the surge just in time for an election year. and scientists find earth s evil twin far, far away. the size is right, but strange life might sizzle on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com all right. good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, december 21st. i m christine romans along with my friend ali velshi. i have to tell you. i m excited of the news of the new planet. it s different. not a political log jam. not pay rolle troll tax plan. new planets! we ll tell you all about it this morning. love it. other space cases. washington first. washington s dysfunction could mean less money in your pay cze paycheck yesterday. rejecting the payroll tax cut. and president obama during a surprise visit to the briefing room raled against this. the house republicans referred to what they re doing as high stakes poker. he s right about the stakes, but this is not poker. this is not a game. this shouldn t be politics as usual. kate bolduan live in w