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Hows thr for irony, news corp is brack bragging about being carbon neutral now. they use solar and wind power. good for them. he proudly declared, quote, the first major sustainability milestone for their company, and emphasized environmental commitments at dow jones, fox entertainment and 20th century fox. hmm. now, which part of the company did he leave out? oh, right. fox news. that might have something to do with the fact na fox news denies climate change exits. fox news washington editors s...

Republicans seem to have disagreement. government daniels asked from the beginning this topic not be on the agenda. the republican leader of the house has not complied with the governors wishes before. we are caught in the middle. im hoping the governor and speaker will get together, sort this out and give us firm commitments. we are going to get back to dealing with the real problems. >> greta: a news article tonight may depict how gruesome this battle is. the majority leader has said to the mi...

Republicans seem to have disagreement. government daniels asked from the beginning this topic not be on the agenda. the republican leader of the house has not complied with the governors wishes before. we are caught in the middle. im hoping the governor and speaker will get together, sort this out and give us firm commitments. we are going to get back to dealing with the real problems. >> greta: a news article tonight may depict how gruesome this battle is. the majority leader has said to the mi...

Are feeling some heat from their right and a lot of folks who sent them to washington feel like they need to deliver on the commitments they made on the campaign trail. now that theyve done that, my hope is more rational heads will prevail. if we reduce the deficits, we need to address spending, domestic, discretionary spending, defense spending. we need to raise revenues. >> youve joined a bipartisan group of senators who will give the president power of a line-item veto. do you think it can ge...

Secretary-general bond did speak with colonel gadhafi urging him to use restraint on the civilians. back to you. >> did you -- did he get ban ki-moon, the u.n. secretary-general? did he get any commitments from gadhafi in that lengthy phone conversation he had? >> reporter: not that the u.n. is saying. we also have not been able to see or find out the whereabouts of the current libyan ambassador here at the united nations. the libyan deputy says under the responsibility to protect clause that th...

Parties. to underscore our opposition to continued settlements, our opposition to the resolution before this council today should therefore be not misunderstood to mean we support settlement activity. on the contrary. we reject in the strongest terms the legitimacy of continued israeli settlement activity. for more than four decades israeli settlement activity in territories occupied in 1967 has undermined israels security and corroded hopes for peace and stability in the region. continued settl...

Should be released. candy. >> heightened tensions for sure. thanks so much, jill doherty, at the state department. now to the revolution in egypt. americas top military officer is warning congress about the risks of reducing financial aid to cairo. joint chiefs chairman mike mullen says it would be foolhardy to make quick judgments about the u.s. relationship with egypt during this uncertain period. >> our global commitments have not shrunk. if anything, they have grown, and the world is a lot...

Catholic schools is you do teach values. >> you bet we do. >> and you do have better discipline. >> well, thank you. they speak about character. they speak about virtue. they speak about an atmosphere and climate of discipline. were proud of that. we dont hide the fact that were -- that we speak about ethics and virtue and character and discipline. thats part of what makes the schools great. we dont have to hide that. >> lets go back to what we talked about at the beginning. you were up in alban...

They made, 100 billion dollars. it is important that your credibility is not lost, especially early on. when they came back to us and said they want to have a less amount, we said you cant do that. you made this pledge. you said this is what we are going after. the american people the same as senator thune said, theres a spending problem here. you just said everyone comes up and says they are going to do this and that and never do. i think now is the time that we do make that change, because you...

They made, 100 billion dollars. it is important that your credibility is not lost, especially early on. when they came back to us and said they want to have a less amount, we said you cant do that. you made this pledge. you said this is what we are going after. the american people the same as senator thune said, theres a spending problem here. you just said everyone comes up and says they are going to do this and that and never do. i think now is the time that we do make that change, because you...