Nasa s keppler telescope has spotted a pair of planets about the size of earth orbiting a distant star, but scientists say life on those planets is unlikely because of the high temps which range from 800 to 1,400 degrees. all right. now, back to hardball. welcome back to hardball. does the state of iowa really deserve to hold the first presidential nominating contest? a lot of people have been saying lately that it doesn t, including a university of iowa professor who s lived in the state for 20 years and writes, in a perfect world, no way would iowa ever be considered representative of america or even a small part of it. there are few minorities, no sizable cities, and the state s about to lose one of its five seats in the u.s. house because its population is shifting. still, thanks to a host of nonsensical political precedents, whoever wins the iowa caucuses in january will very likely have a 50% chance of
the surge just in time for an election year. and scientists find earth s evil twin far, far away. the size is right, but strange life might sizzle on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com all right. good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, december 21st. i m christine romans along with my friend ali velshi. i have to tell you. i m excited of the news of the new planet. it s different. not a political log jam. not pay rolle troll tax plan. new planets! we ll tell you all about it this morning. love it. other space cases. washington first. washington s dysfunction could mean less money in your pay cze paycheck yesterday. rejecting the payroll tax cut. and president obama during a surprise visit to the briefing room raled against this. the house republicans referred to what they re doing as high stakes poker. he s right about the stakes, but this is not poker. this is not a game. this shouldn t be politics as usual. kate bolduan live in w
other candidates a joke. it s the donald who s the one they re really laughing at on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com and good morning. it s tuesday, december 6th. ali and christine are off today. i m alina cho along with carol costello who s well rested on this american morning. thanks for joining us. i ve had four days of sleep. so watch out. up first, what s red, white and blue and can t agree on how to save you money? congress, of course. offering a proposal to extend the pay roll tax cut before it expires at the end of the year, but republicans are not on board. without a deal, pay roll taxes will rise costing millions of americans $1,000 a year. the clock is ticking and president obama is keeping the pressure on. my message to congress is this keep your word to the american people and don t raise taxes on them right now. now s not the time to slam on the brakes. now s the time to step on the gas. now s the time to keep growing the
afghanistan. they won t say whether it s the type that contains highly classified information. security experts say if it is that drone, the u.s. military has lost a lot. the important point to take away here is that the iranians now have a very sensitive piece of american military technology in their hands. i hope that there s a self-destruct button attached to it. after months of bloody crack jouns against protesters, syria now says it will let observers into the country to monitor what is going on but only if the arab league agrees to drop sanctions against syria. the u.n. says more than 4,000 people have died in sirrian protests this year. once again, southern california is bracing for powerful, dangerous santa ana winds. we re talking gusts hitting 60 miles an hour in the mountains. that s happening today. 50 miles an hour in los angeles, ventura counties. what has it been like to deal with santa ana over the past week? cold, number one. scary and going to bed re
have been killed since saturday. almost 2,000 others and dozens of others hurt. three american college students are being held for allegedly throwing molotov cocktails. within the past hour the supreme court military leadership accepted the resignation of the cabinet and promised to speed up elections and other reforms, we ll get more details minutes from now. president obama heard a few years today, some occupy demonstrators chanted, tried to drown him out as he took the stage to push his jobs bill. this happened about a half hour ago. take a listen. [ shouting ] it s okay, this all right. listen, i m going to be talking about a whole range of things today and i appreciate you guys making your point. let me go ahead and make mine, all right and i ll listen to you, you listen to me, all right? today romney launched a new ad criticizing obama s record on the economy. the supercommittee may have missed its deadline but president obama says congress can and should keep trying