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of important developments in the middle east and north africa. most of them troubling. the brutal regime in syria declared general amnesty today but human rights groups and the obama administration are quick to label it a sham. designed they say to distract attention from a bloody crackdown. in yemen, civil strife spread after a cease fire agreement between the government and opposition forces in the capital city collapsed. the regime of moammar gadhafi in libya defiantly today again v...

Pawlenty, gingrich, these are the people running aep palin says im a superstar and i can command all kinds of media attention. i can raise tons of money at the drop of a hat and thats why we cant count her out. whether there is a precursor to a presidential bid or another attempt to stay in the spotlight, it is a difficult question. but it is certain that palin knows the kind of power that she wields and does not want to be left out of political discussion and she will keep doing this, drawing t...

whats happening. thats ahead. we will have the latest on this developing story in a few minutes from now. president obama is back at the white house of a spending several hours in joplin, missouri. it was exactly a week ago that an f-5 tornado ripped through the city killing people in minutes. 5:41 central time there was a moment of silence marked by the precise instant that tornado hit. our dan traveled with the president to joplin and dan, a tough job for the president to try to li...

Now, he seems to be clamming up around reporters. we want to talk more about that with howard of cnn and the daily beast. are we headed toward a time when democratic candidates will appear on msnbc and republicans candidates will appear on fox news? >> i dont think that newt gingrich is genetically capable of not talking to journalists for more than a day. he apologized for his comments on "meet the pres." conservative pundits were hammering him. he website on "face the nation." just this past m...

Reporters only ask gotcha questions and it really is the lamestream media? is that a tired argument? >> i think a lot of republicans believe that, and i think there is some truth to the notion that the kinds of questions that reporters ask, you can call them gotcha, you can call them comparing what somebody is saying today to what their record was three years ago. thats part of what we do, we hold politicians accountable. i think the questions you get from reporters tend to be different from the...

Yes, of course, and you do it well. my advice that i have for people out there, the studies show that you need to take the mental health days. you need to take vacations, because they rejuvenate you. if for some reason, you cannot take a vacation and you have the staycation. at least try to take a friday off or take off early on a friday and utilize the whole weekend and turn off your darn cell phones. >> amen, jeff gardere, thank you so much. im talking next friday off. >> great to see you. n...

Crucial early states and another thing. fox news says they are not changing the status of her contract. she is a paid contributor. they did do that for gingrich and santorum or is she just running or trying to get attention. who knows? >> lets say she does run. wouldnt that affect michele bachmanns would-be presidential aspirations? >> you would think it could. michele bachmann, a congresswoman, who is a darling of many in the tea party. she told people in iowa, she will make an announcement in ...

Look out if you are in washington, d.c. look out on the roads. >> i will, because thats where i work. ill be going back there soon. so i will be watching out. thank you, allison. i would say it has been fun but maybe not today. thanks. in sports, extra inning baseball from camden yards, the orioles hosting camden city and vladimir guerrero at bat for the os. he hits a bouncing ball over second base. he has an 11-game hitting streak and the os win their fifth straight. a member of the chicago w...

>> in "the washington post," gingrich was asked in new hampshire if he would take questions. >> he said, i will chat with the news media individually. thats where that is coming from. >> do you know how many days i spent on the campaign trail in barack obama where he didnt take questions from the press. every presidential candidate tries to have a certain message discipline, which is, we have the theme of the day. here is what we want the reporters to write. they know if they open up to question...

We appreciate it we would like to you vote in our bill oreilly.com poll. please select one of the following for republicans. this is just a snapshot, ladies and gentlemen. we will have the others, too. we put these in because its kind of a balance here. so bachmann, romney, gingrich, or pawlenty, select one. go to bill oreilly.com to do that next on the run down, congressman barney frank who oversaw the collapse of fannie mae and freddie mac admits he helped his boyfriend get a job at fannie. we...