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morning in politics. listen to this. word we are just getting that could further boost newt gingrich s still-surging campaign. the influential new hampshire union leader newspaper has now endorsed the former speaker. they have thrown their support behind him now for the republican nomination for president. they have put out their endorsement in today s paper. let me read you a bit from it. and it says, and i quote, republican voters too often make the mistake of preferring an unattainable ideal to the best candidate who is actually running. that candidate is newt gingrich. new hampshire, as you know, holds the first in the nation primary. that s happening a week after the iowa caucus. so gingrich who has seen his campaign surge over the past several weeks actually is now picking up an influential endorsement. he has moved up in the polls in new hampshire as we know, going up to the double digits but still it has been mitt romney who has been surging and had at least 40% i
we ll give you the very latest here in just a moment. also, line baggage fees. some could be a thing of the past. are you kidding me? yes. congress is doing folks something that could actually help you out this time. a new bill that could save us all some money. also, i know. you don t want to go out to the mall right now. it s too crowded. you ve got a computer, don t you? well, cyber monday is right around the corner. we ll tell you what you need to know and where you need to be to get those deals online. let s start right now with that other big deal. you nba fans, if there are still some of you left. the nba could have a season. let me bring in hln sports joe carter. good friend of our show here. tell us, first of all, people wonder when they might see a game, first of all. looks like december 25th, christmas day, a triple header, national block busting game there. the tentative agreement was reached early this morning around 3:00 a.m. eastern time. gives you any id
burning. i saw people around me, they got it really bad. i tried to get away from it as quickly as possible, because i didn t think that was worth it. no deal is worth that. nba players and owners reached a tentative deal this morning to end a month-long lockout. they are set to resume on christmas day. if the players ratify the agreement, the plan is to start a 66-game season with a triple header. the lockout has lasted 149 days. president obama even commented on the deal, giving it a thumbs up. what s the nba story? good deal. and the family of a florida a&m drum major who died last weekend may be preparing to sue the school. authorities suspect robert champion s death was caused by hazing. no one has been charged but champion s family has hired an attorney. the school fired the band director this week and he has hired a lawyer to fight for his job. the federal government is investigating the chevy volt over fears the electric car s batteries may pose a fire risk. t
they re acting as though it s today. is there any news in the last 50 or so minutes since we last spoke? reporter: since we last spoke, that impromptu meeting you and i were talking about between a bipartisan group of members of the super committee, that has broken p up. as members were leaving, senator max baucuss, facing a mass of reporters, the only way to describe it, he actually mentioned that there s possibly a new tax idea being floated possibly by senator john kerry. as you and i talked, this meeting was described by one aide earlier as kind of a hail mary pass to see if they could pull anything off in this 11th hour. unclear what the details are of this tax idea, but i will tell you that it does seem that it possibly could be a long shot as one gop leadership aide has already speaking to my colleague deidre walsh on this tax idea said, at the 11th hour senator kerry offered a new gimmick, in this person s word, to get to the democrats same trillion dollar tax hike