live from america's news headquarters, i'm jamie colby. senators passing a two month extension of payroll tax cuts. both sides unable to agree to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits for a full year. now, the deal they made includes a provision speeding up president obama's decision on the keystone xl pipeline and adjustment medicare payments, avoiding steep cuts for doctors who treat patients on medicare, vote on a bill to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year expected next and defense secretary, leon panetta, greeting during a historic visit to lib yachlt the first pentagon chief to step on libyan soil ace the removal the dictator gat if i serves ga people have a right to determine their own future. i'll send it back to cavuto on business. i'm jamie colby, keep it on fox. >> given his opposition and the likelihood that the

i'm jamie colby. >> kelly: i'm kelly wright, always glad to be with you, and thanks for letting us come into your homes and the journal editorial report, stick around. >> jamie: take care. ♪ [ male announcer ] who fills their holidays with sawdust? ♪ with quarter-inch holes and blueprints for the coming year? those of us with doers on our lists. and because it's always better to give than to guess, we can take these last few days of shopping and our holiday budgets a lot further.

live from america's new's headquarters i am jamie colby. nasa is counting down the seconds until the twin spacecraft go to the moon. crail go a will slip in orbit today . his twin grail b will go and do the same tomorrow. scientist hope to use the measuring machine sized vehicle to today lunar gravity. folk land down under are ringing in the new year already. take a look. three, two, one. happy new years. and getting in the mood. they are lining the shores of sydney harbor and organizers spent 15 months planning the glittering fireworks display. keep it here on fox to bring in the festivities. i am jamie colby have a good day. >> iowa kicks off the official election season. herman cain, iowa's governor austin and tea party favorite representative allen west and donald trump. begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. as the new year is starting to begin. housing is finally setting for a rebound. big money managerings are pouring cash in housing investments and kim, you are thinking they are right about a turn around? >> they are. hedge funds are bet

. ♪ >> hi, everyone, we're live from america's news headquarters and i'm jamie colby. partisan politics in the payroll tax cuts part of the weekly addresses from president obama and speaker of the house, john boehner. >> congress cannot end the year by taking money out of the pockets of working americans. now is not the time for politics, now is the time to do what's right for the american people. >> it's no secret that republicans and democrats often disagree about the best way to create jobs, but we can't let those disagreements prevent us from acting when we do agree. there's bipartisan support for extending the payroll tax relief and unemployment benefits. >> if lawmakers don't act. 160 million americans will see their taxes go up in the new yearment i'm jamie colby, i'll have more headlines. >> well, a smoking gun on a smoking electric car? capitol hill hearing next month will focus on the chevy volt batteries and whether the administration knew about the safety issues with them and reports the government invested in these electric vehicles is now running on empty

. >> good morning everyone, live from america's news headquarters, i'm jamie colby. there's an update on the search for a missing maine toddler, and it's taken a turn for the worse. police are now saying that they have found evidence suggesting foul play was involved and now treating her disappearance as a criminal investigation. the 20 month old vanished from her father's house two weeks ago, and he is not being called a suspect. and nearly ten new fires overnight in hollywood, california, believed to be set by the same person or group of people who torched nearly two dozen cars thursday night into friday morning. those flames spread to several nearby homes, including a home once occupied by rock star jim morrison. police urging the public to be on the lookout. i'm jamie colby, happy new year everybody, now back to bulls and bears, keep it here on the fox news channel. see you in 30 minutes. the election season kicking off just three days from now in iowa and neil is all over it on the fox business network, and tune in for the results special guests, herman cain, io

stand by, kelly wright and jamie colby are in new york with much more. have a great day everybody. ♪ >> hello, everyone, i'm kelly wright. and welcome to a brand new hour of america's news headquarters. >> it's good to be back with you. >> good to see you. >> i'm jamie colby, good to have you here as well. topping the news this hour, presidential hopeful newt gingrich sparking controversy by saying the palestinians are invented people. and fallout both on the campaign trail and in the middle east. >> attorney general eric shoulder on capitol hill admitting the failure of the fast and furious program, and no one has lost their jobs over that program. the fallout and where mr. holder goes from here. >> a good question and former russian president putin trying to reclaim his office while tens of thousandses are taking to the street voicing p significance to that. can the former strong man win a third term? >>. >> jamie: well, with less than a month to go. >> kelly: before the very first contest in the 2012 presidential race, a republican showdown on tap i

