the prices, are democrats like congressman ro khanna, he came in and wanted to go after oil and drilling and production. he s the gentleman that wanted to quill investment in fossil fuels and all of a sudden, all of a sudden we re short of supplies and why aren t these guys doing more? so you know, you go after somebody, beat them up, beat them up, knock them down and hey, why aren t you putting up a bitter better fight. and one of the things i think i heard during the hearings with the congressman, with great respect, almost saying drill, baby, drill. and i m thinking did i hear that right, are you telling this industry, you said that had to cut back and quit drilling so much to drill,
two. hoping it will be a christmas black morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. this is monday, december 26th. i hope some of you are watching from home. did you get back from toronto okay? i did. boxing day. like the black friday of canada. right. good shopping. a lot of news right now. right. eight days to go m s ts to go ba caucuses, paul steinhauser is live with us in des moines, iowa this morning. hi, paul. good morning. reporter: good morning. quiet over the weekend. things pick up today and one week to go until the iowa caucuses. the first contest in the primary caucus calendar. this is a poll that came out friday afternoon. the most recent poll here. people are likely to go to the iowa gop caucuses. three-way traffic jam at the top. ron paul at 21%. mitt romney, former massachusetts governor, 20%. newt gingrich 19%. basically it s upgrabs here in iowa with just under a week to go. newt gingrich was the front-runner in polls. look at t
something because the world went in a way that didn t seem wrong. the protesters who climbed a 70-foot-high sculpture in zuccotti park this morning made his way down safely and when he did, police immediately arrested him. just about an hour ago, the state of nevada announced it was moving back the date of next year s presidential caucus. it was scheduled for january 14th but nevada will now hold the caucus february 4th. new hampshire republican leaders had encouraged nevada republicans to make the change. and rick perry went hunting in iowa this morning. this pheasant hunt was also about politics. he took part in an annual hunt hosted by steve king. king is an influential figure in iowa. and his endorsement is highly sought after especially since iowa holds the country s first caucus. now back to our top story. the end of the war in iraq. and what a costly war it has been on several fronts. the price tag for the nine-year conflict, more than $700 billion. and all tho