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Assistant to the president. We worked together. So our relationship actually transcends politics. And when i asked him to do it, he said he would review it. He did. He felt that the booksome portions of it he didnt agree with but that overall, he thought it was a great book. Maxine the same way. I mean, we served together for 11 years in the house of representatives, so we have a good relationship, close relationship. And i felt also that it, in many ways, reflects my overall political ideology,...

Pope benedict has never seemed entirely comfortable in front of crowds, even one as adoring as this one. The vatican said they expected 50,000. It was four or five times that. It means the world to me. I grew up catholic. It is huge, monumental. This great event that is taking shape in our church, this is the main reason why im here today. It was a long and physically demanding event for a man whose frailty is now all too evident. Emotional ands personal. And he referred to the controversies tha...

Also ahead, a judge battles detroits bankruptcy filing, the largest of its kind ever. Whats down the road for this once mighty city . And a brave new label. Recycling guns and bullets into beautiful jewelry, but its not for glamour. Its todays big idea. First, were going to follow the several marches being held across the country for Trayvon Martin. Right now the National Action network is Holding Justice for trayvon vigils in about 100 cities. Reverend al sharpton is urging the Justice Departme...

He announced his retirement from the game and he did so in the most matt burrway. Surrounded by kids in dundalk, for whom he has created a reading oasis. Lets talk about his departure from football. He embraced being a role model was few others have, staying humble and accessible in his career that may garner holophane consideration. He was named to the alldecade to move 42,000s. Nfls man of the year and his last year spent as a raven, he talked about his love of the organization, his teammates,...

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Live. Good to see you. How is it going . Really well. The bulls are in charge today, fredricka, bouncing back from the biggest twoday drop of the year on wednesday and thursday. The strength is because of positive sentiment related to hewlettpackards results last night. They werent great but they werent as bad as expectations. Hp shares are up 12 and its the biggest gainer on the dow by far. Traders refer to this, though, as sort of a dead cat bounce and thats when stocks have fallen so much ove...

Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. There is trouble tonight ablq the International Space station. Late today nasa said it will take a series of space walks to fix it. As we reported last week, half of the cooling system shut down when a valve malfunctioned. There is a crew of six on board. The two americans will make the first space walk on saturday. Nasa tells us the astronauts are safe. Jeff glor is with us with more about the problem and what it will take to repair it. Jeff . R...

World headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Working in the most unforgiving environment known to man, two american astronauts spent part of this day performing a dramatic Emergency Repair job outside the International Space station. The pictures of a space walk were stunning. The task itself, critical. Replacing a piece of hardware that could prove vital to keeping the space station livable. All with people around the planet looking over their shoulde...

Today, a very optimistic president obama predicted that 2014 could be a breakthrough year for the economy. But he conceded hell have to deal with some Unfinished Business from 2013, too. Including the surveillance programs exposed by Edward Snowden. On monday, a federal judge said the collection of phone records of millions of americans is probably unconstitutional. Then on wednesday, a panel appointed by the president said the Program Needs to be reigned in. Today the president signaled that he...

Weekend it looked like they might be pulling ahead in iowa, too. But just a couple hours ago a brand new poll on the senate race in iowa showing a dead heat. It doesnt get any closer than that. Many political observers think the gop will go the distance tomorrow and paint that senate mostly red. Wait, though, says Vice President joe biden. He tells cnn dont bet on it. First of all, i dont agree with the odds makers. I predict were going to keep the senate. You do . Ive been into 67 races all tol...