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>> yeah. >> what a family story, stephen colberts sister, who is colbert. ted turners son teddy. >> you know why? >> his name is colbert. he changed it for the tv. >> what i was told was that the parents offered up to the kids the decision, you could say colbert, you could say colbert. so there we have it. >> all right. thanks, zoraida. >> so next on "starting point" the fight to put disturbing pictures on cigarette packaging comes to an end. well tell you why the government is giving up. >> and...

Oklahoma death row inmate michael hooper was executed by lethal injection last night for the killings of his former girlfriend and his two young children. they refuse to consider his challenge of oklahomas method of execution. >> the highest court in australia upheld the worlds toughest law on cigarette packaging. starting in december, company logos will be replaced by these graphic health warnings and images of cancer-riddled body parts. the annual your shower lit up the sky over hawaii. actual...

Carrier to the persian gulf amid rising tensions with iran over its nuclear program. the two battleships will patrol the gulfs strategic oil routes and support military operations in afghanistan. from the hill online, this week another obama administration health law faces a court challenge, this one over a new regulation that requires large graphic health warnings on cigarette packaging and advertisements. tomorrow the d.c. court of appeals will 00 arguments from tobacco companies who accuse ...

starting with the mall. theres a big walmart over there. here is a strip mall. this was a cell phone store if you walk in here, you can see there they are, cell phones, all the inventory still here. it is well guarded with police help. i have to tell you, instead of looking at the daniel and destruction like this heres what people are looking forward to, to the clean-up as you can see the workers over there cleaning this town up. theyre putting on new roofs, theyre securing what they h...

kentucky, tore up several buildings. >> at least 12 people are dead in the wake of the storms, hundreds are hurt and people in the hard-hit areas are counting their blessings today. >> after i rolled five times, i can remember everything about it. i was -- once it hit the ground on the fifth time, everything -- i saw daylight and i was sitting up against the stove down there just leaned up with my back against it like i was sitting in a chair. i dont know how im here. >> someone from a...

towards the capital. this is the city of zawiya. on this day, even if you couldnt see the fire fight close up, you could hear its deafening sounds reverberating from the eastern part of the city. just getting too close. there are snipers on the tops of buildings. loud bangs. artillery fire. morta mortars. weve got to get out of here. despite the major battle going on around him, a rebel fighter, who did not want to be identified to protect his family, was confident of victory. consider...