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arkansas. and tornado watches still up in a number of places. cnn meteorologist rob marciano, i heard you back there. cant keep up with the board and everything else going on. whats the latest? >> whats eerie about this situation is that theres a path of the tornado took is a similar path to the one that hit them in april. north of tuscaloosa and northern birmingham. not similar results but still two fatalities. and i want to show you the latest on where this is all going. the most dam...

state of illinois. hes been talking to people about the fight for americas future, even as he steps up his own fight for reelection. >> when i travel through down state illinois, iowa, the midwest, i am absolutely confident about this country. and the reason is because of you. the reason is because of the american people. because as tough of a time as weve had theres not a country on earth that would not ready change places with us right now. >> the president told me just yesterday in ...

Time nothing has changed since the situation has gotten worse. iraq is still happening. the war. the u.s. support to the egyptian military who was like i said has been not performing it as the best since the revolution happened. so there is a lot of concerns, but at this point i get the feeling that egyptiance are not concerned about what mr. obama will say. they are concerned about justice. minimum wage. the freedom of speech. the democracy and parliamentary elections and things that affect us ...

death of bin laden. if the al qaeda leader led as long as five years, someone high up had to be protecting him. heres a tiny sample. >> there had to be work for bin laden in pakistan. >> its inconceivable that bin laden did not have a support system in the country. >> i think at high levels they knew being the intelligence service. they knew it. >> it is double dealing. >> sorry this benign and difference or was it indifference with a motive. >> but today at a pentagon briefing, secret...

White house. the guests have been coming in for at least a half hour, maybe 45 minutes. 225 guests are there, including former presidents, movie stars, fashion designers, cabinet members. lots of chinese officials. lots of chinese americans as well being introduced. theyre going through the reception over there. and then they will have a chance to go in. there will be three dining rooms for this dinner tonight. lets have a state dinner conversation of our own. dan lothian is still with us. also ...

Outsider, but one of the easiest ways to do that is to ostracize him along the lines of race. >> before i go to doug on this, because i want him to give us the more historical perspective, what do you think of, david, of what james just said? >> i must say i sharply disagree. i think its unfair when people take issue with the president from the right to suddenly see a racist hiding within the suit. it was only a few years ago that there was a column written about franklin roosevelt. well since t...

Rad -- >> no no, no. with all due respect, i have much respect for you sir. im saying the term radical itself has been racialized over time. not that newt gingrich has done it. >> but why would you bring it up with with regard to newt gingrich? if you were not suggesting that thats what you were doing? >> because i think within the context of our critique of obama, race is always on the back burner. and the attempt to get the republican party to cohere around certain issues, race has been used. ...

Some company. with me to talk about it is presidential historian doug brinkley, senior cnn political analyst david gergin. david, let me go back to newt gingrich for a second. he didnt just call barack obama radical, he called him the most radical president in american history. what did you make of that? >> listen, newt gingrich is a very good debater. he knows how to make his points. and what is he doing here, campbell? he is trying to throw up as many charges as he can against barack obama and...

A short time ago i got on the fwoen a guy who veas this on health care and said he is nervous that this maneuver if it goes forward will add all of that and as top democrats said, he thinks will president will get a deal because of the way he put it was, the alternative is disastrous. the democrats and the president have invefed so much, they have no other strategy fwou get it done. thats not a positive way to pass the bill. >> senior political analyst david gergin weighed in on this and paintin...

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