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And Unmanned Aircraft over iraq. Some of those aircraft are gone. The pentagon has confirmed armed drones have been deployed over baghdad to protect u. S. Troops. Deployed troops numbering in the thousands are moving toward baghdad from both the north and the west. Theres new evidence indicating isis did massacre captured soldiers two weeks ago. President obama seems in fighting spirits in minnesota. I might have said in the heat of the moment during one of these debates i want to raise minimum ...

For a complete schedule, visit booktv. Org. Youre watching booktv. Next, Peter Carlson recalls the capture of journalists Albert Richardson and Junius Browne by Confederate Forces at the battle of vicksburg. The reporters were sent to multiple confederate prisons over 20 months until they escaped and made their way across the appalachians with the assistance of Union Sympathizers. This is about 50 minutes. [applause] thank you, david. Im thrilled to be here at the national archives. To be back h...

Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Good evening everyone im jeff glor with a western edition of the broadcast and the weekend is off to a run at the white house. Word today of two major announcements coming monday. The first, president obama has picked a new head of the struggling va. Former Procter Gamble ceo Robert Mcdonald will be the next secretary of veterans affairs. He is 61 years old, hes a 1975 west point graduate. The va has been without a permanent leader since ...

Larry Lessig has an excellent article over at The Nation, that puts the events of January 18th into perspective. He talks about the...

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know, out of the ordinary. >> reporter: this used to be known as the lutheran home. now they call it the villages at rockville. its like a small town with 350 residents. something like this, something like this most disturbing. >> i dont understand that. what do people achieve by that? if she was in rehab, she must have been getting better. >> reporter: how did the gun get inside this building? >> we will review our procedures to ensure our residents are safe. >> reporter: are you goin...

the last 14 trading sessions, the dow has lost 2,000 points, and by my calculation, thats about $2.8 trillion of wealth that has been destroyed. about 20% or one fifth of the annual output of the u.s. economy. so as the market continues to fall in this way, thats going to have real implications of on ordinary people, their 401(k)s, and how wealthy they feel and their ability to spend from here. so it is frankly quite serious. >> yes, it is. when is this going to start stabilizing a lit...

winter begins officially tomorrow. but its here. its been cold all month long and we continue to have the cold conditions across the region today. lets take a look at the current temperatures. right now our temperatures remain in the 20s. 28 degrees in the district. 25 in baltimore. 23 at dulles, airport. ocean city, maryland is at 25 degrees. our winds part of your story today. not strong right now, blowing at about 7 miles per hour here in the district. 13 in hagerstown, 17 mile-per-...