and many house republicans fear it. are you happy how this played out and confident in boehner s speakership going forward? guest: well, john boehner and the leadership team are doing a great job. we have to remember we are a third of a decision around that capitol. we have a democratic senate. we have a democratic president. and they are interested in politics over policy. the payroll tax cut extension which is not the correct term, it is really a social security nonpayment. that is what is happening. we are asking peoplement to pay into their social security and that will come out of future generations and come out, somewhere, later down the road, so it is bad policy. if we were to do it we want to pay for it honestly for a career. so you can account for it after. that is all we were talking about and that was the right thing to do. regardless of politics. dave: should be an interesting 60 days, congressman. merry christmas to you.
the state of south carolina. coming up, i m going to talk to vermont senator bernie sanders about this, about the justice department s decision and the payroll tax cut extension. stay tuned. ramón, you re the whole enchilada, so tell me, is something in my life missing? yes. chunks of you are missing. it s not good. it was that bargain-brand cooking spray. it left the best part of me in the pan. ah! whereas i was cooked with new-and-improved pam. it s 70% better. see the difference in the muffins? this is hard for me to watch. sí, sí, sí.
i m thomas roberts. here s what s happening. president obama signed the two-month payroll tax cut extension into law before leaving for vacation. without the bill s passage, 160 million americans would have seen their taxes go up and 2 million unemployed people would have lost jobless benefits in the new year. millions of americans are hitting the road. they re going to be traveling between today and new year s eve. air travel is expected to be down by 10% because of cost. now we send you back to lockup. while drugs, violence, and gangs are a common problem in jails across california, a variety of mental health issues in the inmate population also create a considerable challenge for overworked jail administrators.
saturday morning for christmas eve. i m t.j. holmes. thanks for spending a part of your day with us. are you going to be one of those? are you going to be out there, the day before christmas, with you last-minute shoppers, it never fails. that retail rush is on. allison, they opened three hours ago, that mall where you are. things have steadily started to pick up. what are you seeing now, a rush to ship? it s you know, the rush is slowly moving forward here. you can see it s getting more crowded here now. a lot of procrastinators out. but they re also bargain hunting. this is a great time to find a really good deal. although it s been a relatively strong shopping season so far, the reality is retailers are stuck with a lot of merchandise. they re offering really big discountes and deep discounts because they don t want to be stuck with a lot of merchandise on their shelves. they re trying to move this merchandise. once christmas happens, after christmas, they have to mark
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