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
newsletters written in his name from the past. questions coming up again as he rises in the polls on this american morning. good morning. good to see you. you too. thursday, december 22nd. i m ali velshi with christine romans. it could all be unraveling this morning. a wave of coordinating and deadly blasts rocking baghdad. four car bombs and nine roadside bombs went off within two hours of each other, killing at least 63 people and wounding close to 200. this a few days after the last u.s. troops left iraq. it s the worst violence to hit that country siz a political crisis erupted between iraq s sunni and shiite factions. ar wadamon is live. what s the latest on the ground there, ar wa? reporter: christine, this is iraqi s worst nightmare coming true. some blasts were so powerful, they shook our building and we re not that close to any of the specific locations. these explosions, happening exactly at rush hour, between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m. one taking place close to
bruised, battered and possibly in champion s case, beaten to death. okay. is he awake? he wasn t responding. we thought he was breathing. he was making noises. but i don t even know if he s breathing now. okay. is he awake? do you know? his eyes are open. his eyes are open. he s not responding. okay. but is he breathing? i have no idea. i cannot tell you that. that was the 911 call november 19th, after a game as robert champion lay dying on the band bus. other members say he may have undergone a rite of passage crossing bus krp p they describe crossing bus c is walking backward through the bus getting beaten as you go. this is less than three weeks after a clarinet player, bria hunter, was beaten. after her beating was reported to campus police. after she ended up in the hospital with blood clots and cracked thigh bone. three fellow band members are charged with that beating. bria is leaving a & m and plans to sue the university. in a moment, you re going to see
prafr kind of prafrnk that s you use with that word. even though year after year young men and young women are bruised, batters and in champion s case, beaten to death. okay. is he awake? he wasn t responding. we thought he was breathing. he was making noises. but i don t even know if he s breathing now. okay. is he awake? do you know? his eyes are open. his eyes are open. he s not responding. okay. but is he breathing? i have no idea. i can not tell you that. that was the 911 call november 19th after a game as robert champion lay dying on the band bus. other maembers say he mao have crossed bus c. they describe crossing bus c is walking backward through the bus getting beaten as you go. this is less than three weeks after a clarinet player, bria hunter, was beaten. after her beating was reported to campus police. after she ended up in the hospital with blood clots and cracked thigh bone. three fellow band members are charged with that beating. bria is leaving
practiced. even though year after year young men and young women are bruised, battered and possibly in champion s case, beaten to death. okay. is he awake? he wasn t responding. we thought he was breathing. he was making noises. but i don t even know if he s breathing now. okay. is he awake? do you know? his eyes are open. his eyes are open. he s not responding. okay. but is he breathing? i have no idea. i cannot tell you that. that was the 911 call november 19th, after a game as robert champion lay dying on the band bus. other members say he may have undergone a rite of passage crossing by c. one member who wants to stay anonymous says crossing bus c is walking backward through the bus getting beaten as you go. this is less than three weeks after a clarinet player, bria hunter, was beaten. after her beating was reported to campus police. after she ended up in the hospital with blood clots and cracked thigh bone. three fellow band members are charged with that b