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San francisco/northern california area. what is going on? >> it is a really strange coincidence. first of all, astronomers and stargazers around the world were waiting for this other asteroid and theyd been tracking it for a year. they were really excited. its the closest-ever approach of an asteroid its size. 150 feet wide, half the size of a football field. they were going to ping it with radar, which they did. they tracked it with telescopes. it was an amazing event. and then out of the blue,...

Diego. and then of course when the ship ran aground off the coast of italy, the "costa concordia," that ended tragically. 32 people passed away. you saw the stock dive a little bit there. whats going to save this company long term is it had all the passengers on that ship sign a 15-page release saying they arent necessarily liable for whats going to happen on that ship. thats going to protect them. theyre going to come out smelling like roses on this one. >> warren buffett made that mega deal to...

>> to be honest with you, neil, it goes back to theres a lot of ill-will towards senator hagel because when he was a republican, he attacked president bush mercilessly, at one point says he was the worst president since herbert hoover, said that the surge was the worst blunder since the vietnam war, which is nonsense. and was very anti his own party and people. people dont forget that. you can disagree but if youre disagreeable, then people dont forget that. >> patricia, it seems like john mccai...

People dont forget that. you can disagree but if youre disagreeable, people dont forget. >> it sounds like john mccain is fighting old fights here. how does that help us with our national security today? >> i dont necessarily think hes fighting old fights. hes pointing out if youre going to appoint someone to be secretary of defense and theyre going to try to implement policy that maybe changes the shape of our military and deals heavily with our foreign policy, you need someone that can get the...

Envoys and philanthropic groups, not just the government. this is why i consider myself a citizen and trying to do some good. >> we appreciate your efforts. we appreciate your time with us. you make a lot of sense, governor. thank you very much for your time with us. we look forward to seeing you again. >> thank you, alex. west coast headlines are next with something in the air in salt lake city that future mothers are going to want to avoid. we have that warning next. plus, the meteor in ru...

But as the president himself said, you cant let the perfect be the enemy of the good. >> when you were writing this book, what are some of the things that people might find surprising? >> im very interested in how obama is not really a politician as we kind of conventionally define that. he doesnt enjoy a lot of the normal parts of politics, the back-slapping. we saw him in the house chamber -- >> state of the union, going in and -- >> yeah. but he inhabits the role. but thats not really what he...

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Has been making a more emotional appeal to get stiffer gun legislation passed. that is an uphill battle hes going to have once he leaves his vacation here in florida. another fight hes going to face with congress, of course, over the sequester, those deep spending cuts that are set to go in effect in just two weeks now. >> thank you very much, kristen. joining me now, washington bureau chief for "usa today," susan page and jim warren, washington bureau chief for "the new york daily news." lets...

Think its probably going to happen, were going to go to the sequester? that means that you and likeminded democrats of which you seem to be much more coalesced around one concept and your partys platform on this as opposed to to the splintered-up gop. are you willing to go into sequester to stay to your partys ideals? >> we dont have much of a choice. i think the gop in the house is not willing to share any sacrifice or make a balanced deal. so we dont have a whole lot of choice. i think were su...

>> we have a relationship with china that its a competitive relationship. do we have leverage over them to do this? not really. the united nations does not, although china listens to the international community, and ban ki-moon has a lot of respect in asia. but i think we also need here south korea. south korea has most of the stakes in this. theyve provided humanitarian aid to north korea. eventually if theres a unification, south korea is key. south korea is upgrading its own military. the new...