trade and also the key stone excel pipeline which the president, this administration has postponed on a decision until after the 2012 election. kristen welker is live at the white house. and kristen, senate majority leader harry reid said the president will not be going to hawaii for his vacation but will stay behind in washington to get this pay roll tax holiday extension done. and of course, there is the issue of unemployment benefits. is the white house trying to use that to ratchet up pressure on republicans even more? reporter: i think to some extent, you heard valerie jarrett come out today and also reiterate those comments by harry reid. and as you know, we ve been reporting on that countdown clock that the white house has put up in the briefing room. basically saying to congress, this is the amount of time you have left to get something done on pay roll. at a cuts and unemployment insurance. i think that undoubtedly, the white house is trying to put pressure on congress to ge
and good morning, everyone. it s friday, december 2nd. ali and carol are both off today. i m christine romans along with alina cho on this american morning. so glad you got the memo. i know. we re both feeling a lot like christmas this morning. up first, the countdown is on for herman cain. he s heading back home to atlanta this morning in the decision to whether continue his campaign could be in his wife s hands. cain says we will know by monday at the latest whether he s in or out of the race, and yesterday for the very first time, cain admitted that getting out is an option. he okay knowledged he did give money to the woman he said she had a 13 jeer-year affair with . his wife only found out about ginger white when the rest of us did. that is correct, and she was hurt that she didn t know about this friend that i was helping financially. she was aware of many of the other friends that i have helped. ginger white spoke to lawrence o donnell on msnbc last night a
folks where we have a client where they re spending less. jobs are going away on the state level, the local level and a lot of other private entities will be shedding jobs. we have a lot to work on. i m hoping that we can come together and zero in on helping people get jobs. in the minute we ve got left, congressman, i don t know how that happens. the result of this agreement and others down the road as we get to the second cut of this is going to be less money on the discretionary side, where are you going to find the money for any kind of jobs program. there s no stimulus in this. you re looking to economic growth and look at the revised gdp numbers? it s going to be very difficult. that s you re stating what i m saying. i think the president with this tax holiday extension i think that s going to be helpful. we ve got to try to say to businesses, look, we want you to start hiring. we ve got to create an environment that people want to go out and buy. part of this is consumer
it starts 8:00 p.m. on fox news. and a showdown in washington. this time over a pay roll tax holiday extension. they are urging voters to pick up the phone and get involved. peter doocey has more. rank and file republicans broke rank with the leadership. the leaders came to them and proposed a pay roll tax holiday. members of the house came and said we will not do that until you give us a way to reform entitlements. we shouldn t extend it. both parties came together.