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And that has to be seen as an original sin for why that war ended up being a bad idea. we all respect the people who serve. we all thank and frankly love the troops who went there, because their country asked them to. but the grounds on which they were asked to go were false. and that has to be the way that we tell this story forever, so we dont do it again. >> and david, the media role in this, there was a lot of promotion, a lot of flag-waving, and not critical questions. or is that an oversta...

administration officials supposedly stood chest to chest like a schoolyard fight. a new book tells of tensions in a white caught up in a war against terrorism. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." early hours away from a critical vote in wisconsin, an extraordinary i attempt to develop scott walker. the recall was -- stripping most public unions of collective bargaining rights. this war for wisconsin pits unions against tea party loyalists and its attracted millions of and...

Shell soon turn 86. shes the oldest-serving british monarch. and shes showing no signs of slowing down. shes saving the big celebrations until june, when the weather should be better. theyre planning a 1,000-boat pageant on the river thames, street parties across the land, and a whole lot of flag waving. nick watt, abc news, london. >> they call this day a session day in britain, and oddly enough, i know youre really interested in this issue. you remember that it also marks the anniversary of th...

the story is a bit different and the president fares a bit better. he now has a six-point edge over mitt romney, topping the 50% mark for the time in that survey. in an interview with nbc he talked about his accomplish ams in the face of republican opposition. >> even with a bunch of obstruction over -- on capitol hill, weve been able to save an auto industry. weve been able to take 750,000 jobs being lost a month and move it so its 250,000 jobs being created this month. weve been ab...

green square is right on the coast there. gadhafis compound, a few miles away has taken a pounding from nato air strikes. today is the scene of ferocious gun battles. for now its still in the regime control. and as for the libyan dictator, he may still inbound hiding or on the run, but three of his sons are in custody. and that included the man on the left, and he is wanted for crimes against humanity, just like his father. and then rebels also captured this woman, a well-known anchor ...

Logos if you would. im going to ask you the silly question. everybody has a flag waving in the middle of one of their words and romneys message is believe in america. is there a suggestion that president obama somehow doesnt? >> part of the running theme about president obama is he doesnt believe in america and believe that america is a unique force in history of the world and you saw that at the state of the union and republican response and tea party response and everybody has been hitting tha...

There should be investigations into corruption, into mubaraks alleged wealth, the wealth of his family. by the way, anderson, the sound of honking horns typically in cairo because of gridlock traffic and frustrated drivers, the sound tonight theyre not honking their horns out of frustration. its celebration and whats amazing about it is four or five hours ago, the streets of the city were eerily almost frighteningly empty, completely empty. we were able to drive through the city, not even pedest...

Right now is -- could not be different than it has been over the last 18 days. gunfire and petro bombs are replaced by fireworks and pure happiness. theres flag waving, people are so happy. they seyfrea say freedom, this egyptian style. people are putting their children up on the tanks with soldiers to get pictures made, cheering the soldiers. this has been such a peaceful progress here in the square. and i tell you, you know, they have said they would leave this square as soon as hosni mubarak ...

A few words. clarifying that in fact mubarak is gone. look at what has happened to this square. the square cannot contain the joy, the victory that these -- >> okay, ron allen reporting live and you can just see the pandemonium, happy pandemonium as we take a birds eye view of the flag waving in the air. just ten minutes ago, omar suleiman comes to the microphone and says that president hosni mubarak will be stepping down. what a contrast to what he heard from president mubarak just last night w...

Nights, kiran, this has been the scene of a bloody battle where i didnt think i would escape alive from here as pro government demonstrators were attacking and battling at barricades protecting the square anti-government demonstrators. but this morning, as the sun rose on friday, this day of prayer in islam, the pro government demonstrators were gone and thousands of people have been coming in to join the bandaged and bruised veterans of those two days and nights of fighting, for what has become...