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Son, had said that he did not want the death penalty carried out against his fathers murderer. last night troy daviss alleged victims family said they did want him executed for the death of officer mark macphail in georgia. do the wishes of victims families i guess inflect in any way your feeling about having participated in executions or generally the way that staff do this, the way they feel about it, do you think? >> no. i think the victims feelings should be taken into account. and in every ...

the reality is that employers will hire, if theyve got the right incentives. but the incentives have to outweigh the costs. as an example, businesses arent going to hire someone because the governments going to give them a $4,000 tax credit. if the government mandates that are imposed on them cost a lot more than that, temporary credit. in recent years these mandates have been overwhelming. private sector job creators of all sizes have been pummeled by decisions being made right here i...

government every year. cnns alan chernoff is here with the story. what is going on? >> remember the great quote from mark twain, reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated? it applies to thousands of social security recipients every year, including one elderly woman we met who received very untimely news from the social security administration. marjorie is a healthy and vibrant 94-year-old yet the social security administration thought she died five years ago. >> you look very m...

the sickening scene of violence and looting. and one party is paying a bigger price over the showdown over the regular debt. stand by on whether members deserve to even be re-elected. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." wall street following big gains after some of its biggest losses of the year. the s&p and nasdaq also rebounded. the dow on a roller coaster all day after the federal reserves afternoon announcement about interest rates and future economic conditions. lits...

From your kids? >> its hard. im doing a great thing and theyre very supportive so it all is worth it. >> yeah. how do you survive? hows the marriage? whats the key element to surviving if youre in the military? >> staying in contact, e-mails, fa facebook. facebook is the best. >> yeah. they were telling us they have church and a chaplain on board that keeps them in line as well. thank you so much. we appreciate all your service. well be with them all morning. back to you three in the studio. >> ...

That, sir. i did not put quotes around that, sir. >> this whole show is going to hell. >> how dare you accuse -- >> i dont care. >> you can say whatever you want about andy. >> baderdash, i say! you and your bush bells can tighten up and go home, sir. you are no chaplain. >> ugly naked guy on the subway. im assuming nobody intervened because people like that have crazy strength. you dont mess with crazy strength. terry, im with you. the thing in the classroom was far more disturbing. the teacher...

Plainly wrong. neither the word property, noart the word employee appear theres. he can do a fact check. but more importantly something else is going on here. dont ask dont tell is about to go away in a few short weeks. possibly the next two or three months. this is about finding a new way to treat gay and lesbian service members differently from their straight counterparts. this is about creating a new restriction on the benefits and the recognition that legally married service member wos recei...

Graveside or in the chapel when a fallen service member has died in combat? >> shannon: , very, very quickly, just a few secon seco, congressman. >> the point of the matter is what does the law say, not what would i do. the law has as been pointed out is short and talks about what marriage is and doesnt say anything about what the chaplain does in other situations. the point is, is what does the law say. the law says you shant do it and thfer w therefore we donte department of defense playing al...

Chaplain or at that national cemetery? would you go that far, congressman? >> shannon: we are almost out of time so i quickly want to give you the last word here. >> well, one of the things that people find confusing here is that the dont ask dont tell is a separate set of laws and that is in the process of being repealed. this is a doma and it is a different law and for the first time in our history we had the president tell the attorney general i dont want you to defend doma. people dont want ...

This is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: good evening. for army engineers hoping to keep ahead of the rising mississippi, it is the most drastic step yet. this afternoon they opened the first of the floodgates of the morganza spillway, up stream from baton rouge and new orlea orleans. potentially flooding thousands of square miles of countryside. dean reynolds is in organza with the very latest. >> reporter: good evening, russ. officials told us this afternoon everyone in ...