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responsibility for the success or not of those programs and the economy. however, if they oppose the presidents plan, the worst the president can do is voting against his legislation? is that true? the "hardball" strategists break down the gop choice of strategies about helping the economy or helping themselves. and not since the know-nothing party briefly emerged about 160 years ago as a party, either party championed ignorance. but in todays republican party, it seems the lack of edu...

favors that help make them rich. it could be the strategy to take down perry either before or after hes nominated. bob dylan said it, by the way, in 1965, and it applies today. you dont need a weather man to know which way the wind is blowing. and right now the wind is blowing hard into the face of democrats. in general, and at president obama in particular. how does the president turn it around? its been done before. plus, heres senator demints candid and cold calculation. if republic...

keep in mind about the whole region, the last terrorist attacks, the mumbai attacks, the mumbai-style terrorist attacks on the hotel in mumbai those were ultimately traced, unofficially to the pakistani intelligence services. there are a couple of conclusions we want to make prior to making any real conclusions, probably is there a connection to pakistan unofficial or otherwise. is this the first attack that were going to see and the only attack were going to see? are there going to be...

Dietrich in maryland, so the worst bioterror attack on u.s. soil was actually perpetrated by an army insider. the question is the source and whether it can definitely be linked to this researcher, ivans, and i think the review by the national academy of science really concludes today that you cant be as conclusive as the fbi has been in the past, jenna. jenna: fascinating to know this is still a developing story. very much a mystery. catherine herridge, thank you. jon: an uproar over designer ba...

Enough to let us tolerate that practice. but i dont think doctors, and i dont think the medical pro profession should go down any road that doesnt connect to disease. and so to me, its wrong. and its not wrong because people worry well have too many boys and not enough girls, i think its wrong because medicine itself ould really stay out of the business of, as i said, treating tastes and preferences. jon: art kaplan. art, thank you. >> thanks, jon. jenna: disturbing new warning signs revealed in...

This friday, drugstores across the country will be offering customers a real dose of controversy over-the-counter dna tests. genetic information can be yours in the privacy of your own home, information on about whether youre at risk for alzheimers disease, breast cancer, and other life-threatening conditions. consumers would swab their saliva, which contains their dna and then send it to a laboratory for results but just how accurate are these tests, and will they be opening up a pandoras box o...

Genetically predisposed to diseases, whether you can pass conditions on to your children or how your body might react to some drugs. the tests are not fda approved and there are concerns about their accuracy. art kaplan is the director of the center for bioethics at the university of pennsylvania and also writes a column on ethics for msnbc.com. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. is ignorance bliss here? there are two ways of looking at this, right? on one hand we could all become h...

Was put out very quickly and that the patient was never in danger. in fact, lincoln hospital, we have contacted them. they still have not confirmed the fire happened. even the new york health department said at first it was not harmful. then backed off that issuing us this statement minutes ago saying, quote: we have expressed our regrets to the patient and his family and are pleased to know that this injury is expected to fully heal. the hospital is fully investigating this incident to help pre...