john boehner sold the key stone pipeline as a victory and said they would fight another day but some of the house members we understand are not particularly thrilled about the idea after two-month extension, gregg. gregg: what about that, mike? lawmakers are going to be back battling this thing when the politics arguably or even worse, no more holiday cheer. everybody has a new year s hang over and they have to deal with the same battle all over again. reporter: you are absolutely correct. we ll be in the middle of presidential primary season. i talked to a critic on that front. joe massey, take a listen to him. does it make any sense to you this is an extension for two months. we could have fixed it. we could have stayed here, but now we had to get out of town. now, we have a month vacation so we re going to be out of here for a month of the two months. i can t go home and explain that
economic growth. small business owners tell us they are creating american jobs. they need salesclerk and managers and local businesses need accounting to graphic designers coming from the local community. back to you. always good news to keep the jobs here. thank you. elizabeth prann. gregg: of course, our local community is right out here in new york city. of course, the number one shopping capital of the world. they are all here right now. gregg: they are. heather: you try to walk down the street. gregg: they are looking at us through the window over here as well. all right. 2012 shaping up to be a highly competitive election year. particularly for folks in the u.s. senate. how this could impact the coming year on capitol hill. heather: and a 13-year-old girl not only surviving a home invasion but she helped go after the criminals as well. how it all went down. we will tell you about that straight ahead.
the oil to china. we will be forced to get more of our energy from the middle east. if the president successfully blocks these new jobs it will add to the long list of bad economic decisions for our country. molly: the obama administration has put off a final decision on the key stone excel pipeline until after next year s election some part so more environmental studies are done. heather: thank you. gregg: the united states is forging new ties overseas. pentagon chief leon panetta arriving in libya engaging in historic talks there. national security correspondent jennifer griffin traveling with the secretary in libya. reporter: this is first trip that u.s. secretary of defense ever made to libya. it comes days after armed militia tried to assassinate the
way and we should have left 10, 20, 30,000 personnel there to help transition to the iraqis own military capabilities. i am concerned in this setting. i hope it works out. gregg: you can catch another interview, romney when fox news sunday continues the one-on-one series. chris wallace will sit down with interview with romney tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. eastern time on the fox news channel. heather: u.s. libya ties. leon panetta arriving in libya today for some historic talks with the country s new leader. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is traveling with the secretary in libya. reporter: this is the first trip that the u.s. secretary of defense ever made to lib yeah. comes days after an armed militia tried to assassinate the head of libya s new army. just days ago, they rocketed the airport where the
expertise. i think far from turning voters off, they are attracted to it. gregg: gingrich is taking fire bike george will, charles krauthammer, they fear he can t beat president obama. they call him unsteady. then there is this comment from michael gerson, former aide to george w. bush. so adultery is not disqualifying for high office but it can reveal character trait that has might be recklessness, selfishness and compulsiveness are relevant. do personal failings matters to voters in iowa or not? certainly newt gingrich has had two failed marriages, but he has and i the question remarkably well. usually it would be hard to overcome.