merry christmas, everyone. we are so glad that you are with us on this special morning. i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly. hope you re having a great holiday with your loved ones. merry christmas. i want to stay on the set. isn t it beautiful? they did a wonderful job. i know. we have a christmas tree. a fire. you re going to see it all here. we have some news. the iowa caucuses are three weeks away from today. we will highlight the key moments on the campaign and how they could shape the final months in the race for the white house. seasons full of strikes reignite the labor movement in america, from hollywood to the motor city. workers won pay raises and new protections. how technology could bring more change in the year ahead. as anti-semitism and islamophobia sentiment rises, we ll talk with faith leaders how we can find common ground. first, let s get a check on the morning s headlines. good morning, everyone. merry christmas. i m danny freeman. the
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin the hour with the biden campaign linking former president donald trump to the most reviled man in history, saying the former president channeled his role models and, quote, parroted adolf hitler at a new hampshire campaign rally. that s in response to trump once again accusing immigrants of, quote, poisoning the blood of the country, an echo of the vile rhetoric used by nazi germany to justify the holocaust. they re poisoning the blood of our country. that s what they ve done. they poisoned mental institutions and prisons all over the world, not just in south america, not just in three or four countries that we think about, but all over the world. they re coming into our country from africa, from asia, all over the world. they re pouring into our country. and republican presidential candidate chris christie once again warning today that the gop needs to pay attention to the reality of what those co
saturday morning for christmas eve. i m t.j. holmes. thanks for spending a part of your day with us. are you going to be one of those? are you going to be out there, the day before christmas, with you last-minute shoppers, it never fails. that retail rush is on. allison, they opened three hours ago, that mall where you are. things have steadily started to pick up. what are you seeing now, a rush to ship? it s you know, the rush is slowly moving forward here. you can see it s getting more crowded here now. a lot of procrastinators out. but they re also bargain hunting. this is a great time to find a really good deal. although it s been a relatively strong shopping season so far, the reality is retailers are stuck with a lot of merchandise. they re offering really big discountes and deep discounts because they don t want to be stuck with a lot of merchandise on their shelves. they re trying to move this merchandise. once christmas happens, after christmas, they have to mark
clinton is just wrapping up a meeting with the japanese foreign minister at the department of state. a joint statement is expected to follow shortly. earlier president obama called south korea s president to re-affirm his commitment to korea s security and stability. when it comes to the payroll tax cut, it s one step forward and two steps back in congress. the house is expected to reject the senate s two-month extension of the payroll tax cut. house speaker john boehner says the house will be pushing a one-year extension. the idea the tax policy can be done two months at a time is a kind of activity that we see here in washington that really put our economy off its tracks. payroll tax cut along with emergency men fits will expire if congress does not act. the supreme court will set aside three days next spring to hear oral arguments on the federal health care law. proceedings will start march 26th with jurisdictional argument. on march 27th they ll discuss the indivi