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Treasury secretary in the spring of last year. according to the article geithner tried to convince the white house that defense secretary hillary clintons role -- could fill the role. sources say the administration agreed and were considering the idea until president obama convinced geithner to stay. >> hillary clinton as treasury secretary? >> thats very -- >> have you heard that? >> i have never heard that. not obvious given her back ground. >> she can do anything. >> one of the biggest ponzi ...

You look at a fair way to see what that balance is, you brought a difference -- you werent the business background. you came from a criminal justice -- you have a back ground in that respect and state governing issues that matter. >> thats right. i had a political background and its an extensive background and its not something he focused on during the course of his career. he felt that those would be a good balance. i also hadnt focused a lot on good governance, how do you make it smaller, more...

That could have a nuclear warhead on top of it and reach the united states. all of this, obviously, comes again the back ground of the upcoming anniversary of the 100th anniversary of the birth of north koreas founder, kim jong-il, and on top of that you have his grandson, now, in charge, and kim the younger, and he, too, wants to show he is powerful and can stand up to the international community. so it is a very dangerous situation. >>shepard: thank you, jonathan. and now, former intelligence ...

Your own. that it was kind of not necessarily handed it to you, but it was an easier path than a lot of us. people want to know that youve at least walked ten blocks in my shoes, let alone a mile. they want to understand that you have been in my neighborhood to some degree. not literally necessarily but you understand what its like to make those ends meet. >> david, he seems more comfortable when hes talking policy and wonkish issues than his own back ground. yet i think much of the electorate i...

militarys explanation of what happened. and north korea set to launch a satellite next month that is going to mark the 100th birthday. there have been missile tests in disguise. the state department is calling the news highly provocative. and its game on. president obama is raising money in chicago to raise more campaign cash. vice president biden, he is in fighting mode and in a speech to auto workers yesterday blasted republicans who opposed the industry bailout. >> he made the t...

im erin burnett, "outfront" tonight, iran. we begin with a new report on irans nuclear program an 11-page release from the international atomic energy agency. the conclusions reveal the doubts and suspicions about what the iranian government the telling the world about its nuclear efforts. iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes including cancer treatment. we read the report and it does not say that iran is making a bomb, but it does say that iran is rapidly expanding it...

im erin burnett, "outfront" tonight, iran. we begin with a new report on irans nuclear program an 11-page release from the international atomic energy agency. the conclusions reveal the doubts and suspicions about what the iranian government the telling the world about its nuclear efforts. iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes including cancer treatment. we read the report and it does not say that iran is making a bomb, but it does say that iran is rapidly expanding it...

Answers? no. but they will give insights into why certain behavior at a crime scene, why not a certain behavior. who are we looking for? what were they like 20 years ago? what was their family like? how were they deciding on their victims. why do they kill some victims and some they didnt? he does not have to open up to me. he can walk out of that interview at any time. by way of back ground, im a retired fbi agent. after 28 years as an agent. >> oh, yeah? i bet you learned a lot in that 28 year...

new cnn/orc polling tonight shows a statistical dead heat, 36% to 34% romney to gingrich. well within the five-point margin of error. thats from sampling of monday, tuesday and wednesday. in other words, after saturday in south carolina. but if you isolate just tuesday after governor romneys sharp attacks in monday nights debate, theres a nine-point advantage for him over the former speaker. you can expect the numbers to change. expect tomorrow nights debate to move the needle, as well...

>> have a nice weekend. and tomorrow night live join us at 6:00 eastern for our live coverage of the south carolina primary. the polls close at 7:00. im not sure when well have results. well give you results as they come in, as fast as anybody or faster. mitt romney gave what may have been the most unbelievable line of the night when he referred to his back-ground as being on the streets. hes kind of a streetcorner guy, street-living guy. thats next on the "sideshow." youre watching "hardball"...