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That sheep, the bell-wearing wether is tasked with leading the flock around. the wether is an older well-trained sheep not prone to run off after the hot new ewe on the block, of course. expecting that sheep could be led around wherever the shepherd needed the flock to go and the rest of the flock would follow the bellwether. when his bell rings, the other sheep follow. hes a good boy. thats what the bellwether means. what happens here is likely to happen elsewhere thereafter. so now heres the p...

>> reporter: great question, because if you dont live in the area down by st. pete and clearwater, why care about florida 13, unless maybe like me, you get paid to cover politics? heres why, christine and john. there are not a lot of swing districts left, i guess you could say, competitive districts, house districts left in the country. this truly is a swing district in a swing state of florida. we all know the history floridas had lately. thats why both sides, not only the candidates in the par...

Weather, as in snow or rain or sunny skies. weather, the word weather is spelled w-e-a-t-h-e-r. weather. a noun. mostly. but theres a lesser known weather that is spelled without an "a." just w-e-t-h-e-r, and a wether spelled without the "a," that kind of wether is a sheep, specifically a male sheep who has been castrated. sorry. we have this noun, weather with an "a" and another noun, wether without the "a" and without key working body parts. but the castrated sheep wether plays a role in a met...

Their side as a potential wedge issue that helps them win elections. bottom line, colorado matters big time in the future of both parties, and well see it play out in this midterm. with me now political ed outer and colorado native, vaughn verbers. mr. verbers, colorado, a state that was a republican stronghold is too tough -- too tough of a term to use in the 90s, but reliable republican. >> it was reliable, and it mirrored what was going on in the nation. thats what colorado is. its a bellweth...

Lawyers at this point on the ground. it is very dangerous and highly unstable. >> now, there are some experts who say putin doesnt want to isolate himself. isnt he putting himself and his country in that situation? >> he is. i was just checking the russian wires. one leading person who is a member of their parliament often is kind of a bellwether for what the russian government thinks, look, it cuts both ways. you have sanctions on us. we will do something to you. so be prepared for a boomerang ...

Romney won in 07 to 09 and then 10 to 11. he so romney did end up getting the nomination, so you could say that is sort of a bellwether. the paul name, i think the jury is still out whether rand pauls brand of lets fight the drones, whether this is relevant to the base. i think its still a big question mark. >> and, josh, just watching this from afar, did you hear anything different, anything like, wow, this conservative movement has changed or is in the process of changing in some meaningful wa...

>> if your silence does create misleading impression, even if you dont have a strict legal obligation to speak up, i think as a public official, somebody entrusted and infused with the public trust you do have an obligation to speak up, to make the truth known. >> reporter: in a recent email exchange morell stood by his testimony emphasizing that no one had quote, cooked the books on the talking points. when asked to address specific allegations about his actions, morell referred fox to the cia ...

Case. it will be bigges the biggest class-action in support of the bill of rights. they sue on behalf of others who have suffered the same injury. the nsa has admitted the others includes everybody in the united states. jenna: and that circumstance we are representing so many, do you have to give examples for each and every person that you are representing on how they have been harmed? >> no. the court will allow a bellwether. taking one or two people as examples and will assume the injury those...

President obama is headed to north carolina today to announce the creation of a flu manufacturing institute. its an effort thats funded, as you heard, by federal dollars and private investments. the choice of location, of course, makes sense politically and economically, along with being a swing state in presidential elections, north carolina in 2014 will be home to one of the races that i think will be known as the best bellwether to figure out which party is going to control the senate. it doe...

Grab ice cream to switch over to girls. they had a relationship for 12 years but split in 1992 after i was having affair with pharaohs adopted daughter. the daughters from the couple is more explicit. missed the woody allen tribute. did they put the part a woman publicly confirmed at age seven before or after annie hall? oscar nominations are announced on thursday. well have to stay tuned to that. with more drama in hollywood. jon: golden globes are considered a bellwether of the oscars? >> repo...