9 00. I knew that there would be trouble this morning. I got myself seated good. Well squeeze you for everything youre worth. We needed a big name. Big name. We got one. It day after for december 26. Youre too kind. Then here you are. Here he is. What did you get . Anything good . I have switch, lump of coal . Hes a hanukkah guy. A lump of coal yes, but a lump of coal at some point probably worth something. Tet rate were going. Thats right. Youre no tree . I want a tree, my wife says theyre too messy. The trees are messy. The needs needles you have the festivus pole. Grievances you better go, sorry. Lets do the main headlines this morning. Of course, theres only one main story this morning. Its a familiar one. The looming fiscal cliff. Aides for both parties now saying a partial agreement or patch probably the most that we can be expecting before january 1. I think were dealing now with whether or not we can put off the the increase in tax rates. Thats really all we can deal with now.
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Westbound interstate 40 was temporarily shut down for two miles in a suburb of Oklahoma City this morning. They say freezing rain is probably to blame for a Chain Reaction crash involving 20 vehicles. You see it there. Including three big rigs. Alexandra steele is the storm. Take a look at this. Severe weather is just beginning to ramp up today. Were looking at a whole day with Severe Weather. Tornado watches you can see. Look at this. I10 right along the gulf coast, houston to new orleans. And this is just really the beginning of it. Were looking at incredibly Severe Weather. Tornado watches and tornado warnings. Tornado warnings meaning these storms have produced rotation and have been detected. You can see right there. So right now its eastern texas moving into louisiana. Kind of to give you a perspective, south of i20 here is tyler, texas. Heres shreveport, louisiana. All of these moving northeast and this is just the beginning of really what could be an inundation of Severe Weathe
Christmas. Stories were watching in the newsroom on this Christmas Day. Pope benedict xvi tells people not to up hope even in the worlds most troubled reasons. His appeal for peace. And its not the grinch stealing christmas cheer. Its the weather. Blizzard warnings may turn your White Christmas into a travel nightmare. And tornados threaten the south. Your forecast is coming up. And were seven days away from going off the fiscal cliff and with washington in a political gridlock were getting closer and closer. The question, how will it affect you and your paycheck . The images, the words, the names, highlights and low lights of 2012. Newsroom starts now. Good morning to you. Im Carol Costello wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and we begin with Pope Benedict xvi using his an ill christmas message to speak about the hope for peace even in the most difficult times and situations. Translator in this world theres a good soil which god has prepared just hours ago the 85yearold pope spok
They did them with a bunch of rats, like they do every test, and they found out that oreos are as addictive as cocaine or morphine. How did college kids come upon cocaine . They didnt at Oral Roberts University where i went. Thats for sure. Oreos and cocaine on rats and had an equally strong addiction. Oreos come in rows, the three rows that come when you get the package. Its so simple to take one bite, then two, then three. This is what i think is the funniest. They watched the rats. What the rats did they did this. They broke it and they ate the middle first. How crazy is that . I love that. See, this was higher before, when we started. I have no trouble putting that oreo right back. You dont . No, its not no, no. Im so glad. I have other things i have difficulty with. Thats not one of them. I have to finish them. I like to eat them in the privacy of my home. When you eat an oreo, your teeth show it. Its horrible. You have to be in private alone. Its the same thing with lamb chops at