dollars what is called in switzerland the giant collider or large hadrian collider. i don t want to throw too many proper names and this is deep stuff. and anyone in the washington post. this is big science in the scream. and so there we are. we have big science and we have people trying to figure out the god particle and prointing to the superiority of science writers . there are those who would like to say it is pr. maybe it is. but it will lead to something and we will be body to see what will happen in the next year where science say it will be revealed. thank you very much. we ll be watching closely. thank you, liz. coming up. macy s eat your heart out. a unique twist on the holiday parade and got people all
30,000 wounded warriors, many of whom still struggle with serious, life-altering injuries. reporter: it s estimated more than 150,000 iraqis lost their lives in the war. most of them civilians. 16 days to go before the typical american worker gets hit with $1,000 a year tax increase. there are some signs now republicans, democrats, might, might break their log jam over extending the payroll tax cut. democratic source says that president obama may drop his plan for a millionaire surtax to cover the cost of extending it. republicans oppose any new taxes on the wealthy. they would like to pay for the extension primarily by freezing ped ral pay. mitt romney rolling out an aggressive new strategy to stop newt gingrich. romney, in a flurry of interviews, says gingrich and his policy ideas are zany. that s right. he says we don t need zany in a president. he labels gingrich an unreliable conservative. gingrich climbed to the top of national presidential polls after herman cain
good morning, everyone. it s wednesday, december 14th. i m christine romans along with carol costello on this american morning. good morning. good morning, good morning to all of you. good and bad news this morning for the gop front-runner newt gingrich. with less than thee weeks until the iowa caucuses his political director in the state stepped down after calling mormonism a cult. two gop candidates, mitt romney and jon huntsman are mormons. gingrich is already working with a bare bones staff in this state and meantime, gingrich opened a commanding lead nationally over mitt romney, but head-to-head with the president, well, that s another story. cnn political director paul steinhauser got your title wrong, paul. it s all good. you re the best guy at cnn. paul steinhauser, and you re here on this american morning. okay. let s talk about these polls. reporter: yeah. starpt with t staff with the numbers. brand new from nbc wall street journal numbers. the battl
jenna: you walk around with $10,000 in cash in your wallet, jon? all the time. who doesn t. jenna: it is considered the holy grail of physics, the god particle is what it s called the basic building block of the universe. scientist vs. been looking for this particle, this specific one for decades in order to unlock the secrets of the universe. rick folbaum is here. reporter: scientists say they have moved much closer to find be that subatomic particles. it would be the last of the particles to be proved. it was named a god particle in the book. like god it is everywhere but very elusive. proving its existence would prove the field of physics is on track and it would answer questions that even i will lewded the great albert einstein. it is being looked for near geneva, switzerland.
the snow. i don t want i used to have to drive up to vail. reporter: vail is about a 30-minute drive for lucille, which is actually kind of far for her. jon, as you can imagine there are a number of communities across the nation that are using this as a model for their own town. jon: a 30-minute drive on those snowy winding roads can be pretty dangerous. interesting, thank you. jenna: scientists come close to finding the god particle? that is what they call it. it s a building block of the universe. what it could tell us. we ll dig a little deeper into the god par particle next.