thing for the right reasons is always the right thing to do. while everyone asked for a full year extension of these programs, a lot of people weren t willing to put the effort in as the holidays were approaching to get it done. our members were. so i m proud of the efforts that they put into this. dana is going to join us to explain the mechanics of the deal, the spaks. president obama was quick to praise the outcome. the statement read thg is the real money that will make a real difference in people s lives and i want to thank every american who raised your voice to remind folks in this town what this debate was all about. and to give you an idea of some of the pressure, intense pressure lawmakers were feeling, take a look at these two entries from rick crawford s web page. the first one is december 20th. the headline reads, quote, crawford rejects
happy, happy, happy friday! my favorite day. i know. besides saturday and sunday. it s october 28th. welcome to american morning. christine has the morning off. that game you know, i was so sad, because the yankees were out so early, but, boy, these guy, the rangers and cardinals have really kept this going. good. good baseball. up first, bernie madoff victims are saying don t buy this scam. saying they re having trouble finding sympathy after madoff s wife madoff said he s happier in prison and his wife told 60 minutes the couple tried to kill themselves. the story from our susan candiotti. i think anything that comes out of their mouths is self-serving and are lying. reporter: richard and cynthia friedman lost their life saving to bernie madoff, so did eileen kent s parents. when they heard ruth madoff talk about a failed suicide attempt in a new 60 minutes interview. i don t know whose idea it was, but we decided to kill ourselves, because it was it
friends that they are having a baby boy. she is six months pregnant with the couple s first child. a down home identity has been enjoying perks. mostly funded by his supporters. according to politico, lax campaign contribution laws in texas allows donors to foot the bills for luxury hotels and ski trips and sporting events. lesser gifts are 22 pairs of cowboy boots that can be expensive and not necessarily lesser. belt buckles, cuff links and nine hunting trips. they are taking care of the rent on the $10,000 a month home those are the things we thought you should know. [ female announcer ] investing for yourself is a necessity.
versus looking at what you could earn on that money. you learn something there with clyde this morning. yes. it s not all the same for everybody. maybe you should pay off and be safe. whatever you feel comfortable with. fredricka, it s all yours. keep that credit score up, too. yes. good to see you. you as well. we ll see you in new york tomorrow for the 9/11 marking of ten years. yes. security is stepped up across america this weekend after what officials call a credible but unconfirmed report that terrorists may be planning an attack on u.s. soil. tomorrow will mark the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. afghanistan s taliban movement issued a statement accusing the west of using 9/11 as a pretext for a war on muslims. it threatened to send america to, quote, the dust bin of history, unquote. according to a senior u.s. official, intercepted communications suggest the possibility of a terrorist attack on new york or washington. allen chernoff and athe