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That its a moot point whether iraq is necessarily a better place now for the iraqi people. there are still appalling outrages every day, there are bombings in baghdad all the time, killing tens, hundreds of people. the oppression is continuing in a different guise to many of them. you know, it is a moot point. its hard to argue iraq has been a glorious victory. >> people would characterize it that way. i think what they would say is the iraqi people have a chance for a much better future than th...

Enter parent university, boot camp for homework help. boston public schools and a dozen other districts across the country help parents who either never learned or need to relearn. >> my fourth grader is in boston public schools and i need to help her learn how to do her fractions. >> reporter: its a cram session for moms and dads who cant remember the difference between pythagorus and a hypotenuse. >> were breaking it down and helping them understand it. helping them walk through it. >> reporte...

Washington state. he is ranking member of the house armed services committee. one of the things we heard from jim walsh, one of our guests yes we have a good relationship with the egyptian military. we trained them and supplied them and that is the relationship we built over the years. but we also heard from him there may be fractions within that military that could be very unpredictable. what can you tell us about that and what do we do about that as a country? >> im sure thats true. no entity ...

Sanctuary cities argument that he is putting forth, nearly every police organization has said thats a bad idea and its a very vaguely written provision from the 96 act. and it makes the case for comprehensive immigration law. you dont want to have a situation where the local law enforcement is fighting the feds in terms of enforcement of immigration law. but really what we need is an overall of the immigration law the way president obama has him posed. so ylocal law enforcement officials are mak...

But with sullivant it was different. several of its best players were in the 4th grade known to the teachers of the school as the terrible 4th. in that grade you first encountered fractions and long division and many pupils lodged there for years like logs in a brook. some of the more able baseball players had been in the 4th grade for seven or eight years. then, too, there were a number of boys who had not been in the class past the normal time but were nevertheless deep in their teens. they ha...

Generated by the european space agencys plank telescope. i spoke to one astrophysicist that says theyre looking for a clue about the big bang. >> we are going to get the highest and sharpest view of that radiation, and with it, we will be able to really discover what was happening in those first years after the big bang. that light set off just a few hundred thousand years after the big bang. we are looking for a phase of expansion of the universe, the very early stages of the expansion of the u...

Province there was a suicide bombing at the government office. that is another remainder and a second bombing in mosul. two incidents already today. they had all of the earmarks of the suicide bombers that usually are sent out by al qaeda in iraq. the vice president has been ignoring all of that saying hes optimistic. u.s. troops start drawing down, 30,000 more coming out between now and september 1st with the handover to the iraqi government at the end of august, control of the mission. alex, o...

Not to mention the bags, booms and other equipment thats covered in crude. where do they take it after its south of sight? eric smith is associated director of the tulane energy institute, hes experienced in economic analysis of offshore drilling operationses. thank you for being here. >> happy to be here. >> help us understand what will happen to the oil, like in the "exxon valdez" when they get some of that mess up? >> youç have to decide what th quality level of it is, and how long has it b...

Does that hold any water for you? >> absolutely. oil -- crude oil generally, a lot it will evaporate in the first two or three days. there are components in crude oil we put in our cars that have eight components and anything that has carbon chain links will evaporate fairly quickly. this of course then leaves the heavier fractions, which dont evaporate but theyre less toxic and form tar balls and sink as they interact with debris as they link up with set meant and while it causes smothering of ...

And hopefully by the time it gets to the inshore areas where the oyster beds are that water-soluble fraction, those more toxic fractions of the oil have been diluted and well see less of an impact. >> patrick, im curious, is there any way that the oysters can be brought up and then cleaned well enough to be put out there and eaten by consumers? or is there just no way? >> well, im not so sure that thats a possibility due to the filter-feeding activities of the animal. typically, any kind of subs...