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[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> white house spokesman robert gibbs will hold a briefing today. hell lightly touch on the recent departure of chief of staff rahm emmanuel, well have that live for you at 1:00 p.m. eastern. here on c-span. later well have more campaign 2010 coverage for you with a debate between candidates hoping to replace retired republican senator voinovich. also here on c-span. our cov...

>> couric: good evening, everyone. devastating news about the economy tonight. a new report just out from the census bureau shows one out of seven people in this country is living in poverty. thats more than 43 million, an increase of nearly four million in just one year. and a record number of americans have just lost their homes to foreclosure, more than 95,000 homes were repossessed last month. but before you feel completely deflated by this latest news, anthony mason tells us there...

koichiro gemba as national strategy minister. gemba now serves as cabinet minister in charge of reforming the public servants system. kan is also considering appointing land and transport minister seiji maehara to the post of foreign minister. the current foreign minister, katsuya okada, has accepted kans request for him to become the democratic partys secretary-gener secretary-general. chief cabinet secretary yoshio sengoku and finance minister yoshihiko noda are expected to retain th...

o -- in delaware. for the first 45 minutes we want to hear from republicans only. are you happy with your tea party backed candidates? yes and no are the answers. republicans only. you can also e-mail us or send us a tweet. here is a -- "the washington times" this morning. that is the analysis in a "the washington times." from "roll call." also in "roll call" is an analysis. he says a lot of the candidates can be elected but delaware is different. it christina obamas victory effectivel...

have just lost their homes to foreclosure, more than 95,000 homes were repossessed last month. but before you feel completely deflated by this latest news, anthony mason tells us there are at least some signs of a turnaround, at least on the home front. >> reporter: in los angeles, so many of the 27,000 foreclosed houses have fallen into disrepair. >> we felt we needed to do something about it. >> reporter: today the city raised fines on banks that dont keep up their properties. >> its...

i-i was struck, though, by a lot of the content of the book where this appeared to be a dream job in some ways for you. but in other ways, it clearly-- there were mornings that you had to wake up and go "what was i thinking?" how was the job different from what you expected? i truly believed, when i came to the n.e.a., that i might be able to turn around the negative opinion that congress had of the n.e.a., in particular, because of a couple of controversial grants. and what happened i...

or is in the end is it about an institution or is it politics? >> when i started to cover the senate almost 40 years ago, charlie, the issues were, if anything, more divisive. they were still the remnants of the civil rights struggles, there was the vietnam war, watergate, impeachment. but there was the sense and there was some bitter fights back then, but there was the sense that when we can lets try to find consensus, lets work together on things. that sense as george captured in his...

the civil rights struggles, there was the vietnam war, watergate, impeachment. but there was the sense and there was some bitter fights back then, but there was the sense that when we can lets try to find consensus, lets work together on things. that sense as george captured in his piece does not exist today. >> the senates always been designed to say a restraining influence. as ive said? the past, theres always been checks and balances. everyones in check but no one niece charge. as a...

al hunt, bill cohen and george packer answer the question is about it t senate or is it about the senators? or is in the end is it about an institution or is it politics? >> when i started to cover the senate almost 40 years ago, charlie, the issues were, if anything, more divisive. they were still the remnants of the civil rights struggles, there was the vietnam war, watergate, impeachment. but there was the sense and there was some bitter fights back then, but there was the sense tha...

or is in the end is it about an institution or is it politics? >> when i started to cover the senate almost 40 years ago, charlie, the issues were, if anything, more divisive. they were still the remnants of the civil rights struggles, there was the vietnam war, watergate, impeachment. but there was the sense and there was some bitter fights back then, but there was the sense that when we can lets try to find consensus, lets work together on things. that sense as george captured in his...