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Former president barack obama tweeting, if theres one thing i love about john lewis, his will to fight.lewis in a st saying i have been in some kind of fight for freedom, equality, basic human rights for nearly my entire life. i have never faced a fight quite like the one i have now the 79-year-old vowing to fight the disease with the same tenacity with which he fought for racial equality, joining sit-ins, challenging jim crow laws, organizing and speaking at the march on washington alongside th...

Diagnosis triggering shock waves across the country and outpouring of support from both sides of the aisle. >> reporter: congressman john lewis overnight sharing a devastating diagnosis. the george democrat and civil rights icon announcing that hes undergoing treatment for stage four pancreatic cancer. i have been in some kind of fight for freedom, equality and basic human rights for nearly my entire life and have not faced a fight like i have now. fighting cancer with the same courage for which...

Really hard. >> bret: thanks for the time. >> my pleasure. >> bret: our thanks to garry mccarthy, a democrat, possibly running for mayor. we should point out we did invite mayor rahm emanuel to appear. that door still open. speaker of the illinois house is is the longest-serving state house speaker in modern u.s. history. democrat mike madigan is in his 17th term leading the chamber. he has just broken the modern record held by south carolina lawmaker. tomorrow, we will talk to his principal foi...

>> my pleasure. >> bret: our thanks to garry mccarthy, a democrat, possibly running for mayor. we should point out we did invite mayor rahm emanuel to appear. that door still open. speaker of the illinois house is is the longest-serving state house speaker in modern u.s. history. democrat mike madigan is in his 17th term leading the chamber. he has just broken the modern record held by south carolina lawmaker. tomorrow, we will talk to his principal foil, illinois republican governor as he joins...

Chances for a second term, spokesman jay carney said no. >> the action that he and other leaders in washington took did reverse the free fall. >> key part is fixing the housing crisis, while an independent auditor warned the federal housing administration may need $50 million bail-out. the housing chief downplayed it. >> the new loans we are making even under the most severe economic scenarios that the actuary looked at would remain profitable. >> democratic lawmaker suggested the administration...

It would be great to bring it before a market of the committee in december before we break for the holidays. >> congressman barney frank, the democrat from massachusetts announced he will not seek a 17th term, acknowledged he had neglected the issue when he chaired the financial services committee. bret? >> bret: james, thank you. the big three auto makers had a better november this year than last. chrysler says its sales were up 45% over november 2010. ford gained 13%. general motors was 7% ahe...

It would be great to bring it before a market of the committee in december before we break for the holidays. >> congressman barney frank, the democrat from massachusetts announced he will not seek a 17th term, acknowledged he had neglected the issue when he chaired the financial services committee. bret? >> bret: james, thank you. the big three auto makers had a better november this year than last. chrysler says its sales were up 45% over november 2010. ford gained 13%. general motors was 7% ahe...

We have our party man who has been on the streets and has a party at night from a reporter perspective, doing the journalism that we werent willing to do last night because we had to get up so early. >> tough job, somebody has to do it. >> look forward to that. lets do a couple of quick headlines. fort hood accused gunman was a ticking time bomb who was ignored according to a scathing report just released by the senate. it says the f.b.i. and defense department missed warning signs that hasan ha...

Holiday, some 3-1/2 weeks away it has to come quickly before the tax holiday expires. bret? >> bret: more on this with the panel. thank you. president obamas performance on the economy may be the determining factor in his quest for re-election next year. chief white house correspondent ed henry reports on what the president is saying now about that. and what he said in the past. >> on the campaign trail in new york, it sounded like president obama may be back pedaling on a promise to improve the...

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