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3-week vacation in the middle of the school year. she wanted to make the traditional pilgrimage the mecca. something all muslims are supposed to do one time in their lives. but administrators say 3 weeks is beyond the norm for a religious obligation and they couldnt spare her. now the justice department is stepping in on behalf of the teacher. filing a lawsuit and saying it believes this case is about fighting intolerance against muslims. does it have a point? jonna spilbor and mercedes colwin. ...

Wisconsin voted for fiscal sanity and balanced budgets. democratic legislators refused to show up for their job, hiding out in other states. president obama backs the union bosses and floods the state with out of state protesters. stand with walker. megyn: kind of a split on that one. >> thats the point. there are center few issues, policies, philosophies that transcend ideology. we are very polarized and wisconsin has been driving that polarization. we are about to show you the second ad run in...

On their own web site because this is a hot button issue. right after 911, they said you the employer, you better be careful. you better not discriminate. this is not a nine -- not a 9/11 issue. megyn: it seems they are acknowledging it has a political come point. this guy tom perez. this is the guy involved in the new black panthers case that was dismissed by this department of justice. hes the one who gave testimony under oath to the u.s. commission on civil rights at the next day j. christian...

Off during year. this is not discrimination saying we cant accommodate at this very time. megyn: the former attorney general of the united states michael mukasey comes out and says this is politically motivated by the doj. he says that the obama administration filed the lawsuit in an effort to reach out to muslims and he says that sounds like a dubious judgment and a legal reach saying people should be called to account to this at the doj for wasting the taxpayer dollars on this. does he have a ...

Anderson, meet wally, aka miracle dog. the miracle is, wally and his litter mates were left outside an oklahoma animal shelter where they were euthanized, then put in a dumpster. as you can see, 3-month-old wally is obviously a survivor. >> wow. we should point out the wisconsin story, we call it a budget repair bill. certainly the folks protesting say this has nothing to do with the budget. they say this is about union busting and trying to destroy collective bargaining rights. >> important poi...

Intervene, if we dont want to help them, we will raise the bar. there is a national council in benghazi, 30 prominent libyan leaders. we know what theyre about, the former justice ministers, lawyers, professors, et cetera, to the expend this country has a professional class, this is the professional class. what do they want? freedom from this man. freedom from this tyrant. and the problem with this kind of stalemate is, remember, the stockholm syndrome. gadhafi has been the jailer of these peopl...

Distrust. in the field, when youre talking to the guys with the guns, the fighters, an odd collection of people. a lot of people who have been in the military before, a lot of libyans who have come back. i met a man from norway who has dual citizenship whos joined the fight. because he feels its his duty to come back. so the opposition is a real hodgepodge of people who its hard to see at this point how theyre all going to get along in a single government. but theyre certainly making an effort. ...

At a certain point, no one can argue the administration hasnt tried to work this diplomatically. so i think its very important to lay out this diplomatic track and thats what the president started today. >> jill, besides the no-fly zone, are there other viable options for the administration? >> depends on how you define viable. one would be to arm the rebels, arm the opposition. you could also give them anti-aircraft capability. you know, anderson, were back to that same issue, which is gates an...

50, 60 kilometers is very likely at this point. >> ben wedeman, stay safe. thank you for joining us. a lot more happening around the world, including new hope for the family of a retired fbi agent who disappeared in iran four years ago. plus, the miracle puppy who was euthanized came back to life. incredible details, next. [ male announcer ] how can power consumption in china,

>> well, i suspect it could. i mean, one of the big questions you have to look at, is this a long-term scenario? is this something thats going to go on and on, months, years? thats kind of one response. so if we press the thing that somehow gadhafi can be pushed over. i think its very important, though, for the administration to work with countries like russia. after all, the administration does not want to take actions without actions that are not supported in a u.n. security council resolution...