good morning to you. saturday december 24th. in a move shocked even members of his own party president obama snubbed our biggest ally israel in the united nations and the backlash is fierce. and i mean maybe is he getting his orders from somebody else. does that make sense? this morning, what both sides are saying and why donald trump is now in a war of words with the oval office. that s coming up. critics slam the president-elect s use of twitter but this mornings it s the american tax pairing getting the last laugh. the latest company promising cut costs overnight after trump demands a better deal. and the p.c. police making, yes, a special delivery just in time for christmas. outrage growing over the call to get parental permission to sit on santa s lap. santa is here. mornings are better with friends. and santa is going to respond to that
or trouble breathing. tell your doctor your medical history and find an arthritis treatment for you. visit celebrex.com and ask your doctor about celebrex. for a body in motion. juliet: it is saturday, december 24th, i am here for alisyn, the president kicking back on the christmas vacation, a little delayed but know he is there but not before taking time to reflect on mistakes. i could have done a better job preparing the american people to let them know this will be a long haul. juliet: the mistakes not entirely his fault he says, and we will hear would he also has to blame. dave: he could shake up the 2012 race. guess who? billionaire businessman donald trump, opening up the door. again. for a possible presidential run. but is he too late to in party? it is christmas eve and we are
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
stood by his call for more negotiations. let s extend the payroll tax credit for a year. all we re asking for is to get the senate members over here to work with us to resolve our differences so we can do what everybody wants to do. less than two weeks before the iowa caucuses republican ron paul, now the new leader of the pack. in a new poll 28% say paul is their man compared to 25% who back newt gingrich. paul is holding a town meeting. that is happening in iowa this hour. more on the surge in the state later, our political ticker. turkish police detain dozens of people in an alleged ter or plot. many of them, journalists. journalists held this demonstration in istanbul. it was just hours after the police roundup. now they say free press is under attack, but the government says those detained were suspected members of the press and propaganda wing of a banned separatist group. some american troops who just returned home from iraq have just learned now that they may