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This is the poster child for that. >> why? >> because citizens of new york skpels where, they are not calling up legislators saying i want more people to lose money. this isnt driven by public demand. this is driven by public interest. >> what drives the politics of this? you watch this in new york and its similar in illinois. if it is the case that citizens arent calling up, there are probably a few. but i agree. theres not a mass movement for this. yet its taken over state houses. i remember a...

>> why? >> because citizens of new york skpels where, they are not calling up legislators saying i want more people to lose money. this isnt driven by public demand. this is driven by public interest. >> what drives the politics of this? you watch this in new york and its similar in illinois. if it is the case that citizens arent calling up, there are probably a few. but i agree. theres not a mass movement for this. yet its taken over state houses. i remember as a kid. whenever you drive across ...

With government. we cant open up our own casino. we talk about the solution between government and powerful corporate interests against the common good. this is the poster child for that. >> why? >> because citizens of new york skpels where, they are not calling up legislators saying i want more people to lose money. this isnt driven by public demand. this is driven by public interest. >> what drives the politics of this? you watch this in new york and its similar in illinois. if it is the case ...

Into the surge that i think he needed to. but, you know, maybe this marianne gingrich pillow talk, open marriage comment, maybe that will shave a few points off of gingrich. maybe though gingrich picks up a few from perry. in the end it could be a bit of a wash. i think santorum is right to say, look, guys, im the one who, you know, really did the, you know, heavy lifting in new hampshire and iowa. and i deserve respect in these final days. >> bill: i think santorum may be the guy who benefits f...

[lock clicks] martha: big news today, the white house is under fire how it handled green energy stimulus funds, and now theyre looking into the programs that were funded by the white house, and its showing a number of subsidies and guarantees that were handed out to campaign donors who had some links with companies that got the money. just how much taxpayer money went to the friends of the administration is a question that is being raised. so doug mckelway has been doing reporting on that, looki...

well let you hear what they all had to say. and a major league baseball player pulled from him home in the middle of the night by armed men, but now were told hes been found alive and safe. [ chanting ] and have you ever seen kids this excited about taking a test? not just any test. were talking about the a.c.t. or s.a.t. equivalent. an entire country shuts down to do everything they can to help these students ace the tests. were taking you to south korea this morning in our "passp...

Court to find out whereabouts of a husband? >> greg: i told you earlier that was never going to happen. >> bob: what about cameras in courtrooms? >> eric: fantastic. open it up. transparency across the board. i love it. im a voyeur. i like to watch courtroom drama. >> dana: im traditionalist. i like no camera in courtroom. it forces reporters to be more thoughtful and analytical doing reporting. >> greg: two feelings. one, it puts sketch artist out of business, that is tragic. maybe the supreme ...

Court to find out whereabouts of a husband? >> greg: i told you earlier that was never going to happen. >> bob: what about cameras in courtrooms? >> eric: fantastic. open it up. transparency across the board. i love it. im a voyeur. i like to watch courtroom drama. >> dana: im traditionalist. i like no camera in courtroom. it forces reporters to be more thoughtful and analytical doing reporting. >> greg: two feelings. one, it puts sketch artist out of business, that is tragic. maybe the supreme ...

I dont know why he doesnt release his records. >> lets talk about this with our senior political analyst david gergen and gloria borger. i know you have been doing reporting, gloria, on this. why didnt the president personally who made this decision decide today he was going to release the birth certificate? >> it was the president who decided this. it was some time last week. the words that came up in my conversations with senior white house aides were frustrated, corrosive, this infected our p...

Closing down what was an independent voice, one of the rare independent voices prepared to speak out about, against the regime here, t.j. >> all right. our nic robertson with disturbing account of what you witnessed there and feeling the difficulty sometimes of our cnn crews trying to report there. we appreciate you. we want to turn as well to arwa damon doing reporting in an all-important city of ajdabiya. hearing a lot about a key city that the opposition appears to have gained some foothold...