cheering this decision as a bold move by romney that will help energize the base and show voters that romney is really serious about economic change. the two men will appear together for the first time as running mates in norfolk, virginia with the uss wisconsin. the old battleship as a backdrop. then they will begin a bus tour that will take them toward the republican national convention in tampa. that begins in about three weeks. we ll bring you mitt romney s announcement live. we re standing by for that from norfolk, virginia. let s bring in our own jim acosta on the scene in norfolk for us now. you re there. that crowd is getting a bigger and bigger. folks are showing up to hear history unfold. that s right, wolf. i just got confirmation from a senior romney adviser this is not earth shattering. it s obviously a given. paul ryan will be here for the announcement later on this morning. we can also report a new twitter handle has been set up for the wisconsin congressma
still out there, maybe have something to celebrate, the whole season won t be a total loss. owners and players have reached a tentative deal in the lockout and start playing ball on christmas day. but at the top of the hour, outrage and accusations after nato helicopters reportedly attacked two pakistani checkpoints killing at least 24 soldiers. the attack got a kick response. pakistan cut off nato supply lines to pakistan. this will likely damage the relationship between the u.s. and pakistan. nick walsh jones us live from kabul. are we starting to get more official word from nato now? absolutely. let s start with what pakistan has originally accused nato of here. they re saying two separate checkpoints were attacked inside pakistani territory, killing between 24, 26 pakistani soldiers, injuring about a dozen, outrage on the pakistani s side of the border, the prime minister scheduling a meeting with security chiefs and supply lines through pakistan into afghanistan and
and so the question really is, going to 2012, could that turn out the be a plus for the democrats given immigration reform. don t forget, they did bring the dream act to a vote in the lame duck session. they didn t get it. a lot of republicans on the record voting against it. i guarantee you that immigration is going to be a huge wedge issue as we head to the presidential. another huge issue also today s big, big story out of capitol hill. the starr treaty. not only did they get the 60 votes. they got the 67. they got to 67. i m waiting to see. i know dana bash is doing great reporting on this. i m waiting to see whether in the end they cut a deal waiting to get john mccain. there are a lot of people going to the lame duck session that said barack obama wasn t going to get much. turns out he got a lot more than many people in the white house