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She is calling to choose peace. she says that they have their independence, they should try and keep their country together. but at the moment, no one is particularly hopeful. we dont even really have a sense of how many people have died on the ground. even aid agencies dont really know. the u.n. says they believe it could be between 500 and 600 people. this is a very, very tense situation and the attempted evacuations. aide workers saying thats not going to help the situation, the civilians on ...

In the philippines. which is, obviously, very important, john. but even getting it from where it has arrived to a few hundred feet away where people need it can be a huge logistical challenge in terms of communication and in terms of the roads not being passable. we saw that, again, in haiti. but, also, again, people focus a lot on various numbers in the aftermath. at the other end of the spectrum the people that have lived and are doing okay but the group in the middle, call them the vulnerable...

It wouldnt have passed the senate, no less the house. anything he associated with would have simply been, per se, unacceptable to republicans. but you really wish that moment had been seized, because if we could run that counter-factual we couldnt be in a worse position if he had seized on that. so thats always been my bottom line. what about trying, guys. >> ruth marcus, chris cillizza, thank you both so much. sunday marked another violent day in syria, six red cross aide workers were kidnapped...

At least 14 people were killed dm that nation. nearly a million people were evacuated before the storm made land fall with 140 mile per hour winds. in sin tral india, a devastating day as dozens of people are killed in a stampede during a hindu festival. about 25,00 people were on the bridge at the time. some jumping off the bridge into a river. more than 100 others were injured nearly critical. >> seven aide workers kidnapped in syria. they were there delivering medical supplies. since war brok...

Shutdown. lawmakers hammering away at one another instead of a deal to end that stalemate. a meeting at the white house last night didnt get the parties any closer to a deal. the president says hes willing to negotiate but only after congress re-opens the government. a small but growing group of moderate house republicans say speaker john boehner should allow a vote on a clean spending bill. another humanitarian crisis may be unfolding in syria. according to "the wall street journal," the assa...

Finished pushing them back out of the capital and a president recognized by the u.s. >> and it was a famine that started it. they refused to allow in aide workers to feed people. i want to bring in peter bergen. is this a sign of strength by al shabaab or a sign of weakness? this is all they can do is holding civilians and killing women and children in a mall? >> its a sign of weakness. if they wanted to make a statement, their enemy is the kenyan military. but they dont have the capability to a...

I saw people who had been shot in the stomach and in the leg. dozens of injuries streaming out among terrified civilians. the police and army who were working there were desperately trying to get people evacuated out of the building. it became clear within a few minutes of getting inside the mall that no one really knew where the gunmen were. while we were getting from place to place, you could see there were people who had been killed, who were laying in different parts of the mall. >> kenyon a...

A.c.a. is the abbreviation for the healths new law dubbed the affordable care act, which for this family will be anything but affordable. jon: a lot of people waking up to surprises, i think. thank you. jenna: the deadly terror attack in kenya showing how resilient al qaeda is in africa right now and these terrorists are said to be from al-shabaab tied to al qaeda. theyve been responsible for multiple attacks and assassinations of peace activists and aide workers, including a 2010 bombing in uga...

And other sex crimes and we were wondering if he was taking his retirement fund that he built up over 21 years as that school bus driver for the cleveland municipal school district and right now, the people who run that tell me that he hasnt touched a dime of it. he can go in and take one lump sum out but he cant cherry pick what he wants to take out and so far, he hasnt touched a penny. >> interesting. all right. scott taylor, appreciate the reporting. thank you. still ahead, new information ...

Disappeared while on a family trip to portugal. this comes as police launch a new investigation into the case. more than $1 million worth of jewelry stolen from a hotel in cannes, france. it comes on the second day of the famed film festival there. by coincidence, the same day aired the premier of "the bling ring" a movie about teens stealing from celebrities. anderson, the rush is on to pick up tickets for tomorrows big power ball lottery. the top jackpot is now worth more than $600 million...