with mitt romney on his heels, and newt gingrich in third. good morning, everyone, on this tuesday, december 27, 2011. we begin with your take on the economy. economists are predicting growth for 2012. what is your confidence level? we will begin this morning with the washington times article. which would be up from, on average, 132,000. host: what is your confidence level in the u.s. economy? dave is a republican in cold water, michigan. where is cold water, michigan? caller: southern border of michigan, near indian of. a comment i have had the extension of unemployment benefits. yeah, i am unemployed and i m not getting any extension of benefits. i am not sure how that fits into the presidential announcements and the voting of congress. all the benefits have ran out and they are just not counted any more. i kind of wondered if there would be any comment on that. host: have you always been a republican? caller: yeah. host: what does this mean? if you are unemployed, wh
that is the wall street journal opinion this morning. we want to hear from republicans only. should your lawmakers support the speaker s plan? inside the politico, how the arm-twisting is going on the house side. it goes on to say that some conservative interest are not buying it and seemed to go into overdrive to defeat the boehner plan. the u.s. chamber of commerce gave boehner some relief tuesday. grover norquist came out in favor as well. a republican in taxes, you are first. what do you think? carol? caller: i am tired of the blackmail and speaking with the orchid ton. i am tired of democrats in getting it on national television and lying through their teeth and i want the republicans to hold fast and hold firm. host: that is carol, a republican in texas. here is what jim jordan had to say. he was at a news conference in this picture. the leader of the republican study committee opposes the ban air plan. here s what he had to say in a news conference yesterday. we
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path. and now, this sludge is hitting a river, crucial to many european countries. so what s next? kidnapped by the taliban? no. this is only a movie. but wait until you see this. plus, a duke graduate spilling the dirt about her sex life on campus. it includes ratings, names, pictures and all the scandalous details. harmless or just plain wrong? hi, everyone. i m brooke baldwin. ready to go? cnn newsroom rolls on starting here. a commercial flight bound for bermuda canceled. more than 100 passengers and crew members evacuated and a man with no i.d., no badge, he s there helping load bags on to this plane and he started this whole thing in motion. now, obviously, the police would like a woord with him, but he is nowhere to be found still. this has all happened over the course of the last couple of hours. this is in philadelphia and the official word is, this could be a serious incident or it could be nothing. but you know as well as i do, nothing in airport security i
we begin with the heat. from the lower plains to the northeast it feels like a furnace blast. extreme heat hanging on for another day and just looking at today s high temps will make you sweat. little rock, 104. birmingham, 99. dallas, 102. even new york and washington in the mid 90s. heat is not just unbearable but deadly. a mississippi road construction worker first day on the job died from extreme heat. a tennessee man collapsed and died while mowing his lawn. listen to this heart wrencher of a death. while chasing four burglary suspects, this police dog in georgia died from heat exhaustion. this is how wide the heat wave goes. advisories now in place in 19 states. from new york to florida to texas. in memphis, where it is going to be 102 today, firefighters are going door-to-door to check on older and special needs people. they are also asking neighbors to check in on each other. the city has opened four cooling centers and set up a phone number for people to call for hel