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Get a single republican to support this thing. what happened? >> well, in a word, shep, the republicans stuck together. they even attracted one democratic defector ben nelson of nebraska to keep this bill off the senate floor and at least in theory the subject of continued negotiations. those dragged on all afternoon with the chairman of the senate banking committee christopher dodd of connecticut hunkering down with the panels ranking republican richard shell -- shelby of alabama. the dodd bill...

out and the building fell around me. devastating. to see it unreal. how communities are pulling together inside the disaster zone. >> well not let this defeat us. >> shepard: and stories from those who made it out alive. 58 tornadoes touched down across six southern states over the weekend. 36 of them in mississippi. and one of those was on the ground for 100 miles. its blamed for killing 10 people across the magnolia state. according to the latest count, the storms damage destroyed ne...

>> i have another book called priceless i have a similar book tour at the time and i felt the need to talk about the background of that book because most people were not familiar with what had gone on there and the backdrop what that was i dont think that is necessary to night i think most of you know, about eliot spitzer and the spitzer administration provide think that is a necessary. the subject matter of the book is very well known in the city and state and in the united states. as...

nothing, nothing. i do not know where to begin. >> now, the massive cleanup process begins. and the massive tribute for the miners killed in the deadly explosion in west virginia. the message president obama delivered to the family members and friends of those who lost their lives. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- we are on stormwatch tonight. heavy thunderstorms rolled rupiah a live picture from rockville. you can still see heavy rain -- heavy thun...

our question for you this morning is about financial regulatory reform. do you think it will get bipartisan support? the lines are -- you can also e-mail up -- e-mail us at journal@c-span.org or twitter. senators will face a future -- crucial test vote on far reaching legislation to overhaul the nations regulatory system. republicans said sunday they plan to block efforts to move forward unless democrats altered several elements. meanwhile, democrats and obama officials spent much of t...

here. its a great show. i really like coming to this show to meet all the folks that were writing books for and publishing newspapers for. its good. >> thank you very much, marji. >> thank you very much. >> of a former senior advisor to eliot spitzer presents his accounts of the former new york governors administration and resignation. it lasts about an hour. . .. >> asked me to introduce him, and i have both of his books here. his earlier book is priceless, and the book youll be talki...

one lawmaker may go along with the bill which would give the 60 votes needed for passage. today, another protest expected outside the state capitol in phoenix following the new arizona law expected to take effect this summer which would crack down on illegal immigrants. the death toll in the mississippi from tornadoes is at 10 during this hour. president obama will give the eulogy for the 29 miners killed. we will focus much of this first hour of legislation which may change the way th...

>> live, local, late breaking. this is wbal tv 11 news in hd. >> welcome back. i am lisa robinson. >> we will get to our top stories but lets look outside first. >> i think we will get a bit of sun this afternoon but that is not necessarily a good thing. if the sun comes out, we will have a better chance of thunderstorms. they will probably be pretty strong. lets root for the son not to come out today. >> that is hard to do. >> that is what you want today, trust me. we had cloud cover ...

>> we have to get spending under control. if we keep going in our current trap, and 10-years of the national debt will be over $20 trillion. we cannot leave them for our children and grandchildren to pay off. it is like if you give someone a salary of $25,000 and bay co $25,000 to credit card companies, how will they ever dig their way out of that? excuse me. we cannot leave that. if you are a parent, would you go into your childs room and take money that they earned babysitting or m...

hos[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> these are in the best interest of the country in the best interests of the financial sector. i want to tell you with this reform looks like and why this matter. the bill is being considered in the senate would create what we did not have before. this is a way to protect the financial system and the more broader economy, and american taxpayers. this is in the event that...