i'm jamie colby in for harris falkner and this is the fox report. terrorists unleash a wave of deadly attacks and christmas worshippers among their targets. in minutes, fox reports who is now claiming responsibility and why the atmosphere of fear would intensify. >> also, new strains on a fragile democracy days after our combat crews leave iraq. vice-president joe biden doing some diplomatic heavy lifting as worries about sectarian violence grows. and doctors said she'd never walk again, but she refused to stop trying. i just thought, you know what? this can't be all there is, there's got to be more technology and got to be getter doctors and i'm going to find it. >>' shies the final outcome was a medical miracle. >> but first from fox tonight. he was a hero in afghanistan, a purple heart who survives a suicide bombing attack, only to be shot in the back at his welcome home party, two days after returning to california. 22-year-old army specialist christopher sullivan was celebrating with friends, an hour east of l.a. he when trouble broke out and s

i am jamie colby, the senate massing a spending bill to keep the government running. and the deal include program adjusting medicare payments and that will avoid deep cuts for doctors treatsing patients. >> and there is a scenario in egypt. we can show you the new video of heavy fighting. nine people dead and three others injured. the violence as everyone there awaits. gas prices dumbling. 35 sends in the first time in three months. they are looking to pump up the gas tax to balance their books. steve, you say that is a major speed bump for the economy. >> david, only big government politicians say raising the cost of doing shop chores is doing good for the economy. they say when inflation made it go lower. they hit you with inflation and that is a form of taxation. and they hit you every which way. stop guys stop. >> rick, just when we catch a break with gas prices they are going to raise them up. >> no one likes to pay higher gas prices. i live in los angeles so you can imagine how i feel about it. you see usage of mass transit rises and car pooling rises and people

. >> jamie: i'm jamie colby and we're working and they're working in congress. the senate having a busy morning. welcome everyone to a brand new hour inside america's news headquarters. after a bitter partisan battle, major rare saturday session. and when it comes to the trillion dollar funding that passed not the a lot of people are happy about it, including arizona senator john mccain. >> i have amendments to save the taxpayers billions of dollars is associated with this bill, but never mind, because we're going to go home for christmas. well, all i can tell you, i am he' going home to a state where they don't have enough in the food banks to take care of the homeless this year. and i'm going home to a state where half of the homes are underwater, and what have we done? we've just wasted billions and billions and billions of the taxpayer's money. >> there you have it from senator mccain. and mike emanuel to join us live on capitol hill. what a morning, mike. >> exactly. pretty revved up for a rare saturday session here on capitol hill. the other big piece of l

live from america's news headquarters, i'm jamie colby. president obama using his weekly radio and internet address to thank congress for preventing year end tax increases and says that much more needs to be done in the new year. >> i expect congress to finish the job by extending these provisions through the end of 2012. it's good to see members of the congress do the right thing for millions of working americans. meanwhile, georgia senator, johnnie isaacson, outlining his for 2012. saying the number one goal easier to create small businesses by tax reform, slashing government regulations and energy security and urging fellow lawmakers to put the economy ahead of next year's elections and get back people work. i'll tend you back to cavuto on business, thanks for keeping it on fox. >> three days until the big day in iowa, who are you going to watch? >> cavuto of course. on the fox business network, with special guest herman cain. iowa's governor and president obama's former economic advisor and republican congressman alan west and the dona

i 'm jamie colby, now, keep it on bull and bears, on fox. >> brenda: our guys warned you about this. small business owners saying those rglations capping credit card fees are forcing them to hike prices on consumers, turns out, they have to pay more fees when folks swipe cards for small purchases and toby, as you've been warning, guess who they're passing those cuts to. >> yeah, you know, the consumers, amazing how capitalism works. if the government raises or costs are raised to a provider, the condition or service provide ser going to raise the fee and not going to cut the margins and we've talked about that. the second part when you have have 6,000 of revenue, this is a service, it has to come somewhere. and the debit card and $5 starbucks, an extra fee that 6 billion dollars has to come someplace, and is that what dodd frank is supposed to do. >> brenda: jonas, you say it affects all banks. >> and this was something punishing merchants. merchanting with large ticket fees, those are shifted to the smaller merchants, the submarine $10 charge and ultimately to the consumer. that's w

i'm jamie colby. back to bulls and bears. >> china trying to put the brakes on u.s. automakers, slapping as much as 22% tax on cars made in the usa. and china says it's to counter u.s. subsidies and has donald trump fuming and demanding that president obama get tough on what he calls economic terrorism. matt, does the the donald have it right? >> i'm actually going to agree with donald. i don't agree with the terrorism term he uses, but anytime goods made in the united states the foreign country puts a tax or tariff on it costs more for the citizens to by that vehicle or product. less demand for the product and less coming out of the country of course the economy slows down in that sector. and china is the largest auto market out there and slowed this year at the slowest pace in 13 years and keep in mind, gm gets a huge amount of their sales from china. we saw 20% growth in the month of november. you see gm, ford, once again, looking for bailout money because of this. >> is that giving too much to china? >> i think it is. first of all, i think we've put a tariff on f

i am jamie colby in for harris faulkner. >> a republicann front runner facing a set back 10 days before the primmary season kicks off. newt gingrich is not the only one coming up short. what went wrong and the latest fall out. and also a white christmas in some parts of the country. coming at a cost for the travelers. >> i was supposed to see friend and family. and good -- i will not do what i planned. spin out and closure. rush is on. last minute shoppers are out in full force. this christmas eve may deliver recordd sales. temperature fox is america's news and election headquarters and republican presidential candidate newt gingrich issuing a stern response to the christmas set back. the former house speaker attacking the virginia primary system. gingrich failed to submit the 10,000 signatures to run. fellow gop hopeful rick perry also came up short. virginia is 11 states up for grabs in the super tuesday elections . it could impact on narrowing the republican field. here's the latest from the dc news room. >> to get on the ballot for the virginia primary you need 10,000 signatures fro

. >> jamie: i'm jamie colby, great to be back, eric, good to see you, can you believe people still use the mail service with e-mail and details are already leaking out, about how your mail service could change? first the guaranteed overnight delivery could go away and we're also hearing the post office may say it is ending saturday delivery, shuttering more than 250 facilities, cutting 35,000 jobs, aimed at saving around $3 billion. peter doocy live in washington with more on the story. hi, peter. >> reporter: hi, jamie. yeah, the post office gets its way you will have to call ups or fedex or dhl if you want something delivered next day, guaranteed and the spokeswoman told us on monday, tomorrow, we will file with the postal regulatory commission and with the federal register the next day to solicit comments, we are proposing eliminating overnight standards for mail and what does it mean for your average viewer? it means they will not receive mail the day after it was sent, in an overnight standard area, for example d.c. mail to northern virginia to take an additional day and that is a

jamie back to you. >> jamie: i'm jamie jamie colby but noi back to our christmas special, birth of jesus. ♪ hallelujah ♪ hallelujah for 2,000 years christians have celebrated the birth of jesus with prayer and joyful song. peace on earth, good will to all is a simple christmas message and at the heart of jesus' teaching. welcome to the special presentation from fox. this is bethlehem where jesus was born. coming up on the program, a special guide will take us on a tour of the church of the nativity, travel to nazareth to see a recreation of life at the time of jesus. and then to jerusalem, where will learn how to tell a fake from a find and why many religious leaders are angry about a best selling book called "assault on christianity." but, first, what do we know of the birth of jesus? how do we know it? the books of the old testament were in circulation as oral history for thousands of years before the birth of jesus and put together in the second century before the christian era and the saying and stories of jesus were first passed down and preserved by word of mouth. >> it is a gr

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. >> jamie: i'm jamie colby, without a doubt, eric, this is a very historic day and a happy day for many military families, who, this year, will be spending the holidays together and we cannot forget the sacrifice over the last 8-and-a-half years, great to say the least, 4,487 american soldiers were killed and 32,000 wounded. 32,000. the total cost to the u.s., $832 billion and the u.s. spending an average of $239 million, per sway. >> eric: now that troops left what can we expect for the future, now that we're no longer on the ground and what is next for the region? joining us as he does every sunday, about this time, fox news contributor and former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, john bolton. good morning. >> good morning, glad to be with you. >> eric: how do the iraqis move forward and what do you predict for iraq now that the american forces left? >> i'm very troubled by this moment. obviously we're happy to see our service members safe and, hopefully, reunited with their families, but this withdrawal is a big mistake from the perspective of what the united states fought for i

i'm jamie colby in for shepard smith. this is the fox report. >> thank you guys, owe owe low ha. >> president obama is heading to texas after payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits only for two months. that sets up a brand new battle where lawmakers they will have this waiting for them when they get back from the holidays. >> when congress returns, i urge them to keep working without drama, without delay, to reach an agreement that extends this tax cut as well as unemployment insurance through all of 2012. >> jamie: without drama, without delay. the president says the one year extension should be a formality. ed henry live at the white house for us. ed, did the president claim credit for at least for the deal being made so far? >> jamie, he was trying to say this was all about the american people. by also noting it was -- the president himself who had demanded congress get this done before leaving town. he was taking at least a little bit of a victory lap. and he also very quickly in his remarks today framed this in a

i'm jamie colby. see you at 7:00 eastern for "the fox report." ♪ silver bells ♪ it's christmas time in the city ♪ ♪ ring a ling ♪ hear them ring ♪ soon it will be christmas day day ♪ >> welcome back to "the five" christmas special. thank you for letting us join you today and thanks to the newark boy's chorus school for bringing us all such beautiful music. that was one of bob's favorite song. >> it was great. it was wonderful. >> one of the things we were talk being is that this time of year, charitable donations are at a high, but there is a great story that started in michigan. anonymous attorneys are paying off strangers' lay away accounts at k-marts across the country, which is a lovely thing. i had heard about these anonymous donations before. lay away one is new to me. i had heard before -- >> that was actually me. >> in michigan? >> yes. >> did you do this? >> yes, i did. i didn't want to take credit for it, but i figureeled, why not? no one else is. >> that's right. that's what t

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good to see you, i'm jamie colby. great to have you here. topping the news this hour, a busy shopping night ends in tragedy and one person was killed and a mall was on lookdown, where the investigation stands right now. >> and also the lonestar state under a blanket of snow, stranding folks trying to get home for the holiday. >> incredible stories out there. >> plus, an american idol becoming an american hero for families in need. there he is, with kelly. you'll meet him. danny goeky, his story coming up. >> but first we begin with new reaction after a stunning development in the 2012 g.o.p. presidential race. did you hear about this one? this is a doozy. front runner news gingrich failing to make the primary ballot in the key battle ground state of virginia and he's not alone. several of the major candidates also denied, the gingrich campaign releasing a statement. quote. only a failed system excludes four out of the and voters access to the battle. voters deserve the right to vote for any top contender especially leading candidates. and a

i'm jamie colby. >> i'm kelly wright. welcome to another news. topping the news, police in los angeles searching for answers after a string of car fires damage dozens of homes and buildings. we have the very latest on the investigation. >> and kelly, tensions are still high over iranian war games and today's move signaling they may be ready for a new round of nuclear talks. >> all right. and verizon wireless scrapping the $2 convenience fee for customers paying their bills by phone or online. why the backtrack? . we're live with all the details. ♪ >> as you canna imagine, we have to begin in iowa, it may be a photo finish. as the g.o.p. prepare for the deciding battle there. mitt romney spending the day in new hampshire and him in the lead. and ron paul 22% taking time off altogether and with rick santorum and former front runner newt gingrich tied, it could be anybody's race. carl cameron breaking it down live for us in des moines, iowa, good to see you. sort of the sprint to the starting line. after all, there's a year and a half of campaigni

i'm jamie colby in for jenna lee jamie: mitt romney is enlisting popular new jersey governor chris christie to rally last minute support. considering the way the race is shifting every little bit will help. jon: the latest nbc news/marist poll puts romney in the lead. newt gingrich tied for fourth after the leading the poll earlier this month. the only major candidate not in iowa is jon huntsman who is focusing all his efforts on the next contest in new hampshire. join be us, paul west, national correspondent for the tribune newspaper group. paul, we should point out many of these iowa voters are still undecided and even today's frontrunner might not see the undecided voters break his or her way, right? >> that's right, jon. probably pen% of the voters go into the caucus tuesday night undecided or persuadable to change their minds. jon: obviously that is part of the caucus process, to stand up and try to convince people that your candidate is the one to vote for. >> exactly. every candidate will have a representative at each of the 1774 caucuses and they will make short speeches right befor

jamie: i'm jamie colby, great to be with you today. jon: "america live" starts right now. >> thanks, guys, and a fox news alert. all eyes on iowa as the countdown begins. we are seeing a final push on the campaign trail with just eight days to go before the very first presidential caucuses. welcome to "america live," i'm rick folbaum. juliet: and i'm. julie banderas. you're probably still recovering. candidates criss-crossing the state in a final effort to win the hearts and minds of caucus goers, and we're seeing a surprising turn around in the polls. rick: carl cameron is live in des moines with the very latest. a couple of days off, but i gather the candidates are right back at it. >> reporter: they'll be arriving from all across the country. the ads took a break, but really for the last two or three weeks we've seen a number of the candidates really escalate dramatically their campaigning, their going to small diners and restaurants and visiting people's homes, knocking on doors and talking to the small groups that make up the iowa