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Transcript right here. >> i said it wasnt a good investment. >> yeah and you said going forward were going to be swell. from august 2007 to august 2008. >> stop the bs here. stop the crap from august 2007 to august 2008. >> here your show. the problem going on your show. >> 90%. 90%. oh, none of this was your fault. oh. no people are millions of dollars. it wasnt your fault. come on, you coward. say the truth. >> what do you mean coward? >> you are a coward. you blame everybody else. you are a c...

Also a sacred union. god is in the mix. >> that was august 2008 at saddle back church in california. yes, it was his faith n 2008 that made him believe that marriage could only be between a man and a woman. that was moving his faith. >> obama said that at a time when supporters of same-sex marriage were fighting a ballot proposition. on election day, they lost that battle. and same-sex marriage came to a halt in california. even as public opinion slowly turned in their favor during the obama yea...

Across the board increase. 288,000 is a good number any way you cut it. sort of no bad news in this. but you have to have at least 150,000 or more jobs added just to make up for, you know, attrition. just to make any progress. >> i think it is good news. it comes after several months of good news. but theres still 3 million long-term unemployed. still a lot of people who involuntarily are in part-time work. a lot of people who the economy doesnt feel very good. that i think is part of the proble...

Shes worked at gm a long time, senior positions. >> her entire career. but people say gm is a company full of silos and it is possible that safety could have been separate from engineering and other parts of the country. the recall came just a month into her tenure as ceo. she has met behind closed doors now with lawmakers, has promised transparency. shes making good on that promise today, talking to employees and the press immediately after the release of this report. this will be the big busin...

Down slightly tuesday. news this morning on gm. "the new york times" reports gm officials expect ceo mary barra to be cleared of any wrongdoing tied to the botched ignition switch recall that resulted in at least 13 deaths. results from gms internal investigation are expected as early as this week. its expected to name executives, employees and departments that screwed up, but officials, again, telling "the new york times" they expect barra to be cleared. one thing is certain, barra has kept s...

Kind of makes no sense at all. despite all its recall issue, gm monthly sales are the best in nearly six years. christine romans is live in new york to explain it all. good morning. >> good morning. the recall headlines, not having effect on the traffic and the purchasing in those dealerships, carol. these numbers show strong demand for gm cars in the month of may, carol. what i can tell you is sales increased 12.6%. there were have 17 vehicle lines that saw double digit sales increases. it was ...

Minister spearheaded a campaign. and russian forces invading chechnya. and there was allegations of rape and murder. and now under the watch, the conflict heats in late 2002. and 50 armed chechan. and russian forces killed most of the rebels and 130 of the hostams. four years later russia is at odds with belaerous over a pipeline. and august 2008. russia had a five day war with georgia over the territories. and after months of tension in the region, georgia attacked the south ossetia.

Minister spearheaded a campaign. and russian forces invading chechnya. and there was allegations of rape and murder. and now under the watch, the conflict heats in late 2002. and 50 armed chechan. and russian forces killed most of the rebels and 130 of the hostams. four years later russia is at odds with belaerous over a pipeline. and august 2008. russia had a five war with georgia over the territories. and after months of tension in the region, georgia attacked the south ossetia.

Europeans and next day he flees. he shows up in russia. you have to play catch-up. but the idea that the russians could put pressure on crimea. people have always thought about there were times in the 1990s when it looked as if crimea was going to try and secede. so the principle has always been there, but its always the timing. you never know if its going to actually happen. >> if the intelligence community misread it, thats significant. i remember the first gulf war, when the intelligence comm...

All. >> britain would certainly follow us, england would certainly follow us and france i believe would follow us. germany, they are wishy, washy, but i think you can put pressure on them. thats the way to go. now, mr. whiton, you were involved with the georgia thing, all right? where in august 2008 only three months before president bush left office putin tried the same play, all right, in georgia. but the georgians shot at the russian troops there was excuse-maker there and eventually putin pu...