• John Fugelsang joins us in the New York Bureau at 9am ET / 6am PT for another edition of “Fridays With Fugelsang”
• CNN’s John Roberts calls in at 9:05am ET / 6:05am PT to tell us about his CNN special this weekend, “Losing Lennon: Countdown To Murder”
• Arthur Rankin of Rankin/Bass, creator of almost all the classic Christmas specials on TV over the years, calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the 45th year of “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer”
• Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY) calls in at 10:05am ET / 7:05am PT to talk about the Bush Tax Cuts
• Will Zweigart, creator of the blog SketchySantas.com, calls in at 10:50am ET / 7:50am PT to talk about the hilarious world of questionable Santas
• A critical compromise to head off a year-end tax increase for millions of Americans took shape fitfully Thursday. An extension of unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed appeared likely to become part of any deal. Additionally, Democrats sought to expand the package with an additional tax break.
• Veteran Rep. Charles Rangel, former chairman of one of Congress’ most powerful committees, was censured by his House colleagues for financial misconduct Thursday in a solemn moment of humiliation in the sunset of his career.
