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These. he has eric holder set to investigate the oakland shooting and it didnt take much time. the verdict came in at 4:08, 4:08 p.m. on july 8. at 6:08 they made a statement at the d.o.j. thats two hours. two hours. this is the statement. "the justice department has been closely monitoring the state and prosecution civil rights division, the u.s. attorneys office and f.b.i. have open investigation in the fatal shooting and we will conduct review of the fact ands to determine if it evidence warr...

American voter and i think especially the independents that you highlighted, chris, are going to say but gee, we are not going anywhere and look at the deficit spending and what it portends in terms of increased taxes down the line. seniors are still disaffected about the healthcare reform bill. people are up in the air about afghanistan, especially on the left. those independents are looking for some track objection some where and the problem for the gop as bill properly described it is that th...

Of the joint economic committee. he recently voted against extending jobless benefits for the unemployed but in 08 voted for the t.a.r.p. bail out of the big banks on wall street. do you think the political structure in this country makes the connection thats obvious to somebody like me, congressman? that weve empowered this extraction and then were like, oh, theres no jobs. people like yourself, not you explicitly, but people with your type of job as a vehicle to take money out. >> well, actual...

American voter and i think especially the independents that you highlighted, chris, are going to say but gee, we are not going anywhere and look at the deficit spending and what it portends in terms of increased taxes down the line. seniors are still disaffected about the healthcare reform bill. people are up in the air about afghanistan, especially on the left. those independents are looking for some track objection some where and the problem for the gop as bill properly described it is that th...

The wheels are already in motion for potential g.o.p. challengers for the white house in 2012. julie kirtz is live in washington with more on this story, and julie, i guess its not too early. typical they start to campaign about now? >> yeah, you can argue, actually, that the 2012 presidential campaign started as soon as the 08 campaign ended, but right now, the water testing is starting to become much more visible. the political activity is taking place in all the familiar places, republican, m...

Voter intimidation tactics outside of a physically polling station in 08, what if we said it was not an isolated incident and the primary race between barack obama and hillary clinton was right d-rife with stories of intimidation, motivated by the obama campaign, and it is part of a documentary, "we will not be silent, 2008", and the director joins us from los angeles. good morning. >> good morning. >> before we get to the evidence you have compiled in the documentary, lets tell the viewers who ...

Trying to get us going, the american voter and i think especially the independents that you highlighted, chris, are going to say but gee, we are not going anywhere and look at the deficit spending and what it portends in terms of increased taxes down the line. seniors are still disaffected about the healthcare reform bill. people are up in the air about afghanistan, especially on the left. those independents are looking for some track objection some where and the problem for the gop as bill prop...

Workplace round ups of illegal workers. used often during the bush administration, sweeps, for companies suspected of hiring illegal workers. companies found guilty are fined and illegal workers are fired. heres the shift that some object to. illegal workers are not deported but fired. so they can end up staying in the u.s. and some do after buying new false documents. >> what is the scope of the new approach? >> reporter: the obama administration has stepped up on the auditing. three thousand c...

Pitching legend and current rangers president, nolan ryan. there are better ways to meet the president of a baseball team. from take me out to the ball game to take me to the emergency room. it is 6:08. lets get a quick check of this mornings weather headlines. with that, well turn to rob marciano. good morning, jim and kate, we are looking at more hot temperatures. take a look at some of the high temperatures yesterday. record set again with the core of the heat shifted a little farther to ...

Step forward and say they are running and will they run to the right or will they run the senate? >> huge failure. given -- barack obama is a hard 18 months. democrats in congress have had a hard 18 months. they are in huge trouble. >> add to that, mike barnicle, the democrats have had two historic terms where they picked up. in 06 own 08. two huge years. youve got about 45 to 50 democrats in seats that john mccain won that should be republican seats already. >> is nevada previews of coming attr...