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
are going to be making some statements i suspect as well. at least the president will talk about what s at stake for them. john, you and i have covered these games of chicken for a long time. president will be walking out in a moment. can t believe personally that they won t work out a deal between now and december 31st, because the stakes are too enormous. the stakes are enormous. i think you re right they ll try to work out a deal. if republicans this morning didn t think they d wake up and make a deal, the president of the united states is winning the optics of the political war right now. now he s going to add some rhetoric to it as well. let s listen in. thank you, everybody. please, please have a seat. good afternoon to all of you. merry christmas. happy holidays. we ve been doing everything we can over the last few weeks to make sure that 160 million working americans aren t hit with a holiday tax increase on january 1st. we ve also been doing everything we can t
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