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Richmond. hes safe. and theyre looking for jamal lewis clemons and believe he killed a man and a woman and took off with the boy in the back seat. ap cops say he knows his alleged victims and they will not say how. >> its likely one of the west christmas presents a maryland military dad will get in tucson. colonel jeffrey alan boyd saw they were knighted during a special ceremony at medieval times. little did they know this was about to happen. >> oh, it was dad under the costume. and dad coming...

>> mr. speaker, the>> mr. speakf [applause] >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. >> i have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting in the president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. everybody, please have a seat. >> mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, distinguished guests, and fellow americans -- tonight i want to begin by congratulating the men and women of the 112th congress, as well as your new speaker,...

theres no possibility that i would ever go to debate and have chris matthews asking questions. i watched the debate and it was an embarrassment because they were so hostile and so left wing that every question they asked of the republicans was designed to embarrass and divide, and every question they asked the democrats was designed to look good. host: would you do it with a moderator? guest: with a time keeper. lincoln and douglas debated seven times for three hours and they had a tim...

senate yesterday. our question to start up the show is, do leadership elections matter? as we see the women and men that will be leading the senate and house republican and democratic caucuses. the numbers to call -- you can also e-mail us and you can find us on twitter. our question for you is, do leadership elections matter? to start off, giving us a sense of what is going on in capitol hill and a preview today we have jonathan allen from politico. thank you for talking to us so earl...

on election 2010 but this much we know. when the 112 congress convenes on the capital january 3, 2011, there will be nearly 100 new members and the freshman class. about 70 of them republicans. at this point, no one has stepped forward to challenge john boehners path to speakership and harry reid will be returning as majority -- majority leader, at least for now britain notable losses include committee chaired james oberstar, i skelton and john spratt. a longtime congressman paul kanto...

cartridge contained a powerful explosive that could have gone off. what is the latest. >> reporter: officials are telling me that they feel they have arrested a key suspect in the case of these sordid terror attacks against the united states. jaws short while, yemen president spoke to the press. he spoke about the yemen security forces surrounding a house, the suspect that the what the yemeni force are interested in. after the press conference was over, ten minutes later. word came fro...

from democrats only on a campaign 2010. what is motivating you to get to the polls? howd you feel about the chances? what is going on with your local races. you can see the lines/geographic location. please, allow 30 days between your calls. send us an e-mail at c-span.org or you can send us a tweaked -- tweet. we will begin taking the calls in just a few minutes. here is the front page of "the hill" newspaper and we will talk about this more in depth with sean miller. they conducted t...

americas realtors reported today that after a bad summer sales of previously owned homes shot up 10% in september. even with the increase, sales are still weak and now theres a lot of concern that any housing recovery wont last because the foreclosure document mess will keep potential buyers out of the market. as anthony mason reports. the federal reserve is getting involved in that investigation. >> reporter: now the fed is putting the mortgage mess under the microscope. >> we are loo...

proceedings says theyve just started discussions with the banks. >> but were very conscious we need to move as quickly as we can. we do not want to do any harm to the housing market which would do harm to the overall market. >> reporter: bernanke says more than 20% of borrowers are underwater. that is, they owe more than their home is worth. more than a million houses will r currently undergoing foreclosure and more than a quarter of those are under review. thats already creating uncer...

disclosure next. welcome to the journal, editorial report. im paul gigot. well, the school reform suffered a setback this week when the most visible and perhaps more controversial champion resigned. michelle reed served as chancellor for three and a half years and during her tenure student test scores improved and drop-out rates declined in the city and school vouchers for low income familiar letters, opened charter schools and negotiated a contract with the teacherss union that includ...