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for us, as we pine away for john kings 300th home run. >> carol, can you believe that? he caught that thing, right place, right time, a little bit of talent. >> i got hit in the head with a foul ball once, but never caught one. >> so that explains it! >> exactly! >> im kidding, carol, good to see you. >> have a great day, thank you so much. good morning to you. its the heart of tornado alley. you know what im talking about this morning. the devastation in joplin, missouri, is shockin...

>> and then just a short time ago, a storm chaser, his name is steve polly, caught out in the middle of this driving on the interstate. he said he didnt think he was going to make it. he said it was touch and go for a while. these videos he took at a gas station. listen. >> yes, it is. north kansas. thats where we want to get. >> all right. our jacqui jeras, our meteorologist, joins us now. jacqui, some officials in missouri reporting that there are at least as many as 24 fatalities fr...

For president in 2012. here is the former governor, explaining that decision, live in the fox news channel: >> didnt you want to be president? >> absolutely, chris, and i think that i would have made a fine president. but it really came down for me, a very personal, very intimate, and as i explained last night in the announcement, a spiritual decision, you know. you look at all the political possibilities, and frankly, i dont know that ill ever have a better chance, so i dont rule anything out f...

Country for running the country with an iron fist. the government is gaining the upper hand. of course the government has the weapons. jonathan hunt with the news. syrian regime thinks its winning. whatever win something when you murder your own people. >> absolutely, shep. they have clearly decided that the way forward is to fight. the way to hang on to power is to kill their own people. in the sort of numbers that they -- that whatever will make them succeed. and according to one senior adviso...

10 cents a gallon is nothing. this is cutting in americans ability to buy everything that affects the economy. >> at four dollars a gallon. 10 cents is not significant. >> it is significant if you add it up over time innocent it. >> it is a lot out of the my pocket book. but more than that, as mike touched on, this is just an environmental disaster. between corn and ethanoyl and mtbe which pollutes water and makes people sick, even the epa admitted it is a disaster and going to take 30 billion t...

Muslims. >> that is my point, he is a arrogant son of a gun, and he let his own family members die as shields instead of worrying about himself, but he will find out in the bottom of the ocean, there is no arrogance. >> the war continues though, and the threat, do you believe that the threat from al qaeda continues? >> absolutely. 20 years in the nypd i know what security is and why it is needed. we are in a different world since 9/11 and there are many people in the country who dont believe in ...

This headline in the wall street journal as the administration tries to pick out the corporate executive. some here say its going to kick more workers to the unemployment office. gary b, what do you mean? >> absolutely, brenda. this has ceos and corporations quaking? their boots and you have the government reaching down and trying it mandate who is running these private companies and so you know whats going to happen the companies are going to say, now what, its cheaper, its easier, more effecti...

Little bit of heightened sense of decorum on board the airplane. i do know that when i walk down the aisle, the phones debt get turned off, bags go under the seats. i have heard there is a little bit of a call to courtesy and civility on the airplane, and i like to think that it did start some conversation about that,s absolutely. >> were talking about issues with air travel all this week. were going in depth on the issue. as someone who worked as a flight attendant for 20 years, and had a prett...

Visit. fidel castro was there to formally hand over leadership of cubas communist party. shasta darlington is live in havana, and does this mean it is now private citizen fidel castro here? >> absolutely, brooke. that is what it means at least in name. of course, if i dell castro hasnhas hasnt -- fidel castro has not exercised any powers since he fell ill in 2006 and many suspect hd is the power behind the throne, and he has had the title of the secretary of the communist party which is importan...

Lets go to felicia taylor with the latest on the down day. is the standard & poors long-term outlook what did it? >> absolutely, brooke. theyve lowered the rating from negative to stable because of our credit problems. investors like that and will stay there for the time being but the s&p is looking down the road. its worried that congress isnt going to be able to fix the budget before 2013. were talking two years from now. if the outlook doesnt improve, thats going to hurt the government credit...