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>>guest: still today i get hate mail people accusing me of who do i thing i am, why do i feel i am a hero? i dont, i never wanted to say that. from the beginning i tried to set the record straight and i feel that is all i can do. >>shepard: you were held captive by the enemy if a war. how much of that do you recall? and can you share briefly what that expense was like? >>guest: i remember all of captivity. it was from the point in the ambush to the time i was actually captured that i lost consci...

General eric sen seccy called out by donald rumz field after telling congress occupying iraq would require several hundred thousand troops is now secretary of veteran affairs. ari fleischer who told americans to watch what they say after 9/11 has his own company, cnn contributor and is advising the rnc for the 2012 presidential campaign. jessica lynch, army private captured by iraqi forces and rescued by u.s. special forces from iraqi hospital later said the hospital treated her well. she wasnt ...

Animal lovers are hoping he could grow into an ambassador for a species desperately in need of protection. dan harris, abc news. >> he is a cute little fellow right now. >> three pounds. and now up to seven pounds in a weeks time. >> wont he soon be like a quadrillion pounds? >> my birthday wish. thats what im asking for for my birthday. >> on "world news now." >> gnawing at my hand. theyre incredibly cute. apparently hell be reintroduced to the rest of the adults kept in captivity in the spring...

boehner urged the president to call on harry reid to appoint negotiators to this conference that we now are talking with so much about to try to hash out the differences between the house and senate. as you well know, senate majority reid has no intention of negotiating and as he read in a letter to speaker boehner, along with speaker boehner and all congressional leaders and the white house, they want that deal and senator reid says not until they have the assurance that the tax cut w...

gone. off on their holiday break. what does that mean for you, your paycheck and unemployment benefits? and whats this committee all about? we will talk to one of the members in a few moments. we are still keeping our eye on a massive blizzard that ripped through the rockies and central plains. >> rain to sleet to snow. >> snow has tapered off but the blizzard shut down highways and interstates. the conditions are to blame for at least four deaths in new mexico alone. this one is a sur...

chats. the house speaker -- >> continue. >> reporter: thank you. john boehner came out and said that house republicans, they oppose the two-month extension over the weekend because it doesnt provide the certainly that americans need, the kind of stimulate the economy in the way that the payroll tax extension they would hope would do. so he made it very clear that they are not ready to budge from their decision. he says they have acted and now its time for the president and senate democ...

north korea tonight. some of them bizarre, others terrifying. if you want to see what sets the kingdom apart from the rest of our socially networked planet, consider this, king jong eel died two days ago. thats how tightly controlled the media is. when word did arrive the dear leader was dead, his brainwashed followers mourned him like the god theyve been told he was. >> the grieving is intense for a leader they were told walked at three months of age, talked at two weeks. those who ar...

>> hello everyone, it is 1:00 on the east coast. lets get straight to the news. your paycheck and benefits may be cut and your taxes may go up all because congress cant agree on another very important issue, that is payroll tax cuts. congress is in a political standoff right now. the senate passed a two-month extension a moment ago. house republicans rejected that in a procedural vote and are pushing a one year extension. keep in mind payroll tax cuts and extended unemployment benefi...

followers mourned him like the god theyve been told he was. the grieving, as youd imagine, is intense for a leader theyd been told first walked at 3 weeks of age, talked at 2 months and authored -- not read, but authored 1500 books while in college. those who are not overcome were simply dumbstruck on receiving the news. like this gathering for example. they, like most north koreans, not likely aware their fallen ruler scarfed lobster and swilled fine cognac while an estimated million ...

came out. thats how tightly controlled the media there is. when word did finally arrive the dear leader was dead, his blinkered and brainwashed followers mourned him like the god theyve been told he was. the grieving, as youd imagine, is intense for a leader theyd been told first walked at 3 weeks of age, talked at 2 months and authored -- not read, but authored 1,500 books while in college. those who are not overcome were simply dumbstruck on receiving the news. like this gathering fo...