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Tackle the difficult issue of mental health. >> mental health is something that youll hear a great deal about in the coming days. since columbine in 1999, theres been 25 fatal active school shootings. among them, you can see the pictures there, sandy hook in 2012. richard blumenthal is a senator from the constitution state. >> the president will talk, but thoughts and prayers, words of contemplation, talk about mental health is not enough. they must be followed by real action. the president has ...

Panel of judges. jonathan capehart, victoria defrancesco-soto, krystal ball, and veteran of the revvies richard wolffe. and now for the big one. the biggest winner of 2012. richard? >> okay. the obvious one is obviously the president. but im not going to do the obvious one. im going to say michelle obama. not only because her husband won, because she doesnt have to campaign again which she hates. because she sailed through the election with sky high ratings. and because now she can actually do s...

Biggest winner of 2012. richard? >> okay. the of yus one is obviously the president. but im not going to do the obvious one. im going to say michelle obama. not only because her husband won, but because she doesnt have to campaign again. she sailed through the election with sky high ratings. and now she can do some of the biggest stuff about obesity, the biggest health challenge in this could be tri. >> im going to go with claire mchaskel. not only because she won her race, but also because she ...

Weve always tried to bring the country together. >> but if vitreal is the flavor of the day, the koch brothers havent gotten the memo yet. a tv ad they released today sticks to the nice guy in over his head script. >> ive seen zero interest in reducing spending. he inherited a bad situation, but he made it worse. >> i think hes a great person. i dont feel he is the right leader for our country, though. >> i still believe in hope and change, i just dont think obama is the way to go for that. >> t...

Hampshire, another battleground state that will be hard-fought in 2012. richard. >> kristen, we will get to new hampshire where mitt romney is at. where we watched president obama shake the hand of 25 newest citizens, also 25 voters that could participate come november. president obama on this july 4th. an american moment, this as we see him leave the room and very emotional. especially for byron acevedo who had to give the pledge of allegiance. he did quite well. we got a panel, susan del perci...

about to get paid. [ speaking foreign language ] >> more than $14,000 to each survivor. it is a deal reached between the costa cruise line and consumer groups. everyone will get their money back for the cruise tickets and other expenses and the captain who steered the ship into some rocks is still under house arrest. i am going to burn it. >> protesters set an australian flag on fire outside of parliament today. it is the second straight day that people who are angry about australias...

>> reporter: absolutely, richard. the sun has gone down, its been a few hours, the temperatures are dropping, the numbers have dwindled from 25,000, but no doubt a very strong show of support for the pro democracy activists. they have been denouncing the ruling military council. they say the military council has to turn over power to an elected government. the only problem is, there are no elected governments in egypt so far. the only one really is the parliament that elections have gotten under...

A live shot of capitol hill at 38 past the hour. polling is open for the second straight day in nine of egypts 27 provinces as millions of egyptians cast their ballots in the countrys first democratic elections since the removal of president hosni mubarak. voting is being held in multiple stages as additional provinces will begin to vote in coming weeks. voting for both the upper and lower houses of egypts new parliament are expected to be finalized by march of 2012. richard, lets first start he...

the sickening scene of violence and looting. and one party is paying a bigger price over the showdown over the regular debt. stand by on whether members deserve to even be re-elected. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." wall street following big gains after some of its biggest losses of the year. the s&p and nasdaq also rebounded. the dow on a roller coaster all day after the federal reserves afternoon announcement about interest rates and future economic conditions. lits...

Increase all those spending items that the president said he wanted to increase spending on? >> no, and the fact is, they didnt really make it clear how theyre planning to get these spending increases through. now theres a republican house. this is probably a nonstarter. thats why i think theres an element of political positioning here. because the president wants to lay out these policies that he believes in. he wants the republicans to lay out their own policies, then he wants to have a debate...