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Critical as its ever been since its inception, given the fact that the middle east is literally on fire and we are losing everywhere. The nsas authority will be likely restored when leadership aides accept a final act. The usa freedom act, targets a twoornt obtain call records from telecommunications companies. We are in the mix today because of the majority leader. The majority leader should have seen this coming. Reporter harry reid blaming his counterpart Mitch Mcconnell for not having a plan...

To remove the Confederate Flag from government grounds. Plus one Million People flock to see the pope at an open air mass as the pontiff continues his trip across ecuador. Why his Close Friends and colleagues say this could be the beginning of big changes in the catholic church. But first, the plan to defeat isis. U. S. Defense secretary ash carter and joint chiefs chairman general Martin Dempsey are on capitol hill today defending the administrations strategy in iraq and syria. Heres part of th...

Investigation is widening in the general David Petraeus scandal, and now it includes another general, general john allen, entrusted with nothing less than winding down the nations war in afghanistan. You should know at any given moment, there are fewer than 50 fourstar generals around the globe for the united states, and they are the elite of the elite. Tonight, two of the most formidable, one active duty, one retired, are in the heat of the spotlight, and Martha Raddatz tells us what happened t...

Increasingly looks like the story of the summer. The man behind me donald trump. The president ial campaign hes running, if it were a reality show it would be scoring recordhigh ratings. Polls showing more and more support for the billionaire. News rooms are sending more and more reporters to Trump Campaign events like this rally in phoenix last night. Some commentators well you can hear the surprise in their voices. They dont know what to think. Two examples from msnbc and fox this morning. I u...

It can undermine our budget and slow the Economic Growth in our states. As it stands, state economies are slowly recovering and we are returning to the revenues we collected back in 2008. We believed in flexible federalism. As we continue to work with congress and the administration, governors are committed to a collaboration to maintain and promote a balanced system. We have as congress and the initiation to keep four points in mind. This should produce savings for the federal and state. It can...

The Northern California Innocence Project and attorneys with a San Francisco law firm spent four years clearing his name. He spent seven years in system for something he didnt do. The adversarial system let him down. But it was with the cooperation of the District Attorneys Office that we got the results. His 77yearold mother couldnt contain herself. His mother couldnt contain herself. He gave up hope in the beginning but family visits changed that and he was able to work through his anger. He h...

Specific thing, how unusual was this scene . Across america from mainstreet to the smoky mountains, the Government Shutdown misery index is growing, but some iconic sites may be open for business soon. And the most and least affordable places in america to buy a house. Hello, everyone. Its high noon here in the east, 9 00 a. M. Out west. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. A rare saturday session for the house and senate as lawmakers try to reopen the government and raise the debt cerealing to a...

Dont worry, senator rubio, nobody noticed. That you gave a speech. Welcome to cbs this morning. Charlie rose is on assignment, so james brown is with us. As we come on the air in the west, olympic track store and double amputee Oscar Pistorius is under arrest this morning, accused of murder. His girlfriend was found shot in his home in south africa overnight. Mark phillips has more on the stunning news about the paraolympic runner. This isnt so much as a whodunit but what happened. Only two peop...

Good evening. Im lester holt in for brian who will be back in new york on monday. Our top story tonight comes again from this part of the world where after days of antigovernment protests and bloodshed and growing international pressure, the government of ukraine has agreed to concessions, hoping to end the violence at a dangerous standoff thats lasted months. The white house welcomed the deal, but it could be seen as a setback here in neighboring russia which wants to keep ukraine in its circle...

Elections. At stake today, control of the senate. Republicans have their best chance of winning back the majority since they lost it in 2006. Democrats hold a majority and could lose control of the chamber if they drop six seats. The other big story for today, a true test of the tea party. Mainstream gop fighting back and launching a strong counteroffensive. Our Political Team is covering all the angles. Lets start with dana bash covering todays headline mashup in kentucky, its an exciting one, ...