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• Early surveys show that retail spending rose this holiday season over last year by as much as 8.7 percent. This is a bit of good news for President Bush at the end of what has been a difficult year for his domestic, as well as his foreign policies. Correspondent Wendell Goler reports.
• Plus, we’ll have analysis of the state of the economy with Heritage Foundation scholar Tim Kane.
• A new Census Bureau report out Tuesday details how the government is spending our money. Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are now consuming one trillion of last year's $2.2 trillion budget, and that amount is expected to continue to increase. Major Garrett reports.
• Steve Centanni reports from the Pentagon on the latest news out of Iraq, after 10,000 people marched through Baghdad protesting alleged election fraud. The marchers say they are in favor of a government that would give more power to Sunni Arabs than secular Shiites.
• Western observers are distressed at the Mubarak regimes pullback from increased democratic reform as typified by the just handed down sentence of five years in prison leveled against opposition leader Ayman Nour. Jennifer Griffin has the latest.
• In the first part of his five part series on the abandonment of organized Christianity in Europe, correspondent Greg Burke heads to Great Britain where the Church of England is in steep decline and in danger of being overtaken by Islam as the dominant observed religion.
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About the Show
Anchored by Washington news veteran Brit Hume, "Special Report with Brit Hume" provides an in-depth look at the day's news and offers a daily topical discussion of political issues impacting the nation.
Hume serves as host to key newsmakers, political pundits and FOX News contributors exchanging views about political matters from taxes and Social Security to international affairs and the political scandal of the day.
Hume brings a historical perspective to the political scene that is rarely rivaled. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., he has covered the policies, procedures and players in the national game called politics for more than 30 years. The Baltimore Sun referred to him as "the very personification of the political establishment."
Each program features a two-minute segment called The Grapevine, which reels off the latest outrageous news nuggets, political poll results and in-the-Beltway gossip that viewers will not see on any other news program. The New York Daily News describes The Grapevine as a must see that, "will make you sound smart around the water cooler… the next day."
FOX News' Team Washington provides live reports from the White House, Capitol Hill, the Supreme Court and key federal agencies. Seasoned correspondents explore political hot spots, races and legislative battles being waged around the nation and abroad.
Hume wraps up each program with a lively roundtable discussion featuring Mara Liasson of National Public Radio, Fred Barnes of The Weekly Standard and Mort Kondracke of Roll Call.
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— Guests and topics are subject to change
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