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navy fighter jet in virginia. the good news today is that every single person is accounted for. moments ago the navy called this a miracle. when you look at the damage done after the f-18 hornist slammed into an apartment complex in virginia beach and burst into flames, you can see why the word miracle is being used. so much damage. it took until today for rescue crews to vouch for everyone on the ground. crews had to go door to door. >> yes. >> okay. >> police. anyone in here, get out...

Can take on obamas billion dollar campaign and defeat him head to head in debates in a decisive way. >> this election is about stopping a president of the united states and his administration that is abusing the constitution of this country, that is putting america on a track to bankruptcy. and, folks, we are going to take america back. well, the other candidates are scrambling for votes in iowa, jon huntsman started his day campaigning in new hampshire, and new hampshire votes a week from tod...

hour three of the candidates are taking part in a rock the caucus rally, targeting younger voters. i want you to listen in here. i think we got michele bachmann, ron paul, rick santorum, all of them looking for the last-minute vote. lets listen in -- >> -- to do business if youre a job creator because of our tax code. im a tax lawyer. i want to abolish the tax code and do away with it and put it in its place a pro-growth code so that you can wildly succeed with your future and with you...

Unemployment. it does look like the republican leadership at least is in a fallback position trying to regroup. they dont have the politics on their side. >> no. the people here are strongly behind the presidents position. nobody i think wants to see the pipeline issue made part of this eventual deal. i support the pipeline with proper environmental controls. but it should be discussed. it should be part of an overall energy package. trying to jam it in really is bad politics. so i think the pre...

Platform run against obstructionist republicans. >> but, doesnt he need independence and wouldnt it help if they got some, like if he showed, look, were making some progress on this, this problem. >> you know, youre asking me to explain barack obamas political strategy, a thats hard to do going all the way back to obama care, which is now one of the most unpopular pieces of legislation that has ever been passed so i cant quite explain barack obama. he has-- ive said many times he has his princip...

Have to make accommodations. if they dont want romney they have to look at somebody else. >> romney is the obvious fallback position. let me ask you about gingrich, stu. is there a conflict between gingrich, mr. outside, appealing to the republican conservative base and tea partiers and gingrich, mr. inside, running the gingrich company which sounds as though hes the principal of it. whoever got the money from freddie mac a lot of it had to filter to him. >> there is absolutely a contradiction h...

Picture is bleak, if not hopeless. >> well, i think it is important to understand that the steps we took right before the president came in office with tarp were unpopular, we knew they would be unpopular but were necessary to stop us from depression. the economy isnt growing fast enough, but it is growing. we are not creating jobs fast enough, but we are creating them. in the quarter before he came in office, the economy shrunk 9%. clearly steps we took had an effect, but we have to do more. th...

Obama at a fallback position. president clinton was right that obama could have raised it on his own. and i think obamas going to have to be a lot tougher if he wants to be reelected and retain his base. >> you know, theres also something else that was obviously key to his victory. that was campaign cash from small donors. "the new york times" says about a quarter of the money the president raised last time around came from $200 or less donations. but the vast majority of those donors have not y...

Week, president is meeting with netanyahu but not with abbas. >> once the palestinians back off, hell meet with abbas. that wont happen as long as abbas is holding out for the big deal, the security council status. there is a down side to that fallback position in the general assembly. that would give the palestinians the seat on the criminal court in the hague. they could take israel to court on all sorts of charges against the israeli army. that would be a horrendous situation diplomatically f...

now the citizens fight back. >> as we explore our new segment cnn anchor don lemon appears not to care for cnn. >> what is jon stewart talking about and why did stephen colbert interrupt one of my broadcasts. >> im in the middle of a broadcast. >> who isnt, sanjay. >> ill explain that and more in the news right now. >> good evening, im don lemon. u.s. senators are on the job. the high stakes standoff over raising the nations debt ceiling has lawmakers working this very hour. as of now,...