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South carolinas strom thurmond holds the record, 24 hours of a filibuster. rand paul says that he would have gone longer, zoraida, but that nature has its limits and he was ending his fill buto tak of one of them. can the u.s. mount a drone strike against americans on u.s. soil? thats born out of some comments from attorney general eric holder at a senate hearing yesterday saying that he could envision the scenario, so paul is deeply concerned about brennan being confirmed as cia director. hes o...

Warned about declared those unthinkable strikes. the most memorable case, the summer of 1975 when new york was close to bankruptcy. sanitation workers let garbage pile up in the streets and laid-off police marched and shut down the brooklyn bridge. public employee unions demonstrated their clout national whethey helped senator ted kennedy mount a surprisingly strong primary challenge to a sitting democratic president they didnt like. jimmy carter. >> the public sector unions become the get-out-t...

Cooperation. th >> that is because when elected officials didnt cooperate the public sector unions fdr warned about declares the unthinkable strikes. the most memorable case the summer of 1975 when new york was close to bankruptcy. sanitation workers let garbage pile up in the streets while laid off police march and shut down the brooklyn bridge. unions demonstrated their clout nationally when they helped senator ted kennedy mount a surprisingly strong primary challenge to a sitting democratic p...

Have been quite vocal, and various parts of the country and now, in response for the past two days those in support of the government have shown their strength, on the streets as well. also, down here in saudi arabia, to remark on that, for a moment the news has been quiet, lately but that is not to say saudi arabia is not dealing with its own issues. also, we watched the revolution in egypt and we are waiting to see how that turns out. what is the next ruling government in the country of egypt ...

The end of -- with a public appearance at his summer home and yet again, he did not address the sex abuse scandal. meantime, the popes personal preacher sunday apologized for an antisematic remark. he compared the criticism of the churchs handling of the scandal to antisemitism. >> reporter: pope benedict has left for his country retreat and although he did not say a word about the crisis rocking the catholic church during easter mass, a senior cardinal did mount a very vigorous defense of the p...

>> excused absence. >> i followed joe out the door last night. >> i know. you two were out carousing. just not a pretty sight. all right. weve got a lot to talk about, including, i guess, people in congress and the senate betting plowed with sake in order to get health care through, right? >> yeah. one of the most interesting senators in the u.s. senate. he has just always been an interesting guy, said that pelosi was liquoring members up. >> yes. and senator dodd coming up on the show as well...

>> really? >> if you would let me get to the news. >> get to the news. >> its time for a look at some of todays top stories. with president obama demanding a vote on health care reform this week, democrats are making their final scramble to sway undecided voters. obama faces the stiffest test of his signature agenda and a defining moment in his presidency as democrats on capitol hill mount a fevered campaign to round up yes votes to pass the bill in the house. with the all-out effort on health c...

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