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keep your taxes from going up on january 1st. the president also made a point of thanking voters for telling congressional republicans to block the payroll tax cut extension. you reminded people in this town what our debates and all of our debates should be about. it s about you, it s about your lives. it s about your families. jessica yellin was right there when the president said aloha and walked out of the briefing room is few hours ago. the president won this fight. the question is, how much of it carries over to the reelection year and the reelection campaign? reporter: it carries over, john. i ll tell you why because first of all this wasn t just a short-term victory over what he likes to call a dysfunctional congress, in this case, house republicans. but this also gave him a chance to act out the role he wants to play during the campaign. and that is champion of working americans. there s not just the sound you played of the president but you also heard him ....
it s great on talk radio, great in the print. it makes for fun reading. but in terms of a president, we need a leader. and a leader needs to be someone who can bring americans together. moments ago the iowa front-runner, now the national front-runner, newt gingrich, deflected governor romney s criticism directed at gingrich campaign. telling reporters at a press conference that just concluded in iowa city, iowa he will continue to focus on staying positive. positive was not the tone gingrich took during several exchanges during the news conference. jim acosta was at the news conference and joins us from iowa city. take us inside the press conference. the speaker questioned not only about the romney attack but was other things as well. you could see he was a tad testy. reporter: he was. you know, i think what newt gingrich was trying to say in this room, just a few moments ago, is that he is, as you said, a few moments ago, trying to stick to a positive campaign. the ....
presidentialness of romney, you would have the perfect candidate. if only it worked that way, huh? much more on the iowa stakes and the states in play. first the news you need to know. we ll shift to new hampshire. newt gingrich just wrapped up a debate with jon huntsman. it seem the real sparring was between speaker gingrich and mitt romney. romney threw the first punch saying gingrich should return the nearly $2 million in fees paid to him by freddie mac. one of the things that i think people recognize in washington is that people go there to serve the people and then they stay there to serve themselves. do you believe he should give that money back? i sure do. from the form he speaker, this counter punch. if governor romney would like to give back all the money he s earned from bankrupting company and laying off employees, over his years, i would be glad to then listen to him and i ll bet you $10, not $10,000, that he won t take the offer. and respondin ....
stock index climbed 4.3%. the nasdaq up 4.2, all after the federal reserve and a handful of other central banks announced they d make it easier for global financial institutions to borrow dollars, which are in high demand as investors are get more skittish about the oar re. cnn s richard quest is among the market watch who see it as a pain reliever than a lasting cure. richard quest, central banks around the world make clear they re ready to help, markets love it, all around the world, including best day on wall street, up more than 4%. investors are ask are we finally on a sustainable path to growth or is this another stop on the roller coaster? oh, absolutely, no hesitati n hesitation, it s a stop on the roller coaster. one day s actions by the central bank of the fed and five others does not a recovery or end of the crisis make. what happened here was the central banks got together and recognized that some banks are having difficulties getting hold of dollars, if ....
terrorists. the truth is, congresswoman bachmann, who is a member of the house intelligence committee is wrong. the cia still interrogates terror suspects in the field. in fact, president obama created the high value detainee interrogation group which includes the cia of the fbi and defense department. they deploy in teams to question terror suspects here in the united states and overseas. whether that policy is strong enough or not is a matter for debate. but what s clear is that bachmann s comments are not accurate. let s turn now to herman cain and border insecurity. an insecure border is a national security threat for the following reasons. number one, we know that terrorists have come into this country by way of mexico. keeping them honest. the houston chronicle reports there is no evidence of terrorists entering the united states through mexico. back in march, the newspaper reported on an independent analysis at vanderbilt university. it found a 67% increa ....