no one does a year in review like the guys of jib jab. we have more of that hilarious video. stick around for that. i m richard lui. christmas 20 len is in the books now. it s time for candidates and the commander in chief to look at the political calendar that lies street ahead in 2012. president obama spends quality time with his wife and ut daers before returning to fight with house and senate republicans in washington. let s head to kristen welker, about 4:00 a.m. yes, it is. very early. before we get to the politics here, cresten, let s look at something that s concerning yemeni president saleh. reporter: that s right, according to a top senior official with the president obama administration. the united states is considering
years working with you. as i said, we will always be friends and i look forward to seeing you in new york. i will see you there soon. the next chapter. one more day. i ll be here tomorrow. so will i. i ll see you then. t.j., thank you very much. good afternoon, i m alina cho. fredricka is off today. it s saturday december 24th. thanks so much for joining us. two big stories today. politics and the christmas eve shopping crunch. in virginia, two candidates not making it onto the ballot. newt gingrich and rick perry. what happened? and last-minute holiday shopping. will it be the therapy that retail needs? let s start with politics and a surprising announcement from the republican party in virginia. newt gingrich and rick perry will not appear on the state s presidential primary ballot. the region? the candidates did not submit enough signatures to qualify. athena jones joins us from washington. athen ark, how did this happen? a lot of supporters of these two candid
call this toll-free number now. announcer: world news now delivers your morning papers. we re still arguing over the pie. you are still eating that store-bought pie. also delicious, the good folks over at jibjab. whatever. jibjab. these guys are really good. they do their big year end thing poking fun at all the crazy news stories. it s been a wild news year. they did another great one for 2011. take a listen. there was schweddy balls from ben & jerry s and a warlock assassin gets us debating, while weiner tweeted
thanks. you re moving up all the time. we can talk to a few hundred thousand people every day and we enjoy doing it. start somewhere. thank you. jonathan, here s to flushing out the bad and bringing in the new. you should lead the way. we should go down and draw arrows, this way out, this way in and can just line people up. they probably wouldn t follow our instructions. we ll talk to you next time, jonathan. thanks, dylan. we do have to laugh to keep from crying. so next up poking some fun at the year that was. we ve got jibjab s take on 2011. and a war lock assassin named cheese [ male announcer ] tom s discovering that living healthy can be fun.
this conversation, it s too frustrating because the man had an 80% approval rating, what was achievable was massive financial reform to create investment. he chose not to achieve that because he believes in extraction as a preferred method. but take health care. so doing health care listen, if i give you health care while i suck your blood, let me stick a needle in your arm and drain your blood and give you health care. i d rather you take the needle out of my arm. keep your passion. thank you, ed. coming up, amazing images out of egypt as women there stand up to the brutal military crackdown, plus staring down the barrel of a gun and simply saying don t shoot. could solving violent crime would be simple common sense and charlie sheen to bravo and jibjab out with a new year in review that only they could tap. [ male announcer ] tom s discovering that living healthy can be fun. see? he s taking his vitamins. new one a day vitacraves plus omega-3 dha