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signs into law the repeal of "dont ask, dont tell." the -- the pentagons standing policy in place for nearly 18 years. most signing ceremonies are small. this one is so big the white house booked an auditorium. >> is the president going to take a victory lap? >> the president, like me, is extremely superstitious. >> because not all of the work in congress is done. the senate still has to approve the start nuclear arms treaty with russia and republicans are fighting until the end, sayin...

health care bill and two 9/11 first responders who stormed senator tom coburns office earlier this morning. president obama, well, he was got his swagger back, he just held a year-end press conference to remind america just how much change has been delivered over the last two years. the "the huffington post" roy secroft and bob shrum democratic strategist will break down the press conference with sound cuts coming up in the "battleground" story. and i love this one, bill oreilly, h...

with mark tamayo live in the weather center. mark? >> reporter: heather, basically in between storm systems. still some rain showers out there but the coverage is on the increase. that trend will continue over the next 3-6 hours. you can see on live stormtracker 2 up in the north bay santa rosa reporting light to moderate rainfall. down towards the south bay for the bay and the rainfall pretty much a constant over the past 24 hours. this will continue to be on the increase at least for...

cory joseph guarded by larry drew. we near the two-minute mark. 15 on the shot clock. joseph whips it, inside, thompson saves it, jumper for three. no, rebound, thompson, no. north carolina has it. strickland, zeller. joseph looks back over at rick barnes. high screen set by johnson. foul is called. its on larry drew thats his fourth. >> clark: right away when zeller returns to the game, north carolina does the wise thing and gets the ball to him on the post and he delivers four quick ...

>> up next, columbia university history professor eric foner examines abraham lincolns thoughts on slavery and reports that early in president lincolns political career he was naturally anti-slavery but adhered to the constitutions original protection of the institution in the slave states. this discussion is about an hour, ten minutes. >> well, thank you very much for that kind introduction, and thanks to all of you for coming out on this kind of -- now i know why they call chicago th...

has been the source of a weeks long republican-imposed logjam is now freed, open, back up for business. you will recall at the beginning of this month, senate unified. all 42 members signed on to a letter proclaiming they would block all other senate work until the expiring bush tax cuts issue was dealt with. nothing else could happen in the senate, not even the funding of the united states military until those tax cuts, that whole deal, was resolved. period, end of story. nonnegotiabl...

business. you will recall at the beginning of this month, senate republicans stood absolutely yun anied. all 42 members signed on to a letter proclaiming they would block all other senate work until the expiring bush tax cuts issue was dealt with. nothing else could happen in the senate, not even the funding of the united states military until those tax cuts, that whole deal, was resolved. period, end of story. nonnegotiable. well, today senate republicans got their wish. today the sen...

whether the achievement was legal, whether it was done secretly, and whether iran was closer to building a clnuclear bomb. we should say it takes a lot more than yellow cake to build a nuclear bomb and on sunday u.s. officials and officials from the nuclear watch dog said this is not a surprise that they knew all along that iran was looking to produce yellow cake. yes, maam low cake dwr without yellow cake, you cant produce enriched uranium which is the fuel that nuclear reactors use t...

know, tough on comis, tough on terrorist, tough on anybody who might attack us? for some reason, folks on the right are now stoking the outrage over the new tsa airline security measures. but before we join the parade, think about what may be at the end of it, make no mistake, they will be the same ones, those on the right pointing fingers when some terrorist does take down a u.s. jetliner. and john kyl has decided to scuttle the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, for no reason other than cheap politi...

might attack us? for some reason, folks on the right are now stoking the outrage over the new tsa airline security measures. but before we join the parade, think about what may be at the end of it, make no mistake, they will be the same ones, those on the right pointing fingers when some terrorist does take down a u.s. jetliner. and john kyl has decided to scuttle the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, for no reason other than cheap political gain either that or neocon nostalgia for the cold war. appa...