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19,000 assaults. thats 19,000 women and men who signed up to defend us against our enemies, but instead have found the enemy is the person standing right beside them. sexual assault in the u.s. military is so pervasive, that addressing it has become a top priorityç for secretary of defense leon panetta, who announced changes to the way that the military deals with sexual assaults within its ranks. >> sexual assault has no place within the military. its a violation of everything that the u.s. m...

tomorrow. desperation in syria as reports of more government atrocities mount. syrians swarm the newly arrived u.n. monitors. and a new warning from the u.s. to assads regime. plus, a perfect game for number 41. well bring you the final pitch that led to last nights victory. and later, "the new york timess" nick kristoff joins us to talk about his column. good morning, everyone. im randi kaye. its 8:00 on the east coast, 5:00 a.m. on the west. a lot to tell you about this morni...

senator marco rubio. and elijah cummings, ranking democrat on the house oversight and reform committee. plus, dana bash and jeff zellny of the "new york times." im candy crowley, and this is "staft of the union." the economic headlines were ominous. retail and car sales are strong. but initial jobless claims falling since last year have jumped about 6% in the last three weeks. march sales of existing homes fell 2.6% and factory output slipped in march. then there was this iffy fore...

falling since last year have jumped about 6% in the last three weeks. march sales of existing homes fell 2.6% and factory output slipped in march after rising in february. then there was this iffy forecast for europe from the managing director of the international monetary fund. >> we are seeing light recovery blowing in a spring wind, but were seeing some dark clouds on the horizon. >> if, as the economy goes so goes the election, then it was a worrisome week for the presidents re-ele...

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This morning were going to talk about, above the fold in the "wall street journal." europes rescue plan falters. some kind of troubling news inside that story. and we have a good man to talk to about it, former british prime minister tony blair will join us here on the set in new york. also tavis smiley and dr. cornell west will join us. and later, she plays the vice president in a new series, julia lou lou louis-dreyfus will join us. tomorrow, well be live from fenway park. the forecast looks...

Traders are using. we should strengthen protection and not gut them. these markets have expanded significantly. chairman said imagine if the nfl quadrupled the number of teams but didnt increase the number of refs. you would end up with havoc on the field and it would diminish the game. it wouldnt be fair. thats part of what is going on in a lot of these markets. so we have to properly resource enforcement. second, congress should increase the civil and criminal penalties for illegal energy mark...

The notion of the family and the family unit and this sort of conservative family nucleus. i think romney has a very tricky line to play in the coming months. we talk about the etch a sketching and so on on. we know his staff is expanding from 80 to 400 people in the coming weeks. there are no high profile moderates on the staff. theres been a lot of debate on this very show where romney needs to go with his message. michael steele says he needs to bring conservatives, evangel cas into the fold ...

It was a terrible mistake. >> do you think there are some in the media who agree with her, though? >> oh, sure, absolutely. but look, the media loves a story. this was a big, juicy story. this was a grenade essentially dropped into the presidential election cycle for one of the main reasons, what judy points out, about women. women will be a major battlefield for this election. barack obama won women as they traditionally do, they won them in 2008, but in 2010 republicans won women by a pretty s...

Stimulus would be two fold, allow detroit to keep its federal tax revenue that it typically pays the irs, and then invest in a separate trust fund to rebuild the city. cut debt. if people have more money to invest, buy fuel-efficient vehicles that will increase purchasing power and create jobs throughout the country. >> me lisa i think there is a huge sort of paradigm differential between the federal government investing in general motors and chrysler and the results of that, which we can all ar...