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It still may be. i dont know. this is the point. you guys are sitting there in your comfort zone with this race right now and because of the people who arent running you think should be running. if any of that list would be running you would be eating them alive just like tim pawlenty and gingrich now so -- >> michael, lets call it what it is. >> same reason youre in your discomfort zone. you are not happy with the current field and torch lit for a guy thats not shown up at the party yet. >> can...

Okay. you see a hand there, so maybe things are getting closer to john boehner appearing behind that podium to talk about the budget. we also understand that senator harry reid is going to make a statement about the budget on the floor of the senate at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. but, were going to check in with john boehner whenever he gets behind that podium. right now, though, were going to head to our washington bureau and check in with paul steinhauser, because donald trump keeps on talking, a...

Finally tonight aol is doing a, what joe biden would say, a big deal with huffington post. the struggling media company will pay 300 million in cash, 15 million in stock. and when the deal is finalized, the posts cofounder, arianna huffington, will be in charge of all of aols editorial content as part of the newly created huffington post media group. she will also have oversight of aols editorial operations. that includes map quest, movie phone, pop eater, and tech crunch. as the "new york times...

Finally tonight aol is doing a, what joe biden would say, a big deal with huffington post. the struggling media company will pay 300 million in cash, 15 million in stock. and when the deal is finalized, the posts cofounder, arianna huffington, will be in charge of all of aols editorial content as part of the newly created huffington post media group. she will also have oversight of aols editorial operations. that includes map quest, movie phone, pop eater, and tech crunch. as the "new york times...

In southern china. tens of thousands evacuated. so far this year, about 400 people have died from flooding and landslides. and in australia today, a parachutist got caught up on power lines. she remained stuck there for an hour and a half before being rescued and suffered severe burns and was airlifted to a hospital for treatment. the incident knocked out power to 400 customers. and those are your fast five headlines. is the tide finally turning on the oil disaster? there is cautious optimis...

Officers setting off a massive man hunt turned himself in, dante morris appeared in a courtroom, charged with two counts of first degree murder and police say he shot and killed two tampa police officers, doing a -- during a routine traffic stop. it happened on thursday. investigators say morris is also linked to other killings in florida. funeral services for both officers were held today. dire warnings this week about the national debt and what must be done to stem the flow of red ink, the fin...

Michael steele taking heat from both sides of the aisle. lets bring in msnbc political analyst richard wolf to join us this saturday morning. >> good morning, alex. >> lets start with the economy, shall we? as we look at last months unemployment numbers, theyre a mixed bag. the president saying were headed in the right direction, but not fast enough. what more does the white house need to be doing here? >> well, a couple of things. of course, the job numbers have not come back to save them. they...

Ron, what do you make of this situation in arizona? this lawsuit thats been filed and now youve got meg whitman in california doing a flip-flop. is that trouble? >> i think its trouble frankly for the clinton administration -- for the obama administration. i think its atrocious that the secretary of state in ecuador announces to the ecuadorian people the united states government is going to sue the state of arizona. couldnt somebody, i dont know, the attorney general, the president, someone in t...

>> "b." you know, theres a lot going on. i would have liked to have seen the energy issue come up first, before -- before health care, myself. but the president, i think, is doing a -- doing -- overall doing a very good job. >> youre happy with what youve seen so far. >> yeah. >> youre happy on the health care bill, you like it? >> i like it. i know a lot of people that didnt have health care insurance, and its a -- its a situation i wouldnt want to be in. >> you happy what hes doing on the econ...

When people hear the national guard they think troops and tanks and machine guns. what id like them to think is trained law enforcement members that can come in and aid the chicago police, work with them to have more patrols and keep those neighborhoods safer. >> but, you know, i mean obviously in a case of hurricane katrina we understand national guard troops. right now in mississippi there are troops there helping the people. but this is a crime problem. again, that many would assume would be ...