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We understand tomorrow the california congressman dana ro rorhbacer will be in front senate to encourage the state department to actually act finally and try to spring the doctor free. they have been making suggest he will attempts in the background but they really have got even nowhere in the many months that have passed since he was incarcerated in pakistan, jenna. jenna: a story well continue to watch and follow. thank you. jon: the white house and republicans as weve been telling you are fig...

>> one thing is clear. doing nothing is not an option. and any efforts to address our fiscal crisis without including entitlement reform cant be taken seriously. >> joining me now, contributor editor for "newsweek" and the daily beast eleanor clift and editor in chief for the nationalist hotline reid wilson both of whom we take seriously. good to see you both. eleanor, how long of a deal rather road is it to cutting a deal? the gop wants to cap tax deductions. the white house wants a tax hike on...

think like a man, really? >> how do you write women so well? >> i think of a man, and i take away reason and accountability. >> women, the rage this week. outrage, too. how are men reacting? silent as usual. yes, dear. >> camera three, don. and speaking of women -- ♪ im every woman >> -- one-on-one with music legend chaka khan, but shes got more than music on her mind. the news you need to know right now on cnn. good evening, everyone. im don lemon. thank you so much for joining ...

well? >> i think of a man, and i take away reason and accountability. >> women, the rage this week. outrage, too. how are men reacting? >> silent as usual. >> yes, dear. >> camera three, don. >> and speaking of women -- ♪ im every woman >> one-on-one with music legend chaka khan but shes got more than music on her mind. the news you need to know right now on cnn. >> stand by and take it. good evening, everyone. im don lemon. thank you so much for joining us. tonight, millions of pe...

away reason and accountability. >> women, the rage this week. outrage, too. how are men reacting? silent as usual. yes, dear. >> camera three, don. >> and speaking of women -- ♪ im every woman >> one-on-one with music legend chaka khan, but shes got more than music on her mind. the news you need to know right now on cnn. >> stand by and take it. good evening, everyone. im don lemon. thank you so much for joining us. tonight, millions of people throughout the midwest are battened do...

mississippi river. >> our hearts go out to everybody downstream. this is monumental water. never been seen before. >> that man flilives in morganz louisiana, home of the morganza spillway. it now seems likely that sometime over the weekend the army corp of engineers will open that structure for the first time since 1973 lessening the force and volume of the mighty mississippi, thus lessening the flood risks to the downstream cities of baton rouge and new orleans. but the waters got to ...

People in that theyre worried about things that the rest of us would be worried about too if we had that kind of money and some of the burdens that are associated with it. theyre worried also that they sound like spoiled brats themselves. some of them, they really do. they said, among other things, that things that even if they have $25 million or in some cases $100 million in the bank they really dont feel financially secure. so you find that people -- they say some things that are very unsympa...

Biggest pension problems like illinois, california, and new jersey. karl rove is once again lashing out at sarah palin. this time in an interview with "new york" magazine where he mocks her reality tv career and debuts a palin impression. hmm. the magazines contributor editor talked about it last night. >> rove says in your piece that things dont change quickly in politics meaning the models dont change. the rules dont change. >> he sees her as attempting to kind of circumvent the whole instit...

As well. >> welcome back to "morning joe." 43 past the hour. contributor editor to "rolling stone," michael hastings whose piece on general stanley mcchrystal triggered the white houses decision to recall the commander of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan and accept his resignation. now, hastings has a new "rolling stone" piece on the man who took mcchrystals place, general david petraeus. hastings writes this, during his time in iraq petraeus earned the nickname king david for the manner in w...

Rolling stone contributor editor. $51 million on lobbying according to the latest estimates for the center of responsive politics. most of that money was shelled out ahead of final passage. more will be spent on regulations written for reform. first, krista, with banks paying so much money to try to influence lawmakers, how worried should we be? >> im going to quote hillary clinton who, if you remember during the presidential campaign, she mentioned something quite interest which was, lobbying i...