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-- seriously injured at all times during the investigations, initiated in august 2012, our primary focus was the safety and protection of the public. i want to reassure our citizens that while the rcmp believes the accused had the capacity and intent to carry out these criminal acts there was no imminent threat to the general public, rail employees, train passengers, or infrastructure. the rcmp led integrated national security enforcement teams with the close collaboration of the fbi, successful...

Over in poll after poll after poll. from july and august 2012, 65% of the americans said we should raise taxes. thats a 32% margin over the no taxes position. in the same period, 44% said that raises taxes on the well off would help the economy. only a third said it could hurt. a couple of months later, october, 64% like the democrat plan for raising taxes on the rich. they like it by a 35-point margin. thats a baby flaw. we threw it there for fun. okay. back to taxes. another poll on taxes from...

Featureing mr. rules. the regulatory czar. >> gretchen: from 2009 to 2012, during his term, federal regulations increased 7.4%. he resigned in august 2012. hes currently a harvard professor of law and director of behavioral economics. >> peter: hes going back to harvard. and he the president met at the university of chicago and its an interesting statistic, 7.4% increase in regulations. the president said as he was going out the door, he shepherded our review of existing rules to get rid of thos...

Christie. if we look at his behavior over the last months. august, 2012, he delivers the keynote address at the republican national convention. he mentioned romneys name only seven times. he embraces president obama after hurricane sandy six days after the election. january of this year, which is only three days old, he hammers house gop and speaker john boehner for poor leadership. are you seeing a pattern here? >> i think youre a little more cynical than i am. the rnc is saying look at me, i t...

Million. >> well, what about the last time that there was a jackpot this big? >> if youll remember back in 2006, there were eight co-workers at conagra foods in lincoln, nebraska, 365 million dollars eight ways after taxes brought home about 15 1/2 million dollars each and went to bed as meat packers and woke up millionaires, so if you win on wednesday, what will you owe uncle sam? a forbes analysis of the lump sum from the august 2012 win of 320 million dollars, tax bill would have been about 8...

I would do manage for humanity. >> its a lot of people who need help. help myself and help others. >> reporter: heres the odds, to win the jackpot, 1 in over 175 million tomp win $1 million, 1 in 5 million, and the overall odds of winning a prize are 32. many want to own a sports team or fund research to cure cancer, others are hoping to get back in the black. >> i think that everyone i know that is struggling, i mean, come on. nobody can pay their bills anymore. its bad. i mean, look, hostess i...

Avo avo avoidance. one consistent theme seems to be a staed fast single minded focus on making sure he doesnt pay much in taxes the u.s. troop surge in afghanistan failed because the nato in afghanistan produced a report that writes according to the report, before the surge, insurgents used nearly 600 homemade bombs against u.s. andal plid forces. by august, 2012, near the end of the surge, the number was just over 600. u.s. combat are scheduled to end by 2014. the longest war in american hist...

Intelligence sources said that determination happened in 24 hours of the attack. with that in mind we bring you back to try to put it all in context. starting several weeks before the event. >> august 2012, an unclassified report called al-qaeda in libya, profile, compiled by the defense department combating terrorism office and library of congress states under the direction of the al-qaeda senior leadership, the affiliate in libya, islamic in the aqim and sharia are gaining strength, likely joi...

>> while some take a subtle approach some with blatant racism. >> they want to drag us all of the way back to jim crow law and literally and transparently block access to the polls. >> lets be clear about it mitt romney is speak to go a group of people out there who dont like folks like president obama if any elected or leadership position. he is speaking to the prenfrien out there who dont want to see anybody other than a white person in a leadership position. i have been able to convince my ch...

>> while some take a subtle approach some with blatant racism. >> they want to drag us all of the way back to jim crow law and literally and transparently block access to the polls. >> lets be clear about it mitt romney is speak to go a group of people out there who dont like folks like president obama if any elected or leadership position. he is speaking to the prenfrien out there who dont want to see anybody other than a white person in a leadership position. i have been able to convince my ch...