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Would be to put them toward military commissions. theres legal costs to them. things that you cant do in military commissions that you could in civilian trials. you could still get the death penalty, though. probably next week the formal decision will probably be made, contessa. >> pete, thank you for the update. new yorks governor, david paterson, has 10 months left in office. the question remains whether hes got the political support to stay on the job, given his serious ethical and legal pr...

Secondly, he has been formally charged. a few days ago, the states public commission formally charged the governor with breaking ethics laws and recommended criminal charges of perjury, very serious. this is something more immediate. gregory meeks can say what he wants publicly, but there are a lot of leaders in state, african-american, white, hispanic, saying privately they dont think the governor can last. >> fred, its good of you to join us today. thank you. two students expelled from schoo...

justice department theres quite a few people who feel that civilian trials are the best place. they believe theres some legal advantages, and they believe there are other advantages as well, having the world see them put on trial in a justice system that is time tested as opposed to military commissions which are constantly revised and have never held a full blown trial like this. nonetheless, it does seem the white house advisers will win out. the reason is, tamron, because of the pol...

instead of a civilian trial. that would mean overriding the plans of the u.s. justice department. the move is fraught with political implications, the subject of the shuster showdown later in the hour. moments ago embattled governor david paterson arrived at his new york city office and spoke with reporters. >> i dont have any plans to resign. i am working on the business of the people of new york state, the most urgent of which we pass a budget whose deficit has ballooned to $9.1 mi...

on skis, the other on a snowboard. tracks have been found in an out-of-bounds area and searchers apparently are getting pings from a cell phone that place the pair near union creek and boullion basin in yakima county. president obama is taking on jobs today. he spoke about clean energy a short time ago, hours after the labor department released its report, revealing unemployment rate held steady at 9.7% in february. >> the best form of economic relief is a quality job. im also callin...

Patterson? >> it he was ripping for governor it would be diey. cuomo is the overwhelming favor to win and it may be in his interest to err on the side of giving patterson a break if theres something there to give a break for. >> i wonder if there would be a uprising to the west. >> it would depend on the specifics. if theres evidenced governor did use his office, use the state police to pressure a woman who was a victim of domestic violence, i dont think cuomo will give him a pass. >> fred dicke...

The band fought with its record label to allow their newest video to be on the web and now it is. check it out. this, too, shall pass. ♪ >> all right. well, just 24 hours after its release the video has been streamed tens of thousands of times. from the clip we showed you, does it compare to that famous treadmill video? ill read you tweets. you can send them to us. and more fallout from the scandal surrounding new york governor david paterson. the states top cop has resigned. should the gove...

Paterson appointed gillibrand a year or so ago. governor paterson did intervene, pressured a witness, pressured a woman down in the bronx not to get an order of protection when she felt she was endangered by one of the governors aides. have to step down because if he doesnt he will be impeach. >> the state police chief already stepped down. that was the late details that came in yesterday evening. but, fred, hows this moving forward to pro-accusations here? i mean, what is the investigation righ...

Today we read that governor paterson faces new ethics charges involving yankee baseball tickets. he got baseball tickets for world series games last year. yankee tickets are expensive. i mean very expensive. for his kids and him, it was like $415 a seat, which arent the most expensive but it spurred new calls for the governor to get out. on the phone, fred dicker from the "new york post," owned by the parent company of this network. where is this going? >> we have a death watch going on, no ques...

New yorks embattled governor david paterson insist he is wont resign despite increasing pressure for him do that. it follows intervention in a domestic violence case involving one of his closest aides. here is what governor pter son had to say a short time ago. he said it last night and said he doesnt think he has been accused of anything. joining us by phone from the state capital in albany, fred dicker. fred, how is it possible that he doesnt realize he has been accused of something? >> i gues